AP Art History Unit 1 & 2 Test
Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters
- Ancient Egypt, (New Kingdom, Amarna) - (1353-1335 BCE) - (Limestone, 12 1/2" high) - Ankh: Symbol of life - Sunken Reliefs
King Menkaura and Queen
- Ancient Egypt, (Old Kingdom, 2490-2472 BCE) - Greywacke (with traces of red and black paint, 54 1/2") - Idolized portraits
Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
- Ancient Egypt, Luxor, Egypt - (New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, 1475-1458, 8'6") - Sandstone, carved into rock cliff - (Built for the first great female monarch in history) - (Depicted asa male figure, first ruled as Regent)
The Code of Hammurabi
- Babylonian, Iran, (1750 BCE) - (Basalt, 7'4", picture: 28") - Optical instead of stylized - (Symbolic to authority), rod in ring - Hammurabi: (on the left) receiving gifts
Standard of Ur
- From the Royal Tombs at Ur, Sumerian - 2600-2400 BCE - (wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli and red limestone) -Hierarchy of scale - Registers and twisted perspective
Audience Hall (apadana) of pairs Xerxes
- Persepolis, Iran, Persian - 500 BCE - Limestone (why it is worn) - (columns 78'8" tall) - (hall of 100 columns) - Persian beast topped capitals - Relief sculpture of 10,000 immortal army
Running Horned Woman
- Prehistoric Art, (6,000-4,000 BCE) - (Tassili n'Ajjer), Nigeria - Pigment on rock - (Roundhead period of art) - White dots and clothes indicate importance, horns indicate supernatural figure
White Temple with Ziggurat
- Uruk, Iraq (3,500-3000 BCE) - Sumerian, (Mud Brick) - Ziggurat temple base 40 ft tall - (town center/religious center) - (16 ft long w/ cella)
Great Hall of the Bulls
-(15000-13000 BCE, Paleolithic Europe) -Lascaux, France, Rock painting, found in 1940 - In cave in France, 200 images in cave, mineral pigments
Tlatilco Female Figure
-(Prehistoric, 1200-900 BCE, Ceramic w/ traces of pigment, 3 3/4" x 1 7/8") - Central Mexico, site of tlatilco - Round thighs, big eyes, individual style
Camelid Sacrum in the Shape of a Canine
- Prehistoric, (14,000-7,000 BCE) - (Small bone from an alpaca/llama) - (Tequixquiac), Central Mexico - (Found in late 1870) - Provenance: Private collections in 1950s
Statues of Votive Figures, Eshnunna
- Sumerian, (2700 BCE) - Gypsum (inlaid w/ shell and black limestone) - (2 1/2' tall) - Votive figures: gift to gods - (Represents patrons of statues)
Lamassu from the Citadel of Sargon II
- (Bur Sharrukin), Iraq - Assyrian, (710 BCE) - (Alabaster, 13" 10') - Lamassu protector spirits - (At entrances, anthropomorphic) - Had structural purpose
The Great Pyramids & Great Sphinx
- (Men Kaura, Khafre, Khufu) - (Old Kingdom, 2,550-2490 BCE) - Giza, Egypt - (Cut limestone, 450', 65') - Ashlar Masonry: Precisely cut blocks of stone w/o mortar - (Old outer casing of white limestone)
Lapita, Terra Cotta Fragment
- (Prehistoric, 1,000 BCE) - Lapita, Solomon Islands - (Incised Terra Cotta) - (Height of human face motif 1 1/2") - Commonly used object
The Amburn Stone
- (Prehistoric, 1500 BCE) - Auburn Valley (Enga Province, Paupa New Guinea) - (Greywacke, sandstone, 7 9/10" x 3" x 5 1/2") - Idolized sacred objects - Resembles enchinda (hedgehog/anteater)
Stone Henge
- (Prehistoric, 2,500-1,600 BCE) - (Wiltshire) UK - (Sandstone, tallest 24', average 13'6") - Post and Lintel Construction - (Engravings on rock, bronze age ax heads) - Burial site and temple - Sarsens: Rocks from close by - Bluestones: Rocks from far away - (Produced by harsh hunting society)
Apollo 11 Stones
- (Prehistoric, 25,000-25,300 BCE) - (Charcoal on stone, ochre: white pigment, 4 1/4" x 5") - Nambia, Apollo 11 cave - (Found in 1969 during Apollo 11) - (Artistic impulse around humans) - Composite animal forms
Jade Cong
- (Prehistoric, 3300-2200, 1 1/3" x 5") - (Liangzhu) China - Carved Jade - Chinese thought that jade had supernatural powers - Congs; discs or tubes - Motifs of monsters and dragons
Bushel with Ibex Motifs
- (Prehistoric, 4,200-3,500 BCE) - (Painted terra cotta) - Susa, Iran - Ritual pottery, (symbols to clans/families) - Stylized animals
Anthropomorphic Stele
- (Prehistoric, 4th millennium,) - (sandstone, 36" x 8") - Arabian Peninsula - Grave Marker
Temple of Amum-Re (Hypostyle)
- Ancient Egypt - (New Kingdom, 18th, 19th Dynasty) - (1550 BCE, cut sandstone and mud brick) - Karnak, Egypt, (near Luxor) - (Hypostyle: Roof supported by rows of columns)
Last Judgement of Hu-Nepr
- Ancient Egypt - (New Kingdom, 19th dynasty) - (1275 BCE, painted papyrus scroll) - Continuous narrative: Multiple moments in the same scene - Book of the Dead (Hu-Nepr royal-scribe)
Seated Scribe
- Ancient Egypt - (Old Kingdom, 4th dynasty) - (2620-2500 BCE, Painted limestone) - Saqqara, Egypt - (21" tall)
Palette of King Narmer
- Ancient Egypt - (Predynastic Egypt) - (3,000-2,920 BCE) - (Greywacke, 25")
Tutankhamun's Tomb, Intermost Coffin
- Ancient Egypt, (New Kingdom, 1323 BCE) - Gold (enamel inlay with semiprecious stones) - Cobra and Vulture: Upper and lower Egypt - Crook and Flail: Osiris' power and authority