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Nude Woman Willendorf Austria 28,000-25,000 ca. paleolithic limestone |
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Cave at Lascaux, France "Hall of the Bulls" ca. 16,000-14,000 paleolithic |
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Deer Hunt detail of wall from level 3 Catal Hoyuk(Neolithic city) ca 5750 bce pigment on white plaster Neolithic |
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White Temple and Ziggurat Uruk, Modern Warka, Iraq ca 3200-3000 Sumerian |
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Warka Vase Uruk, moder Warka, Iraq alabaster ca 3200-3000 BCE Sumerian |
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statuettes from the square temple at Eshnanna ca 2700 BCE gypsum, shell, limestone Sumerian |
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Standard of Ur from Tomb 779 in Ur, modern Tell Muqayyar, Iraq, Royal Cemetary 2600-2400 BCE wood, shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone Sumerian
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Victory Stele of Naram Sin found in Susa (Iran) 2254-2218 BCE Akkadian |
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Stele with the Law Code of Hammurabi Susa Iran 1780 BCE basalt Babylonian
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Lamassu Citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin 720-705 BCE limestone Assyrian
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Relief from the palace of Ashurnasirpal II Kalhu, modern Nimrud, Iraq ca 875-860 BCE gypsum Assyrian |
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Palace of Persepolis Iran ca 521-465 BCE Persian |
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Palette of Narmer ca 3000-2920 slate predynastic
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mortuary precinct of Djosar Saqqara, Egypt ca 2630-2611 BCE Early Dynastic, Dynasty III |
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Pyramids at Gizeh, Sphinx ca 2551-2472 Gizeh, Egypt Dynasty IV, Old Kingdom sandstone |
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seated statue of Khafre from Gizeh ca 2520-2494 BCE diorite Old Kingdom, Dynasty IV
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temple/statue of Hatshepsut deir al-Bahri ca 1473-1458 granite New Kingdom |
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Hypostyle Hall Temple of Amen-Re, Karnak, Thebes ca 1290-1224 BCE sandstone New Kingdom, 19th dynasty |
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Tomb of Nebamun (fowling scene) Thebes 18th dynasty, New Kingdom ca 1400-1350 BCE |
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Statue of Akhenaten temple of aton, Karnak, Thebes. sandstone ca 1353-1335 BCE New Kingdom |
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Relief of Akhenaten and his family (Nefertiti and 3 daughters) Amarna Limestone suken relief ca 1353-1335 BCE New Kingdom |
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Palace at Knossos/frescos(bull Leaping) Knossos, Crete, Greece ca 1700-1370 middle/late |
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Lion gate Mycenae, Greece limestone ca 1300-1250
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Treasury at Atreas tholos tomb Mycenae stone ca 1300-1250
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Kouros from Attica marble Attica Greece archaic ca 600
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kroisos from anavysos Anavysos, Greece marble archaic ca 530 |
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Ajax and Achilles play a dice game exekias Vulci, Italy black figure achaic ca 540-530 |
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Three Revelers Euthymides Vulci, Italy red figure ca 510 archaic |
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kritios boy from acropolis Athens, Greece marble ca 480 Early Classical |
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Zeus from sea of cape Artemision Greece Bronze ca 460-450 Early Classical |
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Doryphoros (spear bearer) Polykleitos marble copy of bronze original 450-440 BCE high classical |
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Parthenon Iktinos and Kallikrates Athens, Greece pentelic marble ca 447-432 BCE
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Aphrodite of Knidos praxiteles marble copy of marble original Knidos Greece ca 350-340 Late Classical
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Apoxyomenos(Scraper) Lysippos marble copy of bronze original ca 330 Late Classical
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Stag Hunt Gnosis Pella, Greece Pebble Mosaic ca 300 BCE Late Classical
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Altar of Zeus Pergamon, Turkey marble ca 175 BCE Helensitic
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amphora |
Greek, 2 handled storage jar that has a tapered oval base. Used for wine and oil usually ex) achilles and ajax |
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centaur |
half horse half man monster ex) part of parthenon |
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Chryselephantine |
statue that's made of ivory and gold ex) statue of Athena that was in the parthanon |
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tholos tomb |
beehive shaped tomb with circular plan ex) treasury of atreus |
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composite view |
mixed perspective, side view and frontal view mixed together ex) egyptian art |
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votive offering |
a religious offering from human to god in hopes that a prayer would be answered ex) statuettes from the square temple of Eshnanna |
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hierarchy of scale |
manipulation of scale to show importance ex) Naram Sin Stele |
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hypostyle hall |
a roof supported by columns |
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megaron |
great hall of a mycenean palace. rectangular hall fronted by a two columned porch ex) palace of Nestor |
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ziggurat |
a platform that supports a temple, mostly Sumerian ex)white temple and ziggurat |
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kouros |
archaic greek statue of a naked young man ex) kouros from attica |
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Lammasu |
winged, human headed bull found at the entrance of Citadel of Sargon II |
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mastaba |
Egyptian tomb covering style, rectangular with slanted sides and flat roof. in step pyramids too ex) Mastaba of Ti |
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apadana |
great audience hall in persian palaces
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register(frieze) |
stacked rows of pictures ex) Warka vace, standard of ur |
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polis |
ancient greek city state ex) Athens or Sparta |
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pediment |
triangle shape that is formed betweeen an entrance and a roof ex) E & W pediments of the Parthenon depicting the birth of Athena and the contest between posiedon and athena |
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metope |
space between a doric frieze and tryglyphs ex) relief picture between the three lines up at the top under the roof |
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stele |
a carved stone slab erected to commemorate a historical event. ex) Stele of Naram Sin |
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fresco |
wet-paint applied to wet plaster and becomes part of the wall. loose composition dry-painted on after dried, only in warm dry climate ex) leaping bull for wet fowling scene for dry |
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ka |
concept of soul in ancient egypt. part of self that lives on after death, need the sculpture in the tomb to house it. ex)Sculpture of Khafre |
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Cella |
inner area of greek temple, central room of a temple with no ceiling so man could interact with god.
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sphinx |
head of a woman, body of a lion. said to have sat outside thebes ex) the Great Sphinx |
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canon |
idealized figure with mathmatically perfect proportions ex)kritios boy at his time |
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