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Fitnet Lleshi Professor Raúl Zamudio ART 101 February 3, 2024 John Jay College/Spring 2024 Introduc)on to Art Homework Assignment Unit 1 1.Go to the link titled and answer the question below by reading the text: https://smarthistory.org/ paleolithic-art-an-introduction/ What is the recent theory about the overlapping horses in the cave paintings of Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc Cave? The overlapping horses could symbolize an identical horse at different stages of its life, such as running, feeding, sleeping, and so on, according to Randell White. The illustrations could be significantly more complex than anyone's anticipated. 2. Go to the link and answer the question below by reading the text: https://smarthistory.org/our-earliest-technology/ According to the author of the entry, how could the hand-axe be “the beginnings of an artistic sense? The handles were ought to be “the beginnings of an artistic sense” because handaxes were used for the skinning and killing of animals as well as other everyday tasks including working with wood and other materials. 3. Go to the link and answer the question by watching the video: https://smarthistory.org/rock-art-in-the- green-sahara/ What is the associated myth related to the Crying Cows petroglyph? Based on a local mythology, the legend surrounding these engravings tells the tale of a shepherd who carved the sobbing cows after herding his herd through the night to a spring where he thought they would find water. When he realized it was dry, he saw his sheep die one by one, turning their grief into stone. 4. Go to the link and answer the question below by reading the text: https://smarthistory.org/the-neolithic- revolution/ Neolithic period is also important because it is when we first find good evidence for religious practice,” what gives evidence for this? Given that this is the earliest period for which we have conclusive proof of devotion to God, it is important that religion has always influenced Neolithic art. Plaster skulls are among the most remarkable artifacts, discovered at six different Levantine localities, including Jericho.

5. Go to the link and answer the question below by reading the text: https://smarthistory.org/apollo-11-cave-stones-2/ What makes the Apollo 11 cave stones discovery so interesting? The stones show that throughout the Middle Stone Age, which lasted for 25,000 years, Homo sapiens were both physically and behaviorally evolved. 6. Go to the link and answer the following question by watching the video: https://smarthistory.org/ jericho-skull/ What did the curator hypothesize about the marks around the Jericho Skull? The skull belongs to a man who died more than 40 years ago, the curator concluded. He had broken teeth that were rapidly rotting, and abscesses that must have ached. In addition, he suffered a broken nose, but it had already healed by the time of his death. The most amazing result of the Micro-CT scan was the shape of a man's skull. 7. Go to the link and answer the following question by reading the text: https://smarthistory.org/su-nuraxi/ What are some of the theories about the nuraghi? The nuraghi are seen as protective constructions by some theories and as emblems of social status by others. Numerous nuraghi, most of which date from the Punic and Roman eras of the island's history, exhibit evidence of post-Bronze Age use and repurposing. 8. Go to the link and answer the question below by reading the text: https://smarthistory.org/running- horned-woman-tassili-najjer-algeria/ Why was the theory of “The White Lady” viewed as racist? The "copies" that his French workers produced of Egyptionized figures were marketed as genuine reproductions of wall paintings etched into Tassili rocks. His false belief regarding the "copies" supported his hypothesis that outside forces may have impacted the Central Saharan rock art. Breuil rejected the theories of all respectable archaeologists, and he also ignored the stories of the "White Lady" and his support for outside intervention. 9. Go to the link and answer the following question by watching the video: https://smarthistory.org/ working-jade-3/ What did the Jade Artist make and what was it associated with? And where was it placed with the deceased and why? Just the jade objects are sometimes buried in graves alongside the deceased, indicating the great importance of jade among the Hongshan people. The two primary types of jade from this era are perforated discs and maybe hoof-shaped items that resemble hair ornaments.

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