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History Week 1
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History
Undergraduate 4
10/30/2017

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Term
[image]
Definition
Venus of Willendorf
Depiction of human female figure
Tiny, 3" height
Good luck charm for fertility
Found Image
Term
Venus
Definition
Goddess of love, beauty, fertility
Term
How was Venus of W Naturalistic?
Definition
Human, Female
Term
How was Venus of W Abstract?
Definition
No face, no arms, stylized hair/cap
Term
Found image
Definition
Add to what was already there.
Ex: fine pebble that looks like something and modify it a bit, chip and carve to create final product
Term
[image]
Definition
Bison of la Madeline
Hopefully securing good health
Piece of broken antler carved into a bison
Natural, Abstract
Found image
Term
[image]
Definition
Horses of Pech-Merle
Cave Mural (caves were sacred)
Term
Mural
Definition
A wall painting where the wall itself is DRY
Dry wall surface where you put your media (whatever that may be) and create a mural
Term
[image]
Definition
Dolman
One of the first examples of basic building structure
Initially burial site
Term
Post Beam (Lintel)
Definition
Post: Vertical
Beam: Horizontal
Lintel: The beam for a window or doorway is called a lintel (Post and Lintel for windows and doorways)
Term
Trilithon
Definition
Tri: 3
Lith: Stone
Large stone 3 part structure
Term
[image]
Definition
Stonehenge
Used for astronomical and astrological signs from heavens
Term
Megalith(ic)
Definition
Hugh stone structure. Stonehenge is Megalithic. Each post stone is 17' high, 50 tons each
Term
Sarsen
Definition
Sandstone
What the posts at stonehenge were made of
Stone that over time can wire down and turn into loose grains of sand
Heavier weight stone than blue stone
Term
Volcanic (bluestone)
Definition
Beams of stonehenge.
Full of gasses so they're lighter in weight but very strong
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