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Title: AHIS 102

Description: Intro to Visual Culture I (Holly Ward)

Total Flash Cards: 12

Created: 02/12/2008 22:32:01

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Pont du Gard, near Nimes, France, 1st C BCE.

 

Section: Political Power 

The Visual Arts p. 190

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Painted beaker, from Susa, Iran, c. 5000-4000 BCE. 11.25ins (28.5cm) high. Louvre, Paris.

 

Section: Political Power

The Visual Arts p. 41

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Vitory stele of Naramsin, c. 2300-2200 BCE. Pink sandstone, about 6ft 8ins (2.03m) high. Louvre, Paris.

 

Section: Political Power

The Visual Arts p. 46

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Stele of Hammurabi, from Susa, Iran, c. 1760 BCE. Basalt, 7ft 4ins (2.24m) high. Louvre, Paris.

 

Section: Political Power

The Visual Arts p. 48

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Palette of Narmer, from Hierakonpolis, Egypt, c. 3200 BCE. Slate, 25ins (63.5cm) high. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.

 

Sections: Political Power, Alphabets and Communication

The Visual Arts p. 54

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Menkaure (Mycerinus) and his queen, from Menkaure Valley Temple, Giza, c. 2600 BCE. Grey Wacke, 4ft 8ins (1.42m) high. Harvard University - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition.

 

Section: Political Power

The Visual Arts p. 60

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Scribe, from Kai Tomb, Saqqara, Egypt, c. 2600 BCE. Painted limestone, 21ins (53.3cm) high. Louvre, Paris.

 

Section: Political Power

The Visual Arts p. 60

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Necropolis, Giza, Egypt (pyramid tombs of Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure) 2550-2470 BCE.

 

Section: Political Power
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Altar of the Augustan Peace (Ara Pacis Augustae). 13-9 BCE. Marble, outer wall c. 34ft 5ins x 38ft x 23 ft (10.5 x 11.6 x 7m). Rome.

 

Section: Political Power

The Visual Arts p. 199

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Augustus of Primaporta, early 1st c CE. Marble, 6ft 8ins (2.03) high. Vatican Museums, Rome.

 

Sections: Political Power, History and Appropriation

The Visual Arts p. 197

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Eugene Delacroix, The 28th July: Liberty Leading the People, 1830. Oil on canvas, 8ft 6ins x 10ft 7ins (2.59 x 3.25m). Louvre, Paris.

 

Section: Political Power

The Visual Arts p. 650

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Colosseum, Rome, c. 70-82 CE.

 

Section: Political Power

The Visual Arts p. 191



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