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Flashcards: ancient civilizations and art

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cave paintingearly art showed man's relationship to spiritual ritual, nature and hunting
egyptian artemphasized the unknowable mystery of the afterlife
greek artemphasized the perfection of the human form, human activity
roman artbegan to portray actual individuals. Includes, sculpture, frescoe, jewlery and crafts. Incredible architectural, engineering feats.
byzantine artalso known as the Eastern Roman Empire, in Constantinople, now Istanbul, the early church developed Eastern Orthodoxy and iconic Christian images proliferated
summerian artearly art from Mesopotamia (Ancient Iraq) from the mid 6th millennium BC to the early 2nd millennium BC
african artVaried and complex, discoveries of these, often figurative works, prompted many of the inventions of modern art.
mayan culture1500 B.C. to 900 A.D. This is the most advanced civilization of the time in the Western Hempishere. Famous for its awe-inspiring temples, pyramids and cities. A complex social and political order.
polytheisma religion having many gods
monotheisma religion having one god
asian artrefers to a vast array of cultural works east of Mesopotamia
dark agesperiod after the fall of Rome. Much of the knowledge gained by earlier civilizations was lost.