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Artists and Patrons

Artists and Patrons

This activity contains 10 questions.

	Statues such as the Woman from Willendorf do not have universally accepted definitions of original purpose, but the one most frequently mentioned is that the work is somehow associated with the idea of __________.   fertility art for art's sake portraiture

	Many megalithic tombs are preserved in __________.   Spain Ireland Ukraine

	Among the fundamental social and cultural changes that mark the beginning of the Neolithic period include the foundation of __________ settlements.   seasonal permanent, year-round settlements movable

	A key scholar in the move from interpreting prehistoric art as an expression of an art-for-art's-sake explanation to an explanation based on the belief that prehistoric art served a social function was Salomon __________.   Willendorf Lorblanchet Reinach

	Much of what we know of Neolithic life comes from ancient __________.   Greek speculation on history texts art and architecture

	The world's first settled farming communities emerged in an area of the ancient Near East long referred to as the __________.   Nile Fertile Crescent Fertile Square

	Paintings found at Cogul, in northeastern Spain, show __________.   women riding horses women weaving carpets women strolling

	A Neolithic settlement preserved in the sea sands at Skara Brae, in the Orkney Islands off the northern coast of Scotland, gives a vivid picture of __________.   village life large-city life the life of wandering hunters and gatherers

	Many megalithic tombs are preserved in Europe, where they were used for ___________.   mass graves only single burials only both single and multiple burials

	Anyone standing at the exact center of Stonehenge on the morning of the summer solstice 4,000 years ago would have seen __________.   the sun rise directly over the altar the sun rise directly over the heel stone the moon rise directly over the heel stone

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