Art

Front 1

Contextualism

Back 1

Understanding the significance of an object in the theme and place it was created

Front 2

Paleolithic

Back 2

42,000-8,000 bce

Nomadic hunter gatherers

groups of 12-40

Front 3

Neolithic

Back 3

9,500-1,200 bce

Argiculture + Deomesticated Livestock

Year Round settlements

ceramics

Monumental Architecture

Front 4

Megalithic Architecture

Back 4

Large scale Architecture

made of large stones

not bonded by anything other than the way the stone fits.

Front 5

Ceramics

Back 5

items made with clay

Front 6

Post and lintel

Back 6

Front 7

Mesopotamia

Back 7

land between river

part of the Fertile Crescent

where sumerians used cuneiform

Front 8

Cuneiform

Back 8

1st official system of writting

Front 9

Hieroglyphs

Back 9

form of writing usung pictures

Front 10

Ziggurat

Back 10

a tall stepped temple

top is a shrine

Front 11

Mastaba

Back 11

an ancient Egyptian tomb made of mud brick, rectangular in plan with sloping sides and a flat roof

Front 12

Register

Back 12

a didviding narrative band

Front 13

Hieratic scale

Back 13

the person who is the biggest is the most important

Front 14

Greek geometric style painting

Back 14

geometric motifs in vase painting

Front 15

Cella

Back 15

Main room in a temple

Front 16

Doric Order

Back 16

Weight Bearing and Large

Front 17

Ionic Order

Back 17

Functional Yet decrative

Front 18

Corinthian Order

Back 18

Thin, Mostly Decrative

Front 19

Hellenistic period

Back 19

Heavy,emotional or psychological content "Pathos" Showed realism

Front 20

Roman Forum

Back 20

is an area of the city of Rome which the ancient city developed around *Social Hub

Front 21

Greek Acropolis

Back 21

Spiritual political center of a city state

Front 22

Colonnade

Back 22

denotes a long sequence of columns

Front 23

Verism

Back 23

paying homage to a person by capturing their likeness as accuratley as possible

Front 24

Portico

Back 24

porch leading to an entrance

Front 25

Keystone

Back 25

is thestone piece of an arch, which is the final piece placed during construction and locks all the stones into position, allowing the arch to bear weight

Front 26

Oculus

Back 26

circular opening in the centre of a dome used to let smoke out.Only scource of light. Reinforcing band keeps it together

Front 27

Crenellations

Back 27

a building for archers so they can use cover

Front 28

Citadel

Back 28

a fortress

Front 29

Contrapposto

Back 29

describe a human figure standing with most of its weight "Counter Pose"

Front 30

Alexander the Great

Back 30

King of Macedonia and conqueror of the Persian Empire.Taught by Aristotle.Spreaded greek culture.

Front 31

Etruscan

Back 31

used metal

Front 32

Nefertiti

Back 32

Egyptian queen. Really Powerful

Front 33

Pompeii

Back 33

mostly destroyed and buried under ash

Front 34

Woman from Willendorf

Back 34

body associated with fertility

Front 35

Kouros

Back 35

any generic male statue

Front 36

Kore

Back 36

any generic female statue

Front 37

Parthenon

Back 37

is a temple in the middle of the Acropolis in Athens 400BC

Front 38

Sarcophagus

Back 38

a stone coffin in egypt

Front 39

Colosseum

Back 39

centre of the city of Rome, Built of concrete and stone.

Front 40

Pantheon

Back 40

a temple to the gods in rome

Front 41

Tetrarch

Back 41

form of government where power is divided among four individuals

Front 42

Denarius

Back 42

silver coin in rome

Front 43

Commodus as Hercules

Back 43

the emperor in the guise of Hercules

Front 44

Stele of Hammurabi

Back 44

first written codes of law in history