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Art Beyond the European Tradition
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White Temple and ziggurat Uruk (modern Warka) Iraq ca. 3,200-3,000 B.C.E., mud brick, Sumerian
ID
What kind of structure is this?
Hypostyle Hall
ID
Seated Scribe, from Saqqara. c. 2400 BC.
Limestone, height 21". Old Kingdom
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Hunting Scene, from the tomb of Nebamun, New Kingdom
ID
What does it commemorate?
Palette of Narmer, Pre-Dynastic
Commemorates how Narmer (aka Menes) unified of Upper and
Lower Egypt
ID and Style
Aerial view of the Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem,
687–692. Islamic
What is this?
Where would it be found?
What purpose does it serve?
Mihrab
In the qibla wall in a mosque.
Signifies which wall faces Mecca.
ID
Where would it be found?
Give 2 purposes it served.
Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt, tomb of Ti, Saqqara. c. 2510 - 2460 B.C. E.,Painted limestone relief, height approx. 45". Old Kingdom
Relief in the mastaba of Ti.
• Entertaining the ka in the afterlife
• Scenes of hunting to provision ka in afterlife
• Symbol of triumph of good over evil
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Stele with code of Hammurabi from Susa, Iran, ca. 1,780 B.C.E., basalt, 88 in. high, Babylonian
ID
Imhotep, Stepped Pyramid of Djoser, Old
Kingdom
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Ashurbanipal hunting lions from the North Palace of Ashurbanipal, Ninevah (modern Kuyunjik) Iraq, ca. 645-640 B.C.E., gypsum, approximately 5 ft. high, Assyrian
ID
Prayer hall of the Great Mosque, Córdoba, Spain, 8th to 10th
centuries.
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Victory stele of Naram-Sin from Susa, Iran ca. 2,254-2,218 B.C.E., sandstone, 79 in. high, Akkadian
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Last Judgment of Hu-Nefer, from his tomb, Thebes, Egypt, 19th Dynasty, ca. 1290-1280, painted papyrus scroll, 1’6” high, New Kingdom
ID
Where was it originally placed?
What was its purpose?
Pharaoh Khafre from Gizeh – ca. 2500 BCE
Found in his funerary temple
Alternate dwelling place for the ka if the mummy
should deteriorate too much
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Artist
What is it modeled after?
Mosque of Selim II, Edirne, Turkey, 1568–
1575.
SINAN
Hagia Sofia, Constantinople,
Byzantine
Why is this artwork appropriate for a mosque?
Imagery consists of architectural, floral,
and geometric designs only. No portraiture of
zoomorphic images.
ID
What shift in practices does this show?
Rock-cut tombs BH 3-5, Beni Hasan, Egypt, 12th Dynasty, ca. 1950 – 1900 BCE.,Middle Kingdom
Shift away from royal burial in pyramids to burial in rock-cut tombs.
ID
Temple of Ramses II from Abu Simbel, Egypt, ca. 1290-1224 B.C.E., colossi approximately 65 ft. high, New Kingdom
ID
Purpose
Statuettes of worshippers from Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar) Iraq, ca. 2,700 B.C.E., Sumerian
Surrogates for worshippers placed in temple on top of ziggurat. They were eternally praying to the gods
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• What was special about the person for whom theis was made?
• Who designed it?
Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut Deir el-Bahri, Egypt, ca. 1,473-1,458 B.C.E., New Kingdom
She was the first great female monarch whose name was recorded
Senmut
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Lamassu (winged human headed bull) from the citadel of Sargon II, Dar Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad) Iraq, ca. 720-705 B.C.E., limestone, 13 ft. 10 in. high, Assyrian
ID site
ID two items in the photo.
Temple of Amen-Re, Karnak, Egypt, ca. 13th century B.C.E., New Kingdom
• Obelisk
• Colossal Statues
• Pylon
ID
Style
List 3 significant aspects of this style or politics
Akhenaton and family with god Aton (sun disk Ra), Tell-el-Amarna, New Kingdom
Amarna
• Moved capital from Thebes to Amarna
• Started monotheistic religion
• Challenge to existing polytheistic priests
• Developed curvilinear style
• More naturalistic and expressive
• Greater status of wife and children
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Standard of Ur (war side) from Tomb 779, Royal Cemetery Ur (modern Tell Muqayyar) Iraqca. 2,600 B.C.E. wood, shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone, approximately 8 x 19 in., Sumerian
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