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Art History exam 1
art history - ancient to medieval times
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Art History
Undergraduate 2
02/25/2016

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Term
[image]
Definition

Human with feline head

Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany

30,000-28,000 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Venus of Willendorf

Willendorf, Austria

28,000-25,000 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Landscape with volcanic eruption

Catal Höyük, Turkey

6150 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Statuettes of two worshippers

Square Temple at Eshnunna, Iraq

2700 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

War side of the standard of Ur

Royal Cemetary, Ur

2600 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Victory Stele of Naram-Sin

Susa, Iran

2254-2218 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Ziggurat

Ur, Iraq

2100 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Lamassu

Citadel of Sargon 2

Dur Sharrukin, Iraq

720-705 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Ashurbanipal hunting lions

North Palace of Ashurbanipal

Nineveh, Iraq

645-640 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Processional frieze on the terrace of the Apadana

Persepolis, Iran

521-465 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Palette of King Narmer

Hierakonpolis, Egypt

Predynastic (3000-2920 BCE)

Term
[image]
Definition

Menkaure and Khamerernebty

Gizeh, Egypt

Fourth Dynasty

Term
[image]
Definition

Hatshepsut with offering jars

Deir el-Bahri, Egypt

18th Dynasty

Term
[image]
Definition

Hypostyle hall

Temple of Amen-Rc, Karnak, Egypt

19th Dynasty

Term
[image]
Definition

Fowling scene

Tomb of Nebamun, Thebes, Egypt

18th Dynasty

Term
[image]
Definition

Akhenaton

Temple of Aton, Karnak, Egypt

18th Dynasty

Term
[image]
Definition

Figurine of a woman

Syros (Cyclades), Greece

2500-2300 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Palace at Knossos (Crete), Greece

1700-1400 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Marine style octopus jar

Palaikastro (Crete), Greece

1500 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Harvesters Vase

Hagia Triada (Crete), Greece

1500 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Lion Gate

Mycenae, Greece

1300-1250 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Funerary Mask

Mycenae, Greece

1600-1500 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Kroisos

Anavysos, Greece

530 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Andokides Painter

Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game

Orvieto, Italy

525-520 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Polykleitos

Dorphoros (Spear Bearer)

450-440 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Three goddesses

Parthenon, Athens, Greece

438-432 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Noibid painter

Artemis and Apollo slaying the children of Biobe

Orvieto, Italy

450 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Praxiteles

Aphrodite of Knidos

350-340 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Philoxenos of Eretria

Battle of Issus

(original) 310 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Epigonos

Gallic chieftain killing himself and his wife

230-220 BCE

Term
Content
Definition

parts

color

style

Term
Content
Definition

what is in photo

ex: parts

color

style

woman seated

Term
Iconography
Definition

images or symbols related to something. Using symbols to understand

ex: lady and child = mary and jesus

Term

Iconography:

attribute 

Definition

symbols used to identify someone

ex: harakles - attributes are club and lion skin

Term
Context
Definition

set of circumstances or facts that surround a particular event, situation, etc.

ex: who was it made for? why?

Term
attribute
Definition
who can we attribute? assigning it to them
Term
Conoisseur
Definition
specialist
Term
Patron
Definition
someone who buys or comissions (asks to make) it
Term
Proportion and Scale
Definition
hierarchy of scale
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