History of Western Art Midterm

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‘Venus of Willendorf', c. 30,000 BCE

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Hall of the Bulls, Lascaux, France, c. 15-13,000 BCE

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Chinese Horse

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Charging Bison, Altamira Spain

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Stonehenge, 2300 - 2000 BCE, England

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Horizontal stone beams or lintels which are bore by columns or posts

Post-Lintel Architecture

<p>Post-Lintel Architecture </p>
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Plastered skull from neolithic Jericho

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‘Warka Head’ from Uruk - 3300 BCE

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<p>Imprinting symbols on wet clay</p>

Imprinting symbols on wet clay

Cuneiform script

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Ziggurat at Ur - Mud brick - Temple

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Tell Asmar Abu Temple figures

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Hieratic Scale

an artistic convention that uses relative size to indicate the importance of figures in a composition

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Sumerian - Standard of Ur

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Ground Line

baseline which represents a ground plane upon which all figures and objects are placed

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Direction of Victory

Left to Right

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Ambiguity of View

When the face and feet are shown in a side profile but the viewer can see both arms and chest of figure

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Akkadian: the Victory Stele of Naram Sin, c. 2250 BCE

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Cylinder Seal

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Akkadian Ruler Portrait

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Neo-Sumeran:  Gudea, king of Lagash

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Old Babylonian: Hammurabi receives the law from Shamash

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Guardian Figure/ Lamassu Assyrian

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Lion Hunt relief from the palace of Ashurbanipal

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Neo-Babylonian: the Ishtar Gate, from city of Babylon, c. 575 BCE, Glazed Brick

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Persian Soldiers

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Persian Palace of Persepolis 6th BCE

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Double Bull head capital from palace at Persepolis

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Persian Rhyton

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Palette of King Narmer

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Mastaba Burials

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Step Pyramid of King Zoser - Architect Imhotep

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Engaged Columns

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the pyramids at Giza 2500 BCE Old Kingdom

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Mortuary Temple

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King Kafre old kingdom

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Scribe statue 2500 BCE

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Ka Aper Wooden statue

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Sunken Relief

Background of relief is left and figures are carved in

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Raised Relief

Background is carved away leaving figures

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Painting of Osiris on papyrus scroll

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Sarcophagus

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Coffin - mummiform

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Rock Cut Tomb - Middle Kingdom

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Middle Kingdom portrait of Pharaoh

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Block statue

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entrance facade of a New Kingdom pylon temple

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Hypostyle hall with Clerestory windows for lighting

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New Kingdom Arch

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Rock-cut mortuary temple of Remses II

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Akenaten = Amarna Period

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Nefertiti, Akenaten’s wife

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Gold Mask of Tutankhamun

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Dancers and musicians from New Kingdom

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Cycladic Harp Player

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Pottery from Crete (older)

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Eggshell ware from Crete

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Palace at Knossos Column made of wood

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Torreador Fresco

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Springtime Fresco from Thera

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Terracotta 'Snake Goddess' figurine

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the 'Harvester Vase’

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Mycenae: the Lion Gate

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Corbelled Arch

successive masonry that narrows as it goes on

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Beehive tomb - corbelled dome

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Mask of Agamemnon

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Gold rhyton lion’s head

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Prostyle Temple = Temple with Porch

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Peripteral Temple cella = inner room

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Facade

Front of Temple

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Volute Capital of Ionic Temple

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Ionic Corner Capital

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the Corinthian Capital based on acanthus leaves

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farther = basilica closer = temple of Hera II Poseidonia, Italy

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Caryatids

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Tholos

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Acropolis of Athens rebuilt 450 BCE

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Acropolis of Athens: Propylaeia = gateway

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Acropolis of Athens: Temple of Athena Nike

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Acropolis of Athens: Erechtheion

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Acropolis of Athens: Caryatid Porch of Erechtheion

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Acropolis of Athens: Parthenon

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Outer Doric and inner Ionic friezes of Parthenon

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Theater

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Geometric Style

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Archic Style

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Kouros

Greek statue honoring a young man, standing and often naked

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Kore

A statue of a young woman clothed

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Kore wearing Chiton

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Kore wearing peplos

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Statue in pediment corner of Temple of Athena

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Charioteer of Delphi - severe style

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Apollo from temple of Zeus

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Zeus throwing a bolt

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Kritios Boy - Classical Style 480 BCE

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Contrapposto Pose

a natural-looking stance for a figure with weight on one leg

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Haplites = solider

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Dionysos from pediment of the Parthenon by Pheidias

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<p>Wet Drapery Convention </p>

Wet Drapery Convention

Way of showing the female form without nudity

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Battle with Centaur, metope of Parthenon by Pheidias

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Horsemen from inner ionic frieze of Parthenon by Pheidias