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59 Cards in this Set
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Title: Cave Painting with Horses, Aurochs, and Rhinoceroses Where: Chauvet Cave When: 32,000-30,000 BCE |
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Title: Spotted Horses and Human Hands Where: Pech-Merle Cave When: Horses c. 24,000 BCE, Hands c. 15,000 BCE |
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Title: Auroch Roundel Where: Mas d’Azil Cave When: Date debated |
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Title: Bird-Headed Man with Bison Where: Lascaux Cave When: c. 15,000 BCE |
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Title: Woman from Willendorf Where: Willendorf When: c. 24,000 BCE |
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Title: Head of a Woman (The Warka Head) Where: Uruk When: c. 3300-3000 BCE |
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Title: Votive Figures Where: Temple of Eshnunna, Eshnunna When: c. 2900-2600 BCE |
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Title: Alabaster Carved Vessel Where: Uruk, near the temple of Inanna When: c. 3300-3000 BCE |
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Title: Bull’s Head Lyre Where: (a royal tomb in) Ur When: c. 2600-2500 BCE |
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Title: Votive Statue of Gudea Praying Where: Girsu When: c. 2090 BCE |
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Title: Ziggurat (for goddess Nanna) Where: Ur When: c. 2100-2050 BCE |
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Title: Stele of Hammurabi Where: Susa When: c. 1792-1750 BCE |
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Title: Stele of the Naram-Sin Where: Susa When: c. 2254-2218 BCE |
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Title: Palette of King Narmer Where: Hierakonpolis When: c. 2950 BCE |
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Artist: Imhotep Title: Stepped Pyramid of Djoser Where: Saqqara When: c. 2630-2575 BCE |
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Title: Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt Where: Saqqara When: c. 2450-2350 BCE |
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Great Pyramids of Menkaure, Khafre, and Khufu Gizeh c. 2490-2528 BCE |
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Title: Portrait Statue of Khafre Where: Gizeh When: c. 2520-2492 BCE |
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Title: Menkaure and Wife (Khamerernebty?) Where: Gizeh When: c. 2490-2472 BCE |
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Title: Seated Scribe Where: Saqarra When: c. 2450-2325 BCE |
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Title: Book of the Dead of Armen-em-hat Where: Luxor When: c. 300-320 BCE |
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Title: Hatshepsut Kneeling Where: Deir al-Bahri When: c. 1473-1458 BCE |
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Title: Funerary Mask of Tutankhamum Where: Valley of the Kings (Tomb KV62) When: c. 1327 BCE |
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Title: Soldiers Where: Mausoleum of Shihuangdi (first emperor of Qin) When: c. 210 BCE |
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Title: Krater Where: (From Dipylon cemetery in) Athens When: c. 750-735 BCE |
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Artist: Exekias Title: Ajax and Achilles playing a Dice Game Where: Greece When: c. 540-530 BCE |
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Title: Anavysos Kouros Where: Anavysos When: c. 530 BCE |
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Title: Peplos Kore Where: Acropolis in Athens When: c. 530 BCE |
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Title: Kritios Boy Where: Acropolis, Athens When: c. 480 BCE |
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Title: Polykleitos Where: Doryphoros When: c. 450-440 BCE |
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Artist: Praxiteles Title: Aphrodite of Knidos Where: Greece When: c. 350 BCE |
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Artist: Iktinos and Kallikrates Title: The Parthenon Where: Acropolis in Athens When: c. 447-432 BCE |
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Artist: Phidias Title: Three Goddesses Where: Parthenon, Athens When: c. 447-432 BCE |
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Artist: Phidias Title: Helios and His Horses, and Dionysos Where: Parthenon, Athens When: c. 447-432 BCE |
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Title: Lapith Fighting a Centaur Where: Parthenon, Athens When: c. 447-432 BCE |
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Title: Battle of Issos When: c. 310 BCE |
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Title: Nike of Samothrace (or Nike Alighting on a Warship) Where: Samothrace When: c. 190 BCE |
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Artist: Athanodoros, Hagesandros, and Polydoros of Rhodes Title: Laocoon and his Sons When: 1st century BCE |
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Word: Thaumatrope |
Meaning: asimple manual animation device Relates to: Aurochroundel, Mas d’Azilcave, date debated |
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Word: Votive |
Meaning: an offering to a god/goddess Relates to: Votive Figures from the Temple of Eshnunna,Eshnunna, c. 2900-2600 BCE |
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Word: Cuneiform |
Meaning: characteristicallyabstract wedge shape; stylusimpressed in clay; Earliest codified system of writing; 3000-600 BCE Relates to: Stele of HammurabiSusac. 1792-1750 BCE |
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Word: Stele |
Meaning: an upright stone slaberected publically to commemoratepolitical rule, royal authority, military victory or grave marker Relates to: Stele of HammurabiSusac. 1792-1750 BCE |
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Word: Iconography |
Meaning: involvesidentifying and studying the content, or subject matter, and conventionalmotifs or symbols in works of art. It refers to content, not style.But,stylistic elements often work together with the content/subject matter toconvey a specific message. Relates to: PortraitStatue of KhafreGizeh c. 2520-2494 BCE |
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Word: Canon |
Meaning: arule or systemof correct proportions Relates to: Menkaure and Wife (Khamerernebty?), Gizeh, c. 2490-2472 BCE |
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Word: HieroglyphicWriting |
Meaning: (writing composed ofhieroglyphs) Greek hiero (“sacred”)+ glyph (“script”);adopted 3200-3100 BCE for formal, official inscriptions Relates to: Bookof the Dead of Amen-em-hat, Luxor, 300-320 BCE |
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Word: Meander |
Meaning: Meander(“key”) pattern Relates to: Krater [Dipyloncemetery in]Athens750-735BCE |
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Word: Contrapposto |
Meaning: (Italian term = counterbalance)“….‘setagainst,’ used to describe theposethat results from setting partsofthe body in opposition to one arounda central axis.” Relates to: Menkaure and Wife, Gizeh, c. 2490 BCE |
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Word: Kanon |
Meaning: Gr. for “measure,” “rule,” or “law” Relates to: Polykleitos, Doryphoros (Spearbearer) c. 450-440 BCE |
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Word: Mosaic |
Meaning: Patterns or images produced by embedding small cubic pieces of stone or glassinto cement on a wall or floor -> Tessera(Tesserae – plural). |
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Word: Foreshortening |
Meaning: objects on a flat surface appear to recede orproject sharply in space |
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Geometric Period |
900-700 BCE |
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Oriental Period |
700-600 BCE |
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Archaic Period |
600-480 BCE |
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Classical Period |
480-323 BCE |
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Hellenistic Period |
313-31 BCE |
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Word: Pathos |
Meaning: Excite you emotionally or to produce empathy Relates to: Laocoon and his Sons |
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Word: Entasis |
Meaning: Columns swell in the middle and contract toward the top |
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Locate: Stylobate, Colonnade, Cella, pronaos |
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Word: Arete |
Meaning: Refers to excellence, bravery, goodnessand a sense of inner perfection that is expressed in the physical perfection ofthe body |
