AP ART HISTORY EXAM STUDY PACKET KEY BARRON’S BOOK PAGE NUMBERS IN RED TEXTBOOK PAGES IN BLUE YEARS IN GREEN WORKS ARE UNDERLINED LOCATIONS ARE ITALICIZED PREHISTORIC ART Paleolithic Venus of Willendorf 68 17 Short‚ fat figure of a woman. It is small and meant to be carried around. Her large stomach and breasts show that she was a symbol of fertility. Lascaux Caves (Dordgone‚ France) 69 21/23 Huge set of cave paintings with many different
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Gods and Goddesses The Egyptians believed in over 2‚000 different gods and goddesses. Each god or goddesses had their own different role (creation‚ weather‚ afterlife duties‚ etc.). Others represent things such as towns or animals. Many different gods had the same role ‚but they had the role at different points in history. Egyptians believed it was important to worship their gods to keep their life running smoothly. Atum was the first god. Then‚ Atum spat out Shu and Tefnut. Shu and Tefnut had
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modern society that greediness and foolishness can lead to consequences. In the Greek myth‚ King Midas and the Golden Touch‚ King Midas has the desire to become the richest and wealthiest man in the world. King Midas had done a favor for the god Dionysus. Dionysus decided to repay him with one wish. King Midas’ wish was that he wanted everything
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The Greeks’ history began around 700 B.C. with festivals honoring their many gods. One god‚ Dionysus‚ was honored with an unusual festival called the City Dionysia. The revelry-filled festival was led by drunken men dressed up in rough goat skins (because goats were thought sexually potent) who would sing and play in choruses to welcome Dionysus. Tribes competed against one another in performances‚ and the best show would have the honor of winning the contest. Of the four festivals in Athens (each
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Chapter 9 THE ETRUSCANS ASSIGNMENTS/ WEEK 5 MULTIPLE CHOICE: ENCIRCLE YOUR ANSWER 1. The Etruscans shared a common linguistic heritage and religious reliefs‚ but they lacked which of the following? a. political cohesion b. being ruled by a king c. extensive international trade experience d. a strong navy for defense and trade 2. Which of the following allowed Etruscan society to transform itself in the 7th century BCE? a. an alliance
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One of the most famous structures on the list of the seven wonders of the ancient world is The Great Pyramid of Giza. What makes this structure the most recognizable on the list? Not only is this pyramid the oldest structure on the list‚ but it is the only structure that still remains. The Great Pyramid of Giza was the tallest man made structure in the world for 3800 years which is not only a testament to its durability but to its mark as one of the most remarkable structures built. It is no
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passages leads to the burial chamber in which a sarcop The burial chamber was carved out of a pit in the bedrock. The roof is constructed of gabled limestone beams. The chamber is rectangular‚ 14.15 m by 5 m‚ and is oriented east-west. Khafre’s sarcophagus was carved out of a solid block of granite and sunk partially in the floor. Another pit in the floor likely contained the canopic
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politician and disliked the radical democracy‚ he believed that the aristocrats should remain in power because they were better than the average Athenian. The Frogs‚ was first performed at the Lenaea in 405 BC as part of the yearly celebration of Dionysus‚ which means that everyone would have had to attend the play. Most of Aristophanes’ plays are known as ‘peace’ plays‚ however The Frogs in not considered as one. Aristophanes tries to portray an important political message in the play ‘The Frogs’
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In Genesis‚ the naked body is something considered to be ashamed of by Adam and Eve‚ but not “bad”. The bodies of Adam and Eve were created and given by the Lord God‚ which is a pure and good being. In the Sarcophagus of Junius and Bassus‚ we can find Adam and Eve in a lower section between two columns. The reliefs of them are both looking down in a contrapposto position‚ holding a fig leaf with two hands to cover their own genitals‚ standing on two sides of the tree‚ in the opposite direction with
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The Creation of Religion When an individual sits down and ponders about the world around us with an open mind‚ countless conclusions can be set on the table. Personally‚ I find it incredible that a vast majority of these conclusions are not viewed as being incorrect. This is because no one can be certain‚ and give an exact answer as to how the world around us came to be. Prior to signing up to this class‚ I have done an immeasurable amount of research about religion and its creation‚ the creation
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