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medium
materials used to makes something
naturalization
closest to real life
idealization
beyond human, disregarding natural world flaws
abstraction
supernatural reality
canon
collection of things most important to study
comparanda
related objects used to compare with what is being studied.
sympathetic magic
effort to influence reality using images
parietal
atattched to walls
palimpsest
images on top of images
Limestone sculpture.
Discovered 1908 in Willendorf, Austria.
Carbon-14 dated to c. 25,000 BCE.
lion from Vogelherd Cave, Germany.
Mammoth ivory, c. 30,000 BCE.
Cave of the Bulls, Lascaux Cave, France.
c. 16,000–14,000 B.C.E.
tell
archaeological term to describe layers of civilization built on top of each other
Jericho
earliest know city, around 9000 BCE, modern day Palestine
Stonehenge
existing stone rings: 2500 BCE. England
Catalhoyuk
C. 6000-5700 BCE, modern day Turkey
post and lintel system
Stone tower, Jericho
c. 30 feet high, c. 7500 BCE.
Human skull, plaster, inlaid shell,
c. 7200-6700 BCE.
ziggurat
a pyramidal stepped temple tower that was a common feature of Mesopotamian cities
votive
an object offered in fulfillment of a vow
low-relief
a method of molding, carving, or stamping in which the design stands out from the surface to a lesser extent than in high relief. Also called bas-relief.
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