Prehistory
The term was coined in the late 19th century by a Danish scholar to describe prehistory according to their tools
Stone Age
Large buildings that were used as monuments to their late pharaohs, originally housing their bodies and goods for the afterlife
pyramids
Farm workers digging a well outside the city of Xi'an, China, in 1974 struck upon one of the greatest archaeological discoveries in the world.
Terra Cotta Warriors
Pictures from colored tiles used in Greek and Romans art and architecture
Mosaics
Cathedrals in this style were often narrow inside, filled with stained glass windows, and frequently had “flying buttresses,” large, curved stone arches connected to the outside of the building to give it support.
Gothic style
The term means "Old Stone;" these were people who lived a nomadic lifestyle in small groups. They used primitive stone tools and their survival depended heavily on their environment and climate.
Paleolithic
Type of picture writing system used by the Egyptians
hieroglyphs
A.D. 79, the nearby Mount Vesuvius volcano erupted. It spewed smoke and toxic gas 20 miles into the air, which soon spread to the town, killing many of its 10,000 residents and the town vanished under a blanket of ash.
Pompeii
The first two letters of the Greek alphabet
alpha and beta
Who painted "The Arnolfini Portrait?"
Jan van Eyck
This term means "New Stone;" they discovered agriculture (farming) and animal husbandry, which allowed them to settle down in one area and how to train animals to be useful to humans
Neolithic
known as one of the great beauties of history, she was an Egyptian queen and the Great Royal Wife of Akhenaten, made famous for her bust in the State Museum in Berlin
Nefertiti
Step pyramid, a type of temple to the main god of each city, where priests would perform sacrifices and other rituals here
Ziggurats
The Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian
Three main types of columns In Greek Architecture that were used
A period in which artists north of the Alps—namely, in the Low Countries (the Netherlands and Belgium), Germany, France, and England— adopted and adapted the ideas of the Italians.
The Northern Renaissance
This term means "to live in a city."
Civilization
The architect who worked on the great pyramid of King Djoser
Imhotep
Sumerian script, the oldest discovered form of writing
Cuneiform
Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic
Three Periods of Greek Art
German craftsman and inventor who originated a method of printing from movable type which revolutionized media
Johannes Gutenberg
The 19th century by the Danish scholar who coined the term “Stone Age”
Christian J. Thomsen
The perfect balance in Egyptian art reflects the cultural value of harmony
ma'at
By 221 B.C. he had unified a collection of warring kingdoms and took the name of the First Emperor of Qin.
Qin Shi Huang Di
This style, exclusively concerned with Christian art, developed after the fall of Rome; though derived from techniques and forms of Greek and Egyptian art, this style spread to all corners of the empire, particularly where Orthodox Christianity flourished.
Byzantine Art
This was a technique used by Leonardo da Vinci to add additional perspective and dimension to paintings. It was a way of blurring the lines between subjects.
Sfumato