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	Pre-historic art - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the history of art, prehistoric art is all art produced in preliterate cultures (prehistory), beginning somewhere in very late geological history.
		The earliest known European art is from the Upper Palaeolithic period and includes both cave painting, such as the famous paintings at Altamira, Pech Merle, and Lascaux, and portable art, such as animal carvings and so-called Venus figurines like the Venus of Willendorf.
		Some aboriginal art seems abstract to modern viewers; aboriginal art often employs geometrical figures and lines to represent landscape, which is often shown from a birds-eye view.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prehistoric_art (1487 words)

	Prehistoric Art:Prehistoric art
		The former may be drawn or sculpted realistically or represented by the clever emphasis of a distinctive characteristic, such as the tusks of the mammoth or the horn of a rhinoceros.
		Of all the known prehistoric works of art, some 70 per cent may be attributed to hunter-foragers, 13 per cent to herders and stock raisers, and 17 per cent to people with an organized economy (farmers, livestock breeders, and the like).
		Prehistoric art, in general, can be seen as the representation of a symbolic system that is an integral part of the culture that creates it.
	www.all-art.org /history16.html (2505 words)

	The Dawn of Prehistoric Rock Art by James Q. Jacobs
		Australian rock art may be as old as human occupation of that continent, up to 60,000 years old and perhaps far older.
		The oldest known example of rock art in Europe is an arrangement of eighteen cup marks on a rock slab over a child's burial in a French cave.
		This viewpoint holds that the grids, lattices, parallel lines, dots, zigzags, circles and lines common in rock art of all ages are due to these geometric forms appearing as mental images in trance states induced by psychoactive drugs and other means.
	www.jqjacobs.net /rock_art/dawn.html (3460 words)

	Prehistoric Art : Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		With this powerful combination of illustration prehistoric art and analysis, Paul Bahn describes what prehistoric art is prehistoric art and the different ways in which it can shed light on the lives prehistoric art and preoccupations of our ancestors: sexual, humorous, social, economic, prehistoric art and religious.
		In this first systematic study of the connection between the new cognitive psychology prehistoric art and its importance to art, Solso reflects on the long relationship between humankind prehistoric art and art, observing that mind prehistoric art and art are one.
		Viewed by critics, artists, art historians, prehistoric art and students as the essential text on how prehistoric images have been overlayed onto contemporary art by today's artists, Overlay is for anyone interested in the possibility of reintegrating art into the fabric of society as a whole, as in prehistoric times.
	www.appianiarte32.com /379-Prehistoric-Art.html (1785 words)

	Palaeolithic Art
		Art is manifested in the earliest archaeological relics found.
		Apart from the purpose of use, the early crude stone implements bear the signs of harmony with the use, and are aesthetically pleasing to the eyes and intellect.
		The graphic art, preserved in the caves of France and Spain, shows extreme richness in themes, composition and colours.
	agricola2000.tripod.com /Prehistoric_Art.htm (190 words)

	Prehistoric Art
		Prehistoric carvings which have inspired much speculation are those of women, known as "venus" figures.
		The focus of their arts thus shifted from the magical purpose of bringing luck in the hunt to the domestic purpose of storing liquids and grains.
		Most of the art of this period serves a functional purpose, but the designs on their vessels show that they had a great concern for beauty as well as functionality.
	www.eyeconart.net /history/ancient/prehistoric.htm (954 words)

	Prehistoric Art
		A. assumption of no religion and the assumption that the beginning of art was art for arts sake rather than taking the time to re-evaluate prehistoric man and primitivism.
		The theory of art for art's sake has been all but ignored in the past century in favor of other theories, many with just as little evidence as this one.
		Halverson's main point is that art had to start somewhere and why not have it start as just being art as a representational activity that had no meaning other than to represent what one saw in nature.
	www.students.sbc.edu /matyseksnyder04/Prehistoric_Art.html (1312 words)

	Zinken: [07] Prehistoric Art
		Experts from the University of Cologne launched a research project in 1963 to record the rock art by copying the drawings onto foils including the so-called White Lady, a figure in white leggings carrying a lotus flower that is said to be 2 000 years old...
		A friend of mine who wrote one of the standard histories of world art told me that it always made him happy, when revising the work for a new edition, to alter the dates in the prehistoric section in line with the latest scholarship: the changes were so enormous...
		The discovery of paleolithic art in a cave in South Africa is causing researchers to consider an older and less Euro-centric view of the origins of what is considered 'modern behavior'.
	zinken.typepad.com /palaeo/07_prehistoric_art (7391 words)

	Prehistoric Art
		The project also will allow the student to produce their own prehistoric cave art displaying the characteristics of prehistoric cave art.
		If additional time is needed they may continue in the classroom (art room) working on the computer for at least 10 minutes, no more than 20 minutes in groups of two students at a time.
		Students will create their own prehistoric cave art and using a digital camera to take a picture to be used on their web site.
	www.geocities.com /edwardsarted (202 words)

	Amazon.com: Prehistoric Art: The Symbolic Journey of Humankind: Books: Randall White (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		And these were loooong periods of time: "prehistoric" peoples occupied the world for hundreds of generations before the adoption of agriculture and the many changes it brought, and their habits and beliefs and languages would have changed many times.
		Prehistoric Art: The Symbolic Journey Of Humankind by Ice Age art and technology expert Randall White (Professor of Anthropology, New York University) is an amazingly impressive and informationally detailed survey overview of the paintings, sculptures, pottery, and more, crafted by human beings before times remembered and recorded by the written word.
		Prehistoric Art is a work of impeccible scholarship and very highly recommended addition to Art History and Anthropological Studies reference shelves and reading lists.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0810942623?v=glance (1795 words)

	Zinken: G Prehistoric Art Archives
		The prehistoric cave of Cussac was discovered by Marc Delluc in September 2000 in the Dordogne Valley.
		Intricate ivory carvings said to be the oldest known examples of figurative art have been uncovered in a cave in southwestern Germany...
		The art - first revealed in June - consists of 12,000-year-old engravings of birds and an ibex carved into the stone walls at Creswell Crags, on the border of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire...
	zinken.typepad.com /palaeo/g_prehistoric_art (1011 words)

	Prehistoric Art
		Prehistoric Art (Anthro 4903.002 and ARHS 4973; Safari 06204)
		The purpose of this course is two-fold: 1) to become familiar with the diversity of forms and activities constituting prehistoric image-making, and 2) learn and evaluate the various interpretations proposed to account for them.
		As the course progresses the term "prehistoric art" will itself become a major topic of discussion and we will evaluate the relevance, appropriateness, and limitations of a western (European) definition of "art" for understanding prehistoric image-making.
	www.uark.edu /depts/anthinfo/classes/4903-2.htm (1533 words)

	Prehistoric Art
		Some believe that prehistoric art is any art which does not show the human form remotely similar to what actually exists.
		Some compare prehistoric art to the art of younger children playing with crayons and in some ways this belief is not entirely dissimilar to the actual truth.
		Others believe prehistoric art to be merely that art which was created before the first civilizations.
	maelstorm.itgo.com /photo.html (166 words)

	Prehistoric Art
		This is Prehistoric art (meaning that it existed before historical documentation, and the Cave paintings were some of the first known art findings.
		There are 3 main time periods in Prehistoric art.
		For instance, Prehistoric art tends to have a natural/organic look to it's line drawings, particularly in the Cave paintings.
	webclass.lakeland.cc.il.us /jbowen/week2,1.htm (707 words)

	France’s Magical Cave Art @ nationalgeographic.com
		For decades scholars had theorized that art had advanced in slow stages from primitive scratchings to lively, naturalistic renderings.
		When humans are depicted in European rock art, the depictions are incomplete and unnatural.
		Some scholars insist that the decorations of the caves stem purely from artistic desires—they should be seen as art for art’s sake.
	nationalgeographic.com /ngm/data/2001/08/01/html/ft_20010801.6.html (817 words)

	PrehistoricArtPundit
		The Roland Collection of Videos & Films on Art is a tremendous "pay to buy" collection of art films and art videos - all titles are available for sale - but the site also offers free viewing of 450 complete films on-line.
		The primary hypothesis of Stars Stones and Scholars is that the megaliths represent ancient surveys of the earth by astronomy, and that these feats of ancient surveying and of ancient surveyors can be reconstructed.
		The top-ranked website at Google for Prehistoric Art Resources is Chris Witcombe's Art History Resources.
	prehistoricartpundit.blogspot.com (423 words)

	Bradshaw Foundation - Rock Art Archaeology Anthropology
		Indian Rock Art is perhaps not as well known as it should be; in a recent field trip Dr Jean Clottes visits the spectacular Rock Art of Central India
		SIARB (Sociedad de Investigacion del Arte Rupestre de Bolivia) was founded in 1987.
		Despite its significant position astride the most important rock art regions of Africa, the study of rock art in Tanzania is relatively new.
	www.bradshawfoundation.com (436 words)

	The Prehistoric Art Park in the Ariège Pyrenees
		Examples of the types of shelters used in magdalenien times have been constructed, and there are demonstrations of flint tool and fire making and spear-throwing.
		The "Grand Atelier" of the Prehistoric Art Park contains replicas and photos of drawings and paintings found in other caves, many of which are no longer open to the public.
		When you visit the Niaux cave (advance reservation required) you receive a coupon for a reduced admission to the Prehistoric Art Park.
	www.ariege.com /what_to_do/castlescaves/caves/index.html (434 words)

	CeSMAP - Study Centre and Museum of Prehistoric Art
		CeSMAP, the Study Centre and Museum of Prehistoric Art, was established in 1964 and it is one of the field's most important institutions in Europe.
		The rock art missions of the CeSMAP cover all the continents and the international rock art collections of the Museum of Prehistoric Art of Pinerolo, Italy, are unique in the world in representing this phenomenon.
		CeSMAP is a founding member of the IFRAO, International Federation of Rock Art Organizations, is the IFRAO Italian Representative and IFRAO-UNESCO Liaison Office; is an ICOM member and a member of UISPP, the International Union of Pre and Proto-historic Science.
	www.cesmap.it /E_index.htm (261 words)

	Alqueva Dam Prehistoric Rock Art SOS Petition
		Over 400 panels of the prehistoric art are located within the impact zone of the dam along the Portuguese and Spanish sides of the Guadiana River.
		The rock art is an irreplaceable treasure that belongs to the cultural heritage of all people of the world.
		The Alqueva Dam Prehistoric Rock Art SOS Petition to Portuguese government and European Union was created by International Rock Art Community and written by Bill Laben.
	www.petitiononline.com /Alqueva/petition.html (284 words)

	Prehistoric Art by History Link 101
		Cave of Chauvet - Point D'Arch Cave Art from France.
		Prehistoric Art of Pyrenees by French Culture (Ministry) ??
		Ice Age Art Gallery Page is set up in Frames.
	www.historylink101.com /1/prehistory/prehistoric_art.htm (250 words)

	Prehistoric & Primitive Art History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		"Primitivism" in 20th Century Art: Affinity of the Tribal and the Modern
		The Cambridge Illustrated History of Prehistoric Art (Cambridge Illustrated Histories)
		Prehistoric & Primitive Art History 1 Prehistoric & Primitive Art History 2
	art-history.isbn-books.info /Books/browse-1088.html (129 words)

	Prehistoric Marine Art For Sale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Hot art of today, The Wall Art Catalogue: Original...
		Mushroom art, mushroom land and a picture of a centaur.
		So while this is not dinosaur art, mosasaurs and marine...
	art.talkitsaynow.info /prehistoric-marine-art-for-sale.html (227 words)

	Siberian Association of Prehistoric Art Researchers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The main aim of SAPAR is to contribute in every way to the study, preservation and popularization of prehistoric art.
		The International Conference on Prehistoric Art (3 - 8 August) 1998
		To solve the most important questions of SAPAR activity, to report back and to elect the Management Board, regular General Meetings of the Association will be held.The last meeting took place on the 8th of August within the framework of The International Conference on Prehistoric Art in Kemerovo.
	www.kemsu.ru /org/sapar/engl/mainengl.html (191 words)

	Visual Arts - Prehistoric Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		This site has a data-base of European prehistoric art that includes record, documentation and images.
		Discover prehistoric art at this site from the Hermitage Museum that features items discovered on Russian territory between the 18th century and the present.
		Discovered in 1994, the art in this cave is currently being studied.
	www.nhptv.org /Kn/vs/artlab8b.htm (432 words)

	ART HISTORY RESOURCES ON THE WEB: Prehistoric Art
		Prehistoric Art in the The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
		Prehistoric Art (Virtual Museum) (through Kemerovo State University, Russia)
		Prehistoric Art of the Pyrenees, an exhibition, April 3 - July 8 1996, Musée des Antiquités nationales- Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye (Castle), with a link to the:
	witcombe.sbc.edu /ARTHprehistoric.html (1077 words)

	BBC News \| SCI/TECH \| 'Oldest' prehistoric art unearthed
		The world's oldest example of abstract art, dating back more than 70,000 years, has been found in a cave in South Africa.
		The abstract art was found on two pieces of ochre in a cave on the southern Cape shore of the Indian Ocean.
		Previously, the earliest evidence of abstract art came mainly in France from the Eurasian Palaeolithic period less than 35,000 years ago.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sci/tech/1753326.stm (582 words)

	ARTKids Prehistoric Art - Paleolithic Age (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Humankind's oldest known forms of art; Paleolithic Art.
		Paleolithic or "Old Stone Age" is a term used to define the oldest period in the history of humankind.
		Many objects are decorated with ornamental patterns: from Malta these tend to be depressions and notches forming spiral compositions; from Kostenky I come more geometrical patterns.
	www.artfaces.com /artkids/paleo.htm (210 words)

	Paleo Art: Dept. of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
		Paleo Art: Dept. of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
		Paleontological art has been used to help disseminate Smithsonian paleontological research findings since the Institution was founded in 1846 and continues today.
		This website highlights some of the Smithsonian Institution's most interesting historical paleo art, provides information about taking proper care of illustrations, and discusses techniques for creating paleontological and other scientific illustrations.
	www.nmnh.si.edu /paleo/paleoart (77 words)

	Kamat'sPotpourri: Prehistoric Rock Paintings of Bhimabetaka
		Surrounded by evergreen forest and about 50 or 60 small hillocks, this place has remained a landmark of generations of prehistoric art.
		Due to the constant battering of nature and mankind the foundations of art treasures has collapsed and it is not easy to get to the top.
		It is common for peacocks and bats to dwell in these havens, but sometimes one might run into porcupines, bear, or poisonous snakes, and one has to very careful every step.
	www.kamat.com /kalranga/rockpain/betaka.htm (1346 words)

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