Cultures and Periods• Paleolithic/Neolithic• Mesopotamia (Sumerian Assyrian,

Akkadian)• Egypt• Amarna Period• Minoan• Mycenaean• Archaic Greek• Classical Greek• Hellenistic Greek

Terms

• Hieratic Scale• Stele• Cuneiform• Votive• Minoan Marine Style• Greek Geometric

Style• Orientalizing Style

• Polykleitos’ Canon• Kouros/Kore• Contraposto• Acropolis• Parthenon

Architectural Terms

• Corbel• Post and Lintel• Ziggurat• Mastaba• Step Pyramid• Column (base,

shaft, capital)• Frieze

• Doric• Ionic• Pediment• Volute• Cyclopean

Masonry

Names

• Naram Sin• Narmer• Hatshepsut• Ahkenaten• Tutankhamen• Polykleitos• Pericles

Concepts

• Procession• Monumentality (context, form,

scale, material)• Form follows function• Storytelling• Naturalism

Marked StoneBlombos Cave, South AfricaAbout 75,000 BCE

Crossed BisonLascaux Cave, FranceAbout 15000 BCE

Wounded Man and BisonLascaux Cave, FranceAbout 15000 BCE

Stele of Naram-SinSippar (Present-day Iraq)About 2254-2218 BCE

Gudea VotiveGirsu (Present-day Iraq)About 2090 BCE

Palette of NarmerHierakonopolisAbout 2950 BCE

Funerary Complex of DjoserSaqqaraAbout 2630-2575 BCE

Menkaure and QueenGizaAbout 2490-2472 BCE

Seated ScribeSaqqaraAbout 2450-2325 BCE

AhkenatenTell el-AmarnaAbout 1353-1336 BCE

NefertitiTell el-AmarnaAbout 1353-1336 BCE

Dipylon KraterAthensAbout 750-700 BCE

Metropolitan KourosAtticaAbout 600 BCE

Anavysos KourosAthensAbout 530 BCE

Kritios BoyAthensAbout 480 BCE

Spear BearerRoman copy from Polykleitos’ originalAbout 450-440 BCE

Temple of ArtemisEphesusAbout 550 BCE

PropyleaAthens432 BCE

Temple of Athena NikeAthensAbout 410 BCE

ErechtheionAthensAbout 406 BCE

ParthenonAthens438 BCE