Art History Test 1

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Question 1
Paleolithic hand axe- Tanzania 60,000 BC.
Question 2
Lion-Human Germany, 30,000 BC, ivory carving- example of sculpure in the round (people and human hybrid)
Question 3
Woman From Willendorf, Austria, 24,000 BC limestone.
Question 4
Woman from Dolni Vestonice, Czech Republic 23,000 BC. Fired clay
Question 5
Wall painting with horses, rhinos and aurochs, chauvet cave, FRance 32,000 BC- Limestone
Question 6
Bird headed man with bison, Lascaux Cave France 15,000 BC- Limestone
Question 7
Stonehenge- Salisbury, England, 2900-1500 bce. (Post and Lentil)
Question 8
Human figure, Jordan 6500 bce. (fired plaster,shell paint 35'')
Question 9
Stele of Naram-Sin, Susa 2254 bce Akkadian. Limestone 6'6'' Heieratic scale (bigger the more important)
Question 10
Anu Ziggurat, Uruk (Iraq) 3000bce
Question 11
Cylinder seal of Queen Puabi- Ur (Iraq), 2600 bce Lapis Lazuli 4x2 cm
Question 12
Head of a Man (Akkadian Ruler), Nineveh 2300 bce copper alloy, (sargon-mutilations of eyes and ears were ment to destroy his power.
Question 13
Great lyre with bulls head- Ur (Iraq) 2600 bce. Wood, Gold, Silver, Lapis Lazuli, shell wood.
Question 14
Zanna Ziggurat Ur (Iraq), 2100 bce- built on the site of another temple and dedicated to the moon God Nanna. Displayed figureds of Its patron Gudea.
Question 15
Votive statue of Gudea, Girsu 2090 bce, Diorite - Culiform inscriptions dedicate the statue to goddess Nanna