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Paleolithic to Anceint Middle Eastern
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09/25/2009

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Paleolithic, Female Figure, Willendorf, Austria, c. 24,000 BCE

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Paleolithic, Lion-Human, Germany, c. 30,000-26,000 BCE
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Paleolithic, Chauvet cave paintings, France, c. 30,000-28,000 BCE
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Paleolithic, Hall of Bulls, Lascaux caves, France, c. 15,000 BCE
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Neolithic, Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, England, c. 2,700-1,500 BCE
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Sumerian, Nanna Ziggurat, c. 2100-2050 BCE
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Sumerian, Votive statues from Square Temple, c. 2900-2600 BCE

 

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Sumerian, Great Lyre with Bull’s Head, Royal Tomb, c. 2550-2400 BCE
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Akkadian, Stele of Naram-Sin, c. 2220-2184 BCE
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Babylonian, Stele of Hammurabi, c. 1792-1750 BCE
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Assyrian, Lamassu, c. 720 BC
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Stele
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An upright stone slab
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Hieratic Scale
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Relative Size in relation to importance. For example a ruler would be depicted as much larger then his subjects.
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Iconography
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the narrative and allegorical meaning of images
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