25,000 - 20,000 BCE - Gravettian Art Gravettian artists took prehistoric sculture to a new advanced level See link for list of Art Styles and Places (jan 1, 25000 BC – 15h 39min, mar 16, 20000 y BC)

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In Stone Age art, the term "Gravettian" describes a 5,000-year period of Upper Paleolithic art and culture, named after the type site "La Gravette", a tongue of land in the Dordogne. Building on Aurignacian traditions, Gravettian artists took prehistoric sculture to a new advanced level, as shown by the Venus Figurines which appeared across Europe. Other notable prehistoric art of this period include the hand stencils in Cosquer Cave (c.25,000 BCE) close to Marseilles, and the Dappled Horses of Pech-Merle (c.25,000 BCE) near Cahors. In addition, Gravettian expertise in pointed blade technology led to greater refinement in petroglyphs and engravings. In fact, Gravettian culture is traditionally separated into two regions: the western Gravettian, largely known from cave sites in France, and the eastern Gravettian, known from cave sites like Buran-Kaya in the Crimea and Kozarnika in Bulgaria. The culture appeared in France about 25,000 BCE, by which time the species of Homo Sapiens known as Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) had been ousted by anatomically modern humans (Cro-Magnons), who had entered Europe from Africa and the Middle East some 15,000 years before. During this process, Neanderthals retreated to the southern half of the Iberian Peninsula and, by about 20,000 BCE, most were extinct.

Note: The Gravettian era was preceded by the Aurignacian era and succeeded by the Solutrean. (See: Prehistoric Art Timeline.)

Chronology of Upper Paleolithic Art

• Aurignacian (40,000 – 25,000 BCE)
• Solutrean (20,000 - 15,000 BCE)
• Magdalenian (15,000 - 10,000 BCE)

Late Stone Age Culture

• Mesolithic Art (10,000 to about 6,000 BCE)
• Neolithic Art (about 6,000 to about 2,000 BCE)

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