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THE ANCIENT WORLD
(chapter 17)
We begin the timeline of recorded Art History
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Of the U.S., who would it be? Why?
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the Czech Republic and Pope John Paul II
HOMO SAPIENS
in the
PALEOLITHIC ERA
made the first “art”
30,000 to 20,000 BCE
Paleolithic Landscape - Syria
Wall painting with three horses facing one another, Chauvet Cave. c. 30,000 BCE.
LASCAUX CAVES IN FRANCEWalking with Cavemenhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnSq0c7jM-A&feature=fvst
Venus of Willendorf. c. 25,000–20,000 BCE.height 4 1/2 in.
Basin. Majiayao culture, Majiayao phase, c. 3000–2700 BCE.diameter 11 in.
Basin. Majiayao culture, Majiayao phase, c. 3000–2700 BCE.diameter 11 in.
Stonehenge. c. 2000 BCE.
Secrets of Stonehengehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6oxmxPKoSE
Worshippers and deities from the Abu Temple. c. 2900–2600 BCE.height of tallest figure 30 in.
Ancient Babylon
WALLS OF BABYLON TODAY
Stele of Hammurabi. c. 1760 BCE.height of stele approximately 7 ft.; height of relief 28 in.
Assurnasirpal II Killing Lions, from the palace complex of Assurnasirpal II. c. 850 BCE.
height approximately 39 in.
Cradle of Civilization
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjI4p8_NZVc&feature=related
Palette of King Narmer (front). c. 3000 BCE.height 25 in.
Palette of King Narmer (back). c. 3000 BCE.height 25 in.
King Khafre. c. 2530 BCE.height 66 1/8 in.
AKHENATEN
Queen Nefertiti. c. 1365 BCE.height 19 5/8 in.
Title: Painted chest
Artist: n/a
Date: c. 1350 BCE
Source/Museum: Tomb of Tutankhamen, Thebes. Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Bolton Picture Library.
Medium: n/a
Size: Length approx. 20 in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwC-5GkAePY&feature=related
THEBES
THE AEGEANCIVILIZATION
MinoanMycenaen
Greek
The Warrior Vase. Mycenae, c. 1200 BCE.Height approximately 14 in.
The “Toreador” fresco. c. 1500 BCE.Height, including upper border, approximately 24 1/2 in.
The City-States of Ancient Greece.
The Acropolis today, viewed from the southwest, Athens, Greece.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/parthenon/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AIXvZRsiq4&feature=related
The GREEKS
Phidian
Nike, from the balustrade of the Temple of Athena Nike. c. 410–407 BCE.height 42 in.
The GREEKS
Hellenistic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RjBePQV4xE&feature=related
Apoxyomenos (The Scraper). c. 350–325 BCE.height 6 ft. 8 1/2 in.
Nike of Samothrace. c. 190 BCE.height approximately 8 ft.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88gXWW3qN7o
The ROMANS
Copied the Greeks
The Laocoön Group. Roman copy, perhaps after Agesander, Athenodorus, and Polydorus of Rhodes. First century CE.
Portrait of a Boy. Early third century BCE.height 9 in.
She-Wolf. c. 500 BCE.height 33 1/2 in.
Augustus of Primaporta. c. 20 BCE.height 6 ft. 8 in.
The Arch of Titus. c. 81 CE.height 50 ft., width 44 ft. 4 in.
Attributed to Apollodorus. Column of Trajan. 113 CE.height originally 128 ft., length of frieze approximately 625 ft.
The EAST
ChinaJapanIndia
Flying Horse Poised on One Leg on a Swallow. Late Han dynasty, second century CE.
height 13 1/2 in., length 17 3/4 in.
Ritual Disc with Dragon Motif (Pi). Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, fourth–third century BCE.
diameter 6 1/2 in.
Lady of Dai with Attendants. Han dynasty, after 168 BCE.
The Great Stupa at Sanchi, view of the West Gateway. Founded third century BCE, enlarged c. 150–50 BCE.
Shrine height 50 ft., diameter 105 ft.
Western Christian ChurchesAround 300 bce had a distinct design
A Buddha is a person who is completely free from all faults and mental obstructions.In general, ‘Buddha’ means ‘Awakened One’, someone who has awakened from the sleep of ignorance and sees things as they really are. A Buddha is a person who is completely free from all faults and mental obstructions. There are many people who have become Buddhas in the past, and many people will become Buddhas in the future….There is nothing that Buddha does not know. Because he has awakened from the sleep of ignorance and has removed all obstructions from his mind, he knows everything of the past, present, and future, directly and simultaneously. Moreover, Buddha has great compassion which is completely impartial, embracing all living beings without discrimination.
He benefits all living beings without exception by emanating various forms throughout the universe, and by bestowing his blessings on their minds. Through receiving Buddha’s blessings, all being, even the lowliest animals, sometimes develop peaceful and virtuous states of mind. Eventually, through meeting an emanation of Buddha in the form of a Spiritual Guide, everyone will have the opportunity to enter the path to liberation and enlightenment. As the great Indian Buddhist scholar Nagarjuna said, there is no one who has not received help from Buddha.