Definition of Art History Flashcards

Bear, Chauvet Cave, ca.30,000 BCE- Prehistoric- red/black outline

Hall of the Bulls, Lascaur Cave, ca. 15,000 BCE- position of the art work (bottom of cave)- Added texture to the work (smell, lights, sounds)

Rhinoceros, wounded man, and bison,Lascaux Cave, ca. 15,000 BCE- birdlike head- prehistoric-erect penis

Woman or so-­‐called “Venus” of Willendorf, ca, 28,000 BCE- limestone- stress fertility- depict female genitalia

Stonehenge, ca. 2,100 BCE- England- stone structures fit snugly- many questions as to what this space was for

Royal Standard of Ur, ca. 2600 BCE- originally attached to wooden frame- 2 larger sections show a military victory and a celebration or ritual feast, each unfolding in superposed register- importance: hieratic scale- panels represent dual aspect of kingship: the king as a warrior and the king as priest and mediator with the god

Stele with the law code of Hammurabi, ca. 1800 BCE- earliest written bodies of law- hammurabi appears greeting sun god (shamash)- appears as a shepherd (smaller)

Fugitives Crossing a River, ca. 900 BCE- enemy fleeting w/ inflatable animal skin- no concern to relative scale or to depict from one viewpoint- primary purpose: to recount specific enemy conquest in descriptive detail

Lion Hunt, ca. 600 BCE- staged events took place underground- cut off the king's attack

Palette of King Narner, ca. 3100 BCE- expressed concept of king as unifier- to ornament a cult statue- shows kingship with size and holding enemy's head- enemy lack of clothing (humiliation)- make-up in the middle

Pyramids of Menkaure, Kafra, and Khufu,ca. 2500 BCE, Giza-

Menkaure and Queen Khamerernebty II, ca. 2500 BCE- rigid formality- identical height, left foot forward- identifies unity

Queen/King Hatshepsut kneeling, ca. 1500 BCE- depicted as a man (without breasts) and wears the dressing of a king- his son eliminated the sculptures of her and tried to erase her name

Akhenaten, ca. 1300 BCE- break dramatically with long established convention- emphasized naturalism in body- condition, or wanted to be depicted this way

Temple of Hera II at Paestum, ca. 500 BCE- doric- enneastyle (9 columns across front)- later temples only 6