ART H 201 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Warka Vase, Naram-Sin Of Akkad, Art Of Mesopotamia
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Periods: stone age, mesopotamia and persia, egypt. Paleolithic period (30,000 bce - 9,000 bce) Key pieces:humanoid figure, hall of the bulls, venus of willendorf, spotted horses and hand prints. Main ideas: animals>women>men, profile view, composite perspective, cave painting, small carvings. Neolithic period (8000 bce - 2300 bce) Key sites: jericho, catal hoyuk, gobekli teppe. Key pieces: landscape or volcano, catal hoyuk site. Main ideas: beginning of agriculture and settled communities, preserved human heads, beginning of architecture. Key sites: uruk, ur, royal cemetery (ur) Key pieces: ziggurats, female head, eshnunna statuettes, standard of ur, Main ideas: cuneiform, bent axis plan, mud brick, registers, composite perspective. Key pieces: victory stele of naram sin, votive disk of enheduanna. Key pieces: ziggurat, gudea statues, law code of hammurabi, statue of. Main ideas: law"s, interaction w gods, composite perspective, rigid posing, tight silhouettes. Key sites: persepolis, nineveh, dur sharrukin, nimrud.
