ART 187 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Numismatics, Cave Painting, Epigraphy
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Art 187: 2 common types of carbon dating. Radio carbon the rate of degeneration of carbon. Relative dating look like something else found in the ground at the same level. Numismatics the study of art history: factors which determine art and art history : Style everybody does it the same way. Paleolithic pale = old lithic = stone. Neolithic neo = new lithic = stone. Naturalistic looks like what you think it is. Really deep into the cave (150 ft) and painted on the ceiling. Most famous cave art: france and spain was found first but the oldest cave art is in tassili, africa. Test slide the hall of (running) bulls, paleolithic.
