A R T H I S T O R Y
Pre-historic art
Prehistoric Art. Visit the links provided below to find out more about this mysterious period in the history of art.
http://www.pbs.org/howartmadetheworld/episodes/human/venus/
Venus of Willendorf
PBS.org brings you information about The Venus of Willendorf, also known as the Woman of Willendorf, is an 11 cm (4.3 in) high statuette of a female figure estimated to have been made between 24,000 and 22,000 BCE. It was discovered in 1908 by archaeologist Josef Szombathy at a paleolithic site near Willendorf, a village in Lower Austria near the city of Krems.
It is located in the natural History Museum of Vienna. The link is provided below.
http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/prehistoric-art.htm
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This site gives you information about Prehistoric Art of the Stone Age.
http://en.museodealtamira.mcu.es/
Cavernas de Altamira (Caves of Altamira)
This is the actual website of the caves of Altamira in Spain. Here you can see the actual pre-historic paintings on the walls of the caves.
http://www.lascaux.culture.fr/?lng=en#/fr/00.xml
Lascaux
The Official Lascaux Cave site in France. This site gives you a virtual visit of the cave whose paintings reveal exceptional skills.
Stonehenge
Age estimated at 3100 BC
Location Wiltshire, UK
Type of stone Bluestone, Sarsen, Welsh Sandstone
Worship Lunar, Solar
Stonehenge was constructed in three phases.
It has been estimated that the three phases of the construction required more than thirty million hours of labour.
Speculation on the reason it was built range from human sacrifice to astronomy.
