AP Art History Prehistoric Art Cards – Flashcards

Period: Unit 1 Prehistory Medium: Charcoal on Stone Artist: Unknown Patron: Unknown Date: 25,500-25,300 B.C.E Location: Nambia ( Southern Africa Function: Currently unknown, historians believe that they would have been used for ritualistic purposes. Form: Contains numerous geometric line designs, utilizes twisted perspective Content: Depicts an unknown animal standing in twisted perspective Context: Polytheistic hunter gatherer tribes.

Period: Unit 1 Prehistory Medium: Bone Artist: Unknown Patron: Unknown Date: 14,000-7000 B.C.E Location Tequixquiac ( Central Mexico) Function: Currently Unknown Historians believe it may have held some hunting or religious significance Form: Whittled down bone Content: Depicts some sort of canine that would have interacted with the artist Context:Polytheistic hunter gatherers

Period: Unit 1 Prehistory Medium: Painted Terra Cotta Artist: Unknown Patron: Unknown Date: 4200-3500 B.C.E Location Susa( Iran) Function: Discovered in many burial suits this artifact is believed by historians to wield some religious importance Form: Profile view, Twisted perspective, geometric shapes( such as the Ibex body) Content: An Ibex with exaggerated horns that go over some sort of prehistoric symbol Context: Created by a polytheistic prehistoric city with an affinity for the ibex

Period: Unit 1 Prehistory Medium: Sandstone Artist: Unknown Patron: Unknown Date: Fourth Millennium B.C.E Location Arabian Peninsula Function: Discovered in burial sites, thought to be some sort of grave marker for the dead Form: lots of negative space, stylized human face Content: Created in the image of a possibly deceased person Context: Polytheistic prehistoric Arabian civilization