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Ancient Mediterranean

Cassidy Mahony Art History AP English 74 cards

Statues of votive figures

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  1. 1Statues of votive figures-Sumerian
    -shell and black limestone
    -Different heights represent hierarchy
    -gesture of prayer
    -in awe, perhaps of a deity    Statues of votive figures
  2. 2Standard of Ur from the Royal Tombs at Ur-Sumerian
    -Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazulim and red limestone
    -Two sides: war and peace
    -Perhaps used as a soundbox for a musical instrument
    -Bodies in profile    Standard of Ur from the Royal Tombs at Ur
  3. 3Seated Scribe-Egyptian
    -created for tomb as a provision for the ka
    -lifelike
    -realistic portrayal of a scribe    Seated Scribe
  4. 4Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall-Egyptian
    -Tightly packed columns
    -Elaborately painted
    -Axial plan
    -Hypostyle halls    Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall
  5. 5Last judgement of Hu-Nefer-Egyptian
    -Illustration from "Book of the Dead"
    -Anubis leads Hu-Nefer into a hall where his soul is weighed by a feather    Last judgement of Hu-Nefer
  6. 6Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II-Human headed animal guardian figures
    -legs seem to be standing still from the front but walking from the side
    -Meant to ward off enemies    Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II
  7. 7Athenian agora-Plaza at the base of the Acropolis
    -Ceremonies took place here
    -Honored Athens    Athenian agora
  8. 8Anavyos Kouros--Archaic Greek
    -Marble and paint
    -Grave marker
    -Represents ideal warrior
    -Emulates stance of Egyptian sculpture    Anavyos Kouros-
  9. 9Doryphoros-Roman (marble) copy of Greek original (bronze)
    -Closed stance
    -Averted gaze
    -Meant to be admired as an ideal warrior    Doryphoros
  10. 10Grave stele of Hegeso-Marked grave
    -Commemorates death of Hegeso
    -depicts a woman examining jewelry from her father    Grave stele of Hegeso
  11. 11Winged Victory of Samothrace-Hellenistic Greek
    -Marble
    -Meant to stand in or above a fountain
    -Draped to look wet
    -Probably built in honor of a naval victory    Winged Victory of Samothrace
  12. 12Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon-Elevated underneath a dramatic flight of stairs
    -Dedicated to Zeus
    -Parallels King Attolo's victory over Gaul, Alexander the Great defeating Persians with the gods' defeat of the titants.    Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon
  13. 13Alexander Mosaic from the House of Faun, Pompeii-Roman
    -Floor mosaic
    -Complex interweaving of figures    Alexander Mosaic from the House of Faun, Pompeii
  14. 14Seated Boxer-Hellenistic Greek
    -bronze
    -Older man, looks defeated
    -suggests injuries
    -depicts emotion    Seated Boxer
  15. 15Head of a Roman patrician-Republic Roman
    -Realism
    -veristic portrait
    -value of expression and wisdom    Head of a Roman patrician
  16. 16Forum of Trajan-Roman burial chamber of Trajan
    -Crowded composition
    -Low relief
    -Meant to impress viewers    Forum of Trajan
  17. 17Apadanaan audience hall in a Persian place
  18. 18Apotropaichaving the power to ward off evil or bad luck
  19. 19Capitalthe top element of a column
  20. 20Cuneiforma system of writing in which the strokes are formed in a wedge or arrowhead shape
  21. 21Facadethe front of a building
  22. 22Ground linea base line upon which figures stand
  23. 23Ground planthe map of a floor or a building
  24. 24Hierarchy of scalea system of representation that expresses a person's importance by this size of their representation in art
  25. 25Lamassua colossal winged human-headed bull in Assyrian art
  26. 26Registera horizontal band, often on top of another, that tells a narrative story
  27. 27Relief sculpturesculpture that projects from a flat background
  28. 28Votiveoffered in fulfillment of a vow or a pledge
  29. 29Ziggurata pyramid-like building made of several stories that indent as the building gets taller
  30. 30Amarna styleArt created during the reign of Akhenaton, which features a more relaxed figure
  31. 31Ankhan Egyptian symbol of life
  32. 32Axial plana building with an elongated ground plan
  33. 33Clerestorya roof that rises above lower roofs and thus has windows space beneath
  34. 34Engaged columna column that is not freestanding but attached to a wall
  35. 35Hypostylea hall in an Egyptian temple that has a roof supported by a dense thicket of columns
  36. 36Kathe essence of a human being that either ascends to heaven or in the statue
  37. 37Mastabaa low, flat roofed Egyptian tomb
  38. 38Peristylea colonnade surrounding a building or enclosing a courtyard
  39. 39Pylona monumental gateway to an Egyptian temple marked by two walls between which is a smaller entrance
  40. 40Sarcophagusa stone coffin
  41. 41Sunken reliefa carving in which the outlines of figures are deeply carved into a surface so that the figures seem to project forward
  42. 42Agoraa public plaza in a Greek city where commercial, religious, and societal activities are conducted
  43. 43Amphiprostylehaving four columns in the front and rear of a temple
  44. 44Amphoraa two handled ancient Greek storage jar
  45. 45Architravea plain, unornamented lintel on the entablature
  46. 46Canona body of rules or laws; in Greek art, the ideal mathematical proportion of a figure
  47. 47Caryatida building column that is shaped like a female figure
  48. 48Cellathe main room of a temple where the god is housed
  49. 49Contrappostoa graceful arrangement of the body based on tilted shoulders and hips and bent knees
  50. 50Corinthianan order of ancient Greek architecture similar to the Ionic, except that the capitals are carved in tiers of leaves
  51. 51Cornicea projecting ledge over a wall
  52. 52Dorican order of ancient Greek architecture that features grooved columns and no grooved bases and an upper story with a square sculpture called metopes
  53. 53Entablaturethe upper story of a Greek temple
  54. 54Friezea horizontal band of sculpture
  55. 55Gigantomachya mythical ancient Greek war between the giants and the Olympian gods
  56. 56Ionican order of Greek architecture that features columns with scrolled capitals an an upper story with sculptures that are in friezes
  57. 57Isocephalismthe tradition of depicting heads of figures on the same level
  58. 58KourosGreek sculpture of a standing youth
  59. 59Kratera large greek bowl used for mixing water and wine
  60. 60NikeGreek goddess of victory
  61. 61Niobethe model of a grieving mother; after boasting of her twelve children, jealous gods killed them
  62. 62Panathenaic Waya ceremonial road for a procession built to Athena during a festival
  63. 63Pedimentthe triangular top of a temple that contains sculpture
  64. 64Peplosa garment worn by women in ancient Greek, usually full length and tied at the waist
  65. 65Peristylea colonnade surrounding a building that or enclosing a courtyard
  66. 66Porticoan entranceway to a building or enclosing a courtyard
  67. 67Propylaeuma gateway leading to a Greek temple
  68. 68Stoaan ancient Greek covered walkway having columns on one side and a wall on the other
  69. 69Tholosa Greek circular shrine
  70. 70Trigylpha projecting grooved element alternating with a metrope on a Greek temple
  71. 71Tricliniuma dining table in ancient Rome that has a couch on three sides for reclining at meals
  72. 72Tufua porous rock similar to limestone
  73. 73Tumulusan artificial mound of earth and stones placed over a grave
  74. 74Tuscan orderan order of ancient architecture featuring slender, smooth columns that sit on simple bases; no carvings on the frieze or in the capitals

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Key terms and artwork from the Ancient Mediterranean period
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