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- Woman of Willendorf
- Paleolithic
- no face, does not depict an individual
- fullness symbolic of motherhood & fertility
- were attuned to nature to create objects w/a purpose
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- Halls of Bulls at Lascaux, France
- Paleolithic
- 15,000 BCE
- used scafolding to paint life size images
- most famous in western France
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- Stonehenge
- Neolithic
- England
- 2900-1500 BCE
- Large stone monuments
- people settled & specialized in different traits
- circle stone
- aligned east to west
- marks summer solistice
- permament memorial to dead, a burial place
- place of pilgrimage
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- Sumerian Carved Vase
- Iraq
- Alabaster vessels
- narrative images
- symbolic procession of offerings & goddess meeting the king
- tells an official story
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- Great Lyre w/bulls head & front panel
- Sumerian
- Royal Tomb, Ur now Iraq
- accompanied king in afterworld
- symbolic of rich summerian kings
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- Great Lyre Front Panel
- Sumerian
- Iraq
- panel tells a story, hierachy scale, bottom tells story of epic of gilgamesh, next lyar & bear creating music, next hyenna w/food for a feast
- top panel man being honored w/bulls on the side.
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- Ziggurat
- Sumerian
- Ur (present Iraq)
- 2100-2050 BCE
- Dedicated to Moon God
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- Stele of Naram-Sin
- Akkadian
- Ancient Mesopotamia, Iraq
- Conquerers
- set-up taxes
- stele in shape of a mountain
- Largest figure is Naram-Sin
- soldiers looking up at Naram-Sin
- shown in battle-not necessarily real, but legitimize his power
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- Stele of Hammurabi
- Babylonian
- Hammurabi, known for legal code/laws
- preserved elite in power
- presents himself as a scholar/embassador not military figure
- God of Wisdom presenting Hammurabi the script/codes
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- Assurbanipal & His Queen in the Garden
- Assyrian
- Ancient Mesopotamia, Iraq
- political message-decapitated head of enemy on a tree
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- Palette of Narmer
- Early Dynastic Egypt
- 2950 BCE
- Commemorates unification of Upper & Lower Egypt
- bodies of dead people, heads bet. their feet
- two mythological creatures symbol of upper & lower egypt united
- shows military power
- Horous favored namer
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- Djoser’s Step Pyramid by Imhotep
- Imhotep architect
- Funerary Complex
- Saqqara, Old Kingdom Egypt
- 1st actual pyramid surounded by imaginary city for faraoh’s afterlife.
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- Pyramids of Giza
- Old Kingdom Egypt
- 4th Dynasty, 2575-2450 BCE
- Left= Menkaure, Khafre, Khufu (oldest & largest)
- stablish identity & superiority
- maintain official art style for over 2,000yrs.
- Western bank of the nile, where tumbs of the dead at setting sun
- aligned to 4cardinal points
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- Menkaure & a Queen
- Old Kingdom Egypt
- Royal couple
- no expression on face, forward gaze
- queen embrace conveys she is giving power to him but bec he is faraoh she is one step behind & is smaller than him
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- Seated Scribe
- Old Kingdom Egypt
- member of elite, not royal
- lime stone
- copper & quartz eyes
- naturalistic image different from royals
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- Hatshepsut Kneeling
- Female Faraoh for 20yrs
- shown in traditional style, male attire, not as confident, hidding her identity of female
- New Kingdom Egypt
- 8th Dynasty, 1473-1458 BCE
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- Akhenaten & His Family
- Amarna Period (New Kingdom Egypt)
- Akhenaten innitiated New period
- Sun rays give life has Ank (cross symbol)
- Image style new: curvy linear, loose & organic
- image portrays his androistic body, representing male & female, is the image he wanted to portray that reflects his new religion of Monotheism (one god=Sun)
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- Tutankhamun
- Funerary/death Mask
- New Kingdom Egypt
- High level of quality work for royals
- died young, buried in someone else tomb
- 5000 objects found
- mask art has old kingdom & his father Akhenaten
- politheistic religion reinstated
- Vulture=upper Egypt, Cobra= lower Egypt symbol of upper & lower egypt united.
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- Temple of Ramses II
- Abu Simbel, south of Nubian border
- New Kingdom Egypt
- Ramses ruled for 66yrs died at 90yrs. old
- Lots of images of himself, propaganda of his everlasting power
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- Judgement of Hunefer Before Osiris
- Book of the Dead
- Hunefer presented by Horus before Osiris
- New Kingdom Egypt
- Anubus (jackel)- lord of underworld
- prayer pleads for entrance
- a guide to the afterworld
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- Mummy wrapping of Young Boy
- Egypt, Roman Period, 100-120 BCE
- Romans interested in more accurate portraits of individuals
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- Paleolithic
- Wall Painting
- Horses were painted 10thousand years before hands
- Perch-Merle Cave in Dordogne, France
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- Girl Gathering Saffron
- Mynoan
- Ancient Aegean
- Island of Thera
- Fresco
- Naturalistic Style
- Hair color-simbol of youth, painting depicts passage to adulthood
- Saffron-medicinal for cramps, she is collecting it for later use
- Mynoan portraid daily life vs other cultures depict conquering/military/political scenes
- Mynoans were trade people
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- Cyclades Woman Figure
- Cycladic Islands of mainland Greece
- Aegean People
- Funerary Figure
- Marble, originally painted
- possibly shaped by women
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* **"Palace" Complex, Knossos, Crete**
* Reconstruction
* Unfortified
* Maze/Laberinth
* _Minoan_ Civilization on Crete
* Old palace period (1900-1700 BCE)
* flush toilets, running water, hollow walls bec. of earthquakes
* religion unknown
* storage rooms for olive oil, no sighs of military
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* **Bull Leaping**
* _Mynoan (late period)_
* from palace complex, Knossos, Crete
* Fresco
* event purpose unknown: game or ritual
* men & women working together
* depics their life
* man is dark figure, women light figures
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* Woman or Goddess with Snakes
* Palace of Knossos, Crete
* "New Palace" Period (1700-1550 BCE)
* _Minoan_
* Faience=glazed ceramic ware
* Minoan style: flounced skirt, wide belt around the waist
* geometric patten on clothing reflects Minoan weavers
* cat motherhood & fertility
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* **Agammemnon** funerary Mask
* Discover by Schliemann who discoved place of Troy from Homer
* mustache & combination of open/close eyes makes it a questionable find-most likely fake
* s_upposely from Mycenae, Greece_
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* **Mycenae Krater**
* _Mycenae, Greece_
* Military scene
* portrays woman grieving-she's pulling her hair, sign she knows some soldiers would not come back
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