Exam 1 Art Before the Written word, Stonehenge, Mesopotamia, and Egyptian Flashcards
The Woman of Willendorf (“Venus of Willendorf),”
Limestone, c. 25,000-20,000 BCE
Lion-Human
found in the Hohlenstein Cave, Germany
30,000-26,000 BCE
Mammoth Ivory
Cave at Lascaux: Hall of Bulls
France Paleolithic
Charcoal and () on cave walls
15,000 – 13,000 BC
Stonehenge
England
c. 3100-1100 BCE
Swinside Circle
in northwest England (Lake District)
c. 7000-3500 BCE
Woodhenge
c. 7000–3500 BC
The Flood Tablet, relating part of the Epic of Gilgamesh
7th century BCE
clay From Nineveh, modern Iraq
Warka Vase
from Uruk, (modern Warka) Iraq
ca. 3300-3000 BCE
Alabaster
Ziggurat
Ur (modern Iraq) Dedicated to the moon god Nana, ca.
2100 BCE
Votive statue of Gudea
c. 2090 BCE
Mesapotamia
Diorite
Victory stele of Naram-Sin from modern Susa, Iran
ca. 2254-2218 BCE
Sandstone
Votive Statues from the Square Temple at Tell Asmar
Mesopotamia
c. 2900-2600 BCE
Stele with code of Hammurabi from modern Susa, Iran
ca. 1792-1750 BCE
Diorite
Lamassu (winged human headed bulls)
from the citadel of Sargon II, modern Iraq
ca. 721-706 BCE
Limestone
The Dying Lion
Alabaster relief
from the Palace of Ashurbanipal II in Nineveh Assyrian
around 645 BCE
Palette of Narmer, c. 3150-3125 BCE, slate
The Stepped Pyramid of Djoser, Saqqara, ca. 2800 BCE
Pyramids at Giza, c.2569-2503 BCE
King Menkaure and his Queen Khamerenbty Giza, c. 2500 BCE, diorite
King Khafre Seated. Giza; c. 2500 BCE diorite
Hatshepsut as King, 1479–1458 BCE, New Kingdom, limestone
Sphinx of Hatshepsut. Egypt. Red Granite, circa 1473–1458 B.C.E.
Limestone relief with Akhenaten and Nefertiti with Daughters, New Kingdom, c. 1360 BCE
Section from a Book of the Dead made for the singer Nany, c. 1070-945 BCE, painted and inscribed papyrus
The Third and Inner-most Anthropoid Sarcophagus of of Tutankhamun, c. 1325 BCE, Solid gold
