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38 Cards in this Set
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Egyptian Middle Kingdom |
2040 BCE-1640 BCE Dynasties 11-14 |
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Fragmentary Head of Sensuret 3 12th Dynasty (5th Pharoh) 1860 BCE Head is naturalistic, shows world weariness, shows thought and concern of office held. Far break from before. We see less King as God and more King as a leader. |
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Rock Cut Tombs. Beni Hasan Dynasty 12 1950-1900 BCE 25 Tombs Replaced old Mastabas |
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Hall of Rock Cut Tomb of Amenhemhet Beni Hasan Dynasty 12 1590-1500BCE |
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Egyptian Late Kingdom |
1550 BCE- 1070 BCE Dynasties 12-20 |
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Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut (5th Pharoh of 18th Dynasty) Husband Thutmose 2 Dies Considered to be Daughter of Amen-Re Deir el-Bahri 1473-1458 BCE |
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Hatshepsut with offering Jars From Mortuary temple 1473-1458 BCE |
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Temple of Ramses 2 Abu Simbel- relocated Dyn 19 1290-1224 BCE |
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Interior or temple Ramses 1290-1224 BCE King in Guis of Osiris (God of Dead) -Male Columns called atlantid |
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Karnak Temple 1500 BCE Artificial Lake references the primeval waters before creation |
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Hypostle Hall @ Karnak Dyn 19 1290-1224 BCE |
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Temple of Horus Edfu 237-47 BCE |
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Akhenaton from temple Amen-Re Karnak Dyn 18 1353-1335 BCE Monothestic, introduced AMarna Period. Moved Capital from Thebes to Akhetaton Claimed to be son of Aton |
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Nefertiti Dyn 18 Wife of Akhenaton 1353BCE-1335 BCE Artist Thutmose |
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Tiye. from Gurob. Dyn 18. c.1353-1335 BCE Akhentaton’s mother |
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Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters, from Tell el-Amarna. Dyn 18. c. 1353-1335 BCE |
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Waterworn pebble resembling human face. Makapangat. South Africa. c. 3.000.000 BCE |
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Nude Woman (Venus of Willendorf) Willendorf. Austria. c. 28.000-25.000 BCE |
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Woman holding bison horn Laussel. Dordogne. France c.25.000-20.000 BCE. -Horn symbolizes divinity-Hand holding abdomen to emphasize fertility-Placed in front of Adobe to ensure fertility in home-Image in Low Relief-Used to be painted |
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Bison with turned head La Madeleine. Dordogne. France. c. 12.000 BCE -low relief-depicted in profile to give us the most information |
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Bison. detail of painted ceiling in Altamira cave. Santander. Spain. c. 12.000-11.000 BCE -No Ground Line nothing is giving the bison structure-Made for learning and teaching-Made possibly for ritual purposes -Art not made at the same time-Painted with Red and Yellow Ocre-Discovered by the archaeologist’s little girl because theywere on the ceiling |
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Detail of painted ceiling in Altamira cave. Santander. Spain. c. 12.000-11.000 BCE -Shows Bison laying down -could be educational |
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Spotted Horses and Negative Hand Imprints. Cave at Pech-Merle. Lot. France. c. 22.000 BCE -Negative relief of Hands -Potential signature |
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Hall of Bulls. Lascaux caves. Dordogne. France. c. 15.000-13.000 BCE -Bulls Drawn on a picture plain (ground line) -Magical Purposes |
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White Temple and ziggurat. Uruk. c. 3200-3000 BCE -Sumerians lasted from 3100 BCE to 332BCE overthrown byAlexander the Great |
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Presentation of offerings to Inanna(Warka Vase).from Uruk. c. 3200–3000 BCE -3 Bands Called Registered-Hieratic art-Narrative art-Bottom water plants crops animals in proifile -Middle is Votive figures carrying offerings and bounty togoddess Innana -Naked tobe differentiated from the Highly Clad Innana-Top has Innana –demarked by the reeds-Horned Headress (divinity) -Wardrobe of Elite women with one shoulder exposed-Bigger than anyone eles identifies her as most important |
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Statuettes of two worshipers. Square Temple at Eshnunna c. 2700 BCE -Eyes of Lapis Lazuli-Perpetual Prayer to the dieties -Made of Black Limestone-Sculptures in the Round-Statuettes-Made of Simple Cone Shapes-Understanding the eunuch concept- possibly a musician ascribe or a priest |
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Fragment of victory stele of Eannatum (Stele of Vultures) c. 2600–2500 BCE -This one is a war victory stele -Low Relief -Registers-Crushing Enemies-Cuneiform Throughout |
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-Macing the enemies-Negursu(God) depicted clubbing the enemies to depict that this was a war act of thedivine. |
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War side of Standard of Ur. Royal Cemetery at Ur. c. 2600 BCE -Possibly Wooden Music Box- Lapis Lazulie, Coral, Shell-Bottom shows carriages running over naked bodies ofenemies-Middle shows the troops taking the prisoners of war-Top Register shows the infantry behind the leader who is solarge he breaks the box -depictsprisoners of war being brought to him |
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Peace side of Standard of Ur Royal Cemetery at Ur c. 2600 BCE -Bottom shows people bringing in the animals and grans fromthe spoils of war preparing for the banquet-Middle is essentially processional-Top shows King and his Inner Circle -alsodepicts musicians (playing lyre) |
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Bull-headed lyre. Detail. Royal Cemetery. Ur. c. 2600 BCE -Made of Gold, Wood, Lapis Lazuli -Shows Animals doing human things-Top refers to Epic of Gilgamesh |
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Banquet scene. cylinder seal and its modern impression. from tomb of Pu-abi. Royal cemetery. Ur c. 2600 BCE -Could be worn as a necklace or Garment-Essentially a seal-Potentially having magical Properties |
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Head of Akkadian ruler. from Nineveh. c. 2250–2200 BCE -Sarragon-Made of Copper-Defaced by enemies -Was originally part of a complete statue, now Just a bust-Grandfather of Naram-Sin-Actually made in his Likeness, not just an ideal of him |
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Victory Stele of Naram-Sin. from Susa. 2254-2218 BCE -Made of Pink Sandstone-Used Landscape to tell a story without the use of registers-Commemorating a conquest over the lullaby people who were amountain people-Wearing Horn Head Dress Identifying him as Divine-First Time that we see a sovereign Ruler identifyinghimself as a diety-depicts Prisoners of War asking for Mercy-Cunieform script shows enemies begging for mercy |
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Ziggurat. Ur. c. 2100 BCE |
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Seated statue of Gudea holding temple plan. from Girsu c. 2100 BCE -Cunieform all over the skirt-Cunieform is prayers to the God’s-temple Plans on his Lap which shows that he believed theGod’s wanted him to build Temples, not wage war. -Life size-In the round |
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Stele with law code of Hammurabi. from Susa. c. 1780 BCE -All laws inscribed in the bottom -Low Relief-Shows Communication between the Ruler (Hammurabi) and theGods (Shumash)-Shumash has Head dress to demark his divinity-Made of Basalt |
