Chapter 1 (Midterm)

Question 1

Composite Pose

Answer 1

Some parts of the body (for example horns, eyes, hooves) are shown from the front, heads, and bodies in profiles.

Question 2

Megalithic

Answer 2

large stones, used to describe Neolithic ceremonial structures and tombs.

Question 3

Dolmen

Answer 3

simple megalithic tomb built using post-and-lintel principle.

Question 4

Capstone

Answer 4

Huge and upright stones supporting tablelike rocks

Question 5

henge

Answer 5

circle of stones or posts surrounded by a ditch with built-up embankments

Question 6

lintels

Answer 6

stones that topped pairs of upright stones

Question 7

corbelling

Answer 7

rows or layers of stone are laid with the end of each row projecting beyond the row beneath, until they can be capped with a stone on top.

Question 8

Pech Merle Cave

Answer 8

• charcoal, negative image (painted around image) - spotted horses and human hands

Question 9

Hall of Bulls, Lascaux, France

Answer 9

• made over long period of time (animals overlapping) - used to teach hunters how to hunt - religious festivals (lots of footprints) - composite pose

Question 10

Bison from a cave at Altamira, Spain

Answer 10

• high relief - painted on natural rocks (protrusions)

Question 11

Bison from Le Tuc d’Audobert, France

Answer 11

• Relief sculpture - Used Clay (modeling) like playdough

Question 12

Stonehenge (Neolithic)

Answer 12

Religious Purposes Buried dead around the site Stonehenge was used for death and woodhenge for life. Lined with the solstice