Prehistory to Aegean Art

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  1. 2. The period of time before recorded history or the invention of writing.
  2. 3. An Aegean civilization of Crete and were and agrarian society whose livelihood depended on farming, fishing, and sea trade.
  3. 9. This cave is the site of Old Stone Age cave paintings in southeastern France.
  4. 10. Refers to works produced by civilizations that developed in the basin of the Aegean Sea between 3000-1200 BCE
  5. 11. The world's first civilization, founded in Mesopotamia, which existed for over 3000 years.
  6. 13. ___ were the rulers of Egypt, believed by their people to be descended of the sun god.
  7. 16. 11" tall vessel with focus on marine life from the late Minoan period.
  8. 18. The three pyramids near Giza that were built by Khufu, Menkaure, and Khafre. The tallest of the three built by Khufu.
  9. 19. A region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that developed the first urban societies.
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  1. 1. Objects portrayed larger to demonstrate the importance of the person or object.
  2. 3. Focused on movement and expression, unique among the ancient world, fresco paintings-palace rituals and largest art form, sea motifs on vases, sculptures were small scale, lots of colors, geometric patterns
  3. 4. A long-lasting, paper-like material made from reeds.
  4. 5. A carved stone slab used to mark graves or to commemorate historical events.
  5. 6. This civilization had heavily fortified cities and based prosperity on trade and warfare.
  6. 7. Using water-based paint on fresh wet plaster so the paint becomes a permanent part of the wall.
  7. 8. Art that was painted on the side of cave walls. This art typically depicted animals and hunters.
  8. 12. Heavier, stronger and more "masculine" than the Minoan; mainland Greece.
  9. 14. The most famous funerary mask of the Mycenaean period.
  10. 15. An image created as a devotional offering to a god or other deity.
  11. 17. Old Stone Age