What time period (1500-8000 BC) is defined by a population of nomadic Hunter/Gatherers ?
100
LINTELS
What are horizontal slabs which join posts/pillars ?
100
a carved limestone fertility goddess
What is the (25,000-21,00 BC) Venus of Willendorf?
100
Human skull
facial features were reconstructed w/plaster to form a
PORTRAIT- to reassure the remaining household that the individual still exists after death.
What is Neolithic plastered skull and what purpose did it serve?
100
King Assurnasirpal II (Assyria/Iraq)
Which King had artists create the First Visual Story (friezes similar to filmaker's storyboard) that displayed gruesome scenes but no emotion- the alabaster reliefs chronicled his power via the wars he fought.
200
NEOLITHIC New Stone
What time period (6000-4000 BC) is defined by a population who began to cultivate the land w/ herded animals?
200
MENHIRS Men (stone) Hir (long)
What are upright (monoliths) single stones, which are interpreted as phallic fertilizers of Mother Earth?
200
Lascaux, Dorrdogne, France
15,000-13,000 BC
Where is the Hall of the Running Bulls and when was it painted (individual bulls are 13-16 ft long)?
200
Earliest known written language- Script that was found on clay tablets using abstract wedge-shaped characters. Originally used for court records.
What is a CUNNEIFORM?
200
Darius the Great (Persia/ Iran)
Who ruled the 1st Empire and ensured that ambassadors from the 20 nations would feel welcome by having artists recreate each of their cultures on the stairway at Persepolis?
300
MESOLITHIC Middle Stone
What time period (8000-6000 BC) did the population begin to settle in an area versus roam as nomads?
300
DOLMEN dol (table)
What is a chamber that has 2 stones as legs covered w/ a single stone; which served as a tomb.
300
Sculpture In the Round -is completely detached from original material- seen from all sides (i.e. Venus of Willendorf)
Sculpture In Relief- remains partly attached (at least one angle) to original material (i.e. Venus of Laussel)
What is the difference between sculpture in the round and in relief?
300
Gilgamesh (an epic poem) that is one man's search for Eternal life
Who was the 1st Action Hero whose story lives on but his city of URUK is long gone?
300
Monumental limestone statues that guarded the place entrances- combine animal and human figures- considered divine in power.
What is a Lamassu?
400
Painting, music, dancing: each is a piece a story that
the community knows well.
What elements need to come together to complete sacred/secret Aboriginal Rock communal artwork?
400
CROMLECHS
What is a circular space that is marked-off by the use of menhirs?
400
Unbalyanya Hill Australia
Where is the painting of Men & Women Hunting Kangaroos?
400
Basalt,
51 cuneiform columns that describe the Law code and a relief image of Hammurabi before the sun god Akkadian
What was the Law Code of Hammurabi stele made of and what 2 artistic elements does it demonstrate?
400
A detailed record of origin and ownership of an art object.
What is provenience?
500
Documentation of Shaman's hallucinations/vision while in a trance state.
What does cave art depict?
500
SARSENS huge, local sandstone harder than granite,
BLUESTONES smaller stones from Whales
What are the names of the 2 stones (one local, one from Whales) used at Stonehenge?
500
Salisbury, England
Where is Stonehenge?
500
Assyrian (Iraq) King Assurnasirpal II
Which King cast himself as Gilgmesh and had artists carve the stories in friezes and paint in vibrant colors throughout the Palace of Nimrud?
500
Darius the Great-
An archer to communicate:
wisdom/leadership/balance/control