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37 Cards in this Set
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1-1 Spotted Horses and Human Hands Paleolithic Unknown Artist Horses 25,000-24,000 BCE Hands 15,000 BCE
The spotted dots on the horse represent one species flourishing at this time. |
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1-7 Woman from Willendorf Paleolithic Unknown Artist 24,000 BCE
The well-nourished body suggests this may relate health and fertility.
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1-10 Wall Painting with Horses, Rhinoceroses, and Aurochs Paleolithic Unknown Artist 32,000-30,000 BCE
They utilize the curved wall to suggest space.
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1-11 Hall of Bulls Paleolithic Unknown Artist 15,000 BCE
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1-12 Bird-Headed Man with Bison Paleolithic Unknown Artist 15,000 BCE
They man portrayed as a stick-like figure and the bison rendered with such accurate detail suggests the artist was trying to portray the size and strength of the defeated beast. |
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1-14 Bison Paleolithic Unknown Artist 13,000 BCE
Numerous small footprints found on the clay floor of this cave suggest that important group rites took place here. |
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1-19 Tomb Interior with Corbeling and Engraved Stones Neolithic Unknown Artist 3,000-2,500 BCE
The tombs were associated with death. The motifs inside the tomb could play important roles in rituals or political ceremonies that centered around death, burial, and the visitation of the deceases by the living. |
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1-21 Stonehenge from the Ground Neolithic Unknown Artist 2,900-1,500 BCE
Stonehenge was used for ceremonial purposes. By using bluestones in early stonehenges, migrants made a powerful connection with their homelands. |
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1-27 Human Figure Neolithic Unknown Artist 6,500 BCE
The figure has a discreet mouth suggesting that the impression is of living individuals who are unable or unwilling to gesture or speak. |
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1-30 Rock Art: Boat and Sea Battle Neolithic Unknown Artist 1,500-500 BCE
Some suggests that rock art connects sky, earth, and sea, perhaps visualizing the community's view of the three-part nature of the universe. |
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2-1 Stele of Naram-Sin Akkadian Unknown Artist 2,254-2,218 BCE
The ruler is the largest person in this scene. This suggests hierarchy scale, where his size represents his importance. |
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2-3 Head of a Woman Sumerian Unknown Artist 3,300-3,000 BCE
Statues of gods and donors were placed in temples, most likely for ceremonial purposes. |
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2-4 Carved Vessels Sumerian Unknown Artist 3,300-3,000 BCE
The scene on the vessel may represent a re-enactement of te ritual marriage between the goddess and Dumuzi, taking place during the New Year's festival to ensure the fertility of crops, animals, and people, thus the continued survival of Uruk. |
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2-5 Twelve Votive Figures Sumerian Unknown Artist 2,900-2,600 BCE
These figures may represent individuals who worshiped. They would created figures of themselves to put in a shrine before a larger god. |
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2-8 Front Panel, The Sound Box of the Great Lyre Sumerian Unknown Artist 2,600-2,500 BCE
The top and bottom registers relate to a poem. Because the poem was 700 years after this lyre was created, this plaque may document a very long oral tradition.
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2-13 Nanna Ziggurat Sumerian Unknown Artist 2,100-2,050 BCE
The significance behind this piece is the king built this pyramid in dedication of the moon god Nanna, also called Sin. |
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2-14 Votive Statue of Gudea Sumerian Unknown Artist 2090 BCE
The text on his garment states that he dedicated himself, the statue, and its temple to the goddess Geshtinanna. |
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2-15 Stele of Hammurabi Babylonian Unknown Artist 1792-1750 BCE
Rays rise from Shamash's shoulder as he sits, holding additional symbols of his power. |
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2-17 Assurnasirpal II Killing Lions Assyrian Unknown Artist 875-860 BCE
This piece of art shows an event called a ceremonial hunt, in which the king, protected by men, killed animals one by one in an enclosed area. |
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2-19 Guardian Figures at Gate A of the Citadel of Sargon II During its Excavation in the 1840's Assyrian Unknown Artist 721-706 BCE
The statues are lamassus, which are Assyrian protective goddesses. |
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2-20 Assurbanipal and His Queen in the Garden Assyrian Unknown Artist 647 BCE
A severed head of an enemey hangs upside down from a tree at the far left suggesting this scene is a victory celebration. |
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2-22 Ishtar Gate and Thron Room wall Babylonian Unknown Artist 575 BCE
The walls are for military defense, representing the Babylonian power. |
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2-25 Darius and Xerxes Receiving Tribute Persian Unknown Artist 491-486 BCE
Warriors on each side of the piece represent protection, they are ready to defend at any time. |
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3-1 Funerary Mask of Tutankhamun Egyptian Art Unknown Artist 1327 BCE
The gold funeral mask represent how significant the deceased was.
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The Palette of Narmer Egyptian Art Unknown Artist 2950 BCE
A bull on the front and back symbolizes the might of the king. |
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3-3 Djoser's Funerary Complex Egyptian Art Unknown Artist 2630-2557 BCE
The step pyramid symbolizes a stairway to the son god Ra. |
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3-4 Great Pyramids of Giza Egyptian Art Unknown Artist 2575-2450 BCE
This tomb chamber was sealed off with a 50-ton stone block, this suggests protection from the king from intruders. |
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3-8 Khafre Egyptian Art Unknown Artist 2520-2494 BCE
The legs of Khafre's chair are lion feet. This symbolizes the authority of the king. |
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3-9 Menkaure and Queen Khamerernebty II Egyptian Art Unknown Artist 2490-2472 BCE
The queen's symbolic embrace represents unity.
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3-12 Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt Egyptian Art Unknown Artist 2450-2325 BCE
Hunts were depicted on tombs to represent the triumph of good over evil. |
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3-21 Hatshepsut Kneeling Egyptian Art Unknown Artist 1473-1458 BCE
Hatshepsut, a woman leader, was represented as a male to conform to convention. |
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3-22 Funerary Temple of Hatshepsut Egyptian Art Unknown Artist 1473-1458 BCE
The size of the temple shows how rulers undertook extensive personal building programs. |
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3-25 Colossal Figure of Akhenaten Egyptian Art Akhenaten's Artist 1353-1336 BCE
The physical distortions show a new art style that Akhenaten used to connect with his radical change in religion.
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3-26 Akhenaten and his Family Egyptian Art Akhenaten's Artist 1353-1336 BCE
The sun in this piece of art represents the blessings of the Aten, giving them the "breath of life."
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3-28 Nefertiti Egyptian Art Thutmose 1353-1336 BCE
The artist used stucco over the painting which suggests he changed the sculpture, possibly to to bring the queen's face into conformity with contemporary notions of beauty.
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3-30 Temple of Ramses ll Egyptian Art Ramses ll's Artist 1279-1213 BCE
The corridor was oriented so that twice a year the first rays of the rising sun shot through it to illuminate statues of the kind and the three gods places against the back wall showing that above all else these piece of art were for the gods. |
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3-35 Judgement of Hunefer before Osiris Egyptian Art Unknown Artist 1285 BCE |
