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Egypt to Greece
Name the artworks by title, civilization, and time period.
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
07/09/2019

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Queen Tiye, New Kingdom
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Head of Senusret III, Middle Kingdom
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Queen Nefertiti by Thutmose, Armarna Period
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Seated Scribe from Saqqara, Old Kingdom
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Rahotep and Nofret, Old Kingdom
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Menkaure and his Queen, Old Kingdom
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Khafre Enthroned, Old Kingdom
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Ti Hunting Hippopotami, Old Kingdom
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Great Sphinx, Gizeh, Old Kingdom
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Great Pyramids of Giza, Old Kingdom
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Temple of Amen-Re, New Kingdom
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Harp Player from Keros, Cycladic
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Figure of a Woman from Syros, Cycladic
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Palace at Knossos, Minoan
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Bull-leaping fresco from Palace at Knossos, Minoan
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Minoan Octopus Vase
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Mycenaen Citadel of Tiryns
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Mycenaean Lion Gate, Greece
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Treasury of Atreus in Mycenae, Greece
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Mycenaean Funerary Mask
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Mantiklos Apollo, 7th C. BCE, Geometric Period
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Dipylon Krater Vase, 8th C. BCE, Geometric Period
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Kouros, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Archaic Period
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Lady of Auxerre, kore, c. 650-625 BCE, Archaic Period
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Kroisos (Anavysos Kouros), c. 520 BCE, Archaic Period
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Peplos Kore, Archaic Period
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Kore in Ionian Gown, Archaic Period
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Ajax and Achilles Playing Dice by Exekias, black-figure amphora, Archaic Period
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Herakles Wrestling Antaios by Euphronios, red-figure krater, Archaic Period
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Early Classical Period, Kritios Boy
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Early Classical Period, Delphic Charioteer
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Zeus/Poseidon of Artemision, Early Classical Period
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The Spearbearer (Doryphoros) by Polykleitos, High Classical Period
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High Classical Period, The Parthenon by Iktinos and Kallikrates, sculpting by Phidias
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Propylaea by Mnesikles, High Classical Period
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Temple of Athena Nike and the Erectheion by Kallikrates, High Classical Period
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Aphrodite of Knidos by Praxiteles, Late Classical Period
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The Scraper (Apoxyomenos) by Lysippos, Late Classical Period
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Great Altar of Zeus and Athena, Hellenistic Period
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Nike of Samothrace, Hellenistic Period
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Laocoon Group, Hellenistic Period
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How did the style of sculptural figurines reflect Egyptian religious beliefs?
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Pharaohs and their families were depicted with idealistic features that reflect their divinity while lower-classed people were depicted more realistically because they're not divine beings.
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What is the significance of the Pyramids, their purpose and symbolism?
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It is one of the World's Seven Wonders because of it's the colossal size and enormous expensiveness. They served as tombs for the pharaohs Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure. They are modeled after the sun god, Re's emblem, the ben-ben stone.
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What is the significance of the Amarna style that emerges during Akhenaton’s reign?
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Akhenaton's statue is depicted in a more feminine way than the previous pharaohs, and the relief of Akhenaton's family is sunken rather than high relief.[image][image]
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fresco
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painting on lime plaster dry or wet.
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labyrinth
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A series of paths meant to confuse a person on where to go.
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corbeled vault
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A dome made out of large stones stacked on top of each other
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relieving triangle
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A triangular opening above the lintel used to lighten the weight carried by the lintel.[image]
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