Unit Vocab
Art work that tells a story or a visual sequence of events
What is narrative art?
Monarch-headed, eagle-winged, bull/lions that guard the entrances of Assyrian palaces are called
What is Lamassu?
Often seen in Egyptian art including the Amarna style, this is also known as twisted perspective. It is a pose that shows multiple views of the body at once.
What is composite view?
During the Amarna period the Pharaoh Akhenaten believed in one god -- Aten. The belief in one god is called
What is Monotheism?
These are written in Cuneiform on the Code of Hammurabi
What are law codes?
What are laws governing crime and punishment?
Horizontal banding often on top of another that depict different scenes or is used as a narrative tool
What is a register?
These sculptures Sumerian sculptures are characterized by their over-sized shell inlaid eyes, their clasped hands, males in skirts/females in one-shoulder robe, and serious expressions
What is a votive statues or votive figure?
The kind of religion in Ancient Egypt (excluding the Amarna period)
What is Polytheistic?
The god Aten is depicted this way during Amarna period.
What is a sun-disc?
The two figures shown on the Code of Hammurabi are __________ and _____________. This image legitimizes the king's right to rule.
What is god and king?
The use of this precious material in the Standard of Ur demonstrates the Persians vast trade network with foreign lands
What is lapis azuli?
From the Assyrian culture, the purpose of mythological Lamassu statues
What is A guardian of the entrance to a royal complex or palace?
Used as a guidebook to making way to the after-life, A Book of the Dead was painted on this surface
What is papyrus?
This is one of the ways that artwork from the Amarna period breaks tradition from typical Ancient Egyptian art
What is curvilinear lines?
What is elongated heads?
What is bloated bellies?
What is non-idealized?
What is the depiction of the sun-disk (monotheism) opposed to showing many different gods (polytheistic)?
This Old Kingdom Egyptian sculpture depicts a man with a more naturalistic, non-idealized body. This person was a lower status than a Pharaoh/queen which is why sculptors were able to break tradition and show him this way. This sculpture is named ________________
Who is Seated Scribe?
What is necropolis?
A massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mudbricks. It is associated with religious complexes in ancient Mesopotamian cities. The White Temple at Uruk is located atop one of these.
An ancient Egyptian mudbrick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof
What is a Mastaba?
One way that the House Altar depicting Akhenaten, Nefertiti and Three of their Daughters, shows continuity with Egyptian art traditions
What is composite view?
The enlarged eyes and awe-struck expression seen in the Sumerian Votive figures is reflective of the way the gods were viewed in Mesopotamia. (How were the gods viewed and what made the Sumerians believe this?)
What is erratic and unpredictable gods? This was caused by the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, which were unpredictable, difficult for irrigation, destructive flooding, hard to navigate
The architect of Amun-Re included this architectural feature to allow more light into the temple. This feature is part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light
What is a Clerestory?
The Audience Hall of Darius and Xerxes at Persepolis was built circa __________
What is c. 520 - 465 BCE
Justice and morality are major themes in this artwork as it depicts a narrative scene in which a mortal is having their soul weighed and are awaiting divine judgement from the gods. This painted piece would have been buried with the person in order to guide them into the afterlife.
What is Hunefer's Book of the Dead?
The Amarna period displays many stylistic changes including; curvilinear bodies, non-idealized depicts of the pharaoh & queen, elongated heads, a flat sun-disc in the sky. The main cause of this change in style.
What is new religious beliefs?
What is switching to Monotheism (Aten aka Sun God)
Name one artwork that uses Hierarchy of Scale to demonstrate power
Standard of Ur, Palette of Narmer