ART 176 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Monotheism, Great Sphinx Of Giza, Lead Poisoning
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Mammoth ivory, 11 5/8 inches high bigger than usual!!! Sculpture in the round- has been sculpted on all sides. Naturalism-trying to make the bison look like the real life bison -> natural world. Abstract- hair lines on bisons neck, more simple and less exact. Circle is 97" in diameter, each 24" high. Post and lintel construction- walls, and then roof. very basic. *cave people did not actually live in the caves. They used the caves for religious or sacrificial reasons, cermeonies. Negative- just the outline of the animal, not filled in. People never lived in the caves, no human bones found in caves only mammoth like bones. People used the caves only for painting or ceremonies. A lot of skulls covered in calcite. Southern mesopotamia, administrative proto- cuneiform tablet with cylinder seal impressions: 3100 b. c. Canaanite cuneiform tablet describing a lawsuit, 18th -16th century b. c. Used art for political power and for stories.
