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Exam 1
Up to Greek art
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
10/04/2010

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  • Ivory figure of a human with feline head.
  • Hohlenstein-Stadel,Germany,
  • ca. 30,000–28,000 BC 
  • Paleolithic

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  • “Venus” of Willendorf
  • Willendorf, Austria
  • ca. 28,000–25,000 BC
  • Limestone, 4 1/2"
  • 1.5


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  • Hall of Bulls Caves
  • Lascaux, France
  • ca. 15,000–13,000 BC
  • Paleolithic period

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  • Caves at Lascaux, France
  • ca. 15,000–13,000 BC
  • Paleolithic period

 

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  • Abu Temple statues

  • Tell Asmar, ca 2700-2500 BCE

  • all the worshippers have the same clothing on

  • Abu= God of vegitation

  • they are all holding cups in their hands (offerings)

  • men are all almost identical to one another, very long beards and hair, skirts

  • the female statue is completely clothed.

  • almost 2 feet high

     

 

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Warka Vase
Uruk
Ca 3200-3000 BCE
-made of stone
-Alabaster based
-bottom is made of registers (the bans the go around the case)
-the vase shows water, weeds and fertile land
-at the top, there is a servant carrying a basket to the goddess
-she sees what is being brought to her and accepting it
-on the back is an animal with a man who is known as the priest

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Bull-headed lyre from tomb

 

  • 789 (“King’s Grave”), Royal Cemetery, Ur

     

  • ca. 2600 BC

     


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Victory stela of Naram-Sin, 2254-2218 BC

Power: Commemorates victory of ther Lullubi. high Relief. not registers, but ranks of soldiers. king top and center. self-diefied

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  • Seated statue of Gudea
  • governor of Lagash
  • ca. 2100 BC

 

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Stele with Law Code of Hammurabi

Ca 1780 BCE

-law code of over 100s of lines

-communicating with the God

Shamash.

 

-four pairs of horns. He is holding a couple 

of objects in his hand. He is handing them 

to Hamarahbi. One is a coil of rope, and the other is a measuring stick. 

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  • North palace of Ashurbanipal, Nineveh,
  • ca. 645-640 BC
  • Reliefs: King hunts lions
  • Gypsum

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Title: Narmer Palette
Artist: N/A 
Time/Period: c. 2950-2775 BCE/Ancient Egyptian 
Medium: Green Schist 

Hierakonpolis

king of upper Egypt. He is on the front of the palette. He is dominating a small person. On the right side there is a human head being held by a falcon, who is perched on paparus. At the top, there are two images of a human cow. She is protecting Paparus. At the bottom, there are two figures running away in fear. On the back, a man is wearing a crown. The crown symbolizes lower Egypt. On the bottom of the back there is a bull.

 

 

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Step pyramid and mortuary precinct of King Djoser, Saqqara 

architect: Imhotep

3rd Dyn., ca. 2630-2611 BC

 

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Great Sphinx, Giza, 2570-2544

largest statute in the near east.

made of sandstone

the sphinx is associated with the sun god.

 

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Diorite statue of King Khafre

Giza

4th Dyn.

ca. 2520-2494 BC

-divine ruler with a perfect body

-rigid pose creates the effect of eternal stillness wich represents timeless afterlife rule.

 

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Funerary temple of Hatshepsut

Deir el-Bahri

Thebes, 18th Dyn.,

ca. 1473-1458 BC

- first great female monarch whose name is recorded


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Fragment of scene showing Nebamun hunting in the marshes

His tomb chapel of Nebamun, Thebes, 18th Dyn., ca. 1400-1350 BC 

-in his tomb provides him with entertainment he had in past life.

-Fresco on dry plaster


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Limestone stela with Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and their daughters

from Amarna, 18th Dyn.

ca. 1353-1335

Sunken relief technique
affection of family

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Painted wooden chest of Tutankhamun,

tomb of Tutankhamun

Valley of the Kings, Thebes, 18th Dyn.,

ca. 1333-1323 BC

Chariot race, depicts his fall. broken leg caused infection cause of death.

clubbed foot and other health problems bc he was a product of incest

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Female figurine, ca. 2500-2300 BC

found in grave

marble

-sculpter created body from large triangles.

 

cycladic art bc its made of marble which was abundant at the time an in sleep simple decorations.

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Palace at Knossos,

ca. 1700-1400 BC

Plan, exterior and interior views


 

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Fresco with scene of bull-leapers, from the palace at Knossos,

ca. 1450-1400 BC

 

ceremonial theme

 

Cultural context: men-red skin, women-white 

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Faience figurine of a woman (“Snake Goddess”), from the palace

at Knossos, ca. 1600 BC

Faience(non clay bades ceramic)

Priestest? More likely goddess.

snakes in head and cat on head represent power over animals.


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“Harvester Vase,” from Hagia Triada, ca. 1500 BC

made of very hard stone, grainy clay

guilded in gold leaf

harvestors are singing

Cultural context: sense of depth, happiness, MANY festivals keep the culure commected like a community..


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Lion gate (entrance to citadel), Mainland Greece, Mycenean

lion represents the strength and power of the city. lions also guard a sacred place.

Made with cyclopean bricks

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Inlaid dagger blades

Grave Circle A, Mycenae, ca. 1600-1500 BC

Dagger with scenes of lion hunting, from shaft grave, Mainland Greece, Mycenean

 

-the lion hunters are Minoan style but the metal style was from the near east.

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Krater from the Dipylon cemetery,

Athens, ca.

740 BC

geometric period

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Bronze statuette of nude male;

dedication of Mantiklos to Apollo at sanctuary in Thebes

700-680 bc

-represents apollo

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“New York” kouros, from Attica, ca. 600 BC

-liberated from the block of stone.

-replaced the vases as gravemarkers.

-SHOWS MOTION

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“Peplos kore,” from the Athenian Akropolis

ca. 530 BC

-made of marble was painted.

Culture: came after the mens korus, and was more natural.

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First Temple of Hera at Paestum (Italy), ca. 550 BC  

plan

no central cult statue shows age

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First Temple of Hera at Paestum (Italy), ca. 550 BC  

plan

no central cult statue shows age

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North frieze with Gigantomachy

 

Siphnian Treasury, Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi,

ca.530-525 BC

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This is on the test!!!!!!!!!

Francios Vase

-5703 bc

-kleitias=painter

-ergotimos=potter

 

-epic poem:all the themes of the community coming together(bear hunt,funeral, marriage)

-every single figure is named

 

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Kritios Boy, from the Athenian Akropolis

-ca. 480 BC

-early classical period

first statue to show how a person naturally stands

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Charioteer

rom a group dedicated by Polyzalos of Gela in the Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi, Greece, ca. 470 B.C. Bronze, approx. 5' 11" high. 

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 Parthenon (Temple of Athena Parthenos; view from the northwest),

Architects: Iktinos and Kallikrates,

Acropolis, Athens, Greece,

447-438 B.C

-architects believes beauty could be achieved by harmonic proportions.

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Parthenon, 447-432 BC 

Architects: Iktinos and Kallikrates

Sculptor in charge: Phidias

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Lapith V. Centaur South metopes: Centauromachy

athens, greece

marble

447bc

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Helios's horses and Dionysos (Herakles?), from the east pediment of the Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 438-432 B.C. Marble, greatest height approx. 4' 3".

-depicts the birth of athena

-horses coming fro, the floor depict the sun rising above the horizon at dawn

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Three goddesses (Hestia, Dione, and Aphrodite?), from the east pediment of the Parthenon, Acropoilis, Athens, Greece, ca. 438-432 B.C. Marble

-birth of athena

Hestia- mothering, rising to care for athena

Dione-protector, rising to protect

Aphrodite-love, uninterested.

 

-volumptious feminine bodies

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