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Art History Santa Rosa JC Final Review
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
12/17/2012

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http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/h2/h2_68.148.jpg
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Figure of Woman, 2600-2400BC, Cycladic/Aegean
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Knossos_-_North_Portico_02.jpg/285px-Knossos_-_North_Portico_02.jpg
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"Palace" Complex, Knossos Crete, 1700-1450BC, Minoan/Aegean
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http://www.historywiz.com/images/greece/bullleapingfresco-1.jpg
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Bull Leaping Fresco, Palace Complex, Knossos Crete, 1550-1450BC, Minoan/Aegean
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http://portal.bentonvillek12.org/kimwilliams/Aegean/Citadel%20at%20Mycenae%20Recconstruction.JPG
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Citadel, Mycenae Greece, 1600-1200BC, Mycenaean/Aegean
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Mycenae_lion_gate_dsc06382.jpg
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Lion Gate, Mycenae Greece, 1600-1200BC, Mycenaean/Aegean
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Labyrus
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Buon Fresco and Fresco Secco
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Buon fresco means fresh (applied when plaster is fresh) and secco means dried (applied after the plaster has settled)
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Heinrich Schliemann
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Schliemann was an archaeological excavator of Hissarlik, now presumed to be the site of Troy, along with the Mycenaean sites Mycenae and Tiryns.
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http://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/gr/web-large/DT247656.jpg
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Metropolitan Kouros, 600 BC, Archaic/Greek
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http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9os8iSzOd1retgeoo1_1280.jpg
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Exekias, Achilles and Ajax Playing a Game, 540-530 BC, Archaic/Greek
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http://sasgreekart.pbworks.com/f/1228152078/canon%20of%20polykleitos.jpg
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Polykleitos, Spear Bearer, 450-440 BC, High Classical/ Greek
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http://eliinbar.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/the20parthenon20acropolis20athens20greece.jpg
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Kallikrates & Iktinos, Parthenon, Acropolis Athens, 447 - 432 BC, High Classical/Greek
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http://www.digital-images.net/Images/GettyMuseum/Aphrodite_ofKnidos_RomanCopy_HS9141VLG.jpg
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Praxiteles, Aphrodite of Knidos, 350 BC, Late Classical/Greek
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http://www.sculpturegallery.com/italy_3/winged_2.jpg
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"Winged Victory", 180 BC, Hellenistic/Greek
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Laocoon_Pio-Clementino_Inv1059-1064-1067.jpg/300px-Laocoon_Pio-Clementino_Inv1059-1064-1067.jpg
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Hagesandros, Polydoros, & Athanadoros of Rhodes, Laocoön & His Sons, 100 BC-100 AC, Hellenistic/Greek
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HOMER, THE ILIAD (STORY OF THE TROJAN WAR)
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The Iliad (sometimes referred to as the Song of Ilion or Song of Ilium) is an epic poem in dactylic hexameters, traditionally attributed to Homer
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CONTRAPPOSTO
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It is used in the visual arts to describe a human figure standing with most of its weight on one foot so that its shoulders and arms twist off-axis from the hips and legs.
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CLASSICAL ORDERS: DORIC, IONIC, CORINTHIAN
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Doric-simple but fluted. Ionic - Scrolls for Capitals and fluted. Corinthian - high detailed capital and slender fluted column
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ALEXANDER THE GREAT
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Alexander the Great was king of Macedon, a state in northern ancient Greece. Undefeated in all of his battles.
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http://www.harappa.com/indus/gif2/priestking.jpg
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Torso of a Priest-King, 2600-1900 BC, Indus Valley/Southern Asian
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http://files.myopera.com/mad0l/albums/247225/Seal%20impressions,%20from%20the%20Indus.jpg
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Seal Impressions, 2500-1500 BC, Indus Valley/Southern Asian
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http://classconnection.s3.amazonaws.com/808/flashcards/376808/jpg/female_figure_holding_a_fly-whisk1319500941354.jpg
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Female Figure Holding a Fly-Whisk, 250 BC, Later South Asain/ Southern Asian
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2c/Sarnath_Lion_Capital_of_Ashoka.jpg
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Lion Capital from Ashokan Pillar, Sarnath India, 250 BC, Later South Asian/Southern Asian
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http://www.itraveldeals.in/holiday-package/vaishalias.jpg
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Ashokan Pillar, Bihar India, 246 BC, Later South Asian/ Southern Asian
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http://www.theodora.com/wfb/photos/india/great_stupa_sanchi_madhya_pradesh_india_photo.jpg
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Great Stupa, Sanchi India, 3rd-1st centuries BC, Later South Asian/Southern Asian
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http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4085/5031367979_f1204096a7.jpg
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Buddha and Attendants, 1st-2nd century, Later South Asian/Southern Asian
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http://faculty.jscc.edu/cnorman/images/Standing%20Buddha%20%20from%20Gandhara_JPG.jpg
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Standing Buddha, 2nd-3rd century, Later South Asian/Southern Asian
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Shiva_Nataraja_Musée_Guimet_25971.jpg
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Shiva Nataraja, 12th century, Later South Asian/Southern Asian
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http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AY1E11wzo3A/TTOkbs6tIxI/AAAAAAAAAXA/ppWcfDsGnbg/s1600/candi+borobudur.jpg
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Borobudur, Central Java Indonesia, 800 AC, Indonesia/Southern Asian
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BUDDHA vs. SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA
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SAMSARA vs. NIRVANA
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Samsara is the cycle of birth, life, death, and rebirth. Obtaining nirvana allows you to skips the cycle
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LAKSHANAS vs. MUDRAS
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Mudras are ancient hand gestures that represent different states of being
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STUPA
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A dome-shaped structure erected as a Buddhist shrine
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http://imgc.allpostersimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/27/2798/J39OD00Z/posters/o-louis-mazzatenta-terra-cotta-army-near-2-200-year-old-tomb-of-china-s-1st-emperor-qin-shi-huang-near-city-of-xian.jpg
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Soldiers, Lintong ,Qin Dynasty/210 BC, Chinese
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http://www.pitt.edu/~asian/week-3/c-banner.jpg
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Painted Banner, Han Dynasty/160 BC, Chinese
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http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000YCkD4UzLn.I/s/860/860/Nine-Dragon-Incense-Burner-00136.jpg
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Incense Burner, Han Dynasty/113 BC, Chinese
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http://www.google.com/imgres?q=admonitions+of+the+instructress+to+the+court+ladies&hl=en&safe=off&client=safari&tbo=d&rls=en&biw=576&bih=687&tbm=isch&tbnid=VjvdEY9upIWhwM:&imgrefurl=http://schools.nashua.edu/myclass/lavalleev/Art%2520History%2520Pictures/ch07/index07.html&docid=yydxixnoHNi-nM&imgurl=http://schools.nashua.edu/myclass/lavalleev/Art%252520History%252520Pictures/ch07/7-10.jpg&w=1650&h=908&ei=QfXPUPbNDo3PiwKT54CYCw&zoom=1&iact=rc&sig=112826616172657387230&page=1&tbnh=145&tbnw=278&start=0&ndsp=16&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0,i:93&tx=152&ty=86&dur=1
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Gu Kaizhi, Admonitions of the Imperial Instructress to Court Ladies, Six Dynasties Period/344-407, Chinese
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http://www.werner-forman-archive.com/Image178.jpg
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Colossal Seated Buddha, Yungang, Six Dynasties Period/460, Chinese
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http://www.taiyipart.com.hk/p3.jpg
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Fan Kuan, Travelers Among Mountains and Streams, Northern Song Dynasty/11th century, Chinese
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http://classconnection.s3.amazonaws.com/212/flashcards/482212/jpg/fig10_23a1309263851857.jpg
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Xia Gui, Twelve Views of Landscape, Northern Song Dynasty/13th century, Chinese
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SILK ROAD
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Secret road in which silk was traded
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DAOISM vs. CONFUCIANISM
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Confucianism is a system of ethics, and Tao is a path of behavior. Also, Confucius was probably an actual person; Lao-tzu probably wasn’t.
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HANDSCROLL vs. HANGING SCROLL
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Both are paintings or texts on silk or paper, but a hanging scroll was displayed o the wall, and the hand scroll was held by the viewer.
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PAGODA
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A Hindu or Buddhist temple or sacred building, typically a many-tiered tower, in India and the Far East
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