Chapter Three

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1 - Africa, Europe, and the Near East in the Stone Age
3 - Ancient Egypt
4 - Prehistoric Aegean
5 - Ancient Greece
9 - Etruscans
10 - Ancient Rome
11 - Early Christian
12 - Byzantium
16 - Early Medieval
17 - Romanesque
18 and 19 - Gothic
20 - Fifteenth Century Northern Europe and Spain
21 - Fifteenth Century Italy
22-High Renaissance
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Artist:Unknown
Title:Palette of King Narmer
Location: Hierakonpolis, Egypt
Date: 3,000-2,920 BC
Description: Predynastic. Slate. 25 in. high. Early work that commemorates time when Uper and Egypt became united into one country. Has hieroglyphic name of King Narmer. The king is larger than other objects, conveying his importance. The hawk is a symbol for the king. Papyrus is a symbol of lower Egypt; Lotus of Upper Egypt.

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Book #3-2

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Artist:Unknown
Title:Palette of King Narmer
Location: Hierakonpolis, Egypt
Date: 3,000-2,920 BC
Description: Predynastic. Slate. 25 in. high. Early work that commemorates time when Uper and Egypt became united into one country. Has hieroglyphic name of King Narmer. The king is larger than other objects, conveying his importance. The hawk is a symbol for the king. Papyrus is a symbol of lower Egypt; Lotus of Upper Egypt.

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Artist:Imhotep (architect)
Title: Step Pyramid of Djoser
Location: Saqqara, Egypt
Date:3rd Dynasty. 2,630-2.611 BC
Description: Heb-Sed court from East in foreground.

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Artist: Imhotep (architect)
Title: Heb-Sed Temple: columns and gate
Location:Step Pyramid of Djoser, Saqqara, Egypt
Date: 3rd Dynasty
Description: Engaged column is attached to wall and doesn't serve any purpose. Temple is made of stone.

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Artist: Unknown
Title:Step pyramid of Djoser complex
Location: Saqqara, Egypt
Date: 3rd Dynasty
Description: South Court - SW corner. Made from stone to last.

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Artist: Unknown
Title: Great Pyramids: (left to right) Mendaure, Khafre, Khufu
Location: Gizeh, Egypt
Date: Respectively, 2,490-2,472 BC; 2,520-2,393 BC; 2,551-2,528 BC
Description: From South. Made from stone. White stone on top of pyramids was removed. The pyramids are monuments marking dead pharoah's tombs.

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Artist: Unknown
Title: Great Pyramids: (left to right) Mendaure, Khafre, Khufu
Location: Gizeh, Egypt
Date: Respectively, 2,490-2,472 BC; 2,520-2,393 BC; 2,551-2,528 BC
Description: From Southwest.

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Artist:Unknown
Title:Egyptian wall painting (top) and Tomb relief (bottom)
Location: Thebes, Egypt and Memphis, Egypt
Date:REspectively, 1,500 BC and 2,600BC (4th dynasty)
Description: Top: from tomb 261. 29.5 x41.25 inches. Bottom: Priest at Memphis seated before table of offering from tomb of Ra-hetep at Maydum. Scenes from everyday life. Registers with different scenes in each. Composite view of people - profile head and limbs, frontal torso.

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Artist:Unknown
Title:Stela of Senu
Location: Tuneh, Egypt
Date:18th dynasty. 1,400 BC
Description: Limestone. 29.25 x 12.5 inches. Relief cut into rock.

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Artist:Unknown
Title:Kafre (Chefren)
Location:?
Date:2,500 BC
Description: Standing. Chisled from the front and side of a block to create sculpture. One leg forward. Not much negative space.

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Book #3-13

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Artist:Unknown
Title:Mycerinus and His Queen
Location: Gizeh, Egypt
Date:2,499-2,171 BC
Description: Dark slate. 54.2 inches. Hands at sides, not much negative space. Idealized bodies.

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Artist:Unknown
Title: The Pharoah Mycerinus between to Goddesses
Location:?
Date:2,470 BC
Description: Goddess Hathor and Goddess of the Jackal Nome. Pharoah has muscular (idealized) body.

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Artist:Unknown
Title:Prince Rahotep and his wife Nofret
Location: ?
Date: 2.580 BC
Description: Painted limestone. 47.25 inches high. Color, attached to background.

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Artist:Unknown
Title:Seated Scribe (Kay?)
Location:Saqqara, Egypt
Date: 5th Dynasty; 2,450-2,350 BC
Description: Painted limestone. Approx. 1.75 ft. high. Has flabby figure, not attached to background, sitting on ground. More realistic.

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Artist:Unknown
Title: Prince Ankf-haf
Location:?
Date:2,600 BC
Description: 22 inches high. Carved in stone. Portrait bust.

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Artist:Unknown
Title: Prince Ankf-haf (Profile)
Location:?
Date:2,600 BC
Description: 22 inches high.Carved in stone. Portrait bust. Looks less stiff and blockish. Freestanding.

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Artist:Unknown
Title:Temple of Amen-Re
Location:Karnak, Egypt
Date: 18th - 19th Dynasty
Description: Entrance to Hypostyle Hall. Entryway lined with columns, reliefs on walls; columns and lintels.

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Artist:Unknown
Title:Temple of Amen-Re
Location:Karnak, Egypt
Date: 18th - 19th Dynasty
Description: Avenue of Rams and Sphinxes; first pylon. Gate with sloping sides.

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Artist:Unknown
Title:Temple of Amen-Re
Location:Karnak, Egypt
Date: 18th - 19th Dynasty
Description: Hypostyle Hall: side aisle columns Reliefs on columns, reverse reliefs chisled down into surface to maintain column's surface. Clerestory to let light in.

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Artist:Unknown
Title:Temple of Amen-Re
Location:Karnak, Egypt
Date: 18th - 19th Dynasty
Description: 2nd Pylon; Hypostyle Columns. Columns with capitals.

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Artist:Unknown
Title:Temple of Amen-Re
Location:Karnak, Egypt
Date: 18th - 19th Dynasty
Description: Temple of Ramses III. Court. Massive statues on columns supporting building or engaged.

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Artist:Unknown
Title:Funerary Temple: Ramses III
Location:Karnak, Egypt
Date:11,198-1,167 BC
Description: Pylon Entrance. Sloped pylon sides. Columns have plant capitals.

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Artist:Senmut (Architect for temple of Hatshepsut)
Title: Temples: Mentuhotem II, III (Left) and Hatshepsut (Right)
Location: Deir el-Bahri, Egypt
Date: Respectively, 11th Dynasty and 18th Dynasty.
Description: View from South. Rock-cut temple. Hatshepsut declared herselph pharoah and build morturary temple.

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Artist:Senmut (Architect)
Title:Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
Location:Deir el-Bahri, Egypt
Date:18th Dynasty
Description: General view from southeast. Senmut was Hatshepsut's chancellor, architect, and possibly her lover. Rows of columns (colonnade), terraces with plants growing on each level, reached by ramps.

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Artist:Unknown
Title:Head of Hatshepsut
Location:?
Date:?
Description:She is depicted as a man - false beard and cobra.

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Artist: Unknown
Title: Queen Nefertiti
Location: Tell el-Amarna, Egypt
Date: 18th Dynasty; 1,353-1,335 BC
Description: She was the wife of Akhenaten. Statue is painted limestone, 20 inches high.

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Artist:Unknown
Title:Daughters of Akhenaten
Location:?
Date:1,360 BC
Description: 11.75 by 16 inches. Shows loose style, red hue. Wall painting. Informally posed with composite view.

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Artist:Unknown
Title:Entrance to Tutankhamun's Tomb
Location:Thebes, Egypt
Date:?
Description: Only famous because the tomb was intact.

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Artist:Unknown
Title:Treasury of Tutankhamun
Location:Thebes, Egypt
Date:?
Description:

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Artist:Unknown
Title:King Tutankhamun's Mummified Head
Location: Thebes, Egypt
Date: 18th Dynasty
Description: Found mummy

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Artist: Unknown
Title:Tutankhamun crowned by Amun
Location:
Date: 1,630 BC. 18th Dynasty
Description: Limestone. 6 inches high. Supposed to be divine - hand on head.

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Artist:Unknown
Title:Coffin of Tutankhamun
Location:Thebes, Egypt
Date:18th Dynasty. 1,323 BC
Description: Gold inlaid with enamel and semi-precious stones. Approx. 6 feet, 1 inch long. Innermost coffin. Had shephard's crook and flail - symbols of power/pharoah.

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Artist:Unknown
Title:Gold Mask
Location:Thebes, Egypt
Date:18th Dynasty. 1,323 BC
Description: Gold with inlay of semiprecious stones. 1 foot, 9.24 inches high. Mask that the mummy wore directly on his head. Has cobra, beard - signs of pharoah.

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Artist:Unknown
Title:Canopic Coffin
Location:?
Date:18th Dynasty
Description: Gold inlaid with Gems. 8 7/8 inches long. Holds body parts (one of four jars). Looks like coffin. Liver, stomach, spleen, lungs, etc.

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Artist:Unknown
Title:Sun God on a Lotus Flower
Location:?
Date:?
Description: Painted wood. 11 3/16 inches high. Represents infant sun god at moment of creation, emerging from the blue lotus that grew in a pool left by the receding waters of the primordial ocean. By having this model in his tomb, Tutankhamun would be reborn as the sun god everyday.

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Artist:Unknown
Title:Golden Shrine
Location:?
Date:18th Dynasty
Description: Wood overlaid with gold. 19 7/8 inches high, 10 7/16 inches wide, 12 9/16 inches deep. Used to have a statue in it.

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Artist:Unknown
Title:Selket
Location:?
Date: 18th Dynasty
Description: Gilded wood. 53 5/8 inches high. One of 4 goddesses who stood outside shrine housing chest containing Tutankhamun's organs. She is associated with childbirth, nursing, and control of magic. Resembles Armana style.

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Artist:Unknown
Title:Horus the sun god as a Falcon
Location:?
Date:?
Description: Jewel, inlaid gold. Holds symbols for life and infinity in each talon. Ankh in talon.

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Artist:Unkown
Title:Ibex vase
Location:?
Date:18th Dynasty
Description: Alabaster (stone). 10 13/16 inches high, 15 1/8 inches long, 7 9/16 inches wide. Hollow body. Holds liquid.

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Artist:Unknown
Title:Shawabty Figure
Location:?
Date:18th Dynasty
Description: Wood. 18 7/16 inches high. Supposed to serve King Tut in afterlife. Soft, plastic style.

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Artist:Unknown
Title: Model Boat
Location:?
Date:18th Dynasty
Description: Painted wood. 8 1/16 x 47.25 x 6 7/8 inch beam. Carries King Tut to afterlife.

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Artist:Unknown
Title:Double Case
Location:?
Date:18th Dynasty
Description: Gold with gems. 6 5/16x 3 7/16 x 1 11/16 inches. Reliefs of King Tut. Holds oil and liquids.

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Artist:Unknown
Title: Headrest
Location:?
Date:18th Dynasty
Description: Ivory. 6 7/8 inches high, 11 7/16 inches long, 3.5 inches wide. Holds head of mummy. Lions symbolize earth.