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White Temple and Ziggurat Uruk, Modern Warka, Iraq mud brick ca 3200-3000 Sumerian dedicated to anu the sky god |
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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 Eshnunna ca 2700 BCE gypsum, shell, limestone Sumerian hold beakers for libations |
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Victory Stele of Naram Sin found in Susa (Iran) pink sandstone conquset of lullubi 2254-2218 BCE Akkadian |
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Stele with the Law Code of Hammurabi Susa Iran 1780 BCE basalt Babylonian god Shamash gives Ham the measuring rod and ring(coiled rope) of kingship 282 laws
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Lamassu Citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin, Iraq 720-705 BCE limestone Assyrian
guardians |
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Relief from the palace of Ashurnasirpal II Kalhu, modern Nimrud, Iraq ca 875-860 BCE glazed brick Assyrian |
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Palette of Narmer ca 3000-2920 kierakonpolis, egypt slate predynastic
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mortuary precinct of Djoserr Saqqara, Egypt limestone ca 2630-2611 BCE Early Dynastic, Dynasty III |
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Great Pyramids ca 2551-2472 Gizeh, Egypt Dynasty IV, Old Kingdom sandstone |
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Great Sphinx Gizeh Dynasty IV 2520-2494 (khafre) sandstone |
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seated statue of Khafre from Gizeh ca 2520-2494 BCE ka statue diorite Old Kingdom,
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Hypostyle Hall of the Temple of Amen-Re Karnak, Thebes ca 1290-1224 BCE sandstone New Kingdom, 19th dynasty "Clerestory" |
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Akhenaton temple of aton, Karnak, Thebes. sandstone ca 1353-1335 BCE New Kingdom, 18th dynasty |
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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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staircase in the residential quarter of the palace at knossos crete 1700-1370 BCE |
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Palace at Knossos/frescos(bull Leaping) Knossos, Crete, Greece ca 1400-1370 late |
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Lion gate Mycenea, Greece limestone relief panel largest prehistoric sculpture ca 1300-1250 aegean -corbeled arch above the lintel forms relieving triangle |
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Treasury at Atreas tholos tomb Mycenea, Greece limestone 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 grave marker marble 6'4" 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 contrapposto- weight shift |
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Doryphoros (spear bearer), the Canon Polykleitos marble copy of bronze original 450-440 BCE high classical contrapasto |
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Parthenon Iktinos and Kallikrates pericles restoration Athens, Greece pentelic marble ca 447-432 BCE high classical |
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Aphrodite of Knidos praxiteles marble copy of marble original Knidos Greece ca 350-340 Late Classical god doing normal things aka bathing
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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. basically a trophy ex) achilles and ajax |
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centaur |
half horse half man monster ex) part of parthenon |
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Chryselephantine |
cult statue that's made of wood and covered 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 |
unnatural manipulation of scale to show importance ex) Warka vase |
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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. throne room ex) citadel at tiryns had one |
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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 |
Assyrian diety that are winged, human headed bull found at the entrances of Citadel of Sargon II |
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mastaba |
Egyptian tomb covering style, rectangular with slanted sides and flat roof. mud brick in step pyramids too ex) djoser base |
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register(frieze) |
ornamental band, frieze is specifically wall ex) Warka vace, standard of ur |
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polis |
ancient greek city state ex) Athens or Sparta |
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pediment |
low pitched gable, triangle shape that is formed between 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 tryglyphs in a doric frieze 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 |
principal enclosed chamber of a classical temple. Also houses the cult stature in ancient Greek temples.
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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 |
