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Artists and Works



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Question 1.
The mammoth-bone house remains dating from roughly 16,000-10,000 BCE found in the village of Mezhirich came from what modern country?

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Question 2.
The Woman from Willendorf is composed of swelling, ____________ shapes that make it seem much larger than its actual 4-3/8 inch height.

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Question 3.
The Woman from Brassempouy is an example of __________, that is, the reduction of shapes and appearances to basic forms that do not faithfully reproduce those of the thing represented.

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Question 4.
The Altamira artists used the contours of the rock as part of their compositions, giving their work a __________ dimension.

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Question 5.
One of the few indisputable things that can be said about the Lion-Human is that it shows the sculptor's highly sophisticated thinking and creative imagination in conjuring a creature never before __________ in nature.

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Question 6.
Paleolithic cooking vessels such as the Jomon vessel were decorated by pressing slender ribs of __________ onto the body of the pot in a diamond pattern.

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Question 7.
The remains of the Neolithic settlement at Skara Brae consists of a compact cluster of __________ dwellings linked together by covered passageways.

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Question 8.
The decoration on the sun disk of Horse and Sun Chariot are continuous and curvilinear, suggestive of the ____________ of the sun itself.

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Question 9.
In the Barrier Canyon Style, human figures (called __________) have long decorated rectangular bodies and knob-like heads.

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Question 10.
The oldest securely dated European cave paintings are found in __________ cave in southeastern France.

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