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Gardner's Art through the Ages: A Global History,13th Edition

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As fascinating as a real visit to the world’s famous museums and architectural sites, GARDNER’S ART THROUGH THE AGES: A GLOBAL HISTORY, 13TH ENHANCED EDITION gives you a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated tour of the world’s great artistic traditions—plus all the online study tools you need to excel in your art history course! Easy to read and understand, this 13th Enhanced Edition of the most widely read history of art book in the English language. A robust eBook for the ultimate in portability is available bundled with new texts at a small additional price. A unique “scale” feature will help you better visualize the actual size of the artworks shown in the book. “The Big Picture” overviews at the end of every chapter, and a special global timeline will help you review for exams

how art began

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How Art Began (pages 14- 81) The Magic Art of Cavemen and Primitive People The old stone age First ancestors walked the earth on 2 feet around 2 million years ago Six hundred thousand years later the men begin using handmade tools Must think of stones and rocks as their uses Link the shape of the tools and to the function Start to chip away at rock to make them the shape and size they wanted Cave art Thirty-five thousand years ago Must have been preceded by thousands of years of slow growth Ice age ending at this time Reindeer and other herbivores were in the plains and were hunted by the ancestors of modern day lions and tigers and by humans Scientists named them based on certain characteristics Aurignacians Magdalenians- very gifted artists

rome in the east

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Rome in the East: the Art of Byzantium Byzantium: the New Rome The Eastern Christian Empire Constantine founded the ?new Rome? in 324 in the east and called it Constantinople in honor of himself Roman Empire fell apart in fifth century Became permanently divided The Ottoman Empire took over in 1453 Historians call the eastern Christian Roman Empire Byzantium for its original name The Theocratic State Theodosius made Christianity the official religion in the beginning of the fourth century and Justinian made it the only lawful religion in the sixth century Central article of the faith was the Father, Son, and holy Ghost Byzantine emperors will was Gods will They were executives of church and government They ruled over a great variety of people so they fell apart

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Sculpture in the Round ---- a type of sculpture in which the figures are presented in complete three-dimensional form and are not attached to a flat background (unlike relief). The principal types of sculpture in the round are statues, busts, and sculptural groups. Sculpture in the round can be viewed either from one definite or several vantage points. It can also be seen from all sides, giving the viewer several complementary perspectives.

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Lena Fink Evening of Dance Glen Burnie High Schools infamous ?Evening of Dance? is making its way to the stage again. On January fourteenth, over three hundred of GBHS? finest students will collaborate to provide the audience with the routines they have been faithfully practicing. Only a short amount of time is provided to the dancers, and with that time they have to train with their choreographers, run through the dance countless times, and perfect every move involved with their dance. However, with the help of Mrs. Rosso, Ms. Wirth, the choreographers, and the dancers themselves, every show is better than the next.

Steles and voltives

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Three NEAR EAST pieces to remember? Stele of NaramSin AKKADIAN 2300-2200 BCE Votive of Gudea NEO-SUMERIAN 2141-2122 BCE Stele of Hammurabi BABYLONIAN c1780 BCE A stele is a monument composed of a single column or shaft typically erected to commemorate an important event or person. The Akkadians under Sargon dominated the Sumerians about 2300 BC. Naram-Sin was Sargon's grandson. The god-like Akkadian kings ruled with absolute authority. Naram-Sin's title was "King of the Four Quarters" meaning "Ruler of the World." Damaged on both the top and bottom, Naram-Sin's stele depicts the king's defeat of the Lullubi peoples of present-day Iran. Stele of NaramSin, AKKADIAN 2300-2200 BCE

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