Midterm Flashcards
(33 cards)
,Megaloceros Gallery, Chauvet Cave France, 30,00-28,000 BCE, Ochre
Hall of Bulls, Lascaux Cave, Dordogne, France, 15,000 BCE, ochre
Steppe Bison, Altamira cave, Spain, 12,000-11,000 BCE, Ochre
The Lowenmensch Figurine (Lion-Human) 40,000-35,000 BCE, Mammoth Ivory, 30cm
Praxiteles, Aphrodite of Knidos, c. 350BCE, marble, 2.05m
Polykleitos of Argos, Doryphoros (spear bearer) (Roman copy) 440BCE, marble, 2.02m
Kalikrates, Temple of Athena Nike, Akeopolis Athens Greece Marble, 421-415BCE
Kalikrates and Iktinos, Parthenon, Athens Greece, 447-432BCE marble
Artemision Zeus, Artemision Greece, 460BCE Bronze, 2.13m
Charioteer of Delphi, 478BCE, Bronze with silver 1.85 m
Kritios boy, acropolis Athens, 480BCE, marble 1.2m
Dying Greek Warrior (East Pediment) Temple of Aphaia. Aegina Greece 480BCE marble
Exekias, Ajax and Achilles playing a game, 550BCE ceramic 61cm
Colossal statue of Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) 1352BCE sandstone 3.91m
Created first monotheistic religion of following Aten who is non gender conforming.
Minoan snake goddess,knossos Crete 1600BCE, faience, 30cm
Sir Arthur Evans excavated the site and pieced together the figurine
Found with other things such as pottery and painted seashells.
Royal standard of Ur, royal tombs of Ur, 2550 BCE, wood with lapis lazuli, shell, red limestone 20x47cm
Two sides, one of war and one of victory
Great Pyramid of Khufu, Giza Egypt 2566BCE, limestone and granite
Built in Giza due to a stable base, communities were erected to stay near the pyramid and be built in the off season when the Nile flooded. Cosways for a procession.
Seated Scribe 2450Bce painted limestone with rock crystal 54cm
Did hieroglyphs which was seen as the language of the gods. Could translate the words of the gods. Honoured professions.
The lion Gate, Mycenae 1250BCE Limestone 3m
Lions heads would have been protruding outwards. This represented protection. Many invasions occurred and this place was seized. Relieving triangle
Temple of Hera 1 paestum Italy, limestone w plaster 550BCE Doric Colomns Metope and Triglyphs!!!!
Trilithon! Stonehenge, Salisbury plain, Wiltshire, England 2900-1500BCE
Dolerite found in Wales 386km away. Digging of a circular ditch
Arranged in a horseshoe shape built over the span of 15pp yrs. Ceremonious gathering area
Burney Relief 1765BCE terracotta 50x37cm
Figure of a woman, Syros, Greece 2600-2300BCE marble 46cm
Painted with stripes, self harm? Became very popular and most that are displayed are fakes.
