FSN 132 Final: Art History Textbook Review
19 Apr 2016
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Ggantija - found in gozo (gozo is an island adjoined to malta) Menhirs - power of men fertilizing the earth. Tenon - lumps on top of upright stone columns in cromlechs that fitted into the bottom on lintels. Venus of willendorf/laussel, bison w/ turned head, rising bison. Venus of laussel - low relief sculpture of venus holding an animal horn. Inanna vase, female head, ziggurats, cylinder seals. Anatolia: the hittites (1450-1200) - lion"s gate, hittite war god. Assurnasirpal ii, hunting lions, dying lioness, lamassu. Mag - mesopotamia conquered by akkadians, akkadians expelled by guti. Gudea was not a guti ruler; he was sumerian. Gudea had a lot of good ideas for architecture. A yoh bitch - amorites started old babylonian period; hammurabi. Clae - cyrus = largest ancient empire (achaemenid) Zoser pyramid (mastaba), pyramids of giza, sphinx, Lady senuwy, wooden sasostris i, sasostris iii"s face. Deir el-bahri , statue of senenmut, gypsum plaster, papyrus, tomb of nefertari.
