Question | Answer |
Woman from Willendorf, Austria, c. 25,000-20,000BCE 4 inches tall. Unknown use – maybe ceremonial, maybe fertility. Very healthy – lots of fat. Female body parts are emphasized, not the face: so, not an individual. Called often Venus, which is not accurate b/c we don’t know her function and we KNOW her culture was not Roman. | |
Bulls, rotunda, Lascaux France, c. 15,000-13,000 BCE In caves that are hard to access. Lots of attention to detail. Layers of paintings show that returning to the same area many times. Maybe to get a good hunt, maybe instructional for younger hunters. One of the earliest depictions of a man – shows phallus. | |
Votive Palette of King Narmer. Predynastic. C. 3150-3125 BCE. | |
registers | distinct tiers. Very common in Egyptian art. |
Great Pyramids at Giza. Old Kingdom, c. 2601-2515 BCE | |
Khafre, Old Kingdom, c. 2570-2544 BCE | |
Seated Scribe, Old Kingdom, c. 2620-2500 BCE | |
Temple of Khonsu, Karnak, New Kingdom, c. 1186-1154 BCE | |
***Pylon | entry way into temples. Only certain people allowed into courtyard area. |
Exekias, Achilles and Ajax playing draughts, amphora, c. 530 BCE | |
Euphronios and Euxitheos, Death of Sarpedon during the Trojan War, calyx krater, c. 515 BCE | |
Kouros, from the Tomb of Kroisos, c. 520 BCE. | |
Kritian Boy, c. 480 BCE. Severe style. CONTROPOSTO | |
Riace Bronze, c. 460-450 BCE. Found in ocean in ‘70’s. Didn’t survive with his stuff. | |
Polykleitos, Doryphoros (Spear Carrier). C. 450 BCE | |
Second Temple of Hera, Paestum, Italy, c. 460 BCE. | |
Kallikrates and Iktinos, Parthenon, Athens, 447-438. | |
Phidias and workshop, Three Goddesses on Mount Olympus, Parthenon, c. 438-432 BCE. | |
Praxiteles, Aphrodite of Knidos, c. 360-330 BCE | |
***Entamblature | a horizontal, continuous lintel on a classical building supported by columns or a wall, comprising the architrave, frieze, and cornice. |
Nike of Samothrace, c. 190 BCE | |
Temples of Portunus, Rome, late 2nd century BCE | |
Augustus of Prima Porta, 15CE, Vatican Museums. | |
Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius, 161-180 CE. | |
Column of Trajan, c. 113 CE, commissioned for Trajan’s forum, Rome | |
Flavian Amphitheatre/Colosseum, Rome, b. 72CE. Commissioned by Vespasian | |
Pantheon, Rome, begun by Emperor Hadrian, 118-125 CE. | |
***Revetments | colored marble on interior brought to Rome likely from Egypt. Polychrome. |
Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus, Hagia Sofia, Constantinople/Istanbul, 532-537 | |
Emperor Justinian and attendants, and Empress Theodora and attendants, mosaics, c. 547, San Vitale, Ravenna. | |
***Qibla | is the direction that should be faced when a Muslim prays during salat. It is fixed as the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca. Most mosques contain a wall niche, known as mihrab, that indicates the Qibla |
***Mihrab | is a semicircular niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the qibla; that is, the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca and hence the direction that Muslims should face when praying. |
***Minaret | a tall slender tower, typically part of a mosque, with a balcony from which a muezzin calls Muslims to prayer. |
Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, 687-692 CE | |
Great Mosque, Cordoba, Spain, 786-990 | |
Quysar Amra, Jordan, 8th century | |
Spiral Minaret of the Great Mosque of Samarra, Iraq, 848-852 | |
Sinan, Suleimaniye Mosque, Istanbul, 1551-1558 | |
Abbey Church of Sainte Foy, Conques, c. 1080-1120 | |
Reliquary of Sainte Foy, Conques, late 10th century | |
Abbot Suger, Ambulatory and radiating chapels, Abbey Church of Saint-Denis, 1140-1144 | |
Abbot Suger, West facade, Abbey Church of St-Denis, 1135-1140 | |
Cathedral of Notre Dame, Chartres, 1194-1220 | |
Royal Portal and jamb figures, West Façade, Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, c. 1145-1155 | |
Amiens Cathedral, begun 1220, Amiens, France | |
Beau Dieu, West façade, Amiens Cathedral, c. 1220-1235 | |
Saint-Chapelle, Paris, 1243-1248, patron – King Louis IX | |
Nicola Pisano, Pisa Baptistery Pulpit, Nativity, 1259-60 | |
Giovanni Pisano, Pisa Duomo Pulpit, Nativity, 1302-1310 | |
The Upper Church Frescoes of the Basilica di San Francesco, Assisi, c, 1290-1300, The Crib at Greccio | |
Giotto, Arena Chapel Frescos, Padua, 1305 | |
Giotto, Ognissanti Madonna, c. 1300 | |
Duccio, Maesta, Siena Cathedral, 1308-11 | |
Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Allegory of Good and Bad Government, Siena Palazzo Pubblico, 1338-40 | |
Simone Martini, Annunciation, c. 1330 | |
The Limbourg Brothers, Les Tres Riches Heures du Jean duc du Berry, c. 1413 | |
Robert Campin, The Merode Triptych, c. 1425-1430 | |
Hubert and Jan van Eyck, The Ghent Altarpiece, completed 1432 | |
Masaccio, The Holy Trinity, Santa Maria Novella, c. 1425-1428 | |
Filippo Brunelleschi, Dome of Florence Cathedral, 1420-36 | |
Lorenzo Ghiberti, Gates of Paradise, Florence Baptistery, c. 1425-53 | |
Mantegna, The Dead Christ, c. 1466 | |
Donatello, David, 1420s-1440s | |
Sandro Botticelli, Primavera, c. 1482 | |
Piero della Francesca, Resurrection, c. 1463 | |
Michelozzo, Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence, 1445-59 | |
Leonardo da Vinci, Last Supper, S. Maria delle Grazie, Milan, 1495-98 | |
Michelangelo, David, completed 1504 | |
Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel, the Vatican, 1508-1512 (includes Creation of Adam) | |
Michelangelo, Plan for St. Peter’s, Rome, 1546-64 | |
Raphael, The School of Athens |
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