Paleolithic Art What are the first images made by man? What are different ways they’ve been interpreted? What difficulties do these works present? What is the “logic” behind the materials used? Terms Prehistory: time before written language Sc
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Paleolithic Art What are the first images made by man? What are different ways they’ve been interpreted? What difficulties do these works present? What is the “logic” behind the materials used? Terms Prehistory: time before written language Sculpture: in the round v relief Preservation bias Abstraction Neanderthal engraving, Gibraltar, Spain (Gorham’s Cave), carved 37,000 BCE Stone