Pre Historic Art Flashcards
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1. Woman from Willendorf.
- Pre Historic
- Fertility symbol
- Emphasis on breasts, hips, pubic triangle
- Made of Limestone
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Hall of the Bulls, Lascaux Caves - France.
- Prehistoric Art
- Paint on limestone.
- c. 15,000bce.
- Paleolithic
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Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, England
- Prehistoric Art - Neolithic Petiod
- Post and lintel
- an astronomical observatory
- a graveyard
- a center for healing the sick
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Stele of Naram-Sin
- Art of the Ancient Near East
- Ruler of Mesopotamia
- Limestone.
- Hieratic Scale.
- Low Relief
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Carved vessel from Uruk
- Art of the Ancient Near East
- Found at a temple complex at Uruk
- low relief
- registers: bands that organize stories
- Made of Albster
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Nanna Ziggurat, Ur
- Art of the Ancient Near East
- There was a temple at top (now lost)
- temple made of steps
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Votive Statue of Gudea
- Art of the Ancient Near East
- mesopotamia
- scriptures to the goddess of dreams
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Stele of Hammurabi
- Art of the Ancient Near East
- Hammurabi brings mesopotamia together
- creates the code of law: eye for an eye
- Relief sculpture- Hammurabi receives laws from sun god
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Ishtar Gate, Babylon
- Art of the Ancient Near East
- Glazed brick.
- Berlin
- notched tower= crenellated
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Palette of Narmer, from Hierakonpolis
- Art of the Ancient Egypty
- Early Dinasty Period
- circle to grind black ink.
- hiearchy of scale
- It commemorated Narmer’s unification of Upper and Lower Egypt
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Stepped pyramid, funerary complex of Djoser
- Art of the Ancient Egypt
- Old Kingdom
- Dynasty 3
- Limestone
- made of steps without stairs
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Great Pyramids
- Art of the Ancient Egypt
- Old Kingdom
- Dynasty 4
- Menkaure, Khafre, Khufu
- Granite and limestone
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Menkaure and Queen from Giza
- Art of the Ancient Egypt
- Olg Kingdom
- Graywacke with traces of red and black paint.
- Museum of fine arts, Boston
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kneeling figure of hatshepsut
- Ancient Egypt - New Kingdom
- Dynasty 18
- Portrait of female pharaoh, shown as a man according to conventions of Egyptian art
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Funerary temple of Queen Hatshepsut
- Art of the Ancient Egypty
- New Kingdom
- Dynasty 18
- public place for cerimony
- Temple is larger than the tomb
- Built by a woman pharoah
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Akhenaten and his family
- Art of the Ancient Egypt
- New Kingdom
- Dynasty 18
- Queen Nefertiti and the royal family
- Created using sunken
- Figures look more natural than in other examples of Egyptian art
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Tutmose Nefertiti
- Art of the Ancient Egypt
- New Kingdom
- Dynasty 18
- Painted limestone, color, reds, greens, gold
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Judgement of Hunefer before Osiris, from the “Book of Dead”
- Art of the Ancient East
- New Kingdom
- Dynasty 19
- Gods shown: Anubis, Horus, Osiris
- Egyptian book of dead; contained magic spells to help Egyptians pass last judgment
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Achilles and Ajax Playing a game
- Exekias, potter and painter
- Art of Ancient Greece
- Black Figure decoration on a black amphora
- clay and water
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Reconstruction of the palace complex
- Aegean Bronze Age
- knossos, crete
- Minoan people
- In Greek legend, the Place of Knossos was the home of King Minos
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Bull jumping fresco
- Aegean Bronze Age
- Knossos, Crete
- Late Minoan Period
- Fresco= painting made of wet plaster
- Depicts a fertility rite
- Style features narrow-waist figures
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Anavysos Kouros
- Art of the Ancient Greece - Archaic Period
- Marble with remmants of paint
- Archaic smile: half smile.
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Kritios Boy
- Art of the Ancient Greece
- The early Classical Period
- Contraposto: shifting of weight in left leg, tilt
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Kallikrates and Iktinos
- Art of the Ancient Greece
- The high Classical Period
- Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens
- cella: interior where Athena would’ve stayed.
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"Porch of Maidens"
* Art of the Ancient Greece
* Erechtheion, Acropolis, Athens
* Carytids: women figures as columns.
* 3 Greek Orders of Architecture: Doric, Ionic, Corinthian
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Polykleitos Doryphoros
* Art of the Ancient Greece
* High classical period
* Marble
* Naples
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Athena Attacking the Giants, from Pergamon Altar
* Art of the Ancient Greece
* High classical period
* Example of Greek, Hellenistic sculpture. **Characteristics of this style:**
Theatrical
Emphasis on movement Emotional expression
Bodies exaggerated, not in proportion
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Pont du Gard
* Roman art
* Use of Roman arch (repeated on 3 levels)
* Structure is an aqueduct, used for transporting water
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Ara Pacis, Imperial Procession frieze
* Roman Art
* Created by Roman Emperor Augusts as an altar to Peace
* Decorated with relief sculpture
* Sculpture shows the royal family and relationships between parents and children
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Wall painting from the Villa of the Mysteries
* Roman Art
* Pompeii, Italy
* Pompeian Red = deep red used by the romans
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Colosseum
* Roman Art
* 3 types of columns on the colosseum
* Ancient Roman building, basis for design of modern day stadiums
* Constructed to please the public, center for gladiator fights and sporting events
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Dome of the Pathenon, exterior view.
* Roman Art
* Oculus - dome with a open circle in the middle
* Coffers - cut out squares on the dome to make a weightless sense.
* The soaring dome, built using the Roman arch
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Marcus Aurelius
* Roman Art
* Bronze.
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Good Shepard Mosaic
* Ravenna, Italy
* Early Christian Art
* Shows Christ as the shepherd tending his flocks
* Sheep arranged according to holy number of 3
* Mosaic—image made with cut tile/glass
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Church of Hagia Sophia
* Early Christian
* Constantinople (Istambul), Turkey
* Anthemius of tralles and Isidorous of Miletus
* -circle of windows at the base of the dome
* Pendentives (triangular supports) used to hold up the dome
* Plan combines longitudinal (rectangular) and circular plan
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Emperor Justinian and his Attendants
* Early Christian
* Church of saint Vitalle, Ravenna, Italy
* Mosaic
* Shows Emperor Justinian, the Bishop, the Queen Theodora and her attendants
* Centered around the theme of the Eucharist– Justinian hold bowl for wafers, Empress Theodora holds the cup for the wine
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Dome of the Rock
* Islamic Art
* Jerusalem, Israel
* Corinthian style columns and capitals
* Interior known for its gold mosaic frieze
* Functions as a shrine to the holy rock where Muhammad ascended to heaven
* Uses a central plan
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Great Mosque
* Cordoba, Spainns
* Composed of a large courtyard and a large interior prayer hall
* Qibla Wall-Holy wall that face Mecca
* Minaret-Tower from which call to prayer is made
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Court of the Lions
* Alhambra, Granada, Spain
* Was designed as a Muslim palace
* Fountain in the center supported by 12 lion sculptures. Originally surrounded by a lush, sunken garden
* Surrounding halls used for musical performances
* Includes a dome decorated using Muqarnas—triangular sculptural decoration
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Taj Mahal
* Islamic Art
* Agra, India
* Building designed as a tomb for the wife of emperor Shah Jahan
* Symmetry of building design
* Placed at the end of a reflecting pool and gardens
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Chi Rho Page
* Early Medieval Art
* Gospel of Matthew, Book of Kells
* Letters Chi Rho are an abbreviation for the Christ’s name
* Illuminated manuscript
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Hinged Clasp, Sutton Hoo Burial
* Early Medieval Art
* Suffok, England
* Hinged clasp was found as part of a burial inside a ship
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Bronze Doors of Bishop Bernward
* Hieldsheim, Germany
* Show scenes from the New and Old Testaments
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Last Judgment, Tympanum
* Gislebertus
* Saint-Lazer Cathedral, Autun, France
* Tympanum- space above the doorway used for sculpture
* Relief sculpture shows the scene of the Last Judgment
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Bishop Odo Blessing the Feast, from the "Bayeaux Embroidery"
* Tells the story of William the Conqueror’s Conquest of England
* Made using embroidery (stitching)
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Hieldegard and Volmar, from the Liber Scivias
* Manuscript illustration
* Shows the author Hildegard writing down her visions
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Effects of Good Government in the City and Country
* Medieval Art
* Ambrogio Lorenzetti
* Fresco in the Sala della Pace
* Siena, Italy
* Shows the city and countryside of Siena, Italy
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Frescoes of the Arena Chapel
* Medieval Art
* Painter: Giotto
* Padua, Italy
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