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24 Cards in this Set
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ziggurat
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a temple or shrine raised on a monumental stepped base
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sunken relief
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oulines carved deep into the surface of the medium
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entais
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a slight bulge in large columns
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Hellenistic
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the spread of Greek culture to the east
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Paleolithic
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c. 1,500,000 - c. 8,000 BC
or c. 2,350 - c. 1650 BC |
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Venus of Willendorf
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Sculpture in the round
Fertility "goddess" |
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Neolithic
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c. 6,000 - c. 2,000 BC
or c. 1,650 BC |
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Mesopotamia
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Summerians:
Responsable for developing... First systems of writing (cuneiform) Wheel Irrigation systems Codified law Commerce and coin coinage |
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Hierchial positioning
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registers (important, less important, least important)
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BenBen
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sacred stones that were worshipped
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Cuneiform
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wedge-shaped writing
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Imhotep
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first known architect/designer of a pyramid
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New Kingdom
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c. 1550 - c. 1070 BC
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Hypostyle halls
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rows and rows of columns
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Aegean art
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Cycladic art
Minoan art Mycaean art |
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Cycladic art
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c. 3000 - 1200 BC
Fertility Goddesses |
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Minoan art
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c. 3000 - 1200 BC
Bulls |
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Classical period
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c. 480 - 323 BC
Relaxation of the rigidity of the Archaic aesthetics Use of cotrapposto Emphasis on ideals and the quest for TRUTH |
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Peikles
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Commoner who rose through the military ranks to become the political leader of Greece
Patron of the arts Ordered the reconstruction of the Parthenon |
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Iktinos and Kallikrats
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architects
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Phidas
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decorative supervisor
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Hellinistic Period
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323 - 31 BC
Began after the death of Alex the Great |
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Hellinistic Sculpture
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Characterized by:
Strong use of diagonal lines Dramatic activity Emotiontional content Life as it really was |
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Roman Art
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Republic (509-27 BC)
Early Empire (14-284 BC) Late Empire (306-337 BC) |
