Activity no. 6 Direction: Compare the characteristics of artworks from the Pre-historic era and to medieval Era. Pre-historic Era and to madieval era.
Lascaux Cave is a Palaeolithic cave situated in southwestern France, near the village of Montignac in the Dordogne region, which houses some of the most famous examples of prehistoric cave paintings. ... Lascaux was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list in 1979, along with other prehistoric sites in its proximity.
The Venus of Willendorf has been classified as belonging to to the Gravettian or Upper Perigordian culture of the Upper Paleolithic period - the final period of the old Stone Age, and dated to approximately 25,000 BCE. It is part of the permanent collection of rock art in the Natural History Museum in Vienna.
Medieval Era
Christ in Majesty or Christ in Glory is the Western Christian image of Christ seated on a throne as ruler of the world, always seen frontally in the centre of the composition, and often flanked by other sacred figures, whose membership changes over time and according to the context.
The Barberini ivory is a Byzantine ivory leaf from an imperial diptych dating from Late Antiquity, now in the Louvre in Paris. It represents the emperor as triumphant victor.
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Pre-historic era
Lascaux Cave is a Palaeolithic cave situated in southwestern France, near the village of Montignac in the Dordogne region, which houses some of the most famous examples of prehistoric cave paintings. ... Lascaux was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list in 1979, along with other prehistoric sites in its proximity.
The Venus of Willendorf has been classified as belonging to to the Gravettian or Upper Perigordian culture of the Upper Paleolithic period - the final period of the old Stone Age, and dated to approximately 25,000 BCE. It is part of the permanent collection of rock art in the Natural History Museum in Vienna.
Medieval Era
Christ in Majesty or Christ in Glory is the Western Christian image of Christ seated on a throne as ruler of the world, always seen frontally in the centre of the composition, and often flanked by other sacred figures, whose membership changes over time and according to the context.
The Barberini ivory is a Byzantine ivory leaf from an imperial diptych dating from Late Antiquity, now in the Louvre in Paris. It represents the emperor as triumphant victor.