Belief Systems (1) base info + function Flashcards

unit 2 artist-era/movement-location-year-material-function (32 cards)

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White Temple & Ziggurat

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Sumerian (iraq)
3500 BCE
Mud brick/earth
place of worship/cityhall

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Votive Figures

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Sumerian (iraq)
2700 BCE
Gypsum/shell/black limestone
represent worshippers

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Seated Scribe

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Egypt old kingdom
2620-2500 BCE
painted limestone
ka(spirit) has place to go after body decomposes

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4
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Great Pyramids

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Egypt old kingdom
2580-2510 BCE
Limestone
protect burial sites/be remembered

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5
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Temple of Amun-Re at Karnak

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Egypt new kingdom
1250 BCE
sandstone
worship/simulate creation story

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Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut

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Egypt new kingdom
1479-1458 BCE
stone/earth
worship/support her successors

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7
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Tut’s tomb & death mask

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Egypt new kingdom
1323 BCE
gold/enamel
protect tut/keep items of afterlife/show royalty

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Last Judgement of Hu-Nefer

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Egypt new kingdom
1275 BCE
papyrus
guide book into the afterlife

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9
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Athenian Agora

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Greece
450 BCE
Stone
public meeting/gathering space

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10
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Parthenon at the acropolis

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Iktinos and Kallikrates
Classic Greek
447-432 BCE
Marble
Worship (multiple religions) /House statue of athena

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Plaque of the Ergastines from the Parthenon

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Phidias
Classic Greek
445-438 BCE
Marble relief
display festival where women are involved

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12
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Nike Adjusting Her Sandal from Temple of Athena Nike

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Phidias
Classic Greek
410 BCE
Marble relief
Temple devoted to her

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Helios & Dionysus at the Parthenon

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Phidias
Classic Greek
447-410 BCE
Marble
Birth of Athena

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14
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Grave Stele of Hegeso

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Classic Greek
410 BCE
Marble/paint
express wealth/power/eliteness of Hegeso

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15
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Great Altar of Zeus and Athena

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Hellenistic Greek
200 BCE
Marble
worship/depict Zeus’ strength in the gigantomachy

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16
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Sarcophagus of the Spouses

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Etruscan
520 BCE
Painted Terracotta
individualized depiction of deceased spouses appreciating one another in death

17
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Tomb of the Triclinium

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Etruscan
470 BCE
Painting chamber/tomb
funerary celebration/eating with deceased loved ones

18
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Temple of Minerva

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Etruscan
500 BCE
wood/terracotta
worship/ represent divine triad (Zeus Hera Athena)

19
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House of the Vettii

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Roman
79 CE
concrete/frescos
status/wealth based on merit

20
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Pantheon

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Roman
125 CE
Concrete
unknown function

21
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Catacombs of Priscilla

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Early Christian Italy
200 CE
Fresco
underground cemetery for early Christians

22
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Virgin & Child between Saints

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Early Christian Mr. Sinai
600 CE
Encaustic on wood
private worship object

23
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Rottgen Pieta

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Gothic Germany
1300-1325 CE
Wood/paint
to emphasise humanity of Christ

24
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Arena Chapel

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Giotto
Puada Italy Renaissance
1303 CE
Fresco
Atone for his sins of ursury

25
Annunciation Triptych/ Merode Altarpiece
Robert Campin Northern Rennaissance 1432 CE Oil on wood private worship/glorify donors
26
Madonna and Child with Angels
Fra Filippo Lippi Italian renaissance 1465 CE Tempura on wood
27
Last Supper
Leonard da Vinci Italian Renaissance 1494 CE Fresco represent sacrament/capture reaction
28
Sistine Chapel
Michealangelo Italian Renaissance & Mannerism Vatican City Itally Fresco Where popes are elected
29
Entombment of Christ
Jacopo Pontormo Italian Mannerism 1525 CE Oil on Wood re affirm the miracle of body & blood/altar piece
30
Woman Holding Balance
Johannes Vermeer Dutch Baroque 1662-1663 Oil on Canvas
31
Virgin of Guadalupe
Miguel Gonzalex Mexico 1698 oil/canvas/wood/pearl Mary appears to Juan diego
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Golden Haggadah
Gothic Judiasm Spain 1320 CE ink gold vellum Teaching tool: story of passover