made of bone, stone, or metal

art style is similar to egyptians due to close relationships

used symbols and specific animals

steles upon the walls of temples, tombs, and palaces

depicts scenes of battle and images of Gods and kings as ornamentation and to pay tribute to those they honored.

clay, soil, reeds, rushes

bricks made of mud and chopped straw; either sun dried or kiln fired

timber, copper, tin, lead, gold, silver imported

one of the oldest forms of writing known

"wedge-shaped" using a reed stylus

first developed by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia around 3,500 BC

Select all choices that is related to Ancient Near East Art Decorations

WHAT'S THE DEFINITION OF...

Ziggurats

WHAT'S THE DEFINITION OF...

White Temple and Ziggurats

also known as modern day middle east

artifacts made of stone, clay, and known metals

art style similar to egyptians due to close relationships

development of the cuneiform

Ancient Near East started at this period

Ancient Egypt started at this period

These are the artifacts of the Ancient Egypt

In this Pre-dynastic Period (6000-c. 3150), images of animals, human beings, and supernatural figures are the focus. They express an important value of Egyptian cultural consciousness: Balance

WHAT'S THE DEFINITION OF...

Ma'at

Egyptian Art is functional

Egyptian Art serves as home for a spirit of god

Which are the styles of Egyptian Art

a system of writing which uses logograms, rather than an alphabet, to represent an idea, a subject, or a word.

most formal statues show a prescribed frontality, to face the sun, or the rituals performed before them

(1) originated from the greek term "hieros" and (2) "glyphein"

the egyptian cursive script used by priests or high officials

used only for administrative, legal, and commercial texs

Egyptian Art express justice, harmony, and balance in culture and art. Its subjects include animals, human beings, gods and supernatural figures. Materials are clay, lake pigments, wood, and plants. Its artworks are FUNCTIONAL and has an EMBLEMIC style.

the four art periods of Ancient Greek Art

the re-emergence of paintings on ceramic

desimated population; before period

geometric shapes from Mycenean people

this is a term named upon a painter of mark graved pots

these have elongated arms, simple linear forms, cylindrical arms, natural shaped legs

dated from 800 - 490 BCE

onset of the Greek Olympic Games

political and social developments

became city state polis

ruled by tyranny

this period is more naturalistic, but also idealized, sculptures are made with marble

name of the (1) young boy and (2) young girl statues of the Ancient Greek Art Archaic Period

dated from 490-323 BCE

era of Alexander the Great

naturalism in human form

"Golden Age"

peace and victory gave way to great innovation in all aspects

sculptures in the classical period are much more dynamic in poses

considered as the most important surviving building of classical Greece

this is the period of uncertainty at Roman Greece. More diverse and wider in subject and more dramatic but natrual

the Hellenistic period's Architecture adapted to accommodate more people and has more elaborate and dynamics

Who are the Ancient Greeks' predecessors?

this civilization is located at the Northern mediterranean

the bronze age

3 inter-related cultures (Cycladic Islands, the Minoans of Crete, and the Myceneans of the mainland of Greece)

these two archeologists are part of the Aegean discovery

Aegean Cycladic art is from Nomadic people, non-monumental architecture, portable art, cycladic carved stone figures; mostly female, pottery; handmade; utilitarian, funerary functions

Aegean Minoan art is less advanced than cycladic (designs are inspired by aquatic life)

Aegean Minoan bull activity

Aegean Mycenean Art includes indigenous greeks before classical greek civilization

advanced with their own culture and trade practices

most remembered for grand citadels and town centers