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Art History
Undergraduate 1
02/28/2014

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Symbolic Thought
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The representation of reality through the use of abstract concepts such as words, gestures, and numbers.
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Artifact
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Any object made or modified by a human
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Iconography
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Symbolic meaning of subjects and signs used to convey ideas important to a particular culture or religion.
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Plato
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Greek philosopher interested in Idealism, symmetry and proportion.
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Aristotle
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Greek philosopher interested in mimesis (imitation)
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Aesthetics
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Branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste, and with the creation and appreciation of beauty.
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Lithos
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Latin for 'Stone'
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Homo Habilis
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Credited with development of making stone tools
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Homo Erectus
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Credited with development of symmetry
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Homo sapiens neanderthalensis (Neanderthal)
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Credited with the development of architecture, ritualized burials, ritualized offerings.
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Homo Sapiens Sapiens (Cro-Magnon)
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Credited with development of image-making
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Architecture
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Enclosed space with at least some aesthetic intent
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Neolithic Revolution
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First agricultural revolution- the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture, the domestication of animals, and settlement.
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Megalithic Architecture
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Western and Northern Europe used Huge Stones to erect these ceremonial structures and tombs
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Stele
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A stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it is wide, erected for funerals or commemorative purposes
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Ziggurats
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Huge stepped structures with a temple or shrine on top
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Votive figures
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Images dedicated to the gods, were stand-ins for worshipper, offering up prayer in the donor's absence.
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Hierarchical Scale
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Technique used in art, mostly in sculpture and painting, in which the artist uses unnatural proportion or scale to depict the relative importance of the figures in the artwork
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Iconoclasm
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Deliberate destruction of religious icons and other symbols or monuments, usually with religious or political motives.
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Coins
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Function as economic standards, small artworks and propaganda.
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