Prehistory
an earthy pigment containing ferric oxide, typically with clay, varying from light yellow to brown or red
WHAT IS OCHER?
I am a building from the ancient city of Uruk
WHAT IS THE WHITE TEMPLE of URUK?
I am the sky god pictured on THIS palette
Who is Horus (as a bird); and What is the Palette of Narmer?
What is a Krater?
What is WET DRAPERY STYLE?
Painted on a cave wall in Chauvet, France... but long before it was known as France
WHAT IS Cave Painting with Horses, Aurochs, and Rhinoceroses?
Earliest codified system of writing
WHAT IS Cuneiform?
When the body dies, I stand in to be a container for your soul
What is a Ka statue?
This smile is not to show my happiness
What is an ARCHAIC smile?
An image made up from many smaller pieces
What is a MOSAIC?
Could be held in the palm of your hand, but you wouldn't because its an ancient artifact covered in ocher pigment
WHAT IS THE WOMAN OF WILLENDORF?
In approximately this YEAR, WE stand as a group in prayer with our eyes wide and our hands clasped
Votive Figures from the Temple of Eshnunna, c.2900-2600 BCE
We stand beside one another, in THIS ancient city, but not because we are affectionate
Who are Menkaure and Wife, in Gizeh?
“….‘set against,’ used to describe the pose that results from setting parts of the body in opposition to one around a central axis."
What is CONTRAPPOSTO
Nike of Samothrace (alt.) Nike Alighting on a Warship
The Formal Elements
What is line, shape, colour, texture, space, mass, composition?
My eyes were inlaid with shell and semiprecious stones, but you can't see them anymore.
WHAT IS Head of a Woman, Uruk (c. 3300-3000 BCE)
involves identifying and studying the content, or subject matter, and conventional motifs or symbols in works of art **PROVIDE EXAMPLE FROM THIS PERIOD
What is Iconography? and Khafre statue
I am the column style considered more feminine
What is the Ionic Order?
THIS statue of me shows I think of myself as near-deity, in THIS century
Augustus of Primaporta, Early 1st century CE
The approximate YEAR bird-headed man was painted on THIS wall
What is 15,000 BCE in the Lascaux Cave?
three-dimensional image (or imagery) whose flat background is carved away to a certain depth, setting off the raised figures. **Please also provide an example from this period that uses this
WHAT IS RELIEF; Alabaster Carved Vessel
My soft abdomen is a representation of THIS term
Who is Kay, the Seated Scribe, depicted with NATURALISM?
I am the maker of Doryphoros (Spearbearer), and my ancient treatise on THIS concept persists today
Who is Polykleitos, with the Kanon?
I am a SIGNIFICANT FIGURE in Roman culture, and my portraits are shown with THIS term
What is a Patrician, shown with Veritism?