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Painting, Watercolour, Plastic Arts, Woodcuts, Etching, Drawing.



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Altars

ALTARS

Armours

ARMOURS

Book Illumination

BOOK ILLUMINATION

Carvings

CARVINGS

Ceramic

CERAMIC

Drawing

DRAWING

Enamel

ENAMEL

Engravings

ENGRAVINGS

Fresco and Wallpainting

FRESCO AND WALLPAINTING

Goldsmith Works

GOLDSMITH WORKS

Handicraft

HANDICRAFT

Jewelry

JEWELRY

Mosaics

MOSAICS

Painting

PAINTING

Plastic Arts

PLASTIC ARTS

Posters

POSTERS

Prints

PRINTS

Relief

RELIEF

Sculpture

SCULPTURE

Silverwork

SILVERWORK

Textile Works

TEXTILE WORKS

Watercolour

WATERCOLOUR

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Running deer.Cave painting from Altamira,Santander, Spain.
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Running deer.Cave painting from Altamira,Santander, Spain.

Group of bisons.Cave painting from Altamira,Santander, Spain.
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Group of bisons.Cave painting from Altamira,Santander, Spain.

Decorated bone pin, Early Aurignacian period, about 34,000 years old. Deliberately made jewellery is unknown in Old Stone Age sites in Europe before the start of the Upper Palaeolithic. Some of the oldest known pieces came from the Abri Lartet, a shelter formed by a rock overhang where the users of distinctive split-based spear points camped during the early Aurignacian period, which in France lasted from 35,000 to 29,000 years ago. The decorated pin is a rare piece. There is nothing to compare with it in the whole of western Europe. From the flattened tip the smooth shaft becomes more rounded towards the middle where the simple notched decoration starts. This extends all round the shaft onto the head which is in part still rough and may not have been finished. The tip is thin and flattened. It appears unsuitable for use as a tool. On a person, it might have been worn in the hair or, to hold the sides of a collar or jacket front together below the shoulder. Perforated bone pendants with notched decoration and waste from making ivory beads were also found at the site. P&EE, Sieveking Catalogue no. 1
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Decorated bone pin, Early Aurignacian period, about 34,000 years old. Deliberate...

Bone flute, Paleolithic (Perigordian), about 32,000 years old. The oldest known musical instruments in western Europe appear about 35,000 years ago at the same time as fully modern people like ourselves. Cave paintings, sculpture and jewellery also date from this period. Flutes carved from bone are the oldest recognizable type of instrument. This example from La Roque, Dordogne, France has five holes on the front and two on the back. With the top end blocked except for a small airway it could have been played like a modern recorder. It is similar to 30,000 year-old flutes made on swan wing bones that have been found at Isturitz, France. However, the rockshelter at La Roque contained 30,000 year-old deposits which had been disturbed more recently in the Middle Ages. As a result its age is uncertain. P&EE, Christy Collection
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Bone flute, Paleolithic (Perigordian), about 32,000 years old. The oldest known...

Spearthrower carved as a mammoth, Late Magdalenian, about 12,500 years old. Spearthrowers came into use about 18,000 years ago in western Europe. They consist of a straight handle with a hook at one end. The bottom of the spear fits against the hook and the spear shaft and spearthrower handle are held together with the hook end by the shoulder. Launching the spear in this way sends it with more force and speed and across a longer distance than if it was simply thrown by hand. The hook ends of spearthrowers are frequently decorated with an animal. This example from Montastruc, Tarn-et-Garonne, France, shows a mammoth. It is the only known example which has a hole for an eye (which probably held an insert of bone or stone). The hook is also unusual because it is an ancient repair. The original hook carved from the antler broke off and was mended by cutting a slot on the back and inserting a bone or antler replacement. The mammoth's tusks appear on each side of the handle, most of which was broken off in ancient times. P&EE, Sieveking Catalogue no. 555
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Spearthrower carved as a mammoth, Late Magdalenian, about 12,500 years old. Spea...

Headless female terracotta figurine known as Venus of Malta From Hagar Qim, Malta; 3400-3000 BCE
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Headless female terracotta figurine known as Venus of Malta From Hagar Qim, Malt...

Female statue, Bronze Age.
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Female statue, Bronze Age.

Cult complex "Soborul zeitelor" of Poduri (Assembly of Goddesses). 21 clay idols, 15 of which are painted, 6 unpainted, 13 thrones, 1 clay ball, 1 conical clay object. Pre-Cucuteni culture; settlement tumulus. From Poduri - Dealul Ghindaru, Romania. First half of the 5th Millenium BCE.
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Cult complex "Soborul zeitelor" of Poduri (Assembly of Goddesses). 21 clay idols...

Sitting male clay figurine. Red-yellowish paint. From the Middle Neolithic circular ditch at Scheltz, Austria.
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Sitting male clay figurine. Red-yellowish paint. From the Middle Neolithic cir...

Human depiction in the form of a lid handle. Elongated neck with a proportionally small head and a beak-like nose. Clay; from Ljubimec, Haskovo, Bulgaria. Height: 6,8cm
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Human depiction in the form of a lid handle. Elongated neck with a proportionall...

Head of a male figure. Clay; settlement tumulus; Late Neolithic (Karanovo III-IV). From Ljubimec, Haskovo, Bulgaria. Height: 4,1cm
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Head of a male figure. Clay; settlement tumulus; Late Neolithic (Karanovo III-I...

Head of a male figure. Clay; settlement tumulus; Late Chalcolithic Period (Karanovo VI). From Dinja, Bulgaria. Height: 9cm
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Head of a male figure. Clay; settlement tumulus; Late Chalcolithic Period (Kara...