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Name: White Temple and Ziggurat Culture: Near East, Sumerian Location: Iraq Date: 3500-2332 BCE Material: Mud brick Function: Dedicated to Anu (sky God), for worship |
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Name: Warka Vase Culture: Near East, Sumerian Location: Iraq Date: 3500-2332 BCE Material: Alabaster 3’ ¼” Function: Depicts offerings to Inanna, shows a religious festival in honor of Inanna |
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Name: Statuettes from the Square Temple Culture: Near East, Sumerian Location: Iraq Date: 3500-2332 BCE Material: gypsum, shell, and black limestone Function: Holding libations, there to represent constant prayer to the Gods
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Name: Victory Stele of Naram-Sin Culture: Near East, Akkadian Date: 2332-2150 Material: Pink sandstone 6’7” Function: Commemorate the defeat of the Lullubi, king shown as God, diff registers |
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Name: Stele with law code of Hammurabi Culture: Near East, Babylonian Location: Susa, Iran Date: 2150-1600 Material: basalt, 28” Function: Hammurabi put 300 laws of the people on the lower part of the stele |
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Name: Lamassu (winged, human-headed bull) Culture: Near East, Assyrian Location: Citadel of Sargon II, Iraq Date: 900-539 Material: Limestone, 13’ 10” Function: At the entrance to the palace in order to "scare" the people entering, see 5 legs |
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RELIEF FROM PALACE OF AHYNASIRPAL |
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Name: Palette of King Narmer Culture: Pre-dynastic Location: Egypt Date: 3500-2920 BCE Material: Slate, 2’ 1” Function: Usually holds make-up, this one represents the unification of Egypt, falcon=horus
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Name: Mortuary Precinct of Djoser Artist: Imotep Culture: Early Dynastic Location: Egypt Date: 2920-2575 Material: Limestone, 200' Function: Used to honor Djoser |
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Name: Great Pyramids Culture: Old Kingdom Location: Gizeh, Egypt Date: 2575-2134 Material: Brick Function: Part of funerary complex with a mortuary temple attached |
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Name: Sculpture of Khafre Culture: Old Kingdom Location: Gizeh, Egypt Date: 2575-2134 Material: Diorite, 5’6” Function: In a burial chamber meant to keep the Ka if the body decomposes, horus above head, papyrus and lotus show unification on side |
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Name: Hypostyle Hall of Temple of Amen-Re Culture: New Kingdom Location: Thebes Date: 1550-1070 Material: sandstone, columns: 66’ high Function: Only priests and pharohs could enter sanctuary
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Name: Statue of Akhenaton Culture: New Kingdom Location: Temple of Aton, Egypt Date: 1550-1070 Material: Sandstone, 13’ Function: Possibly an attempt at portraying Aton (sexless sun disk God) |
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Name: Relief of Akhenaten Culture: New Kingdom Location: Egypt Date: 1550-1070 Material: Limestone sunken relief, 1’¼” Function: Shows unusual intimate family scene, in private shrine, sunken relief |
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Minoan Palace and Frescoes |
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Name: The Lion Gate Culture: Mycenaen Location: Greece Date: 1300-1250 BCE Material: Limestone, relief panel 9’6” Function: Above entrance to Mycenae and meant to scare off intruders |
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Name: “Treasury of Atreus,” Culture: Mycenaen Location: Greece Date: 1300-1250 Material: 43’ high Function: Hidden temple |
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Name: Kouros Culture: Archaic Location: Attica, Greece Date: 600 BCE Material: Marble, 6’ 1/2” Function: Funerary statue |
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Name: Kroisos Culture: Archaic Location: Anavysos, Greece Date: 530 BCE Material: Marble, 6’ 4” Function: Grave marker of Kroisos (boy killed in battle), more naturalistic and rounded |
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Name: Achilles and Ajax playing dice Artist: Exekias Culture: Archaic Location: Vulci, Italy Dates: 540-530 BCE Material: Clay, 2’ 8½” Function: black figure, shows achilles and ajax playing dice, bodies mimic vase shape |
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Name: Three revelers (red figure) Artist: Euthymides Culture: Archaic Location: Vulci, Italy Date: 510 BCE Material: Clay, 2’ Function: Red figure, represents bodies in unusual position with 3/4 rear view |
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Name: Kritios Boy from the Acropolis Culture: Early Classical Location: Athens, Greece Date: 480 BCE Material: Marble, 3’10” Function: First time contrapposto was used to show how a person actually stands |
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Name: Doryphoros (Spear Bearer) or the Canon Artist: Polykleitos Culture: High Classical Location: Greece Date: 450- 440 BCE Material: Bronze, 6’ 11” Function: Polykleitos vision of the ideal statue of a nude male athlete or warrior, new canon |
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Name: Parthenon Culture: High Classical Location: Athens, Greece Date: 447-432 Material: Pentelic marble Function: Meant to be the 'perfect temple', very mathematically planned, x=2y+1 |
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Name: Aphrodite Artist: Praxiteles Culture: Late Classical Location: Knidos, Greece Date: 350-340 Material: Marble, 6’ 8” Function: God of love shown nude, accidentally caught her in the shower, first woman god nude |
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Name: Apoxyomenos (Scraper) Artist: Lysippos Culture: Late Classical Location: Greece Date: 330 BCE Material: Bronze, 6’ 9” Function: New canon, wanted statue to be looked at from many different angles, athlete scraping oil from the body |
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Name: Stag Hunt Artist: Gnosis Culture: Hellenistic Location: Pella, Greece Date: 300 BCE Material: Pebbel Mosaic, 10’2” Function: Like red figure painting, depicts animal hunt |
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Name: Altar of Zeus Culture: Hellenistic Location: Pergamon, Turkey Date: 175 BCE Material: Marble, width of 102’ Function: Shows the battle o the Gods vs giants, very new kind of art, 3D, diff body angles |