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24 Cards in this Set
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What are the 3 parts of culture?
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ACB:
Artifacts Customs/habits Belief systems (right and wrong) |
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Earliest examples of art created by early man were:
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Cave paintings
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What was the purpose of cave paintings?
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Worship - spiritually/ritually killing an animal for a successful hunt.
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Most famous primitive statue of a female deity?
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Venus of Willendorf
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Reason for early art?
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Spirtiual purpose
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What was pre-historic music used for?
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Work
Communication Emotional expression |
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Why do few artifacts exist from the Paleolithic Period?
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Paleolithic people were migratory - and thus everything they made had to be small and portable, and not much could be made.
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What is the change from the Paleolithic to Neolithic periods?
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The Paleolithic people were migratory, following the food, whereas Neolithic people learned to till soil to farm food, and thus could stay in one place.
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During the Neolithic revolution, what developments occurred in art?
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Jewelry
Pottery Weaving |
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What were the Mesopotamian's symbolic mountains with temples called?
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Ziggurats - worship was on the inside, so the outside not made aesthetically pleasing.
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Stonehenge is an example of a:
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Megalithic monument
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Differences between Egyptians and Mesopotamians view of kings
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Egyptians believed pharaohs were living gods - whereas Mesopotamians saw their kings as the supreme ruler, working for a god.
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What is the hero in the "Epic of Gilgamesh" searching for?
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Immortality
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What are the Egyptian's two musical instruments?
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Harp
Lyre |
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What evidence exists of Egyptian music?
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Wall paintings
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Driving force of Egyptian art?
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Pleasant afterlife
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Characteristics of Egyptian art:
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Stylization
Frontality Vertical stacking/perspective Patterns Descriptive perspective (size = importance) |
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Egyptian sculptures are not:
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Free standing - free from the stone:
Little open space |
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Egyptian architecture use what design:
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Post and lintel
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What is the Hebrew civilization's most direct contribution to Western culture?
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Monotheistic god
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What type of narratives are Homeric epics and Biblical literature?
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Lyric poetry.
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Evidence of ancient Hebrew music
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Psalms
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Two types of vocal music in Hebraic services:
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Responsoral (btwn leader and chorus)
Antiphonal (btwn two groups) |
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Ancient Hebrew instrument still used today:
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Shofar (ram's head)
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