Flashcards

Art History flashcards

One deck for each unit, with the terms and ideas you need to know cold. Flip a card, then say how well you knew it. Cards you find hard come back sooner, and ones you know well wait longer.

10 decks · 472 cards

Unit 1
Global Prehistory, 30,000–500 BCE
31 cards
- Apollo 11 stones
- Great Hall of the Bulls
- Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine
- Running horned woman
Study the deck for Unit 1: Global Prehistory, 30,000–500 BCE
Unit 2
Ancient Mediterranean, 3500 BCE–300 CE
65 cards
- White Temple and its ziggurat
- Palette of King Narmer
- Statues of votive figures, from the Square Temple at Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq)
- Seated scribe
Study the deck for Unit 2: Ancient Mediterranean, 3500 BCE–300 CE
Unit 3
Early Europe and Colonial Americas, 200–1750 CE
93 cards
- Catacomb of Priscilla
- Santa Sabina
- Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well and Jacob Wrestling the Angel, from the Vienna Genesis
- San Vitale
Study the deck for Unit 3: Early Europe and Colonial Americas, 200–1750 CE
Unit 4
Later Europe and Americas, 1750–1980 CE
87 cards
- Portrait of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
- A Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery
- The Swing
- Monticello
Study the deck for Unit 4: Later Europe and Americas, 1750–1980 CE
Unit 5
Indigenous Americas, 1000 BCE–1980 CE
35 cards
- Chavín de Huántar
- Mesa Verde cliff dwellings
- Yaxchilán
- Great Serpent Mound
Study the deck for Unit 5: Indigenous Americas, 1000 BCE–1980 CE
Unit 6
Africa, 1100–1980 CE
28 cards
- Conical tower and circular wall of Great Zimbabwe
- Great Mosque of Djenné
- Wall plaque, from Oba’s palace
- Sika dwa kofi (Golden Stool)
Study the deck for Unit 6: Africa, 1100–1980 CE
Unit 7
West and Central Asia, 500 BCE–1980 CE
30 cards
- Petra, Jordan: Treasury and Great Temple
- Buddha
- The Kaaba
- Jowo Rinpoche, enshrined in the Jokhang Temple
Study the deck for Unit 7: West and Central Asia, 500 BCE–1980 CE
Unit 8
South, East, and Southeast Asia, 300 BCE–1980 CE
38 cards
- Great Stupa at Sanchi
- Terra cotta warriors from mausoleum of the first Qin emperor of China
- Funeral banner of Lady Dai (Xin Zhui)
- Longmen caves
Study the deck for Unit 8: South, East, and Southeast Asia, 300 BCE–1980 CE
Unit 9
The Pacific, 700–1980 CE
25 cards
- Nan Madol
- Moai on platform (ahu)
- ‘Ahu ‘ula (feather cape)
- Staff god
Study the deck for Unit 9: The Pacific, 700–1980 CE
Unit 10
Global Contemporary, 1980 CE to Present
40 cards
- The Gates
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial
- Horn Players
- Summer Trees
Study the deck for Unit 10: Global Contemporary, 1980 CE to Present

Global Prehistory, 30,000–500 BCE

Ancient Mediterranean, 3500 BCE–300 CE

Early Europe and Colonial Americas, 200–1750 CE

Later Europe and Americas, 1750–1980 CE

Indigenous Americas, 1000 BCE–1980 CE

Africa, 1100–1980 CE

West and Central Asia, 500 BCE–1980 CE

South, East, and Southeast Asia, 300 BCE–1980 CE

The Pacific, 700–1980 CE

Global Contemporary, 1980 CE to Present