- human with feline head

- paleolithic

• Venus of Wllendorf
• Paleolithic
• fertility symbol

• Hall of Bulls
• Paleolithic

• Rhinoceros, wounded man, and disemboweled bison
• Paleolithic
• may be early narrative art

• Catal Hoyuk
• Neolithic
• no roads or doors

• Stoneheng
• Neolithic
• post-and-lintel
• astronomical calendar

• White Temple
• Sumerian
• cardinal points
• bent axis
• cella

• Warka Vase
• Sumerian
• hierarchy of scale
• registers
• votive offering

• Tell Asmar Statues
• Sumerian
• huge eyes
• hands folded
• represent donors

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• Standard of Ur
• Sumerian
• war + peace sides
• narrative

• Head of an Akkadian Ruler
• Akkadian
• sees himself as a god

• Victory Stele of Naram-Sin
• Akkadian
• stele
• horned crown of divinity

• Stele of Hammurabi
• Babylonian
• first codified law

• Ishtar Gate
• Babylonian
• glazed brick

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• Lion Gate
• Hittite
• stone, not mud brick

• Lamassu
• Assyrian
• composite view

• Ashurbanipal Hunting Lions
• Assyrian
• harsh and brutal realism

• Persepolis
• Persian

• Palace of Shapur I
• Ancient Near East - Persian
• iwan

• Palette of King Narmer
• Ancient Egypt- Predynastic/Old Kingdom
• canon of proportions
• unification of Egypt
• iconography

• Stepped Pyramid
• Ancient Egypt- Predynastic/Old Kingdom
• Imhotep- first known artist

• Great Pyramids of Giza
• Ancient Egypt- Old Kingdom
• ben-ben

• Great Sphinx
• Ancient Egypt- Old Kingdom
• composite view
• guardian figure

• Khafre
• Ancient Egypt- Old Kingdom
• statue for eternity

• Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt
• Ancient Egypt- Old Kingdom
• between this world and afterlife

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• Fragmentary Head of Senusret III
• Ancient Egypt- Middle Kingdom
• realism
• moody look / not heroic

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• Rock-cut tomb of Amenemhet
• Ancient Egypt- Middle Kingdom
• reserved columns

• Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
• Ancient Egypt- New Kingdom
• rock-cut temple
• axial plan

• Temple of Ramses II
• Ancient Egypt- New Kingdom

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• Temple of Amen-Re
• Ancient Egypt- New Kingdom
• hypostyle hall
• tripartite structure
• pylon temple

• Hypostyle hall, temple of Amen-Re
• Ancient Egypt- New Kingdom
• clerestory
• ashlar masonry

• Fowling scene
• Ancient Egypt- New Kingdom
• fresco secco
• tomb of Nebamun

• Musicians and Dancers
• Ancient Egypt- New Kingdom
• relaxation, mobility
• frontal views

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• Akhenaton
• Ancient Egypt- New Kingdom
• Amarna style
• change to monotheism

• Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters
• Ancient Egypt- New Kingdom
• humanism
• natural proportions

• Tutankhamen
• Ancient Egypt- New Kingdom
• idealized features
• coffin & mask made of gold