CHAP 3-Lesson 1

The oldest known cave painting is a red hand stencil in Maltravieso cave, Cáceres, Spain and was said to be made by a Neanderthal

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The Great Pyramid of Giza is a series of terraces was surrounded by colonnades and connected by ramps. This temple was built entirely of fìng limestone.

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Art History Cave paintings are also known as “historical art”.

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The Deir el-Bahari is the oldest of  Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one to remain largely intact. The pyramids were meant to house the pharaohs' bodies and serve as reminders of their almighty power.

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The Tomb of Caecilia Metella is an ancient Roman structure that was constructed at the end of the Roman republican period.

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Historiography is the historical study of the visual arts, being concerned with identifying, classifying, describing, evaluating, interpreting, and understanding the art products and historic development of the fields of painting, sculpture, architecture, the decorative' arts, drawing, printmaking, photography, interior design, etc.

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Europe was one of the richest and most civilized lands in the ancient world.

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In the Philippines at Sagada Caves the oldest artwork may be a relief of a shark above the cave entrance.

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The beginnings of monumental architecture in Mesopotamia are usually considered to have been contemporary with the founding of the Sumerian cities and the invention of writing.

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Decorative objects made of these materials are among China's greatest contributions to world art.

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