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Venus of Willendorf. 24, 000 BC. A fetish image. Suggestive of a woman. Conceptual because not realistic. Concept represents fertility.
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Night. Max Beckmann. Cartoon-like. Represents abuses of the government. Expressionism. Emotions, outraged. Points out wrongdoings.
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The Scream. Edvard Munch. 1893. Represents an emotion. It is a symbol. Expressionistic.
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Pyramids. 2500 BC. Tomb for Pharaohs in Egypt. Buried subterranean (below ground).
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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.
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Notre Dame Cathedral. 1163-1240s. Gothic cathedral. Name means, "Our Lady" in French. Purpose for worship. Functioned as an economic booster.
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Temple of Artemis. 550 BC. Elevation.
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Telephone Booth. Richard Estes. Painting based on a photograph. Complex, very realistic paintings. Based on optical reality. Reality of the camera.
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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.
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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.
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Greek pottery. Sought after black figure technique. Black slip. Thrown pot.
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Ishtar gate. Neo-Babylonian brick gate. Bas-relief - comes out slightly. Glazed glass coating.
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Pieta. Michelangelo. 1499. St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. Marble. High-relief - in the round. Hammer and chisel cutting out sections.
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Stone Henge. Limestone. Carved on ground. Quarried 100 miles away. Possibly sacred sight with religious significance. Burial grounds?
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Statue of Prince Gudea. Acadian sculpture made of diorite from Lagash. Hard material in the round.
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Donatello. Mary of Magdalene. Italian Renaissance. Subtractive wood. Life-size.
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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.
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