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spotted horse and human hands paleolithic, pech-merle cave people chewed up the pigment and blew it onto the wall observed how horses looked in nature stylized and naturalistic taught people about animals behavior | |
woman from willendorf limestone, paleolithic used to be called venus which was misleading because she might not be a goddess fertility portable because they were nomadic | |
hall of bulls paint on limestone, paleolithic, lascaux france composite pose energetic and hectic portrayed bison behavior during mating season not easy access so maybe not for everyone | |
stonehenge neolithic, england, megaliths purpose is unclear, built in 3 stages years later stones were removed and ditches were used for burials | |
palette of narmer early dynastic period, egypt tribute to the falcon god horace people made things in honor of the god to gain favor with them ceremonial palette, releif indentation for grinding pigment for eye makeup wearing red crown of lower egypt | |
great pyramids of giza fourth dynasty makaure, khafre, khufu limestone and granite shape might represent shape of the sun's rays false passages to confuse invadors what you would be buried with in there is what you would have in the afterlife | |
khafre from giza, valley temple of khafre, fourth dynasty idealized portrayal material was long lasting and durable relief on the side included papyrus and lotus intertwined to represent unity | |
hatshepsut kneeling deihr el-bahri, eighteenth dynasty female but portrays an idealized man meant to be looked at from the front two offering pots highlights the importance of tradition and convention not many traditions for female monarch so she is portrayed as an idealized man | |
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akhenaten and his family amarna period, 18th dynasty shift in religion resulted in a shift in art painted limestone relief tribute to the sun god more curvy bodies hierarchic scale more interaction between family members |
funerary mask of tutankhamun back to old style of art, new kingdom a lot of gold and colored inlaid glass only tomb that was not raided with thousands of pounds of gold found did not rule for that long and was really young | |
bull leaping fresco wall painting with areas of modern reconstruction "palace" complex, crete, late minoan period bull sports only profile views not composite more stylized than egyptian art | |
octopus flask crete, new palace period marine style ceramic (depict marine life) common in aegean culture stylized and naturalistic lively and playful | |
lion gate mycenae, limestone relief sculpture of two lionesses or lions in a heraldic pose that stands above the entrance main entrance of citadel | |
mask of agamemnon funerary mask, mycenae, Greece mislabelled as agamemnon by archaologist who discovered it shapes our views of what it is like the "venus" of willendorf | |
metropolitan kouros archaic period, marble large freestanding sculptures some marked graves young males=fertility and family continuity in greek culture stance is taken from egyptian culture, rigid pose, fists clenched, one foot forward more stylized than egyptian "heroic male nude" | |
exekias Ajax and Achilles Playing a Game archaic period, black figure ceramics painting on ceramic amphora shows the hero Ajax engaged in a board game involving the throwing of dice athena stands in the center presiding over the game | |
Spear Bearer (Doryphoros) artist: Polykleitos high classical period naturalistic really studying people but also creating the desirable physique observation veering away from egyptian upright pose contraposto | |
The Parthenon Kallikrates and Iktinos part of the akropolis (high city) athens, greece maintains huge emphasis on beauty in greek art and translates that to architecture doric order columns destroyed by persians built to show that athens is strong | |
Lapith Fighting a Centaur Hagesandros, Polydoros, and Athenodoros of Rhodes high classical period to show the power of the Greeks fighting the defeated persians (centaur) doric freeze on the parthenon | |
Laocoön and His Sons hellenistic the prototypical icon of human agony shows suffering with no promise of reward do not typically show facial expressions struggling and straining bodies |
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