Art History Quiz #1

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1-5

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Nude woman (Venus of Willendorf)

from Willendorf, Austria

ca. 28,000 - 25,000 BCE

Limestone

4 1/2" high

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1-9

Back 2

Bison, detail of a painted ceiling in the cave of Altamira, Spain

ca. 13,000-11,000 BCE

Standing bison 5' 2 1/2" long

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3-1

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Palette of King Narmer (front and back)

from Hierakonpolis, Egypt

Predynastic, ca. 3000-2920 BCE

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3-6

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Detail of the facade of the north palace of the mortuary precinct of Djoser

Saqqara, Egypt

Third Dynasty, ca. 2630-2611

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3-7

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Great Pyramids

Gizeh, Egypt

Forth Dynasty, 2551-2490 BCE

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3-12

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Menkaure and Khamerernebty(?)

Gizeh, Egypt

Forth Dynasty, ca. 2490-2472 BCE

Graywacke

4' 6 1/2"

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3-19

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Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut

Deir el-Bahri, Egypt

18th Dynasty, ca. 1473-1458 BCE

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3-31

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Thutmose

Nefertiti

Amarna, Egypt

18th Dynasty, ca. 1353-1335 BCE

Painted limestone

1' 8" high

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4-5

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Plan of the palace

Knossos (Crete), Greece

ca. 1700-1370 BCE

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4-8

Back 10

Bull-leaping, from the palace

Knossos (Crete), Greece

ca. 1400-1370 BCE

Fresco

2' 8" high, including boarder

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4-15

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Aerial view of the citadel (looking east)

Tiryns, Greece

ca. 1400-1200 BCE

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4-19

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Lion Gate (looking southeast)

Mycenae, Greece

ca. 1300-1250 BCE

Limestone

Relief panel, 9' 6" high

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4-22

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Funerary mask from Grave Circle A

Mycenae, Greece

ca. 1600-1500 BCE

Beaten gold

1' high

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5-2

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Geometric krater

from the Dipylon cemetery

Athens, Greece

ca. 740 BCE

3' 4 1/2" high

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5-3

Back 15

Hero and centaur (Herakles and Nessos?)

Olympia, Greece

ca. 750-730 BCE

Bronze

4 1/2" high

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5-5

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Corinthian black-figure amphora with animal friezes

Rhodes, Greece

ca. 625-600 BCE

1' 2" high

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5-6

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Lady of Auxerre

ca. 650-625 BCE

Limestone

2' 1 1/2" high

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5-7

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Kouros

Attica, Greece

ca. 600 BCE

Marble

6' 1/2" high

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5-10

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Peplos Kore

from the Acropolis, Athens, Greece

ca. 530 BCE

Marble

4' high

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5-11

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Kore in Ionian dress

from the Acropolis, Athens, Greece

ca. 520-510 BCE

Marble

1' 9" high

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5-12

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Plan of a typical Greek peripteral temple

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5-13

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Elevations of the Doric and Ionic orders

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5-14

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Temple of Hera I ("Basilica," looking northeast)

Paestum, Italy

ca. 550 BCE

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5-16

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West pediment, Temple of Artemis

Corfu, Greece

ca. 600-580 BCE

Limestone

greatest height 9' 4"

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5-17

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Restored view of the Siphnian Treasury

Sanctuary of Apollo

Delphi, Greece

ca. 530 BCE

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Paleolithic

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30,000-8,000 BCE

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Neolithic

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8,000-2,300 BCE

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Predynastic and Early Dynastic

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3,500-2,575 BCE

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Old Kingdom

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2,575-2,040 BCE

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Middle Kingdom

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2,040-1,550 BCE

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New Kingdom

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1,550-1,070 BCE

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First Millennium

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1,070-30 BCE

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Early Cycladic Art

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3,000-2,000 BCE

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Late Minoan Art

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3,000-1,200 BCE

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Mycenaean (Late Helladic) Art

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1,600-1,200 BCE

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Geometric Period

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900-700 BCE

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Orientalizing Period

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700-600 BCE

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Archaic Period

Back 38

600-480 BCE

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Early and High Classical Periods

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480-400 BCE

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Late Classical Period

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400-323 BCE

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Hellenistic Period

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323-30 BCE