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"Altamira Bison" Discovered in Spain in 1879. Painted on the roof of a cavern in Altair. This marked the beginning of a new awareness regarding Ice Age Europe.
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| "The Venus of Willendorf". Noteworthy for its depiction of fertility and prosperity. |
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| "Palace of Sargon II" at Khosabad |
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| "Palace of Percepolis" in Persia (Iran) |
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| "Cycladic vase in the shape of a bear holding a bowl" 2500 BC. |
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| Kamares style jug with a beak for a spout at Phaistos from aproximately 1800 BC. Bronze Age |
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| "Slate Palette of King Narmer" 3100 BC. Part of the Old Egyptian Kingdom. One of the oldest artifacts from the kingdom. |
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| "Wood Portrait panel of Hesy-Ra" from Saqqara. 2650 BC |
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| "Mycernius and his queen" Giza 2500 BC |
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| "Prince Rahotep and his wife Nofret" Limestone 2610 BC |
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| "Daughters of Akhenaten" mural from Tel el'Amarna. Akhenaten style. |
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| "Female Head from Uruk" 3000 to 3500 BC |
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| "Snake Godess" Part of Minoan civilization but not Minoan. Imported. 1600 BC |
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| "Palace of Minos" Knossos (labyrinth like remains contributed to the Greek legend of the Minotaur) |
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| "Herakles strangling the Nemean Lion" |
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| "Dionysus in a boat" 540 BC |
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| (Thermae) Baths of Caracalla in Rome. |
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| Column of Marcus Aurelius from 2nd century. Expressionistic Roman style |
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| column of Trajan 2nd century |
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| Northumbrian monastery in North Britain. Important during the Byzantine art period. |
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| Page from one of the Coronation Gospels |
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| Saint Matthew from the Ebbo Gospels |
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| Marienburg castle 1274-1280 |
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| Adam and Eve vanished from Paradise by English artist William de Brailes 13th century. Illuminated Manuscript. |
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| Portrait of Matthew Paris, an English monk responsible for keeping an illustrated chronicle of the history of England. |
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| Maesta. a two sided panel in Siena Cathedral 1308-1311. One of the largest paintings ever made in Italy. Artist: Duccio Di Buoninsegna |
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| Adoration of the Magi, 1423, Gentile da Fabriano |
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| The life of Saint Francis by Giotto di Bondone |
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| "The Arnolfini marriage" by Jan Van Eyck, inventor of modern oil painting in 1420 (Netherlandish art) |
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| The Deposition, Rogier Van Der Weyden. |
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| Garden of Earthly delights by Jerome Bosch. 1505- 1510 |
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| Sacrifice of Isaac by Lorenzo Ghiberti |
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| the gates of paradise by Lorenzo Ghiberti |
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| Tribute Money by Masaccio |
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| Federigo and his wife by Pierro della Francesca |
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| The Birth of Venus by Sandro Boticelli |
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| Camera Degli Spossi 1474 by Andrea Mantegna |
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| Sistine Chapel Frescoes by Michelangelo |
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| Mellancholia by Albrecht Durer |
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| David with the head of Goliath by Caravaggio. Chiaroscuro technique. Barroque period. 17th century. |
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| Doric temple at Hagley Park, Worcesteshire, England. 1759 by James Stuart. Part of the Classic Revival era after Barroque and Roccoco art. (Neoclassicism) |
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| Leonidas at Thermopylae by Jacques-Lous David. |
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| Lithograph by Honore' Daumier |
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Albrecht Durer
John White
Thomas Girtin
William Blake |
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| French painter who identified with the Impressionist movement of 19th century.Painted "Luncheon at the Boating Party" in 1881. |
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| Unequivocal master and promoter of the impressionist movement. |
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| American painter who sketched the life of soldiers during the Civil War. |
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Seurat
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Gauguin |
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| Post-impressionist artists |
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| Yelow Christ by Paul Gauguin |
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| Crows flying over a Cornfield by Vincent Van Gogh |
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Henry Matisse
Albert Marquet
Raoul Dufy
Othon Friesz
Andre Derain
Vlaminck |
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| Artists who were part of the Expressionist style of painting. |
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Pablo Picasso
Georges Braque |
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| Artists of the Cubist period |
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| Also known as nonrepresentational or nonobjective art. Lack of specific references to natural objects and situations. |
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| Style of nonrepresentational painting that combines expressionist emotional value and abstract form. Jackson Pollock practiced this form of art. |
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| Merzbau by Kurt Schwiters. Dada Art. |
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| Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali |
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| Example of Psychedelic Art. It is done under the influence of drugs or inspired by the colors and shapes a person under the influence might see. |
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| Blue Flowers by Georgia O'Keeffe. She was known for making paintings of flowers, which were erotic, symbolical, and psychological. |
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| American Architect Frank Lloyd Wright is considered one of the greatest American architects of all time. |
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| Term used to describe art that is relatively primitive in appearance or that has been executed with obvious cues of naivety. |
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| Modern primitives/Popular Masters |
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| The earliest period in African Art, which mostly represented hunting.Marked by engravings of animals. |
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| Nok Terracotta African sculpture Aprox 4500 BC |
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| Buddha at Anuradhapura, 6 or 7th century AD |
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