Art 110 Terms for Midterm One

Terms

Art 110, Midterm One

For your reference, here are some (not all) words, proper nouns, places, and other items that you might find in the terms section of Midterm One. Don't forget that the test might also ask you to identify artists and artworks as well.
N.B. The Final Exam in this course is NOT cumulative. However, some terms are used throughout the course.

Prehistoric Art in Europe
Ancient Near East
Egypt
Aegean Art
Greek

Prehistoric Art in Europe

Periods: Paleolithic, Magdalenian
Place names: Willendorf (Austria), Brassempouy, Lascaux, Laussel, Peche-Merle (France); Palestrina (Praeneste), Pompeii, Herculaneum, Primaporta
Religious Ideas: Shamanism, sympathetic magic, hunting magic, Mother Goddess
Methods of dating: Relative vs. absolute, radiometric dating (carbon dating)

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Ancient Near East

Architecture: ziggurat,
Art terminology: Cuneiform, cylinder seal, stylization, hieratic scale, stele, relief, inlay
Periods: Neolithic, Sumerian, Akkadian, Neo-Sumerian, Babylonian
Places: Chatal Huyuk, Jericho; Sumerian: Ur, Uruk; Neo-Sumerian: Lagash
Theological figures and ideas: Votive figures, Gilgamesh, shepherd king,
Historical figures: Meskalemdug, Naram-Sin, Gudea, Hammurabi

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Egypt

Periods: Old Kingdom O.K., Middle Kingdom M.K., New Kingdom N.K., Amarna Revolutionary Period; Dynasties I - XIX
Places: Saqqara, Giza, Thebes, Karnak, Deir el Bahri, Valley of the Kings, Abu Simbel
Historical figures: Dynasty I: Narmer; Dynasty III: Djoser (Zoser), Imhotep; Dynasty IV: Khufu, Khafra, Menkaura and Khhamererneby; Dynasty XI: Mentuhotep; Dynasty XII: Senusret III (Sesotris), Lady Sennuwy; Dynasty XVIII: Hatshepsut, Senenmut (Senmut), Thuthmosis III; Dynasty XVIII (Amarna period) Amenophis/Akhenaten, Nefertiti, Tiy, Thuthmosis, Tutankaten/Tutankhamun; Dynasty XIX: Ramses II, Nefertari
Political concepts: Pharoah, Upper Kingdom, White Crown, Lower Kingdom, Red Crown, Unification of Two Egypts, hebsed festival
Egyptian religion: Horus, Isis, Osiris, Anubis, Amun, Aten, Ra, canopic deities; Mummification, ka, "Opening of the mouth",
Architectural Terms: Stepped pyramid, pyramid, sphinx, valley temple, boat burial; hypostyle hall, pylon, axial plan, post and lintel; columns with lotus bud capitals, lotus flower capitals, papyrus
Art terms, styles: hieroglyphics, ka statue, incised relief,

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Aegean Art

Historic Periods: Minoan, Mycenean
Places: Kamares, Knossos, Thera, Mycenae, Tiryns, Vapheio, Pylos
Historical- mythological figures: King Minos, Theseus, Minotaur, Ariadne; Homeric heroes: Agamemnon, Atreus,; Scholars & archeologists: Sir Arthur Evans, Heinrich Schliemann, Michael Ventris
Ideas and terms: Linear A, Linear B, labyrs, labyrinth, rhyton, matriarchy,; Light well / lustral basin, bucrania (bull's horns), Marine Style, inverted column; Cyclopean masonry, ashlar masonry, relieving triangle, corbelled vault, tholos, megaron

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