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10/24/2014

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White Temple

Uruk, Iraq

c. 3500-3000 BCE

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Human Figure with Feline Head

Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany

c. 40,000-28,000 BCE

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Hunt (or Ritual?) Scene

Catal Huyuk, Turkey

c. 6000 BCE

 

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Horses, Chauvet Cave, France, c. 32000-28000 BCE
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The Royal Standard of Ur

Ur, Iraq

c. 2600 BCE

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The Royal Standard of Ur

Ur, Iraq

c. 2600 BCE

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The Royal Standard of Ur

Ur, Iraq

c. 2600 BCE

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[image]
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Ziggurat of King Urnammu

Ur, Iraq

c. 2100 BCE

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[image]
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Gudea

Girsu, Iraq

c. 2100 BCE

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[image]
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Stele with Law Code of Hammurabi

Susa, Iran

c. 1760 BCE

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Stele with Law Code of Hammurabi

Susa, Iran

1760 BCE

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Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal

North Palace at Nineveh, Iraq

c. 645-635 BCE

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Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal

North Palace, Nineveh, Iraq

c. 645-635 BCE

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Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal

North Palace, Nineveh, Iraq

c. 645-635 BCE

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Rhinocerous, Man and Bison

Lascaux Cave, France

c. 15,000-13,000 BCE

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[image]
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"Venus" of Willendorf

Austria

c. 28,000-25,000 BCE

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[image]
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Exikias

Achilles and Ajax Playing Dice

c. 540-530 BCE

 

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[image]
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Euphronios

Death of Sarpedon

c. 515 BCE

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[image]
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Krosios

Anavysos, Greece

c. 530 BCE

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[image]
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Euphronios

Death of Sarpedon

c. 515 BCE

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Peplos Kore

The Acropolis, Athens, Greece

c. 530 BCE

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Polykleitos

Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)

c. 450-440 BCE

(Roman Copy)

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[image]
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Zeus (or Poseidon?)

c. 460-450 BCE

 

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The Temple of Hera II

Paestum, Italy

c. 500 BCE

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[image]
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Iktinos and Kalikrates

The Parthenon

Acropolis, Athens, Greece

447-432 BCE

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[image]
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Pheidias

The "Peplos Scene"

East Frieze, the Parthenon, Athens, Greece

c. 447-438 BCE

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The Erechtheion

Acropolis, Athens, Greece

421-405 BCE

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Caryatid Porch

The Erechtheion

Acropolis, Athens, Greece

421-405 BCE

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Temple of Amen-Re

Karnak, Egypt

c. 1290-1224 BCE

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[image]
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Hypostyle Hall

Temple of Amen-Re

Karnak, Egypt

c. 1290-1224 BCE

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Sculpture of Akhenaten

Thebes, Egypt

1353-1335 BCE

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Akhenaten and His Family

c. 1353-1335 BCE

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[image]
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Queen Nefertiti

c. 1353-1335 BCE

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Queen Nefertiti

c. 1353-1335 BCE

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[image]
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Death Mask of King Tutankhamen

Thebes, Egypt

c. 1323 BCE

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[image]
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Palette of King Narmer

Hierakonpolis

c. 3000 BCE

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Palette of King Narmer

Hierakonpolis

c. 3000 BCE

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[image]
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Imhotep

Step Pyramid of King Djoser

Saqqara

c. 2681-2662 BCE

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[image]
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The Great Pyramids

Giza, Egypt

c. 2600-2515 BCE

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[image]
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The Great Sphinx

Giza, Egypt

c. 2570-2544 BCE

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[image]
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Sculpture of Khafre

Giza, Egypt

c. 2500 BCE

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[image]
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Sculpture of Khafre

Giza, Egypt

c. 2500 BCE

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Sculpture of Menkaure and Queen Khamerernebty II

Giza, Egypt

c. 2515 BCE

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Sculpture of Prince Rahotep and Nofret

Meidum

c. 2580 BCE

 

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Cuneiform
Definition
First writing system created. Was created in Near East/Mesopotamia in 3000 BCE. Developed to represent Sumerian language
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Ziggurat
Definition
an earthwork that is a platform before a temple
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mud brick
Definition
wet clay with straw shoved into a square brick to solidify in the sun
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Cella
Definition
Central room where priest would perform ceremony
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Hieratic scale
Definition
most important person is biggest
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register
Definition
row
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Composite view
Definition
figure is placed in unnatural position to make important features easy to view
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Stele
Definition
A standing marker stone
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hieroglyph
Definition
writing system used by Ancient Egyptians
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Mastaba
Definition
Arabic for bench, make up where people were buried
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Pylon
Definition
Huge Sloping Wall
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Hypostyle Hall
Definition

Defined by massive columns that carry lintels

(forest of columns)

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Amarna Style
Definition
New style that emerged during the Amarna period that arrived when Akhenaten moved to new capital because he wanted to only worship the sun god
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Architectural order
Definition
system with component parts with specific relations to eachother
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Doric Order
Definition
most basic Greek architectural order: columns, capitals, masonry
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Abacus
Definition
square edge on capital
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Entableture
Definition
everything above capital and column
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Triglyph
Definition
three raised ridges
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Metope
Definition
square space between triglyphs
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Pediment
Definition
Triange area above frieze
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Cornice
Definition
Projecting part around pediment
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Ionic Order
Definition
architecture that has columns with capitals, floors, etc. but adds a base at bottom of colulmns, capitals are composed of volutes and it has a continuous frieze
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Volute
Definition
swirling curly shape at top of capitals
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Caryatid
Definition
Sculptures of women that take the place of a column
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Wet drapery
Definition
Garnments cling to body as though they were wet, but the still drape
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Amphora
Definition
all purpose storage jar
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Black-figure painting
Definition
figures on a vase that are painted in black with red negative space
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Negative Space
Definition
background space around black figures
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Humanism
Definition
Portrays human beings who have special abilities rather than gods--focuses on the importance of human beings
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Red-figure painting
Definition
figures are red and negative space is black, details get to be painted in, less labor-intensive than black-figure and can create depth
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Krater
Definition
shape of vase: widest at opening and has handles, used for mixing water and wine
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Kouros
Definition
young man featured in sculpture
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Kore
Definition
young women portrayed in sculpture
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Contrapposto
Definition
counterposed, realistic way of standing a sculpture
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Strut
Definition
holds sculpture standing up
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[image]
Definition

Praxiteles

Aphrodite of Knidos

c. 350-340 BCE

Roman Copy

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[image]
Definition

Lysippos

Weary Herakles

330 BCE

Roman Copy

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[image]
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Theater

Pergamon, Turkey

197-159 BCE

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[image]
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Theater

Pergamon, Turkey

197-159 BCE

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[image]
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Athena and Alkyoneus

The Alter of Zeus

Pergamon, Turkey

c. 166-156 BCE

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[image]
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The Alter of Zeus

Pergamon, Turkey

166-156 BCE

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[image]
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Nike of Samothrace

190 BCE

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Nike of Samothrace

c. 190 BCE

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Nike of Samothrace

c. 190 BCE

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Old Market Woman

c. 150-100 BCE

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[image]
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Sleeping Hermaphroditus

2nd Century BCE

Roman Copy

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[image]
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Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia

Palestrina, Italy

c. 100 BCE

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Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia

Palestrina, Italy

c. 100 BCE

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Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia

Palestrina, Italy

c. 100 BCE

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[image]
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Head of a Roman Patrician

c. 75-50 BCE

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[image]
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Second Style wall painting

Villa of Plubius Fannius Synistor

Boscoreale (near Pompeii), Italy

mid 1st Century BCE

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[image]
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Second Style wall painting

Villa of Publius Fannius Synistor

Boscoreale (Near Pompeii), Italy

mid 1st century BCE

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[image]
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Augustus of Primaporta

c. 20 BCE

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[image]
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Augustus of Primaporta

c. 20 BCE

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[image]
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Ara Pacis Augustae

13-9 BCE

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[image]
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Aeneas Sacrificing

Ara Pacis Augustae

13-9 BCE

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[image]
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Personification of Tellus, Pax, or Italia

Ara Pacis Augustae

13-9 BCE

 

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Procession of the Imperial Family

Ara Pacis Augustae

13-9 BCE

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[image]
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Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater)

Rome

70-82 AD

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[image]
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Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater)

Rome

70-82 AD

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[image]
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Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater)

Rome

70-82 AD

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[image]
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Pantheon

Rome

118-128 CE

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[image]
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Pantheon

Rome

118-128 CE

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Hellenistic
Definition

means Roman-like

art that is dramatic and is interested in depicting a full range of human experience

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Realism
Definition
interest in what is real, not idealized
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Arch
Definition
Opening to a building that is an upside down u shape that equally distributes the weight above to the bottom. Allows buildings to be bigger, taller and to have more things on it
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Concrete
Definition
mixture of mortar, sand, quick lime, and water that has been poured into a mold and can be shaped in any way you want. It is also very strong
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voussoir
Definition
stones that are stacked onto eachother to create an arch
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keystone
Definition
Stone on the top of the arch that holds the voussoir together
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verism/veristic
Definition
true to life, hyper-naturalistic
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bust
Definition
sculpture that shows just the shoulders and head
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Illusionism/illustionistic
Definition
creating an illustion of space
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Pax Augustae
Definition
Period of peace that was credited to Augustus
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