Art History

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Name:Venus of Willendorf
Site:Austria
Period: Paleolithic
Material: lime stone
*found in a dried up river bed.
*large size was a sign of status.
*abstract.
* first sculpture
* female
*not clear facial features
* small ( 4.5 in)

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Name: Human Figure Ain Ghazal
Site: Jordan
Materials: Plaster, shell, reed paint, bituman.
Period: Neolithic
*Abstract.
* Buried in a cache.
*Monumental (3 ft)
*gender not known.
* long neck.
* identifiable facial features.

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Name: Palette of King Narmer
Site: Egypt
Period: Predynastic
* Monumental (2'11")
* palettes were used to grind kohl
* commemorative object
*hierarchy of scale

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Name: Akhenaton statue
Site: Karnak, Egypt
Period: New Kingdom (Amarna)
*Akhenaton rejected all gods , and claimed he was chosen by the only god(Aton)
* changed the capital of rule from Gizah to Kaenak.
*Sculpture was not made in perfect image itrepresented both male and female.

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Name: Ishtar Gate
Site: Iraq
Period: Neobabylonean
Material: lapus lazulli
* restored version
* Composite animals

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Name: the Standard of Ur
Period: Summarien
Site:
* register
*hierarchy of scale