AP Art History
Chapter 1: Birth of Art
Study Guide
Learning Objectives:
1. Explain how humans began to represent their world during the Paleolithic era and
provide examples.
2. Understand the pictorial conventions used in Paleolithic and Neolithic art and
provide examples.
3. Explain how shifting social systems contributed to the differences between
Paleolithic and Neolithic art.
4. Explain the purposes of and techniques of monumental art and architecture during
the Neolithic era.
Key Vocabulary and concepts:
Paleolithic
Neolithic
Cave Painting
Twisted Perspective/ composite view
Megalithic
Lintel
Ground line
Cromlech
Relief
In-the-round
Jericho
Catal Huyuk
Works of Art:
Human with feline head (1-3)
Venus of Willendorf (1-4)
Hall of Bulls, Lascaux (1-11)
Rhinoceros, wounded man, Lascaux (1-13)
Bison, Altamira (1-9)
Stone Tower, Jericho (1-14)
Human skull, Jericho (1-15)
Schematic drawing, Catal Huyuk (1-16)
Deer hunt, mural, Catal Huyuk (1-17)
Stonehenge (1-19)