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Midterm 1 Flashcards

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Paleolithic
Leaping Horse, Lascaux Cave
c 15k-13k BCE
Paint on stone

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Paleolithic
Bison stripped by arrows, Lascaux Cave
c 15k-13k BCE
Paint on stone

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Paleolithic
Hall of Bulls, Lascaux Cave
c 15k-13k BCE
Painted stone

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Paleolithic
Rhinoceros, Man, and Bison (Man and the Well), Pech-Merie Cave
c 22k BCE
Paint on stone

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Paleolithic
Spotted horses and hand-stencils, Pech-Marie Cave
c 22k BCE
Paint on stone

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Paleolithic
Bison, Le Tuc d’Audoubert Cave
c 15k-10k BCE
Shaped natural clay

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Paleolithic
Figurine (Venus) of Willendorf, Austria
c 28k-25k BCE
Limestone

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Mesolithic
Ancestor skull from Jericho
c 7k-6.5k BCE
Plaster over human skull with Cowrie-shells

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Sumerian
Vase from Uruk
c 3200-3000 BCE
Carved alabaster

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Sumerian
The Lady of Uruk
c 3200-3000 BCE
Carved Marble

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Sumerian
Votive Statues from Temple of Abu
c 2700 BCE
Carved stone with inlay

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Sumerian
Reconstruction of Ziggurat at Uruk
c 2125 BCE

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Akkadian
Head of Akkadian Ruler
c 2250-2200 BCE
Cast bronze

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Akkadian
Victory stele of Naram-Sin
2254-2218 BCE
Carved stone

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Babylonian
Stele of Hammarabi
c 1780 BCE
Carved basalt

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Akkadian
Ashurbanipal slaying a lion, Ninevah palace
645-640 BCE
Carved stone

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Assyrian
Lamassu figure
c 879 BCE
Carved stone

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Neo-Babylonian
Reconstructed Ishtar Gate
c 605-562 BCE
Glazed brick

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Neo-Babylonian
Snake-dragon from Ishtar Gate
605-563 BCE
Glazed brick

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Achaemenid Persia
Processing delegations, Persepolis Palace
c 521-465 BCE
Carved stone

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Achaemenid Persia
Processing delegations, Persepolis Palace
c 521-465 BCE
Carved stone

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Predynastic Egypt
Palette of King Narmer
c 3000-2920 BCE
Carved stone

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Old Kingdom Egypt
Khafre enthroned, Gizeh
c 2520-2494 BCE
Carved stone

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Old Kingdom Egypt
Pharoah Menkaure and His Queen from Gizeh
c 2490-2472 BCE
Carved stone

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Old Kingdom Egypt
Seated scribe from Saqqara
c 2500 BCE
Painted limestone with inlay

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Old Kingdom Egypt
Prince Rahotep and Princess Nofret from Medium
c 2660 BCE
Carved and painted limestone

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Old Kingdom Egypt
Prince Ankh-Haf
c 2600 BCE
Painted limestone

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Old Kingdom Egypt
IMHOTEP (architect)
Stepped pyramid of King Djoser at Saqqara
c 2630-2611 BCE

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New Kingdom Egypt
Funerary Papyrus (Book of the Dead) for HU-Nefer (frame 3: Psychostasis and meeting with Osiris)
c 1285 BCE
Painted papyrus leaves

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Old Kingdom Egypt
Pyramid of Pharoah Khufu
c 2551-2528 BCE

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Old Kingdom Egypt
Sphinx of the pyramid complex at Gizeh
c 2520-2494 BCE
Sandstone

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New Kingdom Egypt
Mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Deir el-Bahri
c 1473-1458 BCE

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New Kingdom Egypt
Avenue of Sphinxes and first pylon, Temple of Amon-Re, Karnak
c 1290-1224 BCE

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New Kingdom Egypt
Model of hypostyle hall, Temple of Amon-Re, Karnak
c 1290-1224 BCe

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New Kingdom Egypt
Temple of Ramses II, Abu Simbel
c 1290-1224 BCE
Sandstone

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New Kingdom Egypt
Akhenatun, Temple of Aton, Karnak
c 1353-1335 BCE
Sandstone

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New Kingdom Egypt
Sculptor’s Model of Queen Nefertiti
c 1353-1335 BCE
PaintedlLimestone

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New Kingdom Egypt
Akhenatun, Nefertiti, and daughters
c 1353-1335 BCE
Carved limestone

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Cycladic
Figurine of a woman
c 2600-2300 BCE
Marble

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Minoan Crete
Chryselephantine statue from Palaikastro, Crete
c 1500-1475 BCE
Ivory, gold, and other materials

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Minoan Crete
Reconstruction of Knossos Palace
c 1700-1400 BCE

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Minoan Crete
Reconstructed lightwell, Knossos Palace
c 1700-1400 BCE

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Minoan Crete
Dolphins Fresco in Queen’s Megaron, Knossos Palace
c 1700-1400 BCE

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Minoan Crete
Bull-leaping at Knossos Palace
c 1400 BCE
Fresco
Archaeological Museum, Herakleion

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Minoan Crete
Minoan woman or goddess (La Parisienne), Knossos Palace
c 1400-1350 BCE
Fresco fragment

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Minoan Crete
Harvester Vase
c 1500 BCE
Carved Steatite

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Minoan Crete
Octopus Jar
c 1500-1450 BCE
Clay with painted slip

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Archaic Greece
Mantiklos Votive for Apollo
700-680 BCE
Solid Bronze

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Archaic Greece
Statue of woman or goddess (Lady of Auxerre)
c 650-625 BCE
Carved limestone

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Archaic Greece
Peplos Kore
c 530 BCE
Marble with traces of polychromy

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Archaic Greece
New York Kouros
c 590-580 BCE
Marble

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Archaic Greece
Statue of Kroisos from Anavysos
c 530 BCE
Marble

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Late Archaic/Early Classical Greece
Kritios Boy
c 480 BCE
Marble

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Classical Greece
Warrior (one of Riaca Bronzes)
c 460-450 BCE
Bronze (lost wax method)

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Classical Greece
POLYKLEITOS (sculptor)
Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)
Copy after bronze original –> Warrior (one of Riaca Bronzes)
c 450-440 BCE
Marble

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Classical Greece
MYRON (sculptor)
Diskobollos (disk thrower)
Copy of bronze original
c 450 BCE
Marble

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Archaic Greece
Temple of Hera I at Paetsum, Italy
c 550 BCE
Limestone covered in palster

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Archaic Greece
Capitals at Temple of Hera I
c 550 BCE
Limestone covered in plaster

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Classical Greece
IKTINOS and KALLIKRATES (architects)
Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens
447-432 BCE

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Classical Greece
PHIDIAS (sculptor)
Reclining Dionysos from east pediment, Parthenon
c 438-432 BCE
Marble

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Classical Greece
PHIDIAS (sculptor)
Goddess in a flowing peplos, from east pediment, Parthenon
c 438-432 BCE
Marble

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Classical Greece
PHIDIAS (sculptor)
3 goddesses in drapery, east pediment, Parthenon
c 438-432 BCE
Marble

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Hypostyle Architecture

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Having rows of pillars that support ceilings

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Pychostasis

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The weighing of souls to test a person in the afterlife

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Libation Vase

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liquid offering vase

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Peripteral

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pillars on perimeter of temple

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organic displacement

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body movements show natural curvature, animation

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Formal qualities

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color, composition, balance, shadows, space, etc

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Sacred Mountain, Sculley

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Mountains allude to being able to interact with gods and reach heaven

stepped pyramids, khufu pyramid

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Enlivening the Body, Morgan

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The way artists use paint to bring life to a body, making a statue more life-like; male:darker, female: lighter

rahotep and nofret, nefertiti, ankh-haf

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Bared Breast, Morris

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Modern historians put our own perceptions and definitions of fertility and sexuality on artworks; bared breasts does not necessarily mean maternity or fertility,

Venus, cycladic, snake goddesses (people think they represent fertility)

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