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waterworn pebble
PALEOLITHIC
south africa
jasperite stone
found art |
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Animal facing left
PALEOLITHIC
Namibia
charcoal on stone plaque |
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human with feline head
PALEOLITHIC
germany
mammoth ivory
exception to standard
OLDEST SCULPTURE |
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NUDE WOMAN/VENUS OF WILLENDORF
paleolithic
austra
limestone
named after its findspot
freestanding sculpture in the round
red ocher |
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Woman holding bison horn
paleolithic
painted limestone
red ocher
france
open air art
same form as venus |
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Two bison reliefs
paleolithic
built from clay
largest paleolithic sculpture
cracks from drying |
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bison licking its flank
reindeer horn
paleolithic
france |
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bison, detail of a painted ceiling
cave painting, red ocher and minerals
paleo
altimira cave
no unified perspective |
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spotted horses and negative hand imprints
wall painting
paleo
pech-merle cave france |
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HALL OF THE BULLS
paleo
cave painting
lascaux cave france
strict view, twisted perspective |
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aurochs, horses, and rhinos
paleo
cave painting
lascauz cave
no twisted perspective
possible narrative |
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rhinoceros, wounded man, and bison (well scene)
paleo
cave painting
rare male in paleo art
lascaux cave france |
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stone tower built into settlement wall
neolithic
JERICHO stone tower
israel |
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Deer hunt from CATAL HOYUK
cave wall painting
Neolthic
composite view |
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Landscape with volcanic eruption
wall painting
neolithic
possible first landscape |
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Aerial view of stonehenge
Neolithic
megalithic stone trilithons
Sarson/sandstone |
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white temple and ziggurat, Uruk
mud bricks
Ancient near east |
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restored view of the white temple and ziggurat
modern drawing
ancient near east |
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female head (inanna?)
marble
ancient near east |
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Warka Vase
Alabaster
ancient near east
FIRST NARRATIVE RELIEF SCULPTURE
ground lines
composite view/conceptual presentation |
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Statuettes of two worshippers
gypsum, shell, and limestone
ancient near east
iraq |
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War side of the standard of Ur
wood, lapiz, shell, limestone
ancient near east |
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Peace side of the standard of Ur
wood, lapis, shell, limestone
ancient near east |
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Bull headed Harp/Lyre
from pu-abi's grave
wood, gold, lapis, limestone, shell
Ancient near east |
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Sound box of the King's Grave harp (bullheaded one)
wood, lapis, shell
ancient near east
humans in composite, animals in profile |
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Banquet scene, cylinder seal
sealed compression rolled on clay
ancient near east
composite |
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Head of akkadian ruler
copper
ancient near east
first hollow cast metal sculpture
iraq |
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Victory stele of Naram-Sin
sandstone
ancient near east
1st time rejecting mesopotamia standard of registers
1st attempt at landscape
has movement
relief |
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Ziggurat of Ur
mud brick
ancient near east
bigger than white temple one, and actually survived to today |
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Gudea Seated
diorite stone
ancient near east
high relief
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Stele with the Law Codes of Hammurabi
basalt stone
ancient near east
god shamash handing king symbols
composite view with movement
1st time showing a god in human form |
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Lion Gate
rock relief
ancient near east |
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Statue of Queen Napir-Asu
life size bronze and copper
ancient near east
rigid, boneless, but feminine hands |
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Reconstruction drawing of the citadel of Sargon II
assyrian citadel
ancient near east |
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Lamassu
limestone
ancient near east
guarded gates to sargon's palace
conceptual AND optical
high relief |
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Assyrian archers pursuing enemes
gypsum
ancient near east
mixed perspectives
landscape
narrative relief |
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Ashurbanipal hunting lions
gypsum
ancient near east
Positioning perspective
iraq |
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Ishtar Gate
glazed brick
ancient near east
shallow relief |
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Persepolis
imported stone
ancient near east
supported by columns |
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Persians and Medes
limestone
ancient near east
reliefs more rounded than syrian ones
some in profile, some twisted
were painted |
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Palace of Shapur
brick NOT stone
ancient near east
Iwan: brick audience hall
iwan covered by vault (deep arch)
but not a true arch |
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Palette of King Narmer, BACK
stone slab/slate
Pre-dynasty
relief
composite view
Canon figure |
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Palette of king narmer, FRONT
slate relief
predynasty |
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Section, plan, of mastaba tombs
brick/stone
early dynasty |
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stepped pyramid and mortuary precinct of djoser
stone
early dynasty
IMHOTEP |
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stone columns of djoser's funerary complex
stone
early dynasty
IMHOTEP
First use of stone culumns
engaged |
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Great pyramids, Gizeh
ashtar stone/limestone
old kingdom |
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Model of pyramid complex at Gizeh
ashtar stone
old kingdom |
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Great Sphinx
sand stone
old kingdom
largest statue
colored brightly |
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Khafre Enthroned
Diorite
old kingdom |
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menkaure and khamerernebty
graywacke stone
old kingdom
dyad/double portraiture |
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Seated scribe
limestone
old kingdom
not true portrait |
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Ti watching hippo hunt
mastaba wall relief - limestone
old kingdom |
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Goats treading seed and cattle fording the canal
limestone
old kingdom |
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rock cut tombs BH
hollowed out cliff, columned inside
middle kingdom |
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interior hall of the rock cut tomb of amenemhet
columns, painted reliefs
middle kingdom |
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mortuary temple of hatshepsut
carved from rock
NEW KINGDOM
imitates landscape
axically aligned |
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