Stone Age
This is a traditional, kiln-free method of firing ceramics in an open pit, campfire, or other outdoor fire.
What is open Fired?
These small copper statues were placed beneath temple floors and were not intended to be seen by humans.
What are foundation figures?
Statues carved from this material are very expressive and are typically shown reaching out and participating in working-class tasks.
What is wooden?
This is an asymmetrical stance by realistic weight distribution.
What is contrapposto?
Scholars use This clue on ancient currency to Identify and create a timeline of Roman leaders
What are coin portraits?
This is a common term used to describe the smaller pots from the Early to Middle Bronze Age.
What are accessory vessels?
Ancient Mesopotamian statuettes had this inscribed on their back.
What is cuneiform?
Statues carved from this material have filled negative spaces and keep their arms tucked in against their torso.
What is stone?
This is the term for the sculpting technique where the illusion is given that fabric is used to adorn figures.
What is wet drapery?
Thus culture influenced roman sculpture the most.
What is Greek?
This period is marked by the mastery of ironworking, leading to even more widespread and robust tools and weaponry, like steel
What is the Iron Age?
The elite and nobles had what these made in their likeness to be placed in the temple.
What are votive statuettes?
The term used to describe the facing direction of Egyptian statuary
What is frontality
A standing nude youth.
What is Kouros?
This is the term for Roman funerary masks made to resemble the deceased.
What are ancestral imagines?
This period is marked by the invention of bronze, a metal alloy, which allowed for more durable tools and weapons
What is the Bronze Age?
These are the (2) materials that Mesopotamian votive statuettes are carved from.
What is Gypsum and Limestone?
This is the group of people that display statues of the working class for their own benefit.
What are the elites?
A standing draped maiden.
What is Kore?
Late Roman art mixed these themes with realistic depiction of everyday life.
What is mythological?
These make their appearance around 4000BC, and set the trend for the development of other round bottommed forms throughout the Neolithic period: Mortlake Bowls, Unstan Ware
What are Carinated Bowls or Grimston Wares?
Votive statuettes in the temple all share common characteristics. This is the foot that they a number of them are shown to step forward with.
What is left foot?
The action or event that Egyptian statuary faces towards.
What is ritual?
This statue stands in a relaxed, asymmetrical posture. The arms have fallen off. Her image is used in pop-culture.
What is Venus de Milo?
Stark, harsh realism showing every line and flaw in Roman sculpture
What is veristic style?