Prehistoric art
It literally means before the invention of writing.
What is prehistoric?
An ancient Egyptian writing system that uses symbols to represent characters. They adorn many works and provide more context about their purpose, who is pictured, and what they accomplished during their lives
What is Hieroglyphics?
This famous huge piece of roman architecture is an amphitheater made from concrete and limestone. It was made in 10 years with no machinery, it was made to entertain the romans. It has a covered an area of 6 acres and its height is equivalent to a 12 story building.
What is the Colosseum?
In 313 AD, the emperors of the Roman Empire signed a treaty which promised that its Christian citizens would no longer be persecuted by the government and that all of its citizens had the right to religious freedom. The period after this is now referred to as the "Peace of the Church," and led to the spread of Christianity across Europe.
What is the Edict of Milan?
The name of this architecture site is an abbreviation of Qal’at al-Hamra, meaning red fort. It was built by the Nasrid Dynasty (1232-1492), the last Muslims to rule in Spain. Every single space in it is covered with decoration, it has an extensive use of rhombus geometric forms and calligraphy.
What is Alhambra?
This piece is a square hollow tube that was found in burial sites in China.
What is the Jade cong?
This stele shows a bas-relief of over 300 forms of laws that govern Babylonia and on the top it has two figures that are in the composite view (shoulders are frontal, yet the rest of the body is in profile).
What is the Code stele of Hammurabi?
This tomb shows wall paintings that gave information on funeral culture but also living society of the Etruscans. It even depicts male and female figures dancing and playing instruments.
What is the Tomb of the Triclinium?
Initiated by monk Martin Luther, it challenged the Catholic Church for selling indulgences and engaging in heresy and simony (selling things that are spiritual like church roles).
What is the Protestant Reformation?
It was made to commemorate the win of the Normans. It shows the of England between William, the Duke of Normandy, and Harold, the Earl of Wessex that occurred in 1066, in the end, William the Conquerer, or the Duke of Normandy won and became the first Norman king of England.
What is the Bayeux Tapestry?
It literally means "New Stone Age," and dates from the 6th–4th millennium B.C.E.
What is Neolithic period?
They were Sumerian sculptures of humans who had their hands folded in gesture of prayer, large, exaggerated eyes 👀, they would be praying to the gods, in behalf of the owner of the sculpture.
What are the Votive figures?
This sculpture depicts a person from the Necropolis at Saqqara, Egypt, holding a papyrus scroll and seated in a lotus position. It serves a funerary purpose.
What is the Seated Scribe?
Fought between the French House of Valois and the English House of Plantagenet, this War determined who had the right to rule over the Kingdom of France. After 116 years of fighting, the House of Valois were allowed to keep the throne, and England was forced to give up part of its territory.
What is the Hundred Years War?
A bronze statue made by Donatello, using contrapposto, showing a young man from one of the stories of the Bible, but its nudity and sensuality does not show a biblical representation.
What is David, by Donatello?
They moved eastward from Melanesia to Polynesia beginning about 4,000 years ago, and created pottery with incised geometric designs that appear across the region in multiple media today.
Who are the Lapita people?
They are tall towers that were used in religious ceremonies because their height made them close to the heavens where Sumerian gods reside; believed to connect the Earth to the heavens.
What are ziggurats?
An archaic statue of a young maiden Greek goddess (likely Artemis) placed in a Greek temple in Acropolis.
What is Peplos Kore from the Acropolis?
Spanish conquistadors began to take land from the native people who were already living there and introduce them to their language, culture, and artistic style. This led to a blending of native and Spanish techniques and motifs, which is called:
What is syncretism?
It is one of the best examples of Gothic cathedrals, it has a long history of use as a Christian space, it was built on the site of a Roman temple.
What is the Chartres Cathedral?
The caves of Lascaux are the most famous of all of the known caves in the region, inside this place we find images of the narratives of hunting, depicted by prehistoric people inside:
What is the Great Hall of Bulls?
Human headed winged bulls were very large protective genies, and were placed as guardians at certain gates/ doorways of the city and the palace.
What is Lamassu ?
A roman townhouse from one of the wealthy families who fled from Pompeii to other Roman cities after Earthquake of Pompeii in 62 CE. This architecture had wall paintings of sexual nature showing the decline of Pompeii's moral standards and decency.
What is the House of the Vettii?
Both of these Renaissances were a time of artistic rebirth in Western and Southern Europe. In one part of Europe, the ancient Roman and Greek became popular again, which inspired Renaissance artists to incorporate some of their elements into new works. In another part of Europe, Renaissance was influenced by Greco-Roman and humanistic ideals, as well, but also focused on religion.
What are the Italian and the Northern Renaissance?
This casta painting is attributed to Juan Rodríguez Juárez, casta paintings reflect increasing social anxieties about inter-ethnic mixing in America.
What is Spaniard and Indian Produce a Mestizo?