• Ivory figure of a human with feline head.
• Hohlenstein-Stadel,Germany,
• ca. 30,000–28,000 BC 
• Paleolithic

• “Venus” of Willendorf
• Willendorf, Austria
• ca. 28,000–25,000 BC
• Limestone, 4 1/2"
• 1.5

• Hall of Bulls Caves
• Lascaux, France
• ca. 15,000–13,000 BC
• Paleolithic period

• Caves at Lascaux, France
• ca. 15,000–13,000 BC
• Paleolithic period

• Abu Temple statues

• Tell Asmar, ca 2700-2500 BCE

• all the worshippers have the same clothing on

• Abu= God of vegitation

• they are all holding cups in their hands (offerings)

• men are all almost identical to one another, very long beards and hair, skirts

• the female statue is completely clothed.

• almost 2 feet high

   

Warka Vase
Uruk
Ca 3200-3000 BCE
-made of stone
-Alabaster based
-bottom is made of registers (the bans the go around the case)
-the vase shows water, weeds and fertile land
-at the top, there is a servant carrying a basket to the goddess
-she sees what is being brought to her and accepting it
-on the back is an animal with a man who is known as the priest

Bull-headed lyre from tomb

Victory stela of Naram-Sin, 2254-2218 BC

• Seated statue of Gudea
• governor of Lagash
• ca. 2100 BC

Stele with Law Code of Hammurabi

• North palace of Ashurbanipal, Nineveh,
• ca. 645-640 BC
• Reliefs: King hunts lions
• Gypsum

Title: Narmer Palette
Artist: N/A 
Time/Period: c. 2950-2775 BCE/Ancient Egyptian 
Medium: Green Schist 

Hierakonpolis

king of upper Egypt. He is on the front of the palette. He is dominating a small person. On the right side there is a human head being held by a falcon, who is perched on paparus. At the top, there are two images of a human cow. She is protecting Paparus. At the bottom, there are two figures running away in fear. On the back, a man is wearing a crown. The crown symbolizes lower Egypt. On the bottom of the back there is a bull.

Step pyramid and mortuary precinct of King Djoser, Saqqara 

architect: Imhotep

3rd Dyn., ca. 2630-2611 BC

Great Sphinx, Giza, 2570-2544

Diorite statue of King Khafre

Giza

4th Dyn.

ca. 2520-2494 BC

-divine ruler with a perfect body

-rigid pose creates the effect of eternal stillness wich represents timeless afterlife rule.

Funerary temple of Hatshepsut

Deir el-Bahri

Thebes, 18th Dyn.,

ca. 1473-1458 BC

- first great female monarch whose name is recorded

Fragment of scene showing Nebamun hunting in the marshes

His tomb chapel of Nebamun, Thebes, 18th Dyn., ca. 1400-1350 BC 

-in his tomb provides him with entertainment he had in past life.

-Fresco on dry plaster

Limestone stela with Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and their daughters

from Amarna, 18th Dyn.

ca. 1353-1335

Painted wooden chest of Tutankhamun,

tomb of Tutankhamun

Valley of the Kings, Thebes, 18th Dyn.,

ca. 1333-1323 BC

Chariot race, depicts his fall. broken leg caused infection cause of death.

clubbed foot and other health problems bc he was a product of incest

Female figurine, ca. 2500-2300 BC

found in grave

marble

-sculpter created body from large triangles.

cycladic art bc its made of marble which was abundant at the time an in sleep simple decorations.

Palace at Knossos,

ca. 1700-1400 BC

Plan, exterior and interior views

Fresco with scene of bull-leapers, from the palace at Knossos,

ca. 1450-1400 BC

ceremonial theme

Cultural context: men-red skin, women-white 

Faience figurine of a woman (“Snake Goddess”), from the palace

at Knossos, ca. 1600 BC

Faience(non clay bades ceramic)

Priestest? More likely goddess.

snakes in head and cat on head represent power over animals.

“Harvester Vase,” from Hagia Triada, ca. 1500 BC

made of very hard stone, grainy clay

guilded in gold leaf

harvestors are singing

Cultural context: sense of depth, happiness, MANY festivals keep the culure commected like a community..

Lion gate (entrance to citadel), Mainland Greece, Mycenean

lion represents the strength and power of the city. lions also guard a sacred place.

Made with cyclopean bricks

Inlaid dagger blades

Grave Circle A, Mycenae, ca. 1600-1500 BC

Dagger with scenes of lion hunting, from shaft grave, Mainland Greece, Mycenean

-the lion hunters are Minoan style but the metal style was from the near east.

Krater from the Dipylon cemetery,

Athens, ca.

740 BC

geometric period

Bronze statuette of nude male;

“New York” kouros, from Attica, ca. 600 BC

-liberated from the block of stone.

-replaced the vases as gravemarkers.

-SHOWS MOTION

“Peplos kore,” from the Athenian Akropolis

ca. 530 BC

-made of marble was painted.

Culture: came after the mens korus, and was more natural.

First Temple of Hera at Paestum (Italy), ca. 550 BC  

plan

no central cult statue shows age

First Temple of Hera at Paestum (Italy), ca. 550 BC  

plan

no central cult statue shows age

North frieze with Gigantomachy

Siphnian Treasury, Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi,

ca.530-525 BC

This is on the test!!!!!!!!!

Francios Vase

-5703 bc

-kleitias=painter

-ergotimos=potter

-epic poem:all the themes of the community coming together(bear hunt,funeral, marriage)

-every single figure is named

Kritios Boy, from the Athenian Akropolis

-ca. 480 BC

-early classical period

first statue to show how a person naturally stands

Charioteer

rom a group dedicated by Polyzalos of Gela in the Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi, Greece, ca. 470 B.C. Bronze, approx. 5' 11" high. 

 Parthenon (Temple of Athena Parthenos; view from the northwest),

Architects: Iktinos and Kallikrates,

Acropolis, Athens, Greece,

447-438 B.C

-architects believes beauty could be achieved by harmonic proportions.

Parthenon, 447-432 BC 

Architects: Iktinos and Kallikrates

Sculptor in charge: Phidias

Lapith V. Centaur South metopes: Centauromachy

athens, greece

marble

447bc

Helios's horses and Dionysos (Herakles?), from the east pediment of the Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 438-432 B.C. Marble, greatest height approx. 4' 3".

-depicts the birth of athena

-horses coming fro, the floor depict the sun rising above the horizon at dawn

Three goddesses (Hestia, Dione, and Aphrodite?), from the east pediment of the Parthenon, Acropoilis, Athens, Greece, ca. 438-432 B.C. Marble

-birth of athena

Hestia- mothering, rising to care for athena

Dione-protector, rising to protect

Aphrodite-love, uninterested.

-volumptious feminine bodies