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36 Cards in this Set
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Title of Work: Nude woman (Venus of Willendorf) Origin: Willendorf, Austria Date: ca. 28,000-25,000 BCE Culture/period: paleolithic Medium: Limestone Description: focuses solely on the representation of women, and women who are able to bear a child is ensured survival of the species. |
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Title of Work: Woman holding a bison horn Origin: Laussel, France Date: ca. 25,000-20,000 BCE Culture/period: Paleolithic Medium: Painted Limestone Description: one of the earliest relief sculptures known. Right hand holds a bison horn, while the left is on the stomache and towards the pubic area. |
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Title of Work: Two bison *Origin: Le Tuc d'Audoubert, France Date: ca. 15,000-10,000 BCE Culture/period: paleolithic Medium: clay Description: among the largest Paleolithic sculptures known. The clay was brought from elsewhere in the cave. |
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Title of Work: Spotted horses and negative handprints *Origin: Pech-Merle, France Date: ca. 22,000 BCE Culture/period: paleolithic Medium: cave painting Description: One of the rock formation in the wall surface resembles a horses head and neck. The hand prints are "negative" meaning that a hand was placed on the cave wall and then brushed or blew or spat pigment around it. |
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Title of Work: Hall of the Bulls *Origin: Lascaux, France Date: ca. 15,000-13,000 BCE Culture/period: paleolithic Medium: cave painting Description: Many of the bulls are colored silhouettes, but others were created by outline alone. The differences in style suggest that the animals were painted at different times. |
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Title of Work: Stonehenge *Origin: Salisbury Plain, England Date: ca. 2550-1600 BCE Culture/period: Neolithic Medium: stone Description: astronomical observatory and solar calendar. Stones were put into place by a pulling system. It lines up with the sun and moon. |
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Paleolithic
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30,000-9,000 BCE
The "old" Stone Age, during which humankind produced the first sculptures and paintings. Tools makindg and imagery. |
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Neolithic
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The "new" Stone Age. Domestication of animals and crops.
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profile view
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Seeing only one side.
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frontal view
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Seeing only the front.
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composite view/twisted perspective
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A convention of representation in which part of a figure is shown in profile and another part of the same figure is shown frontally.
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sculpture in the round
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A sculpture that is sculpted on all sides, intended to be seen from all angles.
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relief sculpture
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In sculpture, figures projecting from a background of which they are part. The degree of relief is designated high, low (bas), or sunken. In the last, the artist cuts the design into the surface so that the highest projecting parts of the image are no higher than the surface itself.
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corbel vaulting
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A vault formed by the piling of stone blocks in horizontal courses, cantilevered inward until the two walls meet in an arch.
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apse
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A recess, usually semicircular, in the wall of a building, commonly found at the east end of a church.
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post-and-lintel
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A system of construction in which two posts support a lintel.
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Title of Work: Stele with law code of Hammurabi *Origin: Susa, Iran Date: ca. 1780 BCE Culture/period: neolithic Medium: basalt Description: first written account of codes or laws. Hammurabi is in the presence of the sun god. Covering of the mouth and the removal of the shoes is a sign of respect for the god. |
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Title of Work: White Temple and ziggurat *Origin: Uruk, Iraq Date: ca. 3200-3000 BCE Culture/period: Sumerians Medium: mud bricks Descriptions: a temple form made up of sun baked clay. There is a 40 feet platform and then the next platform is the temple itself. The priest / king goes at the top of the temple. |
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Title of Work: Female head (Inanna?) Origin: Uruk, Iraq Date: ca. 3200-3000 BCE Culture/period: Sumerians Medium: marble Descriptions: only a face with a flat back. The rest of the body could have been made of wood. The head probably had gold leaf as hair and colored shell or stone for the brow and eyes. The body was probably clothed in expensive fabrics and jewels. |
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Title of Work: Presentation of offerings to Inanna (Warka vase) Origin: Uruk, Iraq Date: ca. 3200-3000 BCE Culture/period: Sumerians Medium: alabaster Description: oldest known example of Sumerian narrative art. The artist divided the stone vases into registers. The image of the goddess in the highest spot means she is the most important and powerful. |
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Title of Work: Statuettes from the Square Temple at Eshnunna Origin: Tell Asmar, Iraq Date: ca. 2700 BCE Culture/period: Sumerian Medium: gypsum and inlaid with shell and black limestone Description: They have huge eyes because they are scared for the gods are approaching. They also are shown with clasped hands and simplified clothing. |
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Title of Work: Standard of Ur Origin: Royal Cemetery, Tell Muqayyar, Iraq Date: ca. 2600 BCE Culture/period: Sumerian Medium: wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone Description: beakers could be a sign of offerings being made. First historic culture with the wheel. |
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Title of Work: Bull-headed lyre Origin: Royal Cemetery, Tell Muqayyar, Iraq Date: ca. 2600 BCE Culture/period:Sumerian Medium: gold leaf and lapis lazuli Description: |
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Title of Work: Head of an Akkadian ruler Origin: Kuyunjik, Iraq Date: ca. 2250-2200 BCE Culture/period: Medium: copper Description: the facial and hair are very detailed. The head was defaced by other people and because of its age. |
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Title of Work: Victory stele of Naram-Sin Origin: Susa, Iran Date: ca. 2254-2218 BCE Culture/period: Medium: Akkadian Description: conquered the sumerians and took over their land.first narrative, the luimbi people were defeated by naram sin and his men. The stars above are gods in native form. |
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Title of Work: Ziggurat of Ur *Origin: Tell Muqayyar, Iraq Date: ca. 2100 BCE Culture: period: neo-Sumerian Medium: mud brick (baked bricks) Description: restored by Sudan Husain |
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Title of Work: Seated statue of Gudea holding temple plan Origin: Telloh, Iraq Date: ca. 2100 BCE Culture/period: neo-Sumerian Medium: diorite Description: in his lap is a plan of the new temple he erected to Ningirsu. |
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Title of Work: Ashurbanipal hunting lions Origin: the North Palace of Ashurbanipal, Kuyunjik, Iraq Date: ca. 645-640 BCE Culture/period: Assyrian Medium: gypsum |
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Title of Work: Ishtar Gate Origin: Babylon, Iraq Date: ca. 575 BCE Culture/period: neo- Babylonia Medium: glazed brick Description: each brick was molded and glazed separately, then set in proper sequence on the wall. |
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Title of Work: Persepolis *Origin: Iran Date: ca. 521-465 BCE Culture/period: Persia Medium: limestone Description: images of animal kill one another and foreigners around the world. |
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city-state
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An independent, self-governing city.
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stele
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A carved stone slab used to mark graves or to commemorate historical events.
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ziggurat
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In ancient Mesopotamian architecture, a monumental platform for a temple.
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registers/friezes
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One of a series of superimposed bands of friezes in a pictorial narrative, or the particular levels on which motifs are placed/any sculptured or painted band in a building.
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hierarchy of scale
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An artistic convention in which greater size indicates greater importance.
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apadana
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The great audience hall in ancient Persian palaces.
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