domesticated

Examples of domesticated in the following topics:

• Architecture in Mesopotamia

  • Domestic and public architecture in Mesopotamian cultures differed in relative simplicity and complexity.
  • To provide a natural cooling effect, courtyards became a common feature in the Ubaid period and persist into the domestic architecture of present-day Iraq.
  • However, even early palaces were very large and ornately decorated to distinguish themselves from domestic architecture.

• Mesolithic Art

  • The later Neolithic period is distinguished by the domestication of plants and animals.
  • Some Mesolithic people continued with intensive hunting, while at the same time others were practicing the initial stages of domestication.
  • Hunting scenes are the most common, but there are also scenes of battle and dancing, and possibly agricultural tasks and managing domesticated animals.

• Mosaics in the Early Byzantine Empire

  • The first two registers are hunting scenes in which the men hunt big cats and wild boars with the help of domesticated dogs.
  • On the bottom two registers, the animals appear more domesticated, peacefully eat fruit from trees as a shepherd observes them at the left and wear leashes pulled by their human masters.
  • Among the domesticated animals are a camel and what appear to be a zebra and an emu.

• Neolithic Art

  • Considered the last part of the Stone Age, the Neolithic period is signified by a progression in behavioral and cultural characteristics including the cultivation of wild and domestic crops and the use of domesticated animals.
  • The major advances of the Neolithic 1 phase revolve around developments in farming practices, such as harvesting, seed selection and the domestication of plants and animals.
  • The Neolithic 2 began around 8800 BCE and is characterized by settlements built with rectangular mud-brick houses with single or multiple rooms, the greater use of domesticated animals, and advancements in tools.

• Germany and the United States

  • Biedermeier art appealed to the prosperous middle classes with detailed but polished realism, often celebrating domestic virtues .
  • The family of the painter Carl Begas, 1808, celebrating domesticity in Biedermeier style

• Landscape Art and Interior Painting

  • These genre paintings represented scenes or events from everyday life, such as markets, domestic interiors, parties, inn scenes, and street scenes.
  • Jan Vermeer specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle class life; though he was long a very obscure figure, he is now the most highly regarded genre painter of Dutch history.

• Ancient Africa

  • The domestication of cattle preceded agriculture.
  • It is speculated that by 6000 BCE, cattle were already domesticated in North Africa.

• Domestic Architecture in Modern Africa

• Ceramics in Mesopotamia

  • Ceramists produced vases, bowls, and small jars domestically on slow wheels, painting unique abstract designs on the fired clay.

• Neolithic Monuments

  • Considered the last part of the Stone Age, the Neolithic is signified by a progression in behavioral and cultural characteristics including the cultivation of wild and domestic crops and the use of domesticated animals.