Art History Alphabet
The Letters of the Alphabet Found in Famous
Works of Art
A Project By: Erica Ludi
A:
Title: The Lion Gate
Culture: Mycenaen c. 1250
BCE
B:
Title: Page with Psalm 1
(Beatus Vir)
Culture: English Gothic
Manuscript c. 1270-80
C:
Title: The Great Wave
Artist: Katsushika
Hokusai
D:
Title: Page with Hellmouth
from Winchester Psalter
E:
Title: East Torana of the
Great Stupa at Sanchi
From India
F:
*F is on the
easel of
Velazquez’s
painting.*
Title: Las Meninas
Artist: Diego Velazquez
Gg:
*This one is
kinda hard to
see. All the
figures make
a lower case
“g”.*
Title: Henri IV Receiving the
Portrait of Marie de’ Medici
Artist: Peter Paul Rubens
Hh:
Title: Man and Centaur
From: Olympia
I:
Title: Column of Trajan
Early Roman Imperial
J:
Title: Cubi XIX
Artist: David Smith
K:
*Use the
dark lines
from the river
towards the
middle to find
the K.*
Title: View of Toledo
Artist: El Greco
L:
Title: Dying Gaul Trumpeter
Artist: Epigonos (?)
M:
Title: Pont du Gard
Early Roman Imperial
Nn:
Title: Arch of Titus
Early Roman Empire
O:
Title: Oculus of the
Pantheon
Early Roman Empire
P:
Title: Chi Rho Iota
From the Book of Kells
Q:
Mandorla with Jesus’ foot as
the tail on the “Q”
Rr:
Title: Nike of Samothrace
Hellenistic
S:
S-curve of Late Classical
Sculpture
Praxiteles’ Hermes and the
Infant Dionysos
Tt:
Title: Gero Crucifix
Ottonian
U:
Title: Saltcellar of Francis I
Artist: Benvenuto Cellini
V:
*V of two
foreground
figures*
Title: Battle of the Ten Nudes
Artist: Antonio del Pollaiuolo
W:
Title: Death of Sarpedon
Painter: Euphronios
Euxitheos
*Again, have
to look at
figures to see
the “W”*
Potter:
X:
Title: Vitruvius Man
Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Y:
Title: Akhenaten and His
Family
From the Amarna Period
Z:
Building: Centre National d’Art de
Culture Georges Pompidou
Architects: Renzo Piano and
Richard Rogers
*Work with
me on this
one; the Z is
formed by the
stairs across
the diagonal
and the top
and bottom of
the building*