Prehistoric
The Old Stone Age is also called the: ⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽
Paleolithic Period
The people of Mesopotamia sought control of the land between the ⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽ and ⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽ rivers.
Tigris and Euphrates
The Old Kingdom is known as the age of the ⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽ builders.
pyramid
The Great Sphinx and the Pyramid of Khufu were from this time period.
Old Kingdom
The Temple of Amon and Stonehenge are examples of structures using what kind of construction? ⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽.
post and lintel
A group of boys following their dog discovered the paintings in the ⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽ caves in 1941.
King ⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽ of Babylonia published a code to unify legal practices in his empire.
Hammurabi
The ancient Egyptian word for the soul was: ⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽
Ka
Mastabas and Step Pyramids were from this time period.
Old Kingdom
In the art history operations, what happens in the description step?
Determine, when, where and by whom the work was done.
A large stone slab monument is called a ⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽.
Megalith
The Sumerian shrines built like stepped mountains were called ⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽.
ziggurat
The Middle Kingdom lasted from 2050 until 1800 BC and was a time of ⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽ and ⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽.
Law and order
90 foot statues of pharaohs and the Temple of Amon were from this time period.
New Kingdom
In the art history operations, what happens in the analysis step?
Identify the unique features to determine the artistic style.
The ⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽ Era is the historical period believed to have lasted from 30,000 BC until about 10,000 BC.
Paleolithic
Because this civilization mostly built with clay bricks that easily crumbled, we don’t have many surviving examples of ⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽ architecture.
Neo-Babylonian
The New Kingdom pharaoh who married Nefertiti and changed the religion of Egypt: ⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽
Akhenaton
Hyksos invasion and the Fragment of Head of King Sesostris III are from this time period.
Middle Kingdom
In the art history operations, what happens in the interpretation step?
Learn how time and place influenced the artist.
What are three unusual aspects of the construction of Stonehenge?
- Used for Astronomy: It is carefully aligned so that, if one sits at the center, one has a clear view of the summer-solstice sun rising over the heel stone
- There are two kinds of stones found at Stonehenge and some come from 140 miles away.
- How the rocks arrived on site remains a mystery. They did not have the wheel.
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Describe the accomplishment that made Hammurabi famous.
Hammurabi proclaimed a code of laws that unified the legal practices in his empire. From this code, the traditions and habits of law and order were established, modified and changed over thousands of years to form the basis of Western civilization.
Describe the rules that Egyptian artists were required to follow when painting or sculpting a figure.
Head, arms, legs and feet are shown in profile, but eyes and shoulders are seen from the front. Every part of the body must be shown.
Religious revolution and Akhenaten and Nefertiti’s portraits were from this time period.
New Kingdom
In the art history operations, what happens in the judgement step?
Make decision about work's importance in the history of art.