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watson visu 2030 exam #1
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Art History
Undergraduate 3
09/18/2012

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akhenaten and family

egypt

armana period

naturalistic

sunrays are aten's blessing

Term
[image]
Definition

bison of altamira

altamira spain

12,500 bc

paint on limestone

used cave curves to make 3d

Term
[image]
Definition

bull headed lyre

Iraq

sumerian

used in funerals

placed over musicians body

Term
[image]
Definition

cycladid figures

cyclades

cycladic

used in funerals

 marble

Term
[image]
Definition

ashurbanipal II hunting lions

assyrian

Iraq

depicts cerimonial hunt

alabaster

Term
[image]
Definition

ishtar gate

iraq

neo babylonian

glazed brick

reconstructed in berlin

Term
[image]
Definition

palette of king narmer

hierakonpolis egypt

pre dynastic

heiroglyphs

heiratic scale

Term
[image]
Definition

great pyramids of giza

egypt

old kingdom

were finished with polished limestone

site plan follows sun path

Term
[image]
Definition

seated scribe

saqqara egypt

old kingdom

painted limestone

naturalistic

Term
[image]
Definition

ti watching hippo hunt

saqqara egypt

old kingdom

painted limestone

heiratic scale

Term
[image]
Definition

temple of ramses II

abu simbel egypt

new kingdom

relocated

carved directly into stone

Term
[image]
Definition

stonehenge

england

2750-1500 bc

megalithic

used for burial ceremonies

Term
[image]
Definition

refashioned skull

jericho

700-6000 bc

human skull

ancestral worship

Term
[image]
Definition

lascaux well scene

lascaux france

15,000-13,000 bc

paint on limestone

only scene that tells a story

Term
[image]
Definition

stele with code of hammurabi

babylonian

susa iran

diorite

written laws and punishments

Term
[image]
Definition

step pyramid of djoser

saqqara egypt

old kingdom

stairway to ra

imhotep-first identified architect

Term
[image]
Definition

flotilla fresco

thera

minoan

shows everyday life

every ship is different

Term
[image]
Definition

bee pendant

crete

minoan

gold

granulation decoration

Term
[image]
Definition

victory stele of naram-sin

susa iran

akkadian

limestone

heiratic scale

Term
[image]
Definition

votive figures

iraq

sumerian

perpetual prayer

heiratic scale

Term
[image]
Definition

venus of willendorf

austria

24000 bc

limestone

11cm

Term
[image]
Definition

death mask of tutankhamun

thebes egypt

new kingdom

24lbs

gold-flesh of the gods

Term
[image]
Definition

athena attacking the giants

frieze from the altar of pergamon

hellenistic

reconstructed in berlin

gods fight giants and monsters

Term
[image]
Definition

the dying gual

greek bronze original

hellenistic

celtic man

original lost

Term
[image]
Definition

the scraper

lysippos

late classic

original lost

leaf added

Term
[image]
Definition

aphrodite of knidos

praxitiles

late classic

nude women were not acceptable

contrapposto

Term
[image]
Definition

hermes and dionysis

praxitiles

late classic

original lost

missing grapes

Term
[image]
Definition

caryatid porch

acropolis athens

classic

south side

3 right/3 left

Term
[image]
Definition

ka statue of khafre

giza

old kingdom

glows blue

gneiss

 

Term
[image]
Definition

parthenon

acropolis athens

classic

doric columns

metope reliefs in London

Term
[image]
Definition

the spear bearer (doryphoros)

polykleitos

classic

original lost

contrapposto

Term
[image]
Definition

discus thrower (diskobolos)

myron

classic

original lost

shows movement

Term
[image]
Definition

dying warrior east

temple of aphia

aegina

classic

made 10 yrs after west side

archaic smile gone

Term
[image]
Definition

the suicide of Ajax

exekias

classic

black figure

amphora

Term
[image]
Definition

kritios boy

acropolis athens

transitional

contrapposto

more natural than previous

Term
[image]
Definition

peplos kore

acropolis athens

archaic

named for her clothes

was painted

Term
[image]
Definition

standing youth (korus)

attica

archaic

archaic smile

means young man

Term
[image]
Definition

the dipylon krater

athens

geometric

shows funary rituals

marked grave

Term
[image]
Definition

harvesters vase

crete

minoan

steatite

27 men

 

Term
[image]
Definition

hypostyle hall temple of amen re

karnak egypt

new kingdom

walls tell stories

was painted

 

Term
[image]
Definition

citadel of mycenae

greece

mycenean

cyclopian blocks

has lions gate

Term
[image]
Definition

palace of darius and xerxes

persian

persepolis iran

Term
[image]
Definition

arch of constantine

rome

312-315 ad

Term
[image]
Definition

the tetrachs

constantinople

300 ad

Term
[image]
Definition

equestrian statue of marcus aurelius

rome

176 ad

Term
[image]
Definition

column of trajen

rome

113-16 ad

Term
[image]
Definition

arch of titus

rome

81 ad

Term
[image]
Definition

pantheon

rome

118-128 ad

Term
[image]
Definition

the unswept floor

herakleitos

2nd c. ad

Term
[image]
Definition

she wolf

rome

entruscan

romulus and remus

symbol of rome

Term
[image]
Definition

musicians and dancers

tomb of lionesses

entruscan

men dark and women light

Term
[image]
Definition

lamassu

iraq

assyrian

extra legs/movement

guardian figures

Term
[image]
Definition

orator

perugia

2nd-1st c. bc

bronze

life sized

Term
[image]
Definition

denarius

rome

44bc

caesar 1st to put pic on coin

Term
[image]
Definition

augustus of primaporta

rome

1st c ad

larger than life

contrapposto

Term
[image]
Definition

ara pacis

rome

13-9 bc

royals on freize

Term
[image]
Definition

colusseum

rome

72-80 ad

levels/different orders

named for nero statue

Term
[image]
Definition

cerveteri sarcophagus

cerveteri

entruscan

terra cotta

glass missing

Term
[image]
Definition

the laocoon

rhodes sculptors

hellenistic

warned trojans

sculpted to view close up

Term
[image]
Definition

snake goddess

crete

minoan

faience

knossos

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