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Exam #1 Review
Art 108: Ancient to Medieval Westchester Community College Fall 2012
Study Skills Slide Lists: these are the images you are responsible for knowing
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Study Skills Period/Civiliza4on Works
Paleolithic
Neolithic
Sumerian
Akkadian
Neo-‐Sumerian
Babylonian
Assyrian
Persian
EgypLan – Old Kingdom
EgypLan New Kingdom
Periods: create “families” of objects
Study Skills
Period/Civiliza4on Works
Paleolithic Venus of Willendorf, Venus of Hohe Fels, Lascaux cave
Neolithic Human Figure from Ain Ghazal. Deer Hunt mural, Çatal Höyük, Stonehenge
Sumerian Warka Vase, VoLve Statues, White Temple (Ziggurat), Royal Standard of Ur
Akkadian Head of an Akkadian Ruler, Stele of Naram-‐Sin
Neo-‐Sumerian Seated Statue of Gudea, Ziggurat of Ur
Babylonian Stele with Law Code of Hammurabi
Assyrian Citadel of Sargon II, Lamassu, Assurnarsirpal HunLng Lions
Persian Persepolis, Apadana Relief (Persian Emperor Receiving Tribute)
EgypLan – Old Kingdom Palece of Narmer, Funerary Complex of King Djoser, Great Pyramids at Giza, Great Sphinx, Khafre, Menkaure, Book of the Dead, Offering Scenes, Ti Hippopotamus HunLng, Ka Statues of Non-‐Royals
EgypLan New Kingdom Hatshepsut, EgypLan Pylon Temple, Abu Simbel, Akhenaten, King Tut
Periods: create “families” of objects
Study Skills
Period/Civiliza4on Works
Paleolithic Animals and women; small and portable; profile view and twisted-‐perspecLve; silhouece and contour; SympatheLc Magic
Neolithic Large-‐scale sculpture/architecture; HunLng scenes now includes men and tells story; Post and Lintel architecture
Sumerian Religion is dominant; Ziggurats reflect hierarchy; VoLve statues pray perpetually to gods; beginning of narraLve art (register format); cartoon-‐like figures;
Akkadian First divine kingship; art becomes more naturalisLc, focused on the king; idealism – divine glamour
Neo-‐Sumerian Gudea – return to humble servant of gods; short, squat, humble
Babylonian Hammurabi – first law code; law comes from god
Assyrian MilitarisLc; palaces decorated to inLmidate; Lamassu = guard dogs; reliefs depict king kicking buc
Persian Largest empire; huge palace; endless scenes of dignitaries paying tribute to king
Create “families” of characterisLcs
Study Skills
Period/Civiliza4on Works
EgypLan – Old Kingdom All art focused on akerlife; “Lme stands sLll”; hard stone; EgypLan canon of proporLons: geometric quality; Statues are rigidly frontal; reliefs are 2D – composite pose and verLcal perspecLve; Pharaohs are “forever young;” Non-‐royals more realisLc; Pharaohs buried in pyramids; non-‐royals buried in mastabas; False door leads to serdab with Ka statues; imagery depicts offerings for the deceased of food and drink
EgypLan New Kingdom Royal burials now hidden; shik from building of tombs to building of Temples; EgypLan Pylon Temple – axial design; gets smaller (hierarchical); Hypostyle Hall; colossal scale (Ramses). Amarna period – Akhenaten and Monotheism; art style changes – more fluid, with movement; naturalisLc and relaxed, though strange distorLons; everyday life of royal family; King Tut – only royal tomb intact; tomb objects in Amarna style (successor of Akhenaten)
Create “families” of characterisLcs
Study Skills Pay acenLon to vocabulary terms!
Vocabulary Register format Single groundline Composite pose Overlapping
Hierarchic scale Abstract Naturalism Idealism
Proskynesis Cuneiform Hieroglyph EgypLan Canon of ProporLons
Mastaba Ka False door Horus
Osiris EgypLan acributes of Kingship
Axial design Mortuary Temple
Pylon Hypostyle Hall Amarna Heresy Monotheism
Study Skills Know important gods and goddesses, and their acributes
Important People Inanna FerLlity goddess;
horned crown Anubis God of dead;
Jackal
Shamash Horned crown; flames, seated on mountain
Amun New kingdom god; ram’s head and plumes
Horus Falcon; god of sky Aten Sun disc
Osiris Crook and Flair; Pharaoh of the underworld
Hathor Moon goddess; cow
Study Skills Know people of importance Important People
Sargon I Naram-‐Sin Gudea Hammurabi
Narmer Imhotep Hatshepsut Senmut
Ramses II Akhenaten NeferLL