Art History Quiz 1: Essential Monuments and Objects

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The Narmer Palette

  • Hierakonopolis (religious and political capital of Upper East Egypt)

  • Predynastic Egypt

  • makeup palette

  • unification of Egypt

  • composite perspective

  • hierarchical scale

<ul><li><p>Hierakonopolis (religious and political capital of Upper East Egypt)</p></li><li><p>Predynastic Egypt</p></li><li><p>makeup palette</p></li><li><p>unification of Egypt</p></li><li><p>composite perspective</p></li><li><p>hierarchical scale</p></li></ul><p></p>
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King Menkaure and Queen

  • Giza

  • Old Kingdom Egypt

  • made of Greywacke (hard, dark, dirty stone)

  • both stepping forward

  • royal authority

  • humanization

<ul><li><p>Giza</p></li><li><p>Old Kingdom Egypt</p></li><li><p>made of Greywacke (hard, dark, dirty stone)</p></li><li><p>both stepping forward</p></li><li><p>royal authority</p></li><li><p>humanization</p></li></ul><p></p>
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Gudea Enthroned 

  • King of Lagush

  • Lap has histories earliest architectural plan; he is designing, paying, and gifting this to the gods

  • Sumerian 

  • Diorite

  • clasped hands 

  • cuneiform inscriptions 

<ul><li><p>King of Lagush</p></li><li><p>Lap has histories earliest architectural plan; he is designing, paying, and gifting this to the gods</p></li><li><p>Sumerian&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>Diorite</p></li><li><p>clasped hands&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>cuneiform inscriptions&nbsp;</p></li></ul><p></p>
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Code of Hammurabi

  • Babylonian king

  • Law code → first public laws 

  • very strict

  • God of Nabu (God of Babylon) is on right 

  • Hammurabi is trying to show himself as a servant to the God

  • Body is in gesture of prayer, closed off, humble 

<ul><li><p>Babylonian king</p></li><li><p>Law code → first public laws&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>very strict</p></li><li><p>God of Nabu (God of Babylon) is on right&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>Hammurabi is trying to show himself as a servant to the God</p></li><li><p>Body is in gesture of prayer, closed off, humble&nbsp;</p></li></ul><p></p>
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Stele of Naram-Sin

  • Military victory

  • people are nude and defeated 

  • horned helmet=divine power

  • later looted by Elamites 

  • inscription shows success and power

  • Elamites in Susa saw this object as power of the king, plunder, looting, and destruction

<ul><li><p>Military victory</p></li><li><p>people are nude and defeated&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>horned helmet=divine power</p></li><li><p>later looted by Elamites&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>inscription shows success and power</p></li><li><p>Elamites in Susa saw this object as power of the king, plunder, looting, and destruction</p></li></ul><p></p>
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Statue of Hatshepsut

  • New Kingdom Egypt

  • Nemes crown is lost

  • no wearing false beard like other pharaohs

  • late enough in her rein to present herself as female ruler 

  • Female pharoh

  • later defaced (iconoclasm)

  • after Hatshepsuts death, successor Thutmose III ordered chiseling out her images and names

    • removed female gender markers

<ul><li><p>New Kingdom Egypt</p></li><li><p>Nemes crown is lost</p></li><li><p>no wearing false beard like other pharaohs</p></li><li><p>late enough in her rein to present herself as female ruler&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>Female pharoh</p></li><li><p>later defaced (iconoclasm)</p></li><li><p>after Hatshepsuts death, successor Thutmose III ordered chiseling out her images and names</p><ul><li><p>removed female gender markers</p></li></ul></li></ul><p></p>
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Nefertiti and Her Daughter

  • New Kingdom/Amarna

  • wife of pharaoh Akhenaten

  • Aten sun disk

  • Amarna style

  • intimate family scene 

  • hands show everlasting life 

  • eyes and royal headband were removed due to iconoclasm

<ul><li><p>New Kingdom/Amarna</p></li><li><p>wife of pharaoh Akhenaten</p></li><li><p>Aten sun disk</p></li><li><p>Amarna style</p></li><li><p>intimate family scene&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>hands show everlasting life&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>eyes and royal headband were removed due to iconoclasm</p></li></ul><p></p>
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Krater with Abduction Scene 

  • Geometric period

  • Thebes, Greece

  • Vessel for mixing wine

  • stylized abdudction scene 

<ul><li><p>Geometric period</p></li><li><p>Thebes, Greece</p></li><li><p>Vessel for mixing wine</p></li><li><p>stylized abdudction scene&nbsp;</p></li></ul><p></p>
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Kroisos Kouros 

  • Archaic Greek

  • Athens

  • Nude youth

  • idolized masculinity

  • Archaic smile 

<ul><li><p>Archaic Greek</p></li><li><p>Athens</p></li><li><p>Nude youth</p></li><li><p>idolized masculinity</p></li><li><p>Archaic smile&nbsp;</p></li></ul><p></p>
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Parthenon

  • Classical Greek

  • Athens

  • Doric temple

  • optical refinements

  • mythological sculpture programs 

  • birthplace of Athena 

  • Athena is believed to exist between genders in greek though b/c she was Zeu’s daughter and his wife was eaten by Zeus, so she had no mother

  • olive tree an olive branch is symbol of peace (Athenians choose peace)

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<p>Great Altar of Zeus </p>

Great Altar of Zeus

  • Hellenistic Greek

  • Pergamon

  • where you would butcher an animal, eat the meat, and burn its remains for the God

  • direct connection to the divine

  • God defeats giants 

  • Giagntomachy frieze

  • emotional 

  • dramatic figures 

<ul><li><p>Hellenistic Greek</p></li><li><p>Pergamon</p></li><li><p>where you would butcher an animal, eat the meat, and burn its remains for the God</p></li><li><p>direct connection to the divine</p></li><li><p>God defeats giants&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>Giagntomachy frieze</p></li><li><p>emotional&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>dramatic figures&nbsp;</p></li></ul><p></p>
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Siphnian Treasury 

  • Archaic Greek

  • Delphi

  • marble

  • rich pedimental sculpture

  • twisted perspectives

  • center of pediment shows two combatants (right=Hercules → hero of greek myth, left=Apollo)

<ul><li><p>Archaic Greek</p></li><li><p>Delphi</p></li><li><p>marble</p></li><li><p>rich pedimental sculpture </p></li><li><p>twisted perspectives</p></li><li><p> </p></li><li><p>center of pediment shows two combatants (right=Hercules → hero of greek myth, left=Apollo)</p></li></ul><p></p>
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Serpent Column

  • Classical Greek

  • Delphi → it was displayed in hippodrome (grand theater) 

  • Constantine moved it to modern day Istanbul

  • Bronze made from Persian spoils (made from plunder)

  • Panhellenic dedication

  • Believed water you won in battle, a tenth of it was owed to the Gods 

<ul><li><p>Classical Greek</p></li><li><p>Delphi → it was displayed in hippodrome (grand theater)&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>Constantine moved it to modern day Istanbul</p></li><li><p>Bronze made from Persian spoils (made from plunder)</p></li><li><p>Panhellenic dedication</p></li><li><p>Believed water you won in battle, a tenth of it was owed to the Gods&nbsp;</p></li></ul><p></p>
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Tyrant Slayers

  • Harmodius and Aristogeiton (two lovers)

  • Classical Greek

  • Athens

  • Democratic monument

  • political propaganda 

<ul><li><p>Harmodius and Aristogeiton (two lovers)</p></li><li><p>Classical Greek</p></li><li><p>Athens</p></li><li><p>Democratic monument</p></li><li><p>political propaganda&nbsp;</p></li><li><p></p></li></ul><p></p>

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