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40 Cards in this Set
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(Nude Woman) Venus of Willendorf Date: 28,000 BC
-One of the oldest & most famous prehistoric female images.
-iconography- meant fertility and wealth, maybe even power? |
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Rhinoceros, wounded man, and disemboweled bison. Date: 16,000 BC
-Earliest example of narrative art
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Bison on a cave ceiling Date: 12,000 BC
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Stone Tower from walls Date: 8,000 BC |
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Stone Henge Date: 2550 BC
-Hawkins proposed it was used to predict lunar & solar eclipses - & they do line up with the winter & summer
-Post and lintel maga lithic -stones are 17ft and weigh 50 tons
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* not on test -oldest known example of Sumerian narrative art |
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Eshnunna Statuettes Date: 2700 BC |
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Standard of Ur Date: 2600 BC
-divided into 3 successive bands (most important to lower) Lower: man carry provisions on their backs Mid: attendants transport variety of fish/animals Upper: Seated dignities
-Narrative reads left to right
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Victory Stele of Naram-Sin from Susa Date: 2254 BC
- Commemorates war victory
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Ziggurat of Ur Date: 2100 BC |
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Stele of Hammurabi Date: 1780 BC
-from Iran -laws of Hammurabi (eye for eye/tooth for tooth) -Stands before god Shamesh -cuniform writing
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Lamassu from citadel of Sargon II Date: 720 BC
-sculptures form the city gates of Sargon II
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Ishtar Gate from Babylon Date: 575 BC
-during nebuchadnezzar II -crenellation -animals: dragons, lions, ox
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Persepolis imperial Palace Built by Darius I and Xerxes Date: 520 BC
-took 200 years to build -conquered Babylon -then it was destroyed by Alexander the Great -hypostyle halls (many columns) -columns with animal heads
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Procession Frieze from Royal Audience Hall Date: 520 BC
-Sculptures on staircase bringing tribute -different people from different cities -shows power/wealth
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Palette of King Narmer Date: 3000 BC
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Step Pyramid of Zoser (Djoser) Date: 2630 BC
-built by Ihmotep
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Giza Pyramid Complex Date: 2551 BC |
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Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) Date: 2551 BC
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Great Pyramid of Khafre (Chephren) Date: 2520 BC |
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Great Sphinx of Khafre Date: 2520 BC |
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Pyramid of Menkaure (Mycerinus) Date: 2490 BC |
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Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt Date: 2450 BC |
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Hatshepsut's Mortuary Temple Date: 1473 BC
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Hatshepsut with offering jars from upper court Date: 1473 BC
-Hatshepsut portrayed as a man, giving offering to the gods on her knees to show obedience and submission |
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Hatshepsut with offering jars from upper court Date: 1473 BC |
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Senmut with Princess Nefrura from Thebes court Date: 1470 BC
Senmut is Hatshepsut's architect, and Nefrura's tutor; may even be her father. |
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Akhenaton, Nefertiti and Three Daughters from Amarna Date: 1353 BC |
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Death Mask of Tutankhamen from tomb, Thebes Date: 1323 BC
-his tomb was the only one untouched |
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Last Judgement of Hunefer from Tomb, Thebes Date: 1300 BC |
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What is 1? |
Location of original trees imported from Punt (Somalia) by Hatshepsut - directed to do so by Amen in dream
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Painted reliefs - transportation of grand obelisks from Aswan to Luxor - one still at Karnak temple
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What is 3?
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Painted reliefs showing hunting and fishing
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What is 4? |
Sanctuary to the goddess Hathor. |
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Relief showing Hatshepsut's journey to Punt |
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Painted wall relief: Hatshepsut’s creation. Amen comes down and impregnates her mother, Queen Ahmose. ~Hatshepsut is daughter of the sun god. |
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Area for the jackal god Anubis |
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Dedicated to her father & the sun god Amen-Re |
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What are these? |
Symbols of Power: crook (heka) and the flail (nekhakha) were royal scepters held by pharaohs & Osiris |
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