Prehistoric Art
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- 3. __________ gives us the best picture of prehistoric art because it is there that most of the excavations and research has taken place.
- 6. Sometimes we can only _______ at the meaning of ancient pieces of art.
- 7. It is thought that the cave paintings were part of a _______ ritual to ensure a successful hunt.
- 8. The 'Hall of Bulls' at ____________ is 21m long.
- 11. The New Stone Age becan when people made their first attempts ___________.
- 12. Some of the first prehistoric paintings were found in ____________, in Spain.
- 13. Art expression first showed itself in the making of _______.
- 14. _____________ is one of the few existing pieces created during the Old Stone Age.
- 16. ________ is a paint binder.
- 17. The word Prehistoris is really a cultural ______________.
- 20. The earliest images are ______________.
- 21. The Venus of Willendorf is a _______ sculpture.
- 22. The greater part of early prehistoric life was taken up by ___________.
- 23. The Venus of Willendorf represents ____________.
- 24. Cave people produced small hand-size ____________.
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- 1. It is certain that caves were ____________ places for paleolithic people.
- 2. Before the hunt, hunters would throw their ________ at the paintings on the cave walls.
- 4. Clay is used for paint ___________.
- 5. One of the visual characteristics of a cave painting is that they are outlined in _______.
- 8. The art of ancient peoples tells us a great deal about their ____________.
- 9. The most ancient art we know was made by people of the _____________ period.
- 10. Carvings were made in hard materials such as ________ so that they would be more likely to survive.
- 15. During the _____________ period many symbols appear in the paintings.
- 18. The purpose of Stonehenge is _____________.
- 19. Cave paintings were not located at the _____________ to the caves.