Art History - Midterm 1

36 cards   |   Total Attempts: 183
  

Cards In This Set

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Question 1
White Temple and Zigguraut at Uruk
Question 2
Warka Vase from Uruk -3200-3000BCE -relief sculpture -registers (frieze) to separate parts of the story -hiearchy of scale -composite view
Question 3
Victory Stele of Naram-Sin -Akkadian -2254-2218BCE -Found at Susa (Iran) where it was taken by the Elamites -Originally set up in Sippar -made of  Pink sandstone, 6’7’’ -Commemorates victory over the Lullubi. -No divistion or registers -Sun-like stars represent astrological deities “smiling down”-Reason to show these kinds of scenes – to boast about what they’ve done
Question 4
Stele with law code of Hammurabi found in Susa, Iran ca. 1780 BCE -Old Babylonian -God shamash gives Hammurabi the measuring rod and ring (coiled rope) of kingship -3500 lines of cuneiform, 282 laws -made of basalt, 7’4’’ -shamash wears a horned crown -shamash is shown with diagonal curles, and hat shown in profile view, experimentation is starting to break out of the traditional mold, but still holds mostly true to the Sumerian techniques.
Question 5
Statuettes of two worshipers -Sumerian -ca.2700BCE -votive figures -Gypsum inlaid with shell and black limeston -serve as constant worshipers to the Gods -simple forms, cylindrical, large eyes and unibrows, disporportionate relationship because hands are so small while eyes are so large  
Question 6
Lamassu (human-headed, winged bull) -from citadel of sargon II -ca.720-705BCE -limestone -served to ward off king's enemies -combine front view of the animal at rest with side view of it in motion -early artist attempt at conceptual picture
Question 7
Assyrian archers pursuying enemies -Assyrian -Northwest palace of Ashurnasirpal II -ca. 875-860BCE -gypsom -compressing distances, scale of figures larger in respect to architecture
Question 8
Palette of King Narmer from Heirakonpolis, Egypt -Egyptian -ca. 3000-2920BCE -slate -earliest labled work of historical art -ceremonial palette, used for mixing make-up -registers, hiearchy of scale, composite view
Question 9
Stepped Pyramid of Djoser -Imhotep -Egyptian, from Saqqara, Egypt -Dynasty III -ca. 2630-2611BCE -limestone a step pyramid is a structure over an underground burial chamber -this particular step pyramid started as a mastaba and then became a pyramid and then was increased in size.
Question 10
Great Pyramids of Gizeh -Egypt, Dynasty IV -from left: menkaure ca. 2490-2472BCE, khafre ca. 2520-2494BCE, Khufu ca. 2551-2528BCE
Question 11
Great Sphinx -Gizeh, Egypt, Dynasty IV -ca. 2520-2494BCE -sandstone  
Question 12
Khafre -Gizeh, Egypt, Dynasty IV, ca. 2520-2494BCE -Diorite -very block-like in form -resting place for the ka if the mummy is disinigrating
Question 13
Ti watching a hippopotamus hunt -relief in the mastaba of Ti -Saqqara, Egypt, Dynasty V -ca. 2450-2350BCE -painted limestone -grid format to establish human figure, helps proportionate the body parts and represent a human figure.
Question 14
Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut -Deir el-Bahri -Egypt, Dynasty XVIII -ca. 1473-1458BCE -limestone -200-some statues of the Pharaoh would have surrounded the temple -Other Pharaoh’s temple was once beside Hatshepsut’s temple, when her stepson took over, he crammed his temple in between the two temples. -post and lintel system  
Question 15
Hatshepsut with offering jars, from the upper court of her mortuary temple -Deir el-Bahri -dynasty XVIII -ca. 1473-1458BCE -anatomically this statue is shown as male