Humanities 2210 Study Slides Test 1 This will be the first portion of your testYou will identify each image by the terms in GREEN Film on Gilgamesh Link to Annenberg Foundation film on Gilgamesh
Hall of Bulls, Lascaux. 15,000-10,000 B.C.E. Paleolithic
Paleolithic . Female Statues Long considered fertility statues Unlikely that women would have gotten this plump in hunter-gatherer societies Many similar statues found all over the world, though some are quite thin Combination of naturalism and abstraction Found shapes, sacred stones Navel is a natural recess Paleolithic Female statuette from Willendorf, Austria, c. 25,000-21,000 .
Most famous cromlech: Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, England. 2000 B. C Most famous cromlech: Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, England. 2000 B.C.E. Neolithic Michael Parker Pearson Article skeletal remains Documentary Documentary 2
Ziggurat at Ur, Mesopotamia (Iraq), ca. 2100 B.C.E.smarthistory Sumerian
Temple Votive Statues, Tell Asmar, Iraq, ca. 2900-2600 B. C. E Temple Votive Statues, Tell Asmar, Iraq, ca. 2900-2600 B.C.E. Tallest figure ca. 30 in. Hierarchical scaling. Stand ins for worshipers. Sumerian
Attention to composition, conforming to shape of stone This victory stella commemorates the victory of Naram-Sin’s army over the Lullaby people Hierarchical scaling Attention to composition, conforming to shape of stone Smarthistory Sumero-Akkadian Victory stele of Naram-Sin 2220 -2184 BC limestone 6 feet, 6 inches Akkadian
3100 BCE Egypt King Narner’s Palette Pre-dynastic – to 2700 BCE Unification of Kingdoms under Menes, the king of Upper Egypt. Pre-dynastic Egypt
Old Kingdom Egypt Old Kingdom 2700-2181 BCE King Menkure and His Chief Queen 2525 BCE Removed from tomb at Giza- burial chamber in Valley Temple Mortuary portrait avoiding any hint at human frailty Static, timeless. Idealized portrait. Purpose, to supplement the embalmed corpse. Canon of proportions: rules for depicting the figure that were followed for thousands of years. Role of Mathematics in determining visual representation Magic! Heilbrun Timeline Witcombe Art History Resource Harvard Old Kingdom Egypt
Fowling scene; fragment of a fresco from the Tomb of Nebamun at Thebes Fowling scene; fragment of a fresco from the Tomb of Nebamun at Thebes. 1400-1350 B.C.E. british museum film New Kingdom Egypt
Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and the Royal Princesses: sunk relief fragment from Tell el-Amarna, ca. 1350 B.C. Major challenge to the orthodox canon of Egyptian art Intimacy, domesticity, expressionism, emotion. New Kingdom Egypt
Dancing Girl, ca 2300-1750 BCE. 4 ½ in. bronze. Indus River Civilization Mohenjo-Daro Ancient India
Bearded Man, thought to be a priest king, ca. 2000 BCE, limestone, 7 in. Indus River Civilization Mohenjo-Daro Ancient India