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12 Cards in this Set
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T- Judith Slaying Holofernes A- Gentilischi D- 1600s M/T- oil paint P/S- Baroque OL- Italy P- Catholic Church F- To protect her people DT- lighting, bold colors, shadow C- female artist, portrayal of strong women, treated differently as female artist |
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T- Apollo 11 Stones A- unknown D- 25,500- 25,300 BCE M/T- charcoal on stone P/S- Middle stone age, cave drawing OL- Southern Africa, Namibia P- n/a F- unknown DT- Abstraction, Iconography C- possibility of belief in after life, unknown id buried or not, animal representation |
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T- Great Hall of Bulls A- unknown D- 15,000- 13,000 BCE M/T- Charcoal, ochre P/S- Paleolithic Europe, rock painting OL- Lascaux, France P- n/a F- possible ceremonial purposes DT- composite view, Iconography, groundline, more advanced than earlier paintings |
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T- Camelid Sacrum in the Shape of a Canine A- unknown D- 14,000- 7,000 BCE M/T- pelvic bone P/S- prehistoric OL- Tequixquiac, Central Mexico P- n/a F- unknown DT- shamanism, subtractive C- use for rituals today, connected to the spiritual world, spirits leave through the pelvic |
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T- Running Horned Woman A- Unknown D- 6000- 4000 BCE M/T- pigment on rock P/S- Prehistoric OL- Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria P- n/a F- Possibly for some ritual ceremony DT- woman is wearing paint for ritual, composite view C- shown to be a goddess and the most beautiful, 3D world on a 2D surface |
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T- Bushel with Ibex Motifs A- unknown D- 4200- 3500 BCE M/T- pigment on rock, clay, hand made/ painted P/S- Neolithic, prehistoric OL- Susa, Iran P- n/a F- unknown DT- stylized, geometric C- buried them with the dead, prehistoric Mesopotamians, water, reproduction |
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T- Anthropomorphic Stele A- unknown D- Forth millennium BCE (3000) M/T- Sandstone, carving tools P/S- prehistoric OL- Arabian Peninsula P- n/a F- unknown DT- soldier forms, commerative stone C- Trapezoid faces, taller in north than south, connection to the after life |
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T- Jade Cong A- unknown D- 3300- 2200 BCE M/T- Carved Jade, produced by rubbing sand P/S- prehistoric OL- Liangzhu, China P- n/a F- unknown DT- square hollow tubes, hard C- represent faces, found in graves possibly wih people of power |
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T- Stonehenge A- unknown D- 2500- 1600 BCE M/T- Constructive, stone P/S- prehistoric, Neolithic Europe OL- Wiltshire, UK P- n/a F- marker of the midsummer solstice DT- Trilithon, henge, post and lintel C- healty men from 25-40 were sacrificed, high level of planning and organization, stones were shaped, possible water pathways to move them |
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T- The Ambun Stone A- unknown D- c.1500 BCE M/T- Greywacke (very hard stone), stone tools P/S- prehistoric OL- Papua New Guinea P- n/a F- unknown DT- subtractive, stylized animal form C- possibly used for as a spirit stone, connection to shamanism possibly, difficult to make |
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T- Tlatilco Female Figurine A- unknown D- 1200- 900 BCE M/T- clay, by hand P/S- Global prehistoric, neolithic OL- Central Mexico, site of Tlatilco P- n/a F- unknown DT- Stylized, symbolsim C- express an idea of dualism, hair style and/or body paint, found in burials |
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T- Terra Cotta Fragment A- unknown D- 1000 BCE M/T- terra cotta, incised P/S- prehistoric OL- Solomon Islands, Reef Islands P- n/a F- unknown DT- additive and subtractive, stylized faces, incised method, abstract, geometric C- possibly used for storage, faces of ancestors, orgin myth of the Green Sea Turtle |
