AP Art History

AP Art History

Chapter 1
Prehistory and Prehistoric Art in Europe

Study Guide



  • What are the three phases of the Paleolithic Period?
  • What is the traditional definition of the term architecture?
  • What are the stylistic features of the Venus of Willendorf?
  • What are some of the possible explanations for the large number of Paleolithic figures being women?
  • Compare and contrast the cave paintings at Altamira and Lascaux
  • Discuss the stylistic elements of the Bison from Le Tuc d'Audoubert.
  • What were the three conditons that signaled the onset of the Neolithic Period
  • What were some of the differnces between cave paintings from the Paleolithic and the Neolithic periods?
  • What architectural principles can be found at Skara Brae?
  • What is the historical importance of Stonehenge?

    Vocabulary
    Terms Places
    sculpture in the round
    relief sculpture abstraction
    memory image
    incising
    modeling
    high relief
    wattle and daub
    course
    corbeling
    corbel vault
    post-and-lintel
    capstones
    henge
    mortise-and-tenon joints
    passage grave
    menhirs
    cromlechs
    alignments    		 Chauvet Cave
    Altamira, Spain
    Lascaux, France
    Le Tuc d'Audoubert, France
    Skara Brae
    Stonehenge
    Carnac, France