103 Midterm: Midterm #1 Study Guide.docx
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Art history study guide for midterm #1: paleolithic/prehistoric art old stone age, small figurines, cave paintings, fertility, symbolism (30,000-10,000 bce) Venus of willendorf (nude woman) 2800-2500 bce (p. 18: small stone statue, exaggerated female characteristics to emphasize fertility symbolism. Le tuc d"audobert two bison, relief in cave15,000-10,000 bce (p. 19) Stonehenge (p. 23) 2550-1600 bce salisbury, england: astronomical observatory and solar calendar. Mortuary precint of djoser, saqqara, egypt (p. 36) Great pyramids, gizeh (p. 35-36: menkaura (2490 bc) khafre (2520 bc) khufu (2551 bc) Mortuary temple of hatshepsut-in a cliff one with nature 1473 bce(p. 40) Palette of king narmer-hierarchy of scale 3,000 bce(p. 34) Fowling scene from tomb of nebamun, thebes (frescoe) Musicians and dancers from tomb of nebamun (frescoe) Akhenation, from temple of aton, karnak (p. 43) Figure of a woman, cycladic, geometric, triangles, funerary (p. 48) Funerary mask (legendary mask of agamemnon) iliad (p. 55: repouss -molding metal by beating against another object. Lion gate mycenae post and lintel corbeled arch 1,300 1,250 bce (53)