STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT NEW PALTZ INTRODUCTION TO THE VISUAL ARTS (ARH 200)‚ Professor Dewsnap Study Sheet 1 Introduction‚ Prehistoric Art‚ Ancient Near Eastern Art‚ Egyptian Art Note on Vocabulary For the terms which are not defined in the glossary of your textbook‚ please consult online dictionaries available through library website databases‚ The Oxford Art Online and The Grove Dictionary of Art. A good dictionary available in paperback is: Edward Lucie-Smith‚ The Thames and Hudson
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WORLD HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY Early Humans Australopithecines1st to grow the opposable thumb Homo Habilis“Man of Skill”‚ Traits‚ 2.5-1.5 million BC‚ Brain size = 700 cubic cm Achievements Made tools from lava rock‚Use tools to cut meat and crack bones‚ Homo Erectus‚ “Upright Man” Traits‚1.6 - 30‚000 million BC‚ More intelligent and adaptable‚ Brain size 1‚000 Cubic cm Achievements Used intelligence to develop technology Neanderthal Traits‚ 200‚000 – 30‚000 BC‚ Brain size 1‚450 cubic cm Powerfully built
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(1500BC)‚ Turkey Functions and purposes -ritual‚ ceremonial and magical AH1.2 (I) Early Civilizations: Mesopotamian Art -Sumerian art and civilization (3200-2000BC) -Sumerian city-state (3000-2100) Major art forms -Architecture: Ziggurat -Stone carves: stories from “Epic of Gilgamesh” Styles -Geometrical and mathematical Akkadian and Babylonian Old Babylonian Period (1795-1595) -King Hammurabi (1792-50)‚ Stele of Hammurabi Middle Babylonian Period (1595-1155) Old
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mathematics to build the pyramids. The Egyptians knew Geometry. The Egyptian religion involved obeying the pharaoh who was the ruler over Egypt. But Egyptians believed that the pharaoh has an afterlife were once the pharaoh dies he has to be safe and protected‚ when his soul comes back to his body he can achieve immortality and rule over Egypt once again. In order for the pharaoh to be safe the Egyptians build pyramids to honor the pharaoh but to also protect his body. Inside the pyramid there were traps
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AP WORLD HISTORY – PERIOD I (8000-600BCE) Review Week 1 - August 13 - 16. Study questions and index cards are due in class on TBD. During the Paleolithic era hunting and foraging bands of humans migrated from East Africa to Eurasia‚ Australia‚ and the Americas‚ adapting their technology and cultures to new climatic regions‚ including the use of fire‚ developing a wider range of tools‚ and exchanging people‚ ideas‚ and goods. In response to warming climates at the end of the last ice age (when
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All of the Sumerians believe in gods!! The most favorite gods they have is Enlil‚ and Utu!! They control the sun and rain!! Each city – state would build a temple for each god!! The temple they would build would be built on a pyramid-shaped tower called a ziggurat. Sometimes other kings would conquer other city-states. Then sometimes they would let the conquered cities to keep working for their own special god! Soon
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Victoria Valean 09-07-13 Period 01 Egypt and Mesopotamia: Compare and Contrast During the New Stone Age‚ also known as the Agricultural Revolution‚ two civilizations ascended. Although many similarities can be shown between the two‚ they each are very different from each other culturally‚ geographically‚ socially‚ politically‚ and religiously. Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt developed during the same time period‚ 5000-6000 B.C.‚ geographically; they both had a source main of freshwater; the
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textiles‚ and stoneware. (2) Mesopotamia’s government is known as theocracy‚ it consisted of each city having its own chief‚ working under a single ruler. (3) The Mesopotamia’s religion was polytheistic‚ the people strongly had a belief that the ziggurats connected heaven and earth. The gods or goddesses had supernatural powers‚ and other than each city having a different chief‚ it also had its own god or goddess. (4) The social structure was divided into three classes: kings and nobles‚ being
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Babylonian Laws: The laws that were later written down by the ancient Babylonians were‚ for the most part‚ laws first created by the ancient Sumerians. Achievements: Pythagoras’ Law and 360 degree circle Wheel‚ roads‚ plows‚ cuneiform (writing ziggurats (pyramids) Sumerian writing‚ medicines and astronomy (calendar) Cultural Impact: The invention of the wheel and carts by Sumerians will help long-distance travel (the Silk Roads‚ and much later‚ automobiles). The Phoenician alphabet will be the basis
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Chapter 1 — The First Civilizations The Earliest Humans Essential Question How did humans become food producers rather than food gatherers? * Domestication of animals * There was fertile soil to grow crops * Hunting animals was harder * Agriculture was a failure for a long time I can statements Explain why the development of agriculture was so crucial for the establishment of civilization. * Hunting wasn’t reliable * You may not get enough food for the day by hunting/gathering
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