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KEY IDEAS
- Mudbricks are the main building block from soil deposits left by the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers
- Conventions of hierarchal
- Early images often depict royalty and deities
- Figures and animals are depicted in profile or in twisted perspective
- New gods or guardian figures (Composite creatures)
- Assyrian lion reliefs are some of the first narratives in art history
- Invention of cuneiform- first wedge-shaped writing
- Nudity is a sign of debasement (lowering the status or quality)
- Constant political change and ruling groups\
- The cosmos play a roll in in architecture and rituals
KEY PERIODS
Sumerian Art: 3500-2340 BCE
Akkadian, Neo-Sumerian, Babylonian, and Hittite Art: 2000-1750 BCE
Middle Elamite and Assyrian Art: 1200-612 BCE
Battle of Ninevah, 612 BCE (modern day Iraq) Babylon won thus resurrecting their former glory!
Nei- Babylonian, and Achaemenid Persian Art: 559-331 BCE
Height of Persia ends at the razing of Persepolis by Alexander the Great
STUDENT RESOURCES
Key Ideas
Key Periods
Characteristics: Sculpture and Architecture
Fertile Crescent Map
Artwork List
Vocabulary List
* CRASH COURSE: MESOPOTAMIA
* CRASH COURSE: EPIC OF GILGAMESH
* YOUTUBE: STANDARD OF UR
* YOUTUBE: PERSEPOLIS: THE
PERSEPOLIS (Excavation video)
CODE OF HAMMURABI (Louvre)
CHARACTERISTICS OF SCULPTURE
CHARACTERISTICS OF ARCHITECTURE
VOCABULARY
1. APADANA
2. APOTROPAIC
3. BASE
4. BENT AXIS
5. CAPITAL
6. COLUMN
7. CELLA
8. CUNEIFORM
9. HIERARCHY OF SCALE
10. HYPOSTYLE HALL
11. LAMASSU
12. LAPIZ LAZULI
13. NEGATIVE SPACE
14. REGISTER
15. RELIEF SCULPTURE
16. SHAFT
17. STELE
18. VOLUTES
19. VOTIVE OFFERING
20. ZIGGURAT
ARTWORK LIST
1. WHITE TEMPLE AND ITS ZIGGURAT, URUK
2. SUMERIAN VOTIVE OFFERINGS
3. THE STANDARD OF UR
4. CODE OF HAMMURABI
5. LAMASSU
6. THE AUDIENCE/THRONE HALL (APANDANA) AT THE CITADEL AT PERSEPOLIS
Look over quick study guide, read up on Key Idea and Key Periods, be able to define characteristics of Architecture and Sculpture, know the vocabulary list, and finally add the Artworks listed to your flash cards. All due by next Monday, September 13, 2019. Read Garner's Art through the Ages Chapter 2, The Rise of Civilization, The Art of the Ancient Near East, Pages 31 to 53.
- S: Size of sculpture increases- shows permanence of cities
- S: Large scale reliefs within palaces
- S: Stelai commemorating the achievements of rulers
- AK: Deification of rulers
- B: Stele of Hammurabi- new set of laws
- AS: Rulers are portrayed as stoic
- AS: Cuneiform takes a leap
CHARACTERISTICS OF ARCHITECTURE
- S: Architecture was created for religious purposes
- B: World Wonder: Hanging Gardens
- H: Used stone blocks rather than baked mudbricks
- P: Persepolis
VOCABULARY
1. APADANA
2. APOTROPAIC
3. BASE
4. BENT AXIS
5. CAPITAL
6. COLUMN
7. CELLA
8. CUNEIFORM
9. HIERARCHY OF SCALE
10. HYPOSTYLE HALL
11. LAMASSU
12. LAPIZ LAZULI
13. NEGATIVE SPACE
14. REGISTER
15. RELIEF SCULPTURE
16. SHAFT
17. STELE
18. VOLUTES
19. VOTIVE OFFERING
20. ZIGGURAT
ARTWORK LIST
1. WHITE TEMPLE AND ITS ZIGGURAT, URUK
2. SUMERIAN VOTIVE OFFERINGS
3. THE STANDARD OF UR
4. CODE OF HAMMURABI
5. LAMASSU
6. THE AUDIENCE/THRONE HALL (APANDANA) AT THE CITADEL AT PERSEPOLIS
Look over quick study guide, read up on Key Idea and Key Periods, be able to define characteristics of Architecture and Sculpture, know the vocabulary list, and finally add the Artworks listed to your flash cards. All due by next Monday, September 13, 2019. Read Garner's Art through the Ages Chapter 2, The Rise of Civilization, The Art of the Ancient Near East, Pages 31 to 53.
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EGYPT
OVERVIEW
STUDY GUIDE
Map of major monuments and architecture
Kingdoms and Periods
Artworks List
Vocabulary
* YOUTUBE: CRASH COURSE- Ancient Egypt
* YOUTUBE: The Style of the Human Figure
* YOUTUBE: Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and 3 Daughters
* YOUTUBE: Egypt: A Journey Down the Nile
* YOUTUBE: Mummification for the Ancient Egyptians
* YOUTUBE: History vs. Cleopatra
TEMPLE OF AMUN RE (UCLA)
HATSHEPSUT: THE KING HERSELF (History.com)
PYRAMID TEXTS (Early Book of the Dead and Guide to the Afterlife)
SMART HISTORY: ANCIENT EGYPT
KINGDOMS AND PERIODS
The Predynastic and Early Dynastic Periods 3000-2575BCE
The Old Kingdom 2575-2134BCE
The Middle Kingdom 2040-1640BCE
The New Kingdom 1550-1070BCE
The late Period 712-332BCE
ARTWORKS LIST
1. PALETTE OF KING NARMER
2. SEATED SCRIBE
3. GREAT PYRAMIDS AND SPHINX
-PLAN
4. KING MENKAURA AND QUEEN
5. TEMPLE OF AMUN RE AT KARNAK
-PLAN
-HYPOSTYLE HALL
6. MORTUARY TEMPLE OF HATSHEPSUT
-KNEELING STATUE
7. AKENATON, NEFERTITI, AND THREE DAUGHTERS
8. TUTANKHAMUN'S TOMB, INNERMOST COFFIN
9. LAST JUDGEMENT OF HU-NEFER, BOOK OF THE DEAD
VOCABULARY
1. HIEROGLYPHICS
2. MASTABA
3. PYRAMID
4. BEN-BEN
5. THE PYRAMID TEXTS
6. MORTUARY TEMPLE
7. SPHINX
8. DIORITE
9. COLONNADES
10. CLERESTORY
11. PYLON
12. HYPOSTYLE
Look over study guide, view map of major monuments and architecture, Be familiar with the Kingdoms and Periods, know the vocabulary list, and finally add the Artworks listed to your flash cards. All due by next Monday, September 13, 2019. Read Garner's Art through the Ages Chapter , Pharaohs and the Afterlife: The Art of Ancient Egypt, Pages 55 to 83.
STUDY GUIDE
Map of major monuments and architecture
Kingdoms and Periods
Artworks List
Vocabulary
* YOUTUBE: CRASH COURSE- Ancient Egypt
* YOUTUBE: The Style of the Human Figure
* YOUTUBE: Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and 3 Daughters
* YOUTUBE: Egypt: A Journey Down the Nile
* YOUTUBE: Mummification for the Ancient Egyptians
* YOUTUBE: History vs. Cleopatra
TEMPLE OF AMUN RE (UCLA)
HATSHEPSUT: THE KING HERSELF (History.com)
PYRAMID TEXTS (Early Book of the Dead and Guide to the Afterlife)
SMART HISTORY: ANCIENT EGYPT
KINGDOMS AND PERIODS
The Predynastic and Early Dynastic Periods 3000-2575BCE
The Old Kingdom 2575-2134BCE
The Middle Kingdom 2040-1640BCE
The New Kingdom 1550-1070BCE
The late Period 712-332BCE
ARTWORKS LIST
1. PALETTE OF KING NARMER
2. SEATED SCRIBE
3. GREAT PYRAMIDS AND SPHINX
-PLAN
4. KING MENKAURA AND QUEEN
5. TEMPLE OF AMUN RE AT KARNAK
-PLAN
-HYPOSTYLE HALL
6. MORTUARY TEMPLE OF HATSHEPSUT
-KNEELING STATUE
7. AKENATON, NEFERTITI, AND THREE DAUGHTERS
8. TUTANKHAMUN'S TOMB, INNERMOST COFFIN
9. LAST JUDGEMENT OF HU-NEFER, BOOK OF THE DEAD
VOCABULARY
1. HIEROGLYPHICS
2. MASTABA
3. PYRAMID
4. BEN-BEN
5. THE PYRAMID TEXTS
6. MORTUARY TEMPLE
7. SPHINX
8. DIORITE
9. COLONNADES
10. CLERESTORY
11. PYLON
12. HYPOSTYLE
Look over study guide, view map of major monuments and architecture, Be familiar with the Kingdoms and Periods, know the vocabulary list, and finally add the Artworks listed to your flash cards. All due by next Monday, September 13, 2019. Read Garner's Art through the Ages Chapter , Pharaohs and the Afterlife: The Art of Ancient Egypt, Pages 55 to 83.
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This website is based upon work supported by:
Dr. Robert Croad for workshops, resources and time -
Marsha Russell for your generosity in sharing materials and knowledge -
and to Valerie Park for your AP Art History web site that this website is based upon.
Dr. Robert Croad for workshops, resources and time -
Marsha Russell for your generosity in sharing materials and knowledge -
and to Valerie Park for your AP Art History web site that this website is based upon.