History of Western Art Midterm

Hall of the Bulls

unknown

charcoal and ocher on limestone

Lascaux cave

paleolithic

Lion Human

unknown

Molly mammoth ivory
n/a

Paleolithic

Woman of Willendorf

unknown

limestone sculpture in the round
n/a

Paleolithic

Stonehenge

unknown

stone architecture

Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England

Neolithic

Code of Hammurabi

unknown

basalt
n/a

Babylonian

Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II

unknown

limestone
n/a

Assyrian

Statuettes of two worshipers, from the Square Temple at Eshnunna

unknown

gypsum, shell, and black limestone
n/a

sumerian

Palette of King Narmer

unknown

Greywacke
n/a

predynastic

Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt

unknown

fresco

tomb of Ti, Saqqara, egypt

old kingdom

King Menkaure and Queen

Unknown

Greywacke
n/a

Old Kingdom

Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and their daughters

unknown

limestone relief
n/a

new kingdom (amarna)

Bust of Nefertiti

Thutmose

painted limestone
n/a

new kingdom (amarna)

figurine of a woman from Cyclades

unknown

marble relief sculpture
n/a

prehistoric aegean

Bull-leaping

unknown

fresco

from the palace, Knossos Crete

Prehistoric aegean

Landscape with swallows, Spring Fresco

unknown

Fresco

Akrotiri Thera -> Santorini Greece

Prehistoric Aegean

Laocoön and his sons

unknown

marble copy of greek bronze

n/a

hellenistic

Reconstructed west front of the Altar of Zeus

unknown

Marble

Pergamon, Turkey

Hellenistic

Athena battling Alkyoneos, detail of the gigantomachy frieze, Altar of Zeus

unknown

Marble
n/a

Hellenistic

Peplos Kore

unknown

marble
n/a

archaic

Kore

unknown

limestone sculpture in the round
n/a

archaic greek

Kouros from Anavysos

unknown

marble sculpture in the round
n/a

archaic greek

Parthenon

Iktinos and Kallikrates

Marble architecture

Acropolis, Athens, Greece

Classical Greek

Nike Binding her Sandal

unknown (in the style of Phideas)

marble relief sculpture

Temple of Athena-Nike, Acropolis, Athens, Greece

Classical Greek

Grave Stele of Hegeso

unknown

marble relief sculpture
n/a

Classical Greek

Aphrodite of Knidos

unknown (after original by Praxiteles)

Roman marble copy after Greek marble original, sculpture in the round
n/a

late classical greek

Post and lintel

architecture in which two or more vertical elements

(posts) support and are capped by a horizontal element (lintel)

Paleolithic

The "old" Stone Age, during which humankind produced the first sculptures and paintings.

Sculpture in the round

Sculpture that can be seen from all sides and is not affixed. Also called free-standing sculpture.

Ziggurat

Pyramid-like building whose stories indent as building progresses upward

Encaustic

A painting technique in which pigment is mixed with melted wax and applied to the surface while the mixture is hot.

Gigantomachy

In ancient Greek mythology, the battle between gods and giants.

Lost-wax

A bronze-casting method in which a figure is modeled in wax and covered with clay; the whole is fired, melting away the wax (French, cire perdue) and hardening the clay, which then becomes a mold for molten metal. Also called the cire perdue process.

Corinthian Capitals

A more ornate form than Doric or Ionic; it consists of a double row of acanthus leaves from which tendrils and flowers grow, wrapped around a bell-shaped echinus.

Although this capital is often cited as the distinguishing feature of the Corinthian order, in strict terms no such order exists.

Villanovan

The earliest period of Etruscan art, contemporaneous with the Geometric period in Greece (ca. 900-700 BCE), named after an archaeological site near Bologna.

Tuscan Columns

The standard type of Etruscan column. It resembles ancient Greek Doric columns but is made of wood, is unfluted, and has a base. Also, a popular motif in Renaissance and Baroque architecture.

Repoussé

Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back, leaving the impression on the face. The metal sheet is hammered into a hollow mold of wood or some other pliable material and finished with a graver.

Findspot

Place where an artifact was found; provenance.

Neolithic

New Stone Age

Henge

A Neolithic monument, characterized by a circular ground plan of stone; commonly used for rituals and marking astronomical events

City-state

An independent, self-governing city.

Cella

The chamber at the center of an ancient temple; in a classical temple, the room (Greek, naos) in which the cult statue usually stood.

Low-relief

Carvings that project very slightly from the background on which they are a part

Mastaba

Arabic, "bench." An ancient Egyptian rectangular brick or stone structure with sloping sides erected over a subterranean tomb chamber connected with the outside by a shaft.