History of Western Art quiz 1

Limestone relief sculpture; traces of red ochre pigment; woman is holding an animal horn

painting of horse on limestone rock; sagging body may suggest pregnancy; arrows or plants near it; small head

Paleo, 15,000 BCE

a stone that forms the top of wall or building

memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)

a prehistoric megalith typically having two upright stones and a capstone

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2500-1500 BCE Neolithic. Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England. Could have been built around the same time as pyramids. Famous because of its many myths and legends and is best preserved.Diameter of circle is 97 ft. long.

the land between the Tigris and Euphrates

a cylindrical piece of stone usually about an inch or so in height, decorated with an incised design, so that a raised pattern was left when the seal was rolled over soft clay. In the ancient Near East, documents, storage jars, and other important possessions were signed, sealed, and identified in this way

comes from the tomb of Queen Puabi around 2685 BC. its made up of wood and inlaid gold lapis lazuli and shell its 13 in high. the images on the from represent mythological creatures.

hammurabi

an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings

one of many kings who ruled mesopotamia after the fall of Sumer

Assyrian guardian in the form of a man-headed winged bull

a prehistoric megalith typically having two upright stones and a capstone

a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians

Egypt Green schist (slate) 3000-2600 B.C.E.

an ancient Egyptian mudbrick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof

a jar used in ancient egypt to contain entrails of an embalmed body

was built on west side of Nile, closer to the Sun God. Khafre - son of Khufu, and Menkaure - grandson of Khufu. behind are three smaller pyramids for his wives.

one of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians

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1290-1224 BCE; New Kingdom; Abu Simbel, Egypt; Sandstone

an inscription of a black basalt stone

1345 BCE. Painted limestone.

early ruler of Egypt who rejected the old gods and replaced them with sun worship (died in 1358 BC)

Known as the boy king because he ruled for 9 years and died before his 20th birthday

an arm of the Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey

idols found in Ancient Aegea; no facial features except nose; long necks; folded arms no negative space; very similar forms

a Cretan who lived in the bronze-age culture of Crete about 3000-1100 BC

A boy went over to slay the beast and then he told his father that if the beast was dead that he would make the sail white. He forgot and his father jumped off a cliff and died and they called it the Aegian sea.

from the palace at Knossos, Crete, Minoan, ca. 1600 BCE, Faience. This figurine may represent a priestess, but more likely a bare-breasted goddess. The snakes and feline imply that she has power over the animal world.

Palaikastro, Crete. ca. 1500 BCE stirrup jar

the main temple of the goddess Athena

layers of flat stones without mortar to form walls with each layer further inward that the previous

In Mycenean architecture, a beehive-shaped tomb with a circular plan.

ladies holding up building extension

used for mixing wine, male vessel (WOMEN DIDNT DRINK) this specific piece is a gravemarker. Geometric period-designs, fear of open space. can tell mourners are women, boobs come out of armmpits, male has small penis. procession below

A vase which depicted the main focus of the art on it as black (geometric period)

later Greek pottery, silhouetting of red figures against black background; painted linear details!

530 BCE, Archaic Period. female counterpart to Kouros. patterned treatment of hair, archaic smile, arms attached to side. women are never portrayed nude.

600 BC (Archaic) -Left Leg in front (BATTLE STANCE) -YOUNG MALE -PERFECTION OF HUMAN FORM -FISTS CONNECTED TO THIGHS

refers to natural weight shift; natural curve in a body- slightly turned head perhaps and not gazing into endlessness

(Greek mythology) the god of the sea and earthquakes in ancient mythology

(Greek mythology) winged goddess of victory

(Greek mythology) goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare

the oldest and simplest of the Greek orders and the only one that normally has no base

3rd century b.c.-early 1st century a.d. Greek or Roman Bronze hellenistic

Bronze portrayal of a she-wolf. used as the symbol of Rome. Children later addition. Shows great sense of animal anatomy.

an oval large stadium with tiers of seats

an early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica

the central area of a church

best example of groin vault with windows allowing maximum of interior space with least amount of walls

Brought water from a distant mountain spring to Nimes(France). About 100 gallons a day for each inhabitant. 16 BCE

(antiquity) a temple to all the gods

dedicated to emperor titus built by domitian built in 81-82 AD in the roman forum made of travertine carving inside it shows the sacking of jerusalem single arch