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What is art?
Definition
the intentional and thoughtful manipulation of materials to communicate an idea visually
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What is mimesis?
Definition
imitation
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What is shamanism?
Definition
the world exists in parallel universes
-in a hunter-gatherer society
-great felines were competition for food
-the way that humans compete with felines was they used a shaman to become the animal in which would hunt for the food
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What is sympathetic magic?
Definition
-You would destroy the object after a successful birth and it would destroy the bad energy with it
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What is the time period of the prehistoric paleolithic?
Definition
30,000-8,000 BCE
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What is the time period of the prehistoric neolithic?
Definition
8,000-2,300 BCE
Term
What is a hieratic composition?
Definition
a composition in which the most important figure is given the most space
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What is cuneiform?
Definition
Wedge shaped writing used in mesopotamia
Term
Where is lower Egypt located?
Definition
north
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What is upper Egypt located?
Definition
south
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When did the middle kingdom occur in Egypt?
Definition
2040-1550 BCE
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When did the old kingdom in Egypt occur?
Definition
2575-2040 BCE
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When did the new kingdom in Egypt occur?
Definition
1550-1070 BCE
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What is a mastaba?
Definition
marked the burial site of many eminent Egyptians of Egypt's ancient period.
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What is another name for the Heb-Sed Festival?
Definition
the jubilee festival
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What is the ka statue?
Definition
It is a statue that will enable a royal person's ka if the ka is to get lost
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What is the sun cult?
Definition
a reference to the god Amen Re was made in the pyramids b/c he made himself from a mound of dirt into a pyramid; the great worship of the sun god turned into monotheism
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When is the early bronze age?
Definition
3000-2000 BCE
Term
When is the middle bronze age?
Definition
2000-1500 BCE
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When is the late bronze age?
Definition
1500-1200 BCE
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What is bronze made up of?
Definition
copper and tin
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What culture had defensive walls?
Definition
Mycenaean
Term
What makes walls defensive?
Definition
made of large rock
built on land high enough that it is easy to defend against on-comers
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What is cyclopean masonry?
Definition
big, large rough and unpolished stones
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What is a corbel arch?
Definition
triangular arch
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What is a megaron?
Definition
a central court in a palace where a ruler and their family live and rule from
Term
How is stone masonry during the Mycenaean period a political statement?
Definition
shows that the group is strong and hard to break into
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What is a heraldic image?
Definition
two animals facing toward or away from each other
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What is a relieving triangle?
Definition
a triagnluar hold above a post and lintel arch to relieve some stress from the arch below it
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What is a beehive tomb?
Definition
also known as a tholos tomb is a burial structure characterized by its false dome created by the superposition of successively smaller rings of mudbricks or, more often, stones.
Term
Who invented the concept of vast interior space without any internal supports?
Definition
Mycenaean
Term
What is a Krater?
Definition
a bowl that you would drink wine out of during a wine drinking ceremony
Term
What would suggest shaman status?
Definition
tattoos
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What is the date range of human with feline head?
Definition
30,000- 28,000 BCE
Term
What is the date range of venus of willendorf?
Definition
28,000-25,000 BCE
Term
What is the date range of woman holding bison horn?
Definition
25,000- 20,000 BCE
Term
What is the date of Spotted horses?
Definition
23, 000 BCE
Term
What is the date of Bison?
Definition
13,000 BCE
Term
What is the date of rhinoceros?
Definition
15,000 BCE
Term
What is the date of Lions and Rhinoceros?
Definition
15,000 BCE
Term
What is the date of Bison, Man, Rhinoceros?
Definition
16,000 BCE
Term
What is the date of Catal Hoyuk settlement design?
Definition
7000-6000 BCE
Term
What is the date of Catal Hoyuk Painting?
Definition
6150 BCE
Term
What culture is Catal Hoyuk?
Definition
prehistoric
Term
What is the date of the Ain Ghazal Sculpture?
Definition
6750 BCE
Term
What is the date of the Votive vase from warka, Innana and Demuzi?
Definition
3200 BCE
Term
What is the date of the White temple?
Definition
3200 BCE
Term
What is the date of the Ziggurat?
Definition
2100 BCE
Term
What is the date of Head?
Definition
3200 BCE
Term
What is the date of Cylinder Seal: Presentation Scene?
Definition
1792 BCE
Term
What is the date of Votive Statues?
Definition
2700 BCE
Term
What is the date of The Investiture of Zimri-Lin?
Definition
1775
Term
What is the date of Stele of the Victory of Eannatum?
Definition
2600 BCE
Term
What is the date of the Standard of Ur?
Definition
2600 BCE
Term
What are the seven things that we know about Mesopotamian art?
Definition
-Compositions favor horizontal structures
-Use hieratic composition to establish importance
-subjects include religious concerns and kingship issues
-the narrative is employed and translated into visual form
-Materials can have symbolic meaning
-attributes can be used to clarify figures and symbolic meaning
-art works were intended to be seen by some group of people
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What is the date of the Palatte of Narmer?
Definition
3000 BCE
Term
What is the date of the Stepped Pyramid of Djoser?
Definition
2630 BCE
Term
What is the date of the Stepped Pyramid of Djoser Complex Reconstruction?
Definition
2630 BCE
Term
What is the date of the Stele of Naram-Sin?
Definition
2254 BCE
Term
What is the date of the Vulture Stele of Ennatum?
Definition
2600 BCE
Term
What is the date of the Gizeh Great Pyramids?
Definition
2551 BCE
Term
What is the date of Khofu's Pyramid?
Definition
2551 BCE
Term
What is the date of Great Pyramids Mortuary Temples?
Definition
2551 BCE
Term
What is the date of Menkaure and Wife?
Definition
2490 BCE
Term
What is the date of Khafre?
Definition
2520 BCE
Term
What is the date of Hatshepsut?
Definition
1473 BCE
Term
What is the date of Hatshepsut's Mortuary Temple?
Definition
1473 BCE
Term
What is the date of Hatshepsut's Mortuary Temple, The King and Queen of Punt?
Definition
1473 BCE
Term
What is the date of Knosses, Plan of the Palace?
Definition
1370 BCE
Term
What is the date of Knosses, Aerial view?
Definition
1370 BCE
Term
What is the date of the Temple of Karnak?
Definition
1290 BCE
Term
What is the date of the Temple of Amen-Re?
Definition
1290 BCE
Term
What is the date of the Bull Leaping Fresco?
Definition
1400 BCE
Term
What is the date the Tomb of Nebamun, Funerary Banquet?
Definition
1400 BCE
Term
What is the date of the Figure of a Woman?
Definition
2500 BCE
Term
What is the date of the Male Harpist?
Definition
2700 BCE
Term
What is the date of the Landscape with Swallows, Spring Fresco?
Definition
1650 BCE
Term
What is the date of Tomb of Nebamun, Nebamun Hunting?
Definition
1400 BCE
Term
What is the date of Ritual Scene with Women?
Definition
1650 BCE
Term
What is the date of Snake Goddess?
Definition
1600 BCE
Term
What is the date of the Octopus flask?
Definition
1450 BCE
Term
What is the date of the Throne Room at Knossos?
Definition
1400 BCE
Term
What is the date of the Citadel?
Definition
1200 BCE
Term
What is the date of the Corbel Vaulted Gallery?
Definition
1200 BCE
Term
What is the date of the Shaft Garves?
Definition
13th Century
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What is the date of the Dagger Blades?
Definition
1600 BCE
Term
What is the date of the Lion Gate?
Definition
1300 BCE
Term
What is the date of the Treasury of Atreus?
Definition
1300 BCE
Term
What is the date of view from the citadel?
Definition
1300 BCE
Term
What is the date of the Warrior Vase?
Definition
1200 BCE
Term
When was the Pre-dynastic and early dynastic period of egypt?
Definition
3500-2575 BCE
Term
What is the date of the Bull headed harp?
Definition
2600 BCE
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