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Woman from Willendorf
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Hall of Bulls
Paleolithic
Lascaux, France |
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Bison
Paleolithic
Altamira, Spain |
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Tomb Interior
Neolithic
Newgrange, Ireland |
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Stonehenge
Neolithic
Wiltshire, England |
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Nanna Ziggurat
Sumerian
Ur (Modern Iraq) |
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Stela of Naramsin
Akkadian |
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Stela of Hammurabi
Babylonia |
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Assurnasirpal II Killing Lions
Assyrians |
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Ishtar Gate
Neo-Babylonia |
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Ceremonial Complex of Darius and Xerxes
Persian
Persepolis |
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| 1,792-1,750 BCE (Hammurabi's Reign) |
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Palette of Narmer
Early Dynastic |
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Stepped Pyramid of Djoser
Old Kingdom
Saqqara |
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Great Pyramids
Old Kingdom
Giza |
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Head of Senusret III
Middle Kingdom |
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Funerary Temple of Hatshepsut
New Kingdom
Deir el-Bahri |
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Columns from the Hypostyle Hall
New Kingdom
Temple of Amun, Karnak |
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Akhenaten and His Family
Amarna Period |
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Nefertiti
Amnara Period
by Tutmose |
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Judgement of Hunefer before Osiris
New Kingdom |
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| What is the most recently discovered cave site, believed to house the oldest examples of Paleolithic art? |
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| What is the most common type of "portable" Paleolithic art? |
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What are the main characteristic of
a) human figures
b) animal figures
in paleolithic sculpture and painting? |
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a) fertile
b) hunting/food
horses and Bison focused on head |
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| What is Entoptic Imagery? |
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| Images seen behind the eye during hallucination |
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| Main Characteristics of the Neolithic Era |
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-Stay in one area
-Pay more attention to the dead |
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| What is the earliest known Neolithic religious center and where is it located? |
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Göbekli Tepe
Sanlufa, Turkey |
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| What are 3 examples of neolithic villages and where are the located? |
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-Jericho: anatolia
-Catal Höyuk: anatolia
-Ain Ghazal: Jordan |
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| What is the earliest form of large scale architecture in the Ancient near east? |
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| What are the common characteristic of votive statues? |
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-made of gypsum or limestone
-hands clasped, right over left, at the chest or waist in a gesture of attentiveness
-Standing figures often step forward with the left foot
-Not much facial differentiation |
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| What is the "Composite view" of human figures in the ancient near east? |
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feet from the side
torso from the front
face to the side |
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| What are some of the most significant artifacts from the royal tombs of Ur? |
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Bull Lyre
Standard of Ur
Ram in a Thicket
Queen Puabi's Headdress |
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| What is considered the "masterpiece" of akkadian art and why? |
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