Term
|
Definition
Human with Feline Head
Paleolithic
Germany
30,000-10,000 B.C.E
Composite creature |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Venus of Willendorf
Paleolithic
Austria
30,000-10,000 BCE
Represents spirit of women and fertility
In the round sculpture |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Venus of Laussel
Paleolithic
France
30,000-10,000 BCE
Relief sculpture
Fertility image |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Hall of Bulls
Lascaux caves, France
paleolithic
30,000-10,000
|
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Caves in Altamira, Spain
Discovered by Sanz de Sautuola
Paleolithic
30,000-10,000 BCE
Bison are all in profile views all seperate images |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Caves in Lascaux, France
hall of bulls
Paleolithic
30,000-10,000 BCE
Colored silhouettes
painted with twisted perspective/ composite view |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Cave Paintings
Pech,Merle france
Paleolithic
30,000-10,000 BCE
Spotted horses and negative hand imprints
negative and postive space paintings
Murals |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| curved like the exterior of a circle, pushing out |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Curving inward, interior of a circle |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The dark shape, positve space filled in dark |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| figures projecting from a background of which they are part, sculpture |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A convention of representation in shich part of a figure is shown in profile and another part of the smae figure is shown frontally |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Combining multiple creatures
Ex. Human with feline head |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Stone Tower
Neolithic Near East
Architecture
Jericho
8,000-3000 BCE
Marks begining of monumental architecture |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Landscape with Volcano
Painting
Catal Hoyuk
Turkey
Neolithic Neat East
8,000-3,000 BCE
First known landscape with no humans or animals |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
30,000-10,000 BCE
The "old" stone age when humankind produced the first sculptures and paintings
|
|
|
Term
|
Definition
New stone age in the Near east
8,000-3,000 BCE |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
New stone age in Europe
4,000-1,500 BCE |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Settlement in the ancient near east, had a constant water supply, mud-brick houses with roofs on stone foundations, monumental archetucture and defensive structures for security |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Turkey, Ancient Near east, site of Neolithic culture, wealthy, one of the first experiments of urban living, first eviendence of landscape art. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Stonehenge
Architecture
Neolithic Europe
England
4,000-1,500 BCE
Megalithic monument |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A large stone that forms a prehistoric monument |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
A Neolithic stone formation, consitisng of horizontal stones supported by several vertical stones
EX: Stonehenge is composed of domen |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
A circle of standing stones
Ex: Stonehenge |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A projection jutting out of a wall to support the structure above it |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A structure composed of verticle beams supporting horizontle ones |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Votive figures
Sculptures
Sumerian art
3,500-2,350 BCE
Statuettes of two worshipers
Iraq |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Standard of Ur
Sculpture
Sumerian Period
3,500-2,350 BCE
War and Peace sides, three registers used to tell a single narrative reading from left to right bottom to top. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Bull's Head Lyre
Sculpture
Sumerian Period
3,500-2,350 BCE
Made of lapis lazuli and gold leaf over wood,
4 inlaid panels with composite creatures with a heraldic scene |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Mesopotamian archetecture a monumental platform for a temple |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| One of a series of superimposed bands or friezes in a pictorial narrative, |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A composition that is symetrical on either side of a central figure |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a bright blue semi precious stone |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Representing the size of things according to their importance |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A cylindrical piece of stone decorated with an incised design, so that the raised pattern is left when rolled over soft clay |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Wedge shaped, a system of writting in Mesopotamia |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A crescent shaped area of fetile land in the Middle east sourounded by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The Northern river in Mesopotamia near the fertile crest |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The southern river in Mesopotamia surrounding the southern valley of the fertile crest |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
2,350-2,150 BCE
Third dynasty of UR
Ruled by Akkad
|
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Stele of Naram-Sin
Relief
Akkadian Period
2,350-2,150
Victory stele to commemorate Naram-Sin's conquest |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Ancient Akkadian ruler, known as Sargon the great, lead the conquest over teh Sumerains. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Naram-Sin, the grandson of Sargon, first to unify Mesopotamia, ruled during the height of Akkadia |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a hard brittle metal composed of copper and tin |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A form of government with a monarch as its head, king or queen as leader |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A carved stone slab used to mark graves of to commemorate historical events |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
2,150-2000 BCE
New sumerian
Ruled by the kings of Ur after the downfall of the Akkadian |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Ziggurat of Ur
Archetecture
Neo-Sumerian
2,150-2,000 BCE
Iraq
built during the 3rd dynasty of Ur
A monumental base for a temple |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Statue of Gudea
Sculpture
Neo-Sumerian
2,150-2,000 BCE
Gudea of Lagash, made of diorite |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Neo-Sumerian state ruled by the Kings of Ur after the Gutians brought down the Akkadian power and where driven out themselves |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The Ensi of Lagash, ruler of the Neo-Sumerian, with dozens of statues and portraites, one holding a temple plan made form diorite an almost indestructabl, heavy stone |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
1,800-1,600 BCE
The Second Mellenium of Mesopotamia with several independent city-states existing side by side |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Stele of Hammurabi
Sculpture
Babylonian Period
1800-1600 BCE
Records of hammurabi's law code |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Lion Gate
Architecture
Hittite Period
Turkey
1600-1200 BCE
carved from massive stones on the sides of the entrance to the city |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| King of Babylon, who reestablished a centralized govenrmernt in south Mesopotamia, created law codes for Babylon |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Created by hammurabi and set in stone as a code of laws for Babylon to follow. First sign of written law |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
4000-600BCE
Elam reached its height of political power, plundered sourounding city states like Babylon |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The city center of Elam, where the statue of Queen Napir-Asu was found cast in solid bronze core with a hollow cast copper shell |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Statue of Queen Napir-Asu
Sculpture
Iran
Elamite Period
4000-600 BCE |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Lamassu
Sculpture
Iraq
Assyrian Period
1200-600 BCE
Winged, human headed bull
High relief, composite creature, partyl in the round releif, combination of frontal and side views to give a complete view of the Lamassu from all angles of the relief |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
King Hunting the Lions (Ashurbanipal)
Relief
Iraq
Assyrian Period
1200-600BCE
Palace relief |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Ishtar Gate
Archetecture
Iraq
Neo-Babylonian Period
600-540 BCE
Glazed brick, with relief of animals arcuated openings, colors of reds blues and browns |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Persepolis
Archetecture
Iraq
Persian Period
600-330BCE
Persian Royal buildings, citadel of Persia on a high plateau |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
1200-600 BCE
name form Assur, a city on the Tigris named for the god Asur,ruled by Sargon II
Created a vast citadel at Dur Sharrukin and known for the Lamassu relief sculptures |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
600-540 BCE
New Babylon
Restoration of Babylonia to its rank as a great city |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
600-330 BCE
Persian empire was the largest and had the citadel Persepolis |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a large hall in Persepolis supported by giant collums |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Ruler of Pursia and had Persepolis began beging built under his reign. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Citadel at Persepolis built by darius the great and Xerxes, with walls decorated with reliefs and a giant apadana |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the Decorated walls of Persepolis with a relief of representations of 23 subjects nations bringing tribute to teh Persian king |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
225BCE-635 AD
After Alexander the Greats conquest of Persia, New rulers took over and called themselves Sasanian. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Shapur I, the son of teh first Sassanian king, who was a powerful leader who capture Rome and humiliated the roman emperor |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Triumph of Shapur I
Cliff Relief
Iran
Sassanian Period
225-635
|
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| preserving a body by embalming and wrapping it in linens |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| An inscribed stone found by the Nile when deciphered was used to desipher Hyroglyphics |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Egyption paper made form reeds |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| An educated person who writes down important documents |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| An oval enclosing a group of hyrogliphics to represent a name of a monarch |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Jars used during the mummifaction process used to hold the organs of the deceased |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| An ancient Egyption book of spells to assist a persons journey after dealth to the after life, scripts written on tombs |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Belief in more than one God |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The God of Kings and the King of Gods |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| God of the Underworld, Judgement of the dead |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Goddess of Fertility, married to OSiris |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| God of war, the sun and protection |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
3500-3000 BCE
the unification of upper ane lower Egypt ,evidence of earliest work of narrative art. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
The Narmer Palette
Sculpture
Egypt
Pre-dynastic Period
3500-3000BCE
Palette of King Narmer, historical relief commemerating the unifation of upper and lower Egypt |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Step Pyramid of Djoser
Architecture
Saqqara
Early Dynaastic Period
3000-2600 BCE
Created by Imhotep the first artist whose name is known, first pyramid built during the third dynasty |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
3000-2600 BCE
Imhotep: first artist in history whose name is known builds first Pyramid for dead king Djoser |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A large cemetary of burial ground |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The first known named artist who built the first pyramid in teh thrid dynasty for the dead king Djoser |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
2600-2150 BCE
First golden age of Egypt
fourth dynasty, The great Pyramids, statues created to express nature of Pharaonic kinship |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Great Pyramids
Architechture
Gizeh
Old Kingdom Period
2600-2150 BCE
|
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Sphinx
Archetecture
Scultpure
Gizeh
Old Kingdom Period
2600-2150
Composite creature associated with the sun |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Seated Khafre
Sculpture
Gizeh
Old Kingdom Period
2600-2150 BCE
statue |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Seated Scribe
Sculpture
Old Kingdom Period
2600-2150 BCE
Painted sculpture shows realistic signs of aging |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A monumental structure, embelms of the sun on whose rays the pharaohs ascended to the heavens after death |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Akenaton
Sculpture
Amarna Period
1350-1335 BCE
an androgionous and rebellious sculpture by Akenaton initiatied a religious revolution and his art is a deliberate reaction against tradition. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Tiye
Sculpture
Amarna Period
1350-1335 BCE
Tiye is the mother of Akhenaton and Queen during the 18th Dynasty, very influential women, advising her son when he ruled |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A monumental statue of a mythological creature representing the Pharoah as an incarnation of the sun God Ra |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The rules for writting and drawing in the Old Kingdom |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The city in Egypy that is home to the great pyramids adn Sphinx home to a large stone Quarry. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
2050-1650 BCE
Major artistic innovation with rock cut tombs with chambers and columns |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Tomb with both facades and interior chambers hewn from living rock |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
1550-1050
Egypt extends boarders, Pylon temples, gigantic temples errected for powerful pharoahs, traditional egyption religion abandoned |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut
Architecture
Deir-el-Bahri
New Kingdom Period
1550-1050BCE
temple representing first great femal monarch |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Temple of Ramses II
Architecture
Abu Simbel
New Kingdom Period
1550-1050 BCE
|
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Tutankhamon's Chest
Sculpture
New Kingdom Period
1550-1050 BCE
Narrative showing Tutankhamon triumping over Asian enemies |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Judgment Scroll
Book of the Dead
Painting
Papyrus
New Kingdom Period
1550-1050 BCE
|
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| First powerful femal monarch in Egypt. During the New Kingdom period Built a temple to remember her. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Egyption Pharoah known as the greatest more powerful egyption Pharoah of the New Kingdom |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A city in Egypt home to the Temple of Amen-Re,one of the only temples that honors a God. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A tall four sided figure resempling a sun ray |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Ruled for a decade died at age 18, his tomb was filled with riches and treasures. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Akhenaton with Family
Sculpture
Amarna Period
1350-1335 BCE
A sunken relief showing a rare intimate look at the Royal family and how they lived. Shows Akhenatin's queen Nefertiti and Akhenatin and three of their daughters in a domestic setting basking in the rays of Aton |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Temple of Horus
Archetecture
Edfu
Late Period
1050-330 BCE
Overshadowing moldings at the top adn shides and deep channels to hold great flagstaffs |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
1050-330 BCE
Alexander the Great established Greek rule in the land of the Nile |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Time of relazation with artists rules, Nefertiti was Akhenatons influential wife during the time. artists had more room for expression |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
2500 BCE
Marble statuettes of the Cycladic islands, many figurines buried in graves, |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Home to marble quariries used to make marble statuettes of abstract forms with sleek modern designs, named Cycladic because of teh circle around teh delos, |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Sea sourounding the Cycladic islands, |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
3000-1400 BCE
Construction of the fisrt palaces on the islands like Knossos. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Femal Figure
Sculpture
Marble
Cycladic Period
2500 BCE |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Stairwell
Architecture
Knossos palace
Minoan Period
3000-1400
|
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Minoan Woman
Painting
Minoan Period
3000-1400 BCE
Palace at Knossos
frescos decorated the Knossos palace walls with paintings |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Bull Leaping fresco
Painting
Minoan Period
3000-1400 BCE
Palace at Knossos
Fresco, ceremonial |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Octopus Jar
Ceramic
Minoan Period
3000-1400 BCE
|
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Snake Goddess
Sculpture
Minoan Period
3000-1400 BCE
Knossos |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The largest palace at Knossos was home to King Minos. Complex palace in elevation and plan with three stories, Minoan columns, and fresco art |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A greek island on mediterrean sea home to Knossos |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A distinctive type of ceramics made during the Minoan period on the island of Crete |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Pigment applied to wet plaster |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Pigment with egg and water applied to dry plaster |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
1500-1200 BCE
War on Troy, Mycenaeans occupied Crete, created the oldest preserved monumental sculptures in Greece, Lion gate |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Took over the island of Crete in Greece in 1500 and developed power and were rich in gold |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| city in ancient greek taken over by the Mycenaen |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Irregular cyclopean blocks piled in horzontal courses and then cantilevered inward until the two walls met in a pointed arch |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A metal working tecnique involving beating metal to shape it. Funerary mask is an exapmle |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The great hall of the palace complexes |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Beehive shaped vaulted ceilings, composed of stone corbeled courses and stone blocks. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A piece of masonry jutting out from a wall to support the overlying weight |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A space above a doorframe or window to relieve the archetectual pressure |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Corbel Gallery
Architecture
Tiryns
Mycenaean Period
1500-1200 BCE |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Lion gate
Architecture
Mycenae
Mycenaean Period
1500-1200 BCE
largest sculpture in prehistoric Aeagean is the lion relief |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Funerary Mask
sculpture
repousse
Mycenaean Period
1500-1200BCE |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Dagger Blade
Sculpture
Mycenaean Period
1500-1200BCE
Bronze dagger inlaid with gold
Greece |
|
|
