Post on 11-May-2015
1st Semester Review
White Temple and ziggurat
Uruk (modern Warka) Iraq
ca. 3,200-3,000 B.C.E.mud brick
Bent-axis plan
Statuettes of worhippers
from Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar) Iraq
ca. 2,700 B.CE.gypsum, shell, black limestonetallest 30 in. high
Standard of Ur
from Tomb 779, Royal Cemetery Ur (modern Tell Muqayyar) Iraq
ca. 2,600 B.C.E.wood, shell, lapis lazuli, red limestoneapproximately 8 x 19 in.
Cylinder sealfrom the tomb of Pu-abi Royal Cemetery Ur (modern Tell Muqayyar) Iraqca. 2,600 B.C.E.approximately 2 in. high
Head of an Akkadian ruler
from Ninevah (modern Kuyunjik) Iraq
ca. 2,250-2,200 B.C.E.copper14 3/8 in. high
lost-wax casting
lost wax casting process demo
Victory stele of Naram-Sin
from Susa, Iran
ca. 2,254-2,218 B.C.E.sandstone79 in. high
Seated statue of Gudea holding temple plan
from Girsu (modern Telloh) Iraq
ca. 2,100 B.C.E.diorite29 in. high
Stele with code of Hammurabi
from Susa, Iran
ca. 1,780 B.C.E.basalt88 in. high
Lion Gate
Hattusa (Modern Boghazkoy)
ca. 1400 b.c.e.
Ishtar Gate (restored)
from Babylon, Iraq
ca. 575 B.C.E.glazed brick
Lamassu (winged human headed bull)
from the citadel of Sargon II, Dar Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad) Iraq
ca. 720-705 B.C.E.limestone13 ft. 10 in. high
Palace of Darius I and Xerxes I
Persepolis, Iran
ca. 521-465 B.C.E.
Ancient Egypt
TombsTemples
& Timelessness
Palette of King Narmer
from Hierakonpolis, Egypt
ca. 3,000-2,920 B.C.E.slateapproximately 25 in. high
Imhotep
Pyramid and Mortuary of Djoser
Saqqara, Egypt
ca. 2,630-2,611 B.C.E.limestone
*Ka*Mastaba
Great Pyramids
Gizeh, Egypt
Pyramids of Menkaure, ca. 3,000-2,920 B.C.E.; Khafre, ca. 2520-2494 B.C.E.; Khufu ca. 2551-2528 B.C.E.limestonelargest (Khufu) approximately 450 ft. high
Khafre
from Gizeh, Egypt
ca. 2,520-2,494 B.C.E.dioriteapproximately 66 in. high
Menkaure and Khamerenebty
from Gizeh, Egypt
ca. 2,490-2,472 B.C.E.graywackeapproximately 54 1/2 in. high
Seated Scribe
from Saqqara, Egypt
ca. 2,450-2,350 B.C.E.painted limestoneapproximately 21 in. high
Ti watching hippopotamus hunt
from Saqqara, Egypt
ca. 2,450-2,350 B.C.E.painted limestoneapproximately 48 in. high
Rock cut Tombs BH 3-5
Beni Hasan, Egypt, Dynasty XII
ca. 1950-1900 B.C.E.
Senmut
Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
Deir el-Bahri, Egypt
ca. 1,473-1,458 B.C.E.
Pillar
Hatshepsutwith offering jars
Deir el-Bahri, Egypt
ca. 1,473-1,458 B.C.E.red granite8 ft. 6 in. high
Temple of Ramses II
from Abu Simbel, Egypt
ca. 1290-1224 B.C.E.colossi approximately 65 ft. high
Fowling Scene
from the tomb of Nebamun, Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1,400-1,350 B.C.E.fresco secco32 in. high
Akhenaton
from the temple of Amen-Re, Karnak, Egypt
ca. 1,353-1,335 B.C.E.sandstoneapproximately 13 ft. high
Tiye
from Gurob, Egypt
ca. 1,353-1,335 B.C.E.wood with gold, silver, alabaster, & lapis3 3/4 in. high
Thutmose
Nefertiti
from Tell el-Amarna, Egypt
ca. 1,353-1,335 B.C.E.painted limestone20 in. high
Death Mask of Tutankhamen
from Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1,323 B.C.E.gold with semiprecious stones21 1/4 in. high
Last judgment of Hu-Nefer
from Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1,290-1280 B.C.E.painted papyrus scroll18 in. high
Temple of Horus
Edfu, Egypt
ca. 237-47 B.C.E.
Prehistoric Aegean
Statuette of a woman
from the Cyclades
ca. 2,500-2,300 B.C.E.marbleapproximately 18 in. high
Palace at Knossos
Crete, Greece
ca. 1,700-1,400 B.C.E.
Bull-leaping
from the palace at Knossos, Greece
ca. 1,450-1,400 B.C.E.fresco32 in. high
Marine style octopus jar
from Palaikastro, Greece
ca. 1,500 B.C.E.ceramic11 in. high
Snake Goddess
from the palace at Knossos, Greece
ca. 1,600 B.C.E.faience13 1/2 in. high
Harvesters Vase
from Hagia Triada, Greece
ca. 1500 B.C.E.Steatite, originally with gold leaf6” diameter
Corbelled archCyclopean masonry
Citadel at Tiryns
Tiryns, Greece
ca. 1400-1200 B.C.E.
Lion Gate
Mycenae, Greece
ca. 1,300-1,250 B.C.E.limestone9 ft. 6 in. high
Treasury of Atreus
Mycenae, Greece
ca. 1,300-1,250 B.C.E.approximately 43 ft. high
Funerary Mask
from Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece
ca. 1,600-1,500 B.C.E.beaten gold12 in. high