Art History Test 1

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Incised Ochre,

from Blombos Cave, South Africa, ca.

75,000 BCE.

Red ochre pigment, 3.25” length.

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Nude Woman (Venus of Willendorf)

Willendorf, Austria

ca. 28,000-26,000 BCE

Limestone, 4 ¼ ” tall

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Mural paintings of aurochs, horses, and rhinoceroses

From Chauvet Cave, Vallon Pont’d’Arc, France,

ca. 30,000-28,000 BCE

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Mural painting of a female figure.

From Chauvet Cave, Vallon Pont’d’Arc, France,

ca. 30,000-28,000 BCE

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Landscape with volcanic eruption,

from Level VII, Çatal Höyük, Anatolia (Turkey),

ca. 6150 BCE,

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White Temple,
Uruk (Modern Warka), Iraq,
c. 3200-3000 BCE

-Ziggurat

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Presentation of offerings to Inanna (Warka Vase)
Uruk (Modern Warka), Iraq
3200-3000 BCE
alabaster

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Bull-Headed Lyre
from Tomb 789 (“Kings Grave”), Royal Cemetery, Ur, Iraq
c. 2600 BCE
gold and lapis lazuli over wooden core

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Naram-Sin Victory Stele
Susa, Iran
2254-2218 BCE
Pink Sandstone

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Head of an Akkadian Ruler
Nineveh, Iraq
c. 2250-2200 BCE
Copper

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Stele of Hammurabi
(upper portion),

From Susa, Iraq
c. 1780 BCE
Basalt

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Lamassu
Citadel of Sargon II
Khorsabad, Iraq
c. 720-705 BCE
Limestone, 13’ tall

-Apotropaic

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Ishtar Gate
Babylon, Iraq
c. 575 BCE
Glazed Brick

-Arcuated

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Palette of King Narmer (front side),

from Hierakonpolis, Egypt,

c. 3000-2920 BCE,

2’ 1” high, Slate

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Imhotep (architect)

Stepped Pyramid, Mortuary Precinct of King Djoser,

Saqqara, Egypt,

c. 2630-2611

-Necropolis

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Pyramid Complex
Gizeh, Egypt
4th Dynasty—
Menkaure: c. 2490-2472 BCE
Khafre: c. 2520-2494 BCE
Khufu: c. 2551-2528 BCE

-Ashlar Masonry

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Khafre Enthroned,

from Gizeh, Egypt,
c. 2520-2494 BCE,

4th Dynasty.

Diorite

-Ka Statue

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Menkaure and Khamerernebty
from Gizeh, Egypt
c. 2490-2472 BCE,

4th Dynasty
Graywacke

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Temple of Amen-Re
Karnak, Egypt
c. 1290-1224 BCE

-Hypostyle Hall

-Axial plan

-Pylon Gates

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Statue of Akhenaton
from Temple of Aton, Karnak, Egypt
c. 1353-1335 BCE 18th Dynasty
Sandstone

-Amarna Period (New Kingdom)

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Death mask of Tutankhamen
innermost coffin from his tomb at Thebes, Egypt
c. 1323 BCE, 18th Dynasty
Gold, inlay of semiprecious stones

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Lion Gate,

Mycenae, Greece,

ca. 1300-1250 BCE.

Limestone relief panel w/ lost inlay,

9’ 6” high