Art History- Paleolithic Thru Egyptian Art

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Willlendorf

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Austria

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Le Tuc d'Audoubert

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France

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Lascaux Cave

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France

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Altamira Cave

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Spain

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Hohlenstein-Stadel

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Germany

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Venus of Willendorf, ca. 28,000-25,000 BC,

limestone

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Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany: Human with

Feline Head, ca. 30,000-28,000 BC, mammoth ivory

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Altamira Cave, Spain: Bisons, ca. 12,000-11,000 BC, pigment on limestone

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Lascaux Cave, France: Hall of the Bulls, ca. 15,000-13,000 BC, pigment on limestone

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Lascaux Cave, France: Well Scene- Rhinoceros, Man, and Disemboweled Bison, ca. 15,000- 13,000 BC, pigment on limestone

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Le Tuc d'Audoubert, France: Two bison, ca. 15,000-10,000 BC, clay reliefs

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Paleolithic Era aka Old Stone Age (dates)

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30,000 - 10,000 BC

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Catal Hoyuk

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Anatolia (present day Turkey)

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Catal Hoyuk: Deer and Boar Hunt Scene, Neolithic, ca. 5750 BC, pigment on plaster

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Catal Hoyuk: Landscape with Volcanic Eruption, Neolithic, ca. 6150 BC, watercolor copy of original pigment on plaster

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Uruk: White Temple, mud brick, Sumerian, ca. 3200-3000 BC

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Uruk (Warka): Female Head from Eanna Sanctuary of Inanna, alabaster, Sumerian, ca. 3200-3000 BC

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Uruk (Warka): Warka Vase, alabaster, Sumerian, ca. 3200-3000 BC

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Tell Asmar: Statues of worshippers from the temple of Eshunna, gypsum, Sumerian, ca. 2700 BC

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Standard of Ur, inlay of shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone in bitumen, Sumerian, ca. 2600 BC

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Ur: Bull-headed lyre, gilded wood and lapis lazuli with shell and bitumen inlay, Sumerian, ca. 2600 BC

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Nineveh: Head of an Akkadian Ruler, copper, Akkadian, ca. 2250-2200 BC

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Susa: Victory Stele of Naram-Sin, limestone, Akkadian, ca. 2254-2218 BC

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Sculpture of Gudea, diorite, Neo-Sumerian, ca. 2100 BC

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Stele with the law code of Hammurabi, basalt, Babylonian, ca. 1780 BC

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Dur Sharrukin: Citadel of Sargon II- Lamassu, limestone, Assyrian, ca. 720-705 BC

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Nimrud: Palace of Ashurnasirpal II- Assyrian Archers Pursuing Enemies relief, gypsum, Assyrian, ca. 875-860 BC

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Nineveh: North Palace of Ashurbanipal- Hunting Lions relief, gypsum, Assyrian, ca. 645-640 BC

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Babylon: Ishtar Gate, glazed brick, Neo-Babylonian, ca. 575 BC

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Hierakonpolis: Palette of King Narmer, greywacke, Early Dynastic, ca. 3100 BC

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Saqqara: Stepped pyramid and mortuary precinct of Djoser, limestone, Old Kingdom (3rd Dynasty), ca. 2630-2611 BC

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Giza: Great Pyramids of Menkaure, Khafre, and Khufu, limestone, Old Kingdom (4th Dynasty), ca. 2511-2472 BC

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Giza: Khafre enthroned, diorite, Old Kingdom (4th Dynasty), ca. 2520-2494 BC

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Giza: Menkaure and Khamerernebty, greywacke, Old Kingdom (4th Dynasty), ca. 2490-2472

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Saqqara: Seated Scribe, painted limestone, Old Kingdom (4th Dynasty), ca. 2500 BC