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Unit 1
Prehistoric Art
(pages 15-29)
(Define) Vocabulary: Paleolithic Art, hominid, Homo sapiens, animism, monumental,
sculpture in the round, naturalistic, relief, modeling, ground line, aerial view, contour
line, silhouette, twisted perspective, megaliths, cromlech, bluestone, sarsen, lintels,
trilithons, heel stone.
(Answer)
1. In the excerpt titled, Paleolithic Cave Painting, briefly describe how cave
painting was executed. 3-4 sentences
2. In the excerpt titled, Art in the Old Stone Age, list three reasons scholars believe
may have been the reasons why hunters chose to paint images in caves.
Themes
 SURVIVAL/FOOD
 FERTILITY
 SHELTER
 UNDERSTANDING PHENOMENA
Origins of Humankind
Hominid
Water-worn pebble resembling human face, Makapansgat, Africa 3,000,000 BCE
Paleolithic Era
Homo sapiens
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Human with Feline Head, Statuette, Germany, Ivory, 11 5/8”
30,000 BCE
Animism
Venus of Willendorf, Statuette, Limestone, Austria, 4 ¼” 25,000 BCE
Sculpture in the Round
Monumental
“Hall of Bulls” Caves of Lascaux, France 15,000 BCE
Naturalistic
Contour Line
Silhouette
Twisted Perspective
Two Bison Reliefs, Tuc d’Audoubert, France
Relief
Modeling
15,000 BCE
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Bison, Altamira Caves, Spain
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12,000 BCE
Ground line
Aerial Perspective
Neolithic Era
Stonehenge, Salisbury, England
Megaliths
Cromlech
2000 BCE
Bluestones
Lintels
Trilithons
Heel Stone
Sarsen
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Mesopotamian Art Ancient Middle East
Mesopotamia (Context)
The Sumerians 2800-2300 BCE
Cuneiform
Read “The Invention of Writing.” Describe how writing was executed (3-4 sentences). What famous work
was written during this time?
City-states
Sumerian Votive Offerings, Statuettes, Eshnunna Temple (modern Tell Asmar), Iraq.
Gypsum inlaid with shell, black limestone, and lapis lazuli.
2700 BCE
Votive Figure
Surrogate
Conical
Hierarchical Proportions
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Standard of Ur, from Royal Cemetery, Ur, Iraq. Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and
red limestone. 8” x 1’ 7”
2600 BCE
Twisted Perspective
Registers
Historical Narrative
War Side
Peace Side
Sumer-Akkadia-Neo-Sumeria
Ziggurat of Ur
Ziggurat
Sacred Space
2100 BCE
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Ancient Egyptian Art: Unification of Upper and Lower Egypt
(Context)
Palette of Narmer, Egypt, slate
3100 BCE
Palette of Upper Egypt (back)
Lower Egyptian Iconography
Upper Egyptian Iconography
Palette of Lower Egypt (front)
Lower Egyptian Iconography
Upper Egyptian Iconography
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The Old Kingdom (2649-2150)
Imhotep, Stepped Pyramid of Djoser, Egypt
Mastabas
2600 BCE
necropolis
Serdab
Imhotep
Pyramids at Giza, Egypt
2500 BCE
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The Great Sphinx, Giza, Egypt
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2500 BCE
Sculpture
Seated Statue of Khafre, Giza, Egypt
2500 BCE
Menkaure and Queen Khamerernebty, Giza
2500 BCE
Seated Scribe, Saqqara, Egypt
2500 BCE
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Ancient Egyptian Art: The Middle Kingdom (1991-1700 BCE)
(context)
Sculpture
Fragmentary Head of Senusret III
1900 BCE
Architecture
Rock-cut Tomb of Amenemhet
Vestibule
Fluted
1900 BCE
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Ancient Egyptian Art: The New Kingdom
(context)
Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
Hatshepsut
Architectural Terms
Colonnades
1450 BCE
chambered
Pillars
Hatshepsut with Offering Jars
Uraes cobra
1450 BCE
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Painting
Fresco secco
Conventions:
Frescoes from Nebaman’s Tomb
1400 BCE
Fowling Scene
Musicians and Dancers
Akhenaton and the Amarna Period
(context)
1350’s BCE
Akhenaton, temple of Aton, Karnak, Egypt
1350 BCE
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Thutmose, Nefertiti, Tell el-Armana, Egypt
1350 BCE
Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and Three Daughters, Tell el-Armana, Egypt
1350 BCE
Negative Relief
Innermost Coffin of Tutankhamen, Thebes
1320 BCE
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HOMEWORK
Ancient Egypt: New Kingdom Architecture
Temples
MEMORIZE THE PLAN OF EGYPTIAN TEMPLES!!! Be able to name where the
included vocabulary terms are located on an Egyptian temple plan.
1.) Define hypostyle:
2.) Define pylon:
3.) Define obelisks:
4.) Define pyramidion:
5.) What was so significant about the benben stone?
6.) Define clerestory:
7.) Who was permitted inside of the temples?
8.) What type of feeling was evoked upon entering one of these temples?
9.) What were Ancient Egyptian temples considered? Why?
10.)
What were column designs derived from?
11.)
What did the scale/size of the temples emphasize?
12.)
What was the importance of repetition (specifically regarding the
columns)?
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Plan of Luxor Temple
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1390 BCE
Hypostyle Hall, Temple of Amen-Re, Karnak, Egypt
Architectural Terms:
Pylon temples
1290 BCE
Clerestory
Hypostyle hall
Negative Relief
Flower and Bud Capitals
Temple of Ramses II, Abu Simbel, Egypt
Architectural Terms:
Façade
1290 BCE
Atlantid
Caryatid