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Lion-Human
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Venus of Willendorf
Paleolithic Era |
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Wall Painting with Horses, Rhinoceroses and Aurochs, Chauvet Cave
Paleolithic Era |
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Bird-Headed Man with Bison, Lascaux Cave
Paleolithic Era |
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Votive Figures
"Statuetes from Tel Asmar"
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"Head of an Akkadian Ruler"
Akkadian |
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"Nanna Ziggurat"
Neo-Sumerian |
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"Stele of Hammurabi"
Babylonian |
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"Assurnasirpal II Killing Lions"
Asseryian |
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"Lamassus Guardian Figures"
Assyrian
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"Ishtar Gate"
Neo-Babylonian |
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"Palette of Narmer"
Early-Dynastic |
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"Stepped Pyramid of Djoser"
Early Dynastic |
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"Great Pyramids of Giza"
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"Rock-Cut Tombs"
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"Hatshepsut Kneeling"
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"Colossal Figure of Akhenaten"
Armana Period
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"Temple of Ramses II"
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"Figure of a Woman"
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"Goddess with Snakes"
Late Minoan |
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"Harvester Rhyton"
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"Octopus Flask"
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"Spring Fresco"
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"Mask of Agamemnon"
Mycanean |
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"Tholos, Treasury of Atreus"
Mycanean |
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The first early modern humans of the EuropeanUpper Paleolithic. The earliest known remains of Cro-Magnon-like humans are dated to 35,000 years before present.
- Similar cognitive and physical traits as humans
- High survival skills
"Decorated Ocher" 77,000
Crayon like, to mark and decorate and to mark
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Sumerian
Political class are priests
Temples are the key area - focal point
Fundemental authoritative figures are the Gods
"Statuettes from Tel Asmar"
"Votive Figures"
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Gilgamesh is a demigod of superhuman strength who built the city walls of Uruk to defend his people from external threats, and travelled to meet the sage Utnapishtim, who had survived the Great Deluge. He is usually described as two-thirds god and one third man.
Sumerian
"Sound Box from a Harp"
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Canon of Proportions
Egyptian Old Kingdom - New Kingdom
Proportional Body, following ideal and scale
It is the canon law, to which Egyptian artist were mandated to regularize dimensions and scale. A guideline for Egyptian artist to follow.
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Minoan Mythology
Palace of Knossos
An elaborate structure designed and built by the legendary artificer Daedalus for King Minos of Creteat Knossos. Its function was to hold theMinotaur, a mythical creature that was half man and half bull and was eventually killed by the Athenian hero Theseus
"Palace of Knossos"
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Minoan
"Ocotopus Flask"
After a earthquake and tsunami destroyed the island, the minoan culture decided to focus on the sea
Pay tribute to the power of the sea
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Hunter/Gatherer
Migratory
Art needs to be portable and helpful/useful to the community
Survival
Intellectual abilities to reason and to pan ahead |
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Warmer Climate
Agriculture, farming, use of animals
Sedintary and permanent - Art can be bigger and doesn't need to move around.
Rock work |
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Mesopotamia between to rivers
Irregular flooding of rivers
Confusion/Anxiety/Stress
Cuneiform
City-States
Fertile land for domestication of animals and agriculture
Sharing, socialism, Religion at the center of the political growth |
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Semitic
Complete Monarchy
"Head of an Akkadian Ruler"
Strong heirarchy and rule
Very styalized, general meaning of a ruler
"Victory Stele of Naram-Sin"
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Law and Code
Strict Ruleing with a strong Written Law
"Stele of Hammurabi"
Historical Documents
Heirarchy and Politics
Justice: Violent Justice |
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Huge Size of Kingdom: Would assimilate the cultures of their victims to theirs.
Iron: First culture to use Iron
Battle with the Egyptians
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Dramatic
Known for their drama and power
Violent culture
"Lion Released and killed"
First graphic depiction of violence - Suffering and defeat
Celebrating victory over enemies |
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Powerful culture
Doing BIG things
(makers of the "hanging gardens" one of the original seven wonders of the word)
Tall and big brings them back to God
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heirarchy
shows conquests of Egypt
Lower and Upper Egypt
Bull as symbol of masculinity and strength
Pyramids: importance of afterlife
Spirit work and the Ka
Mummification |
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Pyramids of Giza
Tombs, burial, Ka, afterlife
Huge scale, precise and sophisticated work
Tools and technology advancements
Golden Ratio: Khafre, Sphinx, Seated Scribe
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"Rock-cut tombs"
Keeps burials hidden and safe
No money in the cuture, not able to big build |
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Constant placement in the area
Regular Nile flooding
Recgular and constant
Afterlife & Ka
Introduction of weaponry and horses
Expansion
Queen Hatshepsut, Tutenkahmen, Ramses II
Idealism, perfection, Golden perportions
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Akenaten moves capital
I. Monotheistic Society
II. New Captical
Less Idealistic Style
(small arms and big belly)
(less physical labor in this time period)
Weaker Lifestyle
Breaking from tradition |
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Geometric
Stiff, rigid, styalized
Blue print to show their planning |
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Architecture grwoth through earthquakes and natural disatsters, constantly rebuilding.
Focus on the present.
Afterlife, but present more important
"Harvester Rhyton"
"Leaping Bull Fresco"
"Octopus Flask"
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