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Chapter 2 - Ancient Near East
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Human-Headed Winged Lion (Lamassu)
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* Guardian figure from Assyrian palace of Assumasirpal II (ruled 883-859 BC)
* Carved limestone, 10ft high
Gate of the Citadel of Sargon II
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* City of Dur Sharrukin
Ashurbanipal and His Queen in the Garden
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* Detail of relief caring from Palace of Nineveh celebrating ictory over his enemies during the Babylonian Campaign
Assurnasirpal II Killing Lions, c. 850 BCE
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* Heigh approx. 39 inches
Ishtar Gate, Neo-Babylon. 6th C. BC
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Palace of Nebuchadnezzar II (with hanging gardens) and Marduk Zuggurat
Nebuchadnezzar II
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Neo-Babylonian empire lasted from 626BC
Darius' Accomp.
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* Established a resonably fair tax-collection system
* Allowed locals to keep customs and religions
* Divided his empire into ditricts known as Satrapies
* Persepolis ceremonial capital of the empire. Audience hall. Important.
Chapter 3 - Egyptian Periods
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Palette of Narmer
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Ceremonial cosmetic palette carved gray-green siltstone (book incorrectly says schist). 25 inches high.
World's first historical document.
Represents Egypt's unificatio
Stepped Pyramid of King Djoser
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Part of the necropolis at Saqqara, Egypu. 27th Century BC. (Designed by Imhotep, ryal architect)
Great Pyramids of Giza
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Khufu
Khafre
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Ruled 2570-2544 BC. Cared diorite. Slightly over life-size
Sphinx
Know what 'Horus' means.
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God.
New Kingdon
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Egypt emerged from the Middle Kingdom stronger than ever militarily, politically, and culturally to become the preeminent civilization, without serious rival for the next 500 years
Hypostyle
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Great temple of Amun, Karnak. Rameses II.
Akhenaten
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Founded new religion- Monotheism- based on belief in one god: Aten.
Moed calpital downriver to Amarna, which he renamed Akhetaten
Chapter 4 - Early Asian Art
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India
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Earliest Cultures of India emerged along the Indus Valley
Characteristics
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* Sense of beauty
* Pervasive symbolism (iconography)
* Emphasis on capturing the vibrant quality of a world infused wtih the divine. Forms express a radiant inner spirit.
Vedic Period (1500-300 BC)
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Nomadic tribes of Aryans (nobel ones) ventured into the India subcontinent from Cnetral Asia and may have coexisted for some time before the demise of Indus Valley Culture. Indian Civ. as we know it today was largely formed from a mix of Aryan culture
Aryans were not highly organized but their langue sanskrit became the official language of Indian/Hindu tradition.
Vedic Period named for the Vedas, (Wisdom)
Hindu gods are vaired and conceptualized differently than in the west. THere are more than 20 different sankrit words for the word "god"
Shiva, lord of Existence, is the most popular in Indian art
Basics of Hinduism
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* Multiplicity of gods.
* Cycles of creation and destruction, reincarnation. Wheel of life/death.
* Caste system. Social stratifications
Buddhism became state religion during the Maurya Dynasty. 322-185 BCE under King Ashoka.
Gupta period (320-500)
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Buddhist influence peaks in India during Gupta period, before giving way to Hinduism.
Bodhisattva
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fresco - cave painting in Ajanto
Eternal Shiva
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3 faces depict different forms of the god Shiva.
Relief caving in rock-cut temple. 11 feet high
Who knows
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Terra Cotta soldiers
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From first Emperor of Qin's mausoleum (monumental building used as a tomb)
Doaist incense burner
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* Han Dynasty.
* 113 BCE.
* Bronze with inlaid Gold.
* Doa = 'the way'
* Dao de Jlng (Tao Te Ching)
* by Lao Zi (Lao Tsu)
* Stresses harmony between individuals's life and the realm of nature and the universe
Han Dynasty
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One of the peak periods of trade or something
Nanchan Temple
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* Built 782 CE.
* Wood construction.
* Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE)
* Buddhist
* Nanchang Temple is the first important surviving example of Chinese woodframe architecture
Chapter 4 - Asian Art
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NOTHING
Chapter 5 - Ancient Greece and the Aegean World
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3100 BCE - 323 BCE
3000 - 1600 BC - Cycladic Islands
3000 - 1400 BC - Minoan (Island of Crete)
1400 - 1100 BC - Mycenaean Civilization
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