• How was paleolithic cave art was created?  Consider media, tools, and methods. (See pages 17-21, and inset on page 21).
• Discuss several possible reasons why paleolithic cave paintings, drawings, and sculpture were created.  (See pages 20-23).
• What different dating methods are used in analyzing ancient works of art?  (See inset page 22).
• Explore the differences in the human figure between Paleolithic and Neolithic art.  (examine human figures depicted throughout the chapter).

a. Nude Woman (also called Woman or Venus of Willendorf) (see page 17).
b. "Two Bisons" relief carving from France (see page 19).
c. Cave paintings at Pech Merle, France (see page 20).
d.  Cave paintings at Lascaux in France, Hall of Bulls  (see page 21) and Aurochs, Horses, and Rhinoceroses (see page 22).
e.  Deer Hunt, detail, from Catal Hoyuk (see page 26).
f. Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England (see page 28).

b. Visit the English Heritage Organization "Stonehenge" site.

c. Read this interesting article from the New York Times about "Venus" figures.

d.  Here's a site on radiocarbon dating.  Although focused on the Shroud of Turin and thus beyond our time period, it is still a good site exploring information on Carbon 14 dating.


e.  And finally, here's a link to the American Journal of Archaeology which contains informative articles, with full text on-line, on many many of the topics covered in Art History I.  This is a good URL to "bookmark" or save in your "favorites."

Write chapter report related to one of the 'key issues' in #3 above or analyzing one work of art from #4 above.  See instructions on how to write chapter reports.   Submit your report as described in the schedule distributed in class.