Neolithic and Paleolithic
How did people get food during the Paleolithic period?
Hunting and Gathering
What was the first system of writing?
Cuneiform
Who is your TA?
It is either Heather or Hannah and you better know!
What was the European fascination with Egypt in the 1800s called?
Egypytomania
What is the ka?
The soul
What is the function of Stonehenge?
Calendar
What is the name for ancient stepped pyramids?
ziggurat
What is context?
The circumstances surrounding the creation of art.
ie artist, patron, current events, how was it made, why was it made, etc.
What artifact led to the ability to decipher ancient Egyptian languages?
Rosetta Stone
What is a mastaba?
An egyptian tomb; flat roofed structure
What major changes occur to human society during the Neolithic period?
Farming, permanent occupations, larger groups
During the Neolithic people domesticated plants and later animals. People begin to live in permanent settlements and over time the population sizes grow
What figures appear in the relief above Hammurabi's Code?
What is content?
The meaning of art, combines what you see and context
What was the name for the standardized measurements used to depict people in ancient Egypt?
Canon of Proportions
What art was created for the deceased to show the process of their preservation and their journey to the afterlife?
The Book of the Dead
What was the function of cave art?
Rituals associated with hunting
What 3 themes are most common in Ancient Near Eastern palace art?
1. Battles
2. Hunting
3. Tribute
What is style?
What you see when you look at the art
ie colors, lines, perspective, composition, etc.
What does the Palette of Narmer depict?
The unification of Upper and Lower Egypt
What kind of images would you see on the walls of tombs?
Scenes from the deceased's life
What clues indicate the purpose of cave art?
Focus on large mammals (with fat deposits), the difficulty of creating them, focus on the process rather than the appearance, importance of hunting to them etc.
Why does political art depict scenes of hunting and battle so often?
PROPAGANDA!
The rulers wanted to show themselves as powerfulWhat visual tool uses scale to show who is the most important or powerful in a piece of art?
hieratic scale
What was special about the relief of Akhenaton and his family?
Family scenes were rare (especially with children)
You could also mention the depiction of a monotheistic god
Name three figures from the scene of judgement
The deceased (our example was Hunefer), Osiris, Ma'at, Anubis, Horis, Isis, Nephthys, Amit