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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Prehistory | All of human existence before emergence of writing |
| Stone Age | Lasts 2.5 million years Marked by when humans used primitive stone tools Broken up into 3 periods-- paleo, meso, neo |
| Paleolithic | 3,300,000 BCE- 8,000 BCE Old stone age Paleo-- old Lithos--stone Before writing |
| Art | Something that is created with imagination and skill that is beautiful or expresses important ideas or feelings |
| Artifact | Humanly made or modified portable object, such as stone tools... serves a utilitarian purpose |
| Venus Figures | Woman of WIllendorf-- Statues of woman with exagerated features, representing fertility/childbirth Venus-- goddess of love/beauty/victory |
| Hybrid Figures | Figures with both human and animal features ex. Lion-human, 32,000 BCE (oldest known example, most prevalent) |
| Relief Sculptures | Part of the surrounding material is retained to form a background to the projecting figure |
| Narrative Painting | Tells a story without writing ex. Bird headed man with Bison (lascaux cave in France) 15,000 BCE |
| Mesolithic | Still within the stone age 8,000-4,000 BCE Mesolithic means "middle stone age" Transition period betwen two stone ages... greater tool diversity with people starting to live in huts, shelters instead of being nomadic |
| Neolithic | 4,000-2,000 BCE Neo--"new" New stone age Better control over produce and animals, more architecture |
| Architecture | More permanent living situations, people starting planting and domesticating animals, straw becomes woven, lifespan increases... architecture starts having purpose-- ritual such as churches |
| Menhir | Standing stone Comes from two celtic words meaning stone and long |
| Domen | Single chamber tomb Like a table Dolmen means stone table |
| Post-and-lintel | Building system where strong horizontal elements are held up by strong vertical elements with large spaces between them - like a table |
| Ceramics | - people used clay in a new way -made bricks, used fire to dry clay, experimented with different techniques to make different vessels - pottery wheel invented 4,000 BCE by egyptians |
| Bronze Age | 3300-1200 BCE - use of bronze in daily life... made more precise and realistic rock carvings +imagery People used metal for weapons, tools, utensils art became more smoother, uniform lines in rock |
| Mesopotamia | 3000-2350 BCE is when Sumerian city states emerge Modern day Middle East/Iraq area Means "Land between the rivers" Fertile crescent |
| Cuneiform | System of written language during sumerian times to keep track of records and property trades |
| Votive figures | 2900-2600 BCE Found in sumerian ruins, are figures of devotees praying to the gods |
| Ziggurat | Huge stair like structures used for meeting place between humans and gods they worshipped Sumerian King Uruk made lots of Ziggurats |
| Hieratic Scaling | Artistic technique that uses relative size to indicate the importance of a figure in a work of art |
| Dynasty | Egyptian dynasties--each new dynasty started the year over at 1 |
| Pharoah | Kings job to maintain ma'at Seen as god in human form-- Horus |
| Divine right | God given right for that person to rule |
| Nile river | Egypt is the gift of the nile, Flows north towards the equator Causes flooding, fertile crescent, good for crops |
| Hieroglyph | symbols that stood for a word, sound, or idea |
| Pyramid | |
| Necropolis | City for the dead.... Place where pharaohs were buried |
| Imhotep | first architect that made the stepped pyramid of King Djoser in 2630-2575 BCE first to use columns to support a building |
| Scribe | egyptians who could read and write read and wrote as their job |
| Canon of proportions | Set of rules that define the ideal proportions for the human body in art Egyptian |
| Obselisk | |
| Canopic Jars | |
| Encaustic Painting | |
| Amarna Style | Masculine and feminine style, used for pharaohs |
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