ARHI 201 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Guide: Mentuhotep Ii, Tiny Hands, Rock Shelter

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An object with a material or media aspect: painting, sculpture (subtractive method, additive methods, mold, pottery, weapons, textiles, ritual and ceremonial objects. Our current contemporary definitions (e. g. , originality, creativity) vs. What art was in the past (e. g. , tradition, continuity) Art should be a flexible & inclusive category. Continuity = authority, value of knowledge and skills, heritage, identity. Rules, conventions: breaking rules = new rules. Canon (what is vs. is not important) By a historian (with specific education, background, worldview, and understanding of reality, life & time) Text & language with specific implications (value judgements) Bce = before the common era (formerly, b. c. Ce = common era (formerly, a. d. = anno domini, latin for in the year of our lord") History is often presented as individual stories, but narratives overlap and are more complex. Comparisons to earlier and later: succession, origins. History of art history writing = historiography. History of the academic discipline: since the 19th century.

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