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What are the art periods for Prehistoric Art?
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Paleolithic: Old Stone Age c40,000-8,000BC & Neololithic: New Stone Age, 8,000-2,300BC
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Paleolithic, Bison, Le Tuc d' Audoubert, France, c 13,000-8,000 BC
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Paleolithic, Deer of Lascaux Caves l, France, 15,000-13,000
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Paleolithic, Bison, on the Ceiling in a cave at Altamira, Spain, c. 12,000 BC
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Paleolithic, Woman of Laussel, France aphrodites
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Paleolithic, Woman of Willendorf, Austria c. 22,000-21,000 aphrodites
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Neolithic- Mehirs- Rows of Standing Stones almost 3,000 in Numbers, 4500-4000bc, France
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Neolithic- Stonehedge,2700-1500bc, England
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Neolithic,The Great Serpent Mound, Adams County, Ohio, c1070 A.D.
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Post and Lintel
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Two or more vertical elements are used to support a bridging horizontal one.
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Corbelling
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Laying of flat stones without mortar forming a wall
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Dolmen
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The Simplest Type of megalithic tomb
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Capstones
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A big Stone or Rock supporting a huge table-like stone form
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Menhirs
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Single vertical magalithic (big rock)
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Cromlech
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A circular pattern
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Alignment
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straight rows
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Henge
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A circle of stones or post, often surrounded by a ditch with a built up embankment
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Mortise and tendon joints
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a conical projection from one piece fitting into a hole in the next
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Characteristic of Ancient Egyptian Art
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First sign of writing appears, Art is centered around the tombs , religion, Nile River and the two kingdoms: Old Kingdom & New Kingdom
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Flagon, from Basse-Yutz from France. 5th Century BC, Bronze, coral and enamel
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Old Kingdom Palette of King Narmer, Hierakonpolis, c.3150-3125 BC, Slate
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Old Kingdom Human-Headed Winged Lion (Lamassu) from the palace of Assurnasirpal II, 883-859 bc
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Lamassus
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Often Lamassus , guardian protectors of palaces and thrones, bearded head of a man, , lion/bull body, wings, had five legs.
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Old Kingdom Portrait Panel of Hesy-ra, Wood, c.2660bc Egyptian
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Mastaba
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Standard form of Egyptian tombs
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Pyramids
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Third Dynasty development of mastaba that were quite large and resembled those of royal palace.
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Old Kingdom The Pyramids of Menkaure c.2533-2515, khafre, Khufu and Giza
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Old Kingdom The Great Sphinx of Giza, c 2570-2544, part Eagle part Lion, or imagine of the Sun God
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Hybrid
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Made of different animals
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Old Kingdom Menkaure and his Wife, Queen Khamererenebty from Giza, c.2515bc
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Old Kingdom Prince Rahotep and His Wife, Noret, c. 2580BC
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Old Kingdom Khafre, from Giza c. 2500bc, Diorite Stone
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Characteristic of New Kingdom
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Painted w/ mineral based paint; more stylized, coloration, same profile
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Size associated with importance in ancient art
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Hieratic Scale
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No not conform to natural appearances
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Stylized
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Imagines dedicated to the Gods
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Votice Figures
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High Relief
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Upright Slab
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Stele
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compound of buildings where the ruler governed and resided
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Palace complex
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Fortressed or walled city
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Citadel
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notches on the top of walls and towers
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Crenellation
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New Kingdom The Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
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Beaker, From Susa (modern Iran) c 4000bc
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Sumerian Art, Votice Statues, from the Square Temple, Eshnunna, Iran, c. 2900-2600bc
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Sumer, Detail from Bull Iyre, From the tomb of King Abargi, Ur (modern Iraq) c, 2685
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Stele of Naramsin, c. 2254-2218. was probably made in Sippar
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Queen Nefertiti. C1348-1336
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"The Great Temple of Ramses II
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"Luxor Pylons-Luxor Temple c 1400 BCE by pharaoh Amenophis 3 dedicated to the Theban Triad, Amun-Min, Mut and Khonsu
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Luxor Pylons-
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18th Dynasty, The Weighing of the Heart and the Judgment of Osiris, From the Book of the Dead of Hunefer. C 1285 BC painted on Papyrus Paper
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Neo-Babylonia, Ishtar Gate and Throne Room, Babylon c. 575 BC
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The Lions Gate, Turkey c 1400 bc
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acanthus
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A plant that inspired architectural ornamentation, used in Corintinian
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acropolis
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The citadel used in ancient Greek
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acroterion
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An ornament used at the corner or peak of a roof
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amphiprostyle
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An oval arena for an athletic event
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aniconic
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a symbol represented without images of human figures
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relieving arch
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an arch built with a heavy wall just above a post and lintel structure (such as a gate or window) to help support the wall above
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Atmospheric Prospective
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Variations in color and clarity caused by distance.
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attribute
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The symbol ic object or objects that identify a particle deity, saint of personification in art.
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capital
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the top of a column
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chiaroscuro
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Italian word designating the contrast of dark and light in a painting
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