Art History 1 Exam 1

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Venus of Willendorf

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limestone, Paleolithic c.28,000-25,000 BCE subtractive sculpture, one of oldest
sculptures discovered to date

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two bison

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clay reliefs, Cave, Le Tuc d’Audoubert, France, Paleolithic 15,000-10,000
BCE additive built up relief sculpture

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spotted horses and negative hand prints

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Cave, Pech-Merle, France, pigments on stone,
Paleolithic c. 22,000 BCE

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Hall of the bulls

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Cave, Lascaux, France, pigments on limestone, Paleolithic
c.15,000 13,000 BCE full view and details,

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* Human Figure, from Ain Ghazal

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Jordan, Neolithic [6750-6250 BCE], 3’ 5 1/8” – marks first monumental
sculpture in history of art

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stonehenge

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, Salisbury Plain, England, stone, late Neolithic c.2250-1600 BCE

views, diagram of post and lintel construction, and reconstruction drawing of Stonehenge

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Warka Vase

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, Uruk, Iraq, Alabaster, Sumerian c. 3200 – 3000 BCE

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Statuettes of two worshippers

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Square Temple at Eshnunna, Iraq, Gypsum with inlay,
Sumerian ca. 2700 BCE subtractive sculpture, free standing in-the-round

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* Lyre Soundbox

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Ur, Iraq, wood inlaid with gold, lapis lazuli and shell, Sumerian c. 2685 – 2500 BCE

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Standard of Ur

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Royal Cemetary, Ur, modern Tell Muqayyer, Iraq, wood inlaid with shell
Lapis Lasuli, red limestone, Sumerian c. 2600 BCE

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Ziggurat at Ur

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modern Tell Muqayyar, Iraq, fired brick over mud brick, Neo-Sumerian c. 2100 BCE

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Victory Stele of Naram-Sin

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Susa, Iran, relief, pink sandstone, Akkadian 2254-2218 BCE

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Stele of Hammurabi

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relief, basalt, Old Babylonian c.1780 BCE

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Lamassu

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from the Citadel of Sargon II at Khorsabad (Iraq), limestone, Assyrian c. 720-705 BCE

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Ishtar Gate

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Babylon, glazed brick, Neo-Babylonian c. 575 BCE

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* Persepolis, Royal Audience Hall

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Iran, Persian/Achaemenid c. 521-465 BCE
* Processional frieze (detail) terrace of apadana, Persepolis, Iran, limestone, Persian/Achaemenid, 521- 465 BCE

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Imhotep, Stepped Pyramid of King Djoser

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Saqqara, Early Dynastic Egyptian c. 2630-2611 BCE

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Imhotep, Stepped Pyramid of King Djoser

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Saqqara, Early Dynastic Egyptian c. 2630-2611 BCE

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Great pyramids of Gizeh

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, Gizeh, Egypt, limestone, Dynasty IV, Egyptian Old Kingdom c.2551-2472 BCE

[tombs of pharaohs Khufu [c. 2551-2528 BCE], Khafre [c. 2520-2494 BCE], and Menkaure c. 2490-2472 BCE

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Great Sphinx

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Gizeh, Egypt, sandstone, Dynasty IV, Egyptian Old Kingdom c.2520 2494 BCE
65 ft. high, 240 ft. long

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Menkaure and Khamerernebty

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Greywacke, Dynasty IV, Old Kingdom Egyptian c.2490 2472 BCE

Significant because both man and wife appear to be equals.

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Khafre Enthroned

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, diorite, Dynasty IV, Old Kingdom Egyptian c. 2520-2494 BCE

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Nebamun Hunting Birds

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Tomb of Nebamun, Thebes, fresco secco, New Kingdom, Dynasty XVIII, c. 1400-1350 BCE

The first fresco with realism

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* Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut

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, Deir el-Bahri, Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty XVIII, c. 1473-1458 BCE

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* Akhenaton,

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from the temple of Aton, Karnak, Egypt, sandstone, Dynasty XVIII, New Kingdom,
ca. 1353-1335

Egyptian art drastically changed and went in the direction of monotheism

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Bust of Queen Nefertiti

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painted limestone, New Kingdom, Dynasty XVIII, c. 1353-1335 BCE ??? (ARTICLE ON BLACKBOARD)

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* Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters

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, limestone, Dynasty XVIII, c. 1353-1335 BCE

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Temple of Ramesses II

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, Abu Simbel, Egypt, sandstone, New Kingdom, Dynasty XIX,
c.1290-1224 BCE

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model of hypostyle hall

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Temple of Amon-Ra, Karnak, New Kingdom, Dynasty XIX,
c.1290-1224 BCE