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AAH 101
Quiz One
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
09/07/2011

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Definition

Decorated Orcher 

 

Paleolithic

 

 (Blombos Cave),

 

South Africa.

 

77,000 years ag

Term
[image]
Definition

Lion-Human

 

Paleolithi

 

 Germany,

 

c. 30,000-26,000 BCE 

Term
[image]
Definition

Woman from Willendorf

 

Paleolithic 

 

Austria 

 

24,000 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Chauvet Cave


Paleolithic 

 

France

 

32,00-30,000

Term
[image]
Definition

Pech-Merle Cave


Paleolithic 

 

France

 

15,000 BCE

 

Term
[image]
Definition

Lascauz Cave


Paleolithic 

 

France 

 

15,000 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Catal Hoyuk


Neolithic

 

(Its a city and this is the reconstruction)

 

Turkey

 

74,000-62,000 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Newgrange Tomb


Neolithic

 

Ireland

 

3000-2500 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Stonehenge


Neolithic 

 

England

 

2900-1500 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Human Figure from Ain Ghazal 


Neolithic

 

Jordan 

 

6500 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Gold Scepters from varna


Neolithic 

 

Bulgaria 

 

3800 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

White Temple And ziggurat at uruk

 

Sumarian

 

Iraq

 

3200-3000 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Carved vessel from uruk

 

Sumerian 

 

Iraq 

 

3300-300 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Voltive Figures from the square temple 

 

sumerian 

 

eshnunna (iraq)

 

2900-2600 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Head of an akkadian ruler

 

Akkadian 

 

2250-2200 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Stele od Naram-sin 

Found at susa

 

Akkadian 

 

iran

 

2090 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Votive statue of gudea

 

Neo-Sumerian

 

girsu (iraq)

 

2090 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Stele of hammurabi

 

babylonia

 

susa (iran) 

 

1792-1750 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Guardian figures 

citadel of sargon 2

 

Assyrian

 

721-706 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Assurnasirpal 2 killing lions

 

assurian

 

palace of assynaispal, iraq

 

875-860 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Air view od ceromonial complex

 

persian empire

 

persepolis Iran

 

518-460 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Darius and xenes receving tribure

 

persian empire

 

persepolis Iran

 

491-486 BCE

Term

Paleolithic

 

(old stone age)

Definition
30,000-8,000 BCE
Term
Mesolithic
Definition

(middle stone age)

 

10,000-8,000 BCE

 

Term
Neolithic
Definition

(new stone age)

 

8,000-2,300 BCE

Term
radiocarbon dating
Definition
method of dating prehistoric art made from arganic material based on rate of degeneration
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sculpture in the round
Definition
self containded 3d piece
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relief sculture 
Definition
the surrounding material is carved away forming a background the sets away
Term
memory image
Definition
generalized elements that residen our standard memory
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obstract
Definition
reduction of shapes appearances to basic recognizable forms without replication of nature
Term
composite pose
Definition
eyes and horns drawn infront the body is in profile 
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modeling 
Definition
shaping
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ridgepole
Definition
a long horizontal beam against which aslanting roof were placed
Term
post and lintel
Definition
two poles that upright with a pole across the top
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megalithic 
Definition
large stone
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dolmen
Definition
simple tomb based connecting to a large central room
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vault
Definition
arched structure that spans an interior place
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mural
Definition
a paint/art on a wall
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corbelling
Definition
support structure (arch, beam)
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henge 
Definition
circle of stones or post surrounded by a ditch
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venus
Definition
the name for early women figures from rome
Term
negative print
Definition
a print where colors are reversesd = black = white vice versa
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subtractive vs. additive sculpture
Definition
subtract start from block make smaller vise verse 
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sumerian
Definition
3500-2300 BCE
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akkadian
Definition
2300-2150 BCE
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neo-summerian 
Definition
2150-2000 BCE
Term
babylonian
Definition
900-600 BCE
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neo babylonian/persian
Definition
600-300 BCE
Term
hieratic scale 
Definition
size is importance
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stele
Definition
upright stone slab
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city states 
Definition
prosperous cities that join the surrounding territories with own god/gov.
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cunneiform 
Definition
wedge shaped
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ziggarut
Definition
steps leading to ashrine/ temple
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cella 
Definition
main room of a building
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inlay 
Definition
in set on a piece/carving 
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registers 
Definition
harizontal bands
Term
inanna
Definition
god/ temple for inanna
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votive figure
Definition
images/ people dedicated to gods
Term
cylinder seal
Definition
cylinder when covered/ unrolled reveals scenes 
Term
diorite
Definition
hard stone difficult to carve
Term
lyre
Definition
a harp from ur on the royal tomb
Term
code of hammurabi
Definition
babylonian rules code of rules rights
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low relief
Definition
slightly recessed backround
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lion gate
Definition
gate carved with lion hattusha 1400 BCE
Term
lamnssu 
Definition
bearded men statues with lion/ bull body twings 
Term
crenellated procession
Definition
notched walls for military ceremonial entrance 
Term
apandana 
Definition
audience hall set above rest 
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gold leaf
Definition
hammered gold cavering parius crown/necklace
Term
Pre Dynastic
Definition
5000-2975 BCE
Term
Early Dynastic 
Definition
2950-2575 BCE
Term
Old Kingsdom 
Definition
2575-2150 BCE
Term
Middle Kingdom
Definition
1975-1640 BCE
Term
New Kingdom 
Definition
1539-1075 BCE
Term
Convention
Definition
A traditional way od representing forms
Term
Rosetta Stone
Definition
Modern scholars were only able to recover the long forgotten language of the Egyptian Language through this fragment of stone
Term
Palette
Definition
Palette of Narmer was the slab that make on was placed on, but it was never actaully use for make up because it was too big, it has the King and snakes 
Term
KA
Definition
Life force, or soul
Term
Hieroglyphs
Definition
Egyptian Writen Language
Term
Register
Definition
Horizontal band to divide a sculpture 
Term
Mastaba
Definition

A one story building in an underground chamber

(where they put the bodies underneath the Pyrimids)

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Serdab
Definition
A small sealed room housing the KA statue of the deceased and a chapel designed to receive mourning realitives and offering 
Term
Pyramid
Definition
Stuctures built for the memory of emperors
Term
 façade
Definition
front Wall of a building
Term
Idealized
Definition
To make or envision as ideal
Term
Stylized
Definition
Made to look better then it really is
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Diorite 
Definition
A very hard stone and difficult to carve it
Term
Hieratic Scale 
Definition
Making a persong bigger due to importance 
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Imhotep
Definition

The first Architect in history 

 

 

Term
Nemes Headdress 
Definition
A striped linen head cloth 
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sphinx
Definition
The portrait of the king 65 feet tall combines his head with the long body of a crouching lion 
Term
canon 
Definition
a proportion of drawing 
Term
kilt
Definition
skirt 
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papyrus
Definition
a plant that grew near the nile and it was used for paper 
Term
lotus
Definition
a plant that was the symbol for the upper Egypt 
Term
Horus
Definition
The god that was the king of the earth
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Hathor
Definition
god for fertility love joy and music 
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Osiris
Definition
The overseer of the realm
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ankh
Definition
symbol for everlasting life
Term
hypostyle hall
Definition
a vast hall filled with columns
Term
necropolis
Definition
city of the dead
Term
clerestory
Definition
a row of tall narrow windows
Term
pylon
Definition
A massive gateway formed by a pair of tapering walls of oblong shape erected by ancient egyptians to mark the entrance to a temple complex
Term
peristyle court
Definition

is an open colonnaded courtyard often having a pool and garden

 

Term
colonnade
Definition
a row of columns supporting a straight lintel 
Term
aten
Definition
a single supreme god 
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sunken relief
Definition
the original flat surface of the stone is reserved as background and the outlines of the figures are deeply incised
Term
portico
Definition
Progecting roof or porch
Term
books of the dead
Definition
texts or spell made of papyrus scrolls placed amoun the wrapping of the mummified bodies 
Term
funerary mask
Definition
a mask place ontop of the body
Term
sarcophagus
Definition
A stone coffin
Term

Palette of narmer 

 

hierakonpolis

 

2950 BCE

Definition
[image]
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[image]
Definition

steo pyramid and funerary complex of djoser

 

2551-2528 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Great pyramids of giza 

 

Mankaure 2490-2472 BCE

 

Khafre 2520-2494 BCE

 

Khufu 2551-2528 BCE

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[image]
Definition

Great Sphinx 

 

(Funerary complex of khafre, giza)

 

2520-2494 BCE

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[image]
Definition

Khafre

 

(giza)

 

2520-2494 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Menkaure and a Queen

 

(giza)

 

2490-2472 BCE

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[image]
Definition

Seated Scribe

 

(saqqara)

 

2450-2325 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Head of senusret III

 

1836-1818 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Rock Cut Tomb, Beni Hasan

 

1950-1900 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Great temple of amun at Karnak 

 

(view of columns, hypostyle hall)

 

1579-1075 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Funerary temple of hatshepsut

 

1473-1458 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Hatshepsut Kneeling

 

1473-1458 BCE 

Term
[image]
Definition

Colossal Figure od akhenaten 

 

1353-1336

 

Term
Cycladic Culture
Definition
2500 BCE - 1900 BCE
Term
Minoan culture 
Definition
2000 - 1400 BCE
Term
minion old palace Period
Definition
1900-1700 BCE
Term
minoan new palace period
Definition
1700-1450 BCE
Term
Mycenaen (helladic) culture 
Definition
1600-1100 BCE
Term
Buon fresco
Definition
a technique in which alkaline resistant pidments, ground in water, are applied to plaster when is still wet
Term
fresco secco
Definition
technique in whic pigment ground in water are tempered using egg yolk mixed with water which applied to plaster that has been moistened to simulate fresh plaster
Term
rhyton
Definition
is a container from which fluids were intended to be drunk
Term
corbelled vault
Definition
an arch like constructoion to support building roof
Term
king minos and the minotaur 
Definition
a myth about the son of kings Minos's wife with a bull, so its half man half bull and its kept in a labyrinth
Term
theseus
Definition
athenian hero that kill the minotaur
Term
labyrinth
Definition
a maze that the minotaur was kept 
Term
faience
Definition
colorfully glazed fine ceramic
Term
tholos tombs/beehive tombs
Definition
large tombs that are rounded conical shaped
Term
capstone 
Definition
topsmost stone that joins sides and completes structures
Term
courses
Definition
layers
Term
krater
Definition
a bowl for mixing water and wine, used both in feast and as grave markers
Term
relieving triangle
Definition
approximate triangle above a lintel where masonry courses in a wall are corbelled over each other so avoiding any loading on the lintel
Term
cyclopean construction
Definition
walls 25 feet thick and 30 feet high, were believed that were built by cyclopes do to the large structures 
Term
thera
Definition
a main island for the Aegean
Term
megaron
Definition
Characteristic main or great room
Term
 repoussé
Definition
gently pushed up relief forms from the back of a thin sheet of gold
Term
dressed stone
Definition
highly finished precisely cut block of stone
Term
[image]
Definition

Figurine of a woman

 

(cyclades Greece)

 

2600-2400 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Palace at Knossos Reconstruction 

 

Crete Greece

 

1700-1450 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Bull leaping fresco 

 

Crete Greece

 

1550-1450 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

woman or goddess with snakes 

 

crete greece

 

1700-1550 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Spring Fresco

 

Cyclades 

 

1630 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

octopus flask 

 

crete greece

 

1500-1450 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Harvester Rhyton 

 

Crete Greece

 

1650-1450 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Citadel at mycanea 

 

Mycenae, Greece

 

1340-1200 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

Lion Gate 

 

Mycenea Greece

 

1250 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

mask of agamemnon 

 

mycenae, Greece

 

1600-1550 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

dagger blade with lion hunt 

 

 

mycanae, Greece 

 

1550-1500 BCE

Term
[image]
Definition

warrior Krater 

 

Mycenea, Greece 

 

1300-1100 BCE

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