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Advanced Placement Human Geography Summer 2013 Reading/Text Assignment Mr. Almanza Hi all! Welcome to the third season of AP Human Geography here at VBHS. Hopefully, you have heard good things regarding this course from those who took it the last two years. I look forward to our year together as we both enter upon our journey into the discovery of how human beings use this space we call Earth. It is my hope that not only will you get a 5 on the AP exam next May but that you will also develop a love and passion for Human Geography as I have and will want to continue in this field of study as you move forward into college. In advance of you beginning this course this coming fall, I would like for you to choose ONE book from the attached list of

Works of Art Chapter 1

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Paleolithic
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Venus of Willendorf
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Neolithic
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1. Deer Hunt 5750 BCE Neolithic (New Stone Age) Context: wall painting No known Patron nor Artist Prepared on a white background Human beings are more organized and depicted in motion, torsos are facing us and legs are in profile, shows the whole body 2. Hall of Bulls 15,000-13,000 BCE Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) Context: Cave wall, decoration No known Patron nor Artist Biggest bull is 11'6 3. Stonehenge 2550-1600 BCE Neolithic (New Stone Age) Context: astronomical observatory No known Patron nor Artist Scale: 97 feet diameter, largest one is 24 ft Salisbury, England 4. Venus Of Willendorf "Nude Woman" 28,000-25,000 BCE Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) Context: Fertility Material: limestone No known patron nor artist

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Asia
Fertile Crescent
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Eshnunna
Code of Hammurabi
Sumer
Babylonia
Lullubi
Ur
Akkadian Empire
Assur
Naram-Sin of Akkad
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Title: Modern Warka Date: 3200-3000 BCE Culture/Period: Sumerian Context: temple Patron: temple was to Anu but work did not have a patron Artist: Materials: mud bricks 4 stories above street level Bottom base is a ziggurat Temple (worship to gods) is on top Religious and government purposes Select leaders were only allowed to go to the temple Title: Modern Tell Asmar Date: 2700 BCE Culture/Period: Sumerian Context: hold beakers for religious rites, symbolized constant praying, votive offering Found underneath floorboards in a temple Patron: Artist: 2 ? feet War Side Title: Tell Muqayyar, STANDARD OF UR Date: 2600 BCE Culture/Period: Sumerian Context: Patron: Artist: Found in a tomb in a royal cemetery Materials: lapis lazuli and red limestone Peace Side

Impressionism art notes

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French art
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Édouard Manet
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Impressionism: Gardners Impressionism ? art of the industrialized, urbanized Paris, a reaction to the brutal and chaotic transformation of French life in the second half of the 19th century Claude Monet The first ?Impressionist?, got the name from when a critic called his painting Impression: Sunrise as an impression rather than a work of art. Impressionist paintings incorporate the qualities of sketches Abbreviation Speed Spontaneity Monet did not try to hide his brush strokes, causing a reaction against the contemporary realist Monet painted outside, focusing on the effects of light Rouen Cathedral Monet painted Rouen Cathedral 40 times from the same spot but at different times of day to have the different lighting

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