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Venus of Willendorf. 24, 000 BC. A fetish image. Suggestive of a woman. Conceptual because not realistic. Concept represents fertility.
Night. Max Beckmann. Cartoon-like. Represents abuses of the government. Expressionism. Emotions, outraged. Points out wrongdoings.
The Scream. Edvard Munch. 1893. Represents an emotion. It is a symbol. Expressionistic.
Pyramids. 2500 BC. Tomb for Pharaohs in Egypt. Buried subterranean (below ground).
Parthenon. 5th century BC. Built for the Athena. Athena sculpture crafted from composite materials (wood, gold, marble). In Greece. Could see Athena from outside. Worshipers worshiped outside.
Notre Dame Cathedral. 1163-1240s. Gothic cathedral. Name means, "Our Lady" in French. Purpose for worship. Functioned as an economic booster.
Temple of Artemis. 550 BC. Elevation.
Telephone Booth. Richard Estes. Painting based on a photograph. Complex, very realistic paintings. Based on optical reality. Reality of the camera.
George Segal. Cinema. 1963. Pop Art. Plaster. Uses latex molds to create loose forms. Places them in realistic settings as if the plaster sculptures replace people.
Colima, Mexico. Pre-Columbian. Terracotta clay - lowfire process. Burnished below 1500 degrees. Hollow. Carved decorations. Shiny leather hard surface - rubbed with bone. Possibly made using the pinch method. Created in sections and "welded" together with clay.
Greek pottery. Sought after black figure technique. Black slip. Thrown pot.
Ishtar gate. Neo-Babylonian brick gate. Bas-relief - comes out slightly. Glazed glass coating.
Pieta. Michelangelo. 1499. St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. Marble. High-relief - in the round. Hammer and chisel cutting out sections.
Stone Henge. Limestone. Carved on ground. Quarried 100 miles away. Possibly sacred sight with religious significance. Burial grounds?
Statue of Prince Gudea. Acadian sculpture made of diorite from Lagash. Hard material in the round.
Donatello. Mary of Magdalene. Italian Renaissance. Subtractive wood. Life-size.
Constantin Brancusi. Bird in Space. 1932. Cire perdue technique - lost wax. Covered wax in clay to make a mold. Pour melted metal into mold, break away clay.