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Cave art from prehistoric times featured drawings and carvings of animals like bison, horses, and felines on the walls and ceilings of caves. Some of the most famous examples include paintings from the Chauvet, Lascaux, and Altamira caves that depicted spotted horses, bulls, and bison dated to be over 30,000 years old.
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This document provides an overview of American art in the post-Civil War era, mentioning several important artists and some of their most famous works such as Matthew Brady's Civil War photographs, Thomas Nast's political cartoons including images of Tammany Tiger and Third Term Panic, James McNeill Whistler's paintings in tonal shades of color like White, Grey and Black, Winslow Homer's paintings of the Civil War like Sharpshooter and Prisoners, and Thomas Eakins' paintings documenting medical education like The Gross Clinic.
Am art1
The document lists important early American artists such as Benjamin West, John Singleton Copley, Charles Willson Peale, Gilbert Stuart, John James Audubon, Albert Bierstadt, and Currier and Ives. It also lists some of their famous works including West's Death of Wolfe, Copley's Death of Nelson, Peale's Princeton, Stuart's Washington, Audubon's Golden Eagle, Bierstadt's Sierra Nevada, and Currier and Ives prints like Fireman and Central Park. The document seems to provide a survey of influential artists and some of their iconic works that helped establish American art from the colonial period through the 19th century.
Beginner romell
The transition from Roman Republic to Empire occurred over several violent periods beginning with the Gracchus Brothers reforms sparking conflict, followed by the power struggle between Marius and Sulla, and culminating with Julius Caesar crossing the Rubicon which began a civil war allowing him to become dictator before being assassinated, leading to additional conflict between Mark Anthony and Octavian which Octavian ultimately won allowing him to become the first Roman emperor Augustus and begin the Pax Romana period of peace.
Ira
The document discusses the origins and history of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in Northern Ireland from the 1960s-1990s. It covers civil rights marches, enemies of the IRA, attacks in the early 1970s including the 1979 Warrenpoint bombing and assassination of Lord Mountbatten, martyrs of the IRA, a failed 1984 bomb plot to kill the British Prime Minister, a 1991 assassination attempt on UK PM John Major, 1996 attacks, and IRA leaders.
Arh greek statues
This document lists 10 ancient Greek statues from different periods including Kouros, Kroisos, Peplos Kore, Kritios Boy, Charioteer, Zeus or Poseidon, Discuss Thrower, Spear Bearer, Aphrodite of Knidos, and Scraper.
Elbow
The document discusses the elbow room in the USA. Elbow room refers to having plenty of space and not feeling crowded. Historically, the USA has had an abundance of wide open spaces with low population densities compared to other countries. This led to a cultural value placed on independence and self-reliance as people had more personal space and privacy.
Farm and city
Social life in the Middle Ages revolved around the feudal system of lords and peasants tied to the land, with peasants living under the three field system and joining guilds for crafts and trade. Towns grew around fairs and markets along major trade routes, and centers of learning like universities and scholars such as Aquinas and Dante helped spread new ideas while the use of Latin and local languages developed.
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Cave art
- 1. Cave Art So easy, even a caveman can do it!
- 3. Human with a feline head
- 4. Venus
- 6. Laussel Woman with bison horn
- 7. Clay bison
- 8. Bison from reindeer horn
- 12. Spotted horses
- 13. Hall of Bulls, Lascaux
- 15. Chauvet
- 18. Wounded
- 19. Other great cave art