Unit 4 - Art of Early American, African, and Middle Eastern Civilizations Flashcards
Olmec
came out of what is now Mexico. Culture has strong statue traditions
Wrestler statue
before 400 BC
Temple complex of La Venta
900 BCE
only have archeological ruins now
aerial structures/land art
art made from mounding/excavating earth
Great serpant mound
Ohio
1070 CE
Nazca and Palpa Lines
Peru
500BCE-500CE
Created by placing rocks in a line. Thought to be a method to communicate with deities
Peruvian textiles
Peru had textile art because they had domesticated cotton (before 3000 BCE) and invented a loom (1500BCE)
100-300BCE
Many textiles were persevered because of low moisture in the desert
Nok
Another culture in Africa
500 BCE
was terracota which was not very durable (some survived in mines). Had very distinctive eyeshape
Tomb of Netamun
1400 BCE
Upper class still has stereotypical egyptian poses, Lower classes were depicted with more movement
Tumbler on Ostracon
1180BCE
Natural, not artifical pose
Ostracon
Shards of things that are drawn on (broken pottery, flat rocks, etc.)
Hatshepsut
female pharaoh that was given pharaoh elements in statues. When son took over, he tried to remove anything that showed her power
Symbols of pharaoh were chipped off headdress. writing was chipped away and written over to remove proof of Hatshepsut as ruler
Why did pharaohs stop building pyramids?
Basically told tomb raiders there was treasure. Moved to the valley of the dead
Akhenaten and Nefertiti
1375 BCE
changed religon by replacing many gods with sun god. Also changed art by removing ridged formm of art an allowing more naturalistic poses
Akhenaten and Nefertiti portrayed as human beings, more natural
Who is this?
Akhenaten
Who is this?
Nefertiti
Tutenkamun
Son of Akhenaten and Nefertiti. Switches back to ridged art and rituals
Who is this?
Tutenkamun
Who do these statues depict?
Ramses II
1257 BCE
Ramses II
1257 BCE
France and Britian were competing to be center of culture by having the most art/know more about egypt
