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Chapter 1
Mother Goddess, abstraction
Woman of Willendorf
Austria, c. 22,000-21,000 BCE.
Hall of Bulls, Lascaux caves.
c. 15,000 – 13,000 BCE.
Paint on limestone
Naturalism, twisted perspective,
painting
Human figure, landscape
People and Animals, detail of
rock- shelter painting, Cogul, Lerida,
Spain. c. 4000-2000 BCE
Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain,
Wiltshire England. c. 2750-1500
BCE
henge, mortise and tenon
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Nanna Ziggurat, Ur, c. 2100-2050
BCE
Sumer
temple mound, battered (sloping)
sides, brick facing, mud brick temple
Votive statues, from the Square
Temple, Tell Asmar, Iraq, c. 29002600
archaic wide eyes, prayer, simplified
style
Bull lyre, Ur. c. 2685 BCE.
animals, composite creatures
Stele of Naramsin. c. 2254-2218)
Akkad, hieratic
Votive statue of Gudea, from
Lagash. C. 2120 BCE
Diorite, monumental,
Stele of Hamurabi, from Susa. C.
1792-1750 BCE.
Codified law, shoulder in profile
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Ashurbanpal II Killing Lions, from
the palace complex of
Asssurbanipall II, Nimrud, Iraq. C.
850 BCE.
naturalism, relief
Ishtar Gate and throne room wall,
from Babylon (Iraq). C. 575 BCE.
molded, glazed brick, crenellation
Apadana (audience hall) of Darius
and Xerxes, ceremonial complex,
Persepolis, Iran. 518-c. 460 BCE
audience hall, grid
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Pallette of Narmer, from
Hierakonpolis. C. 3000 BCE
unification of Upper and Lower
Egypt, hieratic scale,
pictographs,
Stepped Pyramid of Djoser,
Saqqara. Limestone
mastaba, funerary complex,
serdab, funerary temple, ka
Great Pyramids, Giza. c. 2613-2494
BCE.)
Khafra, from Giza. Dynasty 4, c.
2500 BCE.
permanence, “blocky”
Menkaura and a Queen, perhaps
his wife Khamerernbty, from Giza.
Dynasty 4, c. 2500 BCE
Rock –cut tombs, Beni Hasan.
Dynasty 12, c. 1985-1795 BCE.
Middle Kingdom, atlantid
Funerary temple of Hatshepsut,
Deir el-Bahri. Dynasty 18,
c. 1473-1458 BCE.
colonade, axial plan
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Temple of Ramses II, Abu Simbel.
Dynasty 19, c. 1279-1213 BCE
New Kingdom, enormous scale,
symbol of power
Akhenaten and His Family, from
Akhetaten (modern Tell el-Amarna)
Amarna style
Nefertiti, from Akhtaten. Dynasty 18,
c. 1352- 1336 BCE. Painted
limestone
Amarna style
Chapter 4
Two figures of women, from
theCyclades. C. 2500-2200 BCE.
Marble
Mother Goddess, many found in
different scale and shape, but same
basic design
Seated Harp Player, from Keros,
Cyclades. 3rd millenium BCE. Marble
Male counterpart to female figures,
3-d
Kamares Ware jug, from Phaistos,
Crete. Old Palace period,
c. 2000-1900
potter’s wheel,
expansion/contraction, abstracted
sea life forms, 2-d design “hugs”
form of vessel
Court with staircase
reconstructed by Sir Aurthur
Evans, Knossos, Crete
reverse entasis, complex elevation
and plan
Woman or Goddess with Snakes,
Knossos, Crete. Second Palace
period, c. 1600-1550 BCE. Faience
deity or priestess, faience
Harvester Vase, from Hagia Triada,
Crete. Second Palace period, c.
1650-1450 BCE.
Carved Steatite, shoulders in profile,
harvest ritual
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Octopus Flask, from Palaikastro,
Crete. Second Palace period, c.
1500-1450 BCE.
Marine style
Landscape, wall painting , from
Akrotiri, Thera. Before 1630-1500
BCE.
rhythmic flow, stylized patterning
decorative, bright color
Bull Leaping, wall painting, from the
palace complex, Knossos, Cete.
Late Minoan period, c. 1450-1375
BCE.
fresco, bull leaping
Tholos, the so-called Treasury of
Atreus, Mycenae, Greece. C. 13001200 BCE.
Mycenaean, beehive tomb, corbel
vault, ashlar masonry
Corbel-vaulted casemate inside the
ring wall of the citadel of Tiryns. C.
1365 BCE.
Corbel vaulting, cyclopean
constructon
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Funerary vase, from the Dipylon
Cemetery, Athens. C. 750 BCE.
Terra-cotta
Geometric period, black figure, slip,
register
Pitcher (olpe) from Corinth. C. 600
BCE. Ceramic with black-figure
decoration
Orientalizing, freer use of negative
space
Temple of Hera I, Paestum, Italy.
C. 550 BCE.
Doric order (archaic), post-and lintel,
peripteral, capital, shaft, entablature,
cornice, pedament
New York Korous, from Attica. C.
580 BCE. Marble
Archaic, korous, Egyptian canon of
proportions
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Anavysos Kouros, perhaps young
Kroisos, from a cemetery at
Anavysos, nearAthens. c. 525 BCE.
Marble with remnants of paint.
naturalistism, Archaic smile, heroic
strength
Peplos Kore, from the Acropolis,
Athens. C. 530 BCE.
Kore, peplos, encaustic
Kore, from Chios (?). c. 520 BCE.
Marble .
lifelike, chiton
A.D. Painter. Women at a Fountain
House. 520-510 BCE. Black-figure
decoration on a hydria. Ceramic.
black-figure, hydria
Euphronios (painter) and
Euxitheos (potter). Death of
Sarpedon. C. 515 BCE. Red-figure
decoration on a calyx krater.
Ceramic. (5-28)
http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/lit-med/litmed-db/webdocs/webart/euphronios57art-.html
red-figure, krater
Apollo Battling Lapiths and
Centaurs, Temple of Zeus, Olympia.
c. 460 BCE. Marble.
Early Classical, Olympia
Kritian Boy, from Acropolis, Athens.
C. 480 BCE.
Ponderations (weight shift), also
called contraposto in Italian,
naturalism
Charioteer, from the sanctuary of
Apollo, Delphi. C. 477 BCE. Bronze.
Early Classical, lost wax casting
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Kallikrates and Iktinos. Parthenon,
Acropolis, Athens. 447-438 BCE.
View from northwest
“perfect” proportions”, golden mean,
columns lean in at corners, platform
curves upward, columns at corners
closer spacing
Photographic mock-up of the east
pediment of the Parthenon, photos
of extant marbles c. 438-432 BCE.
“wet look”, body through fabric,
pediment sculpture, Classical
Mnesikles. Erechtheion,
Acropolis, Athens. 430’s-405 BCE
asymetrical, houses multiple
religious sites
Porch of the Maidens (Caryaid
Porch), Erechtheion, Acropolis,
Athens 431-405 BCE
caryatids
Kallikrates. Temple of Athena
Nike, Acropolis, Athens.
c. 425 BCE
Ionic temple
Polykleitos. Pear Bearer
(Doryphoros), Roman copy
afteroriginal bronze of 450-440 BCE.
Marble.
Polykleitan canon of proportions,
Tholos, Sanctuary of Athena
Pronaia, Delphi. C. 400 BCE.
Tholos
Praxiteles and his followers.
Hermes and the Infant Dionysos,
Roman copy after 4th century BCE
original.
Late Classical (Classical art of the 4th
century BCE.), ‘S’ curve
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Lysippos. The Scraper
(Apoxeomenos). Roman copy after
original bronze of c. 330 BCE.
Marble.
Late Classical, artistic license
wth proportions
Alexander the great Confronts
Darius III at the Battle of Issos,
from Pompeii Roman masaic copy
after a Greek painting of c. 310 BCE.
Perhaps by Philoxenos or Helen of
Egypt.
shadows, reflections, encaustic,
chiaroscuro
Theater, Epidauros. Early
3rdcentury BCE and later
Hellenistic, proskenion (proscenium),
parodos, skene, orchestra, 12,000
spectators
Epigonos (?). Dying Gallic
Trumpeter, Roman copy after the
original of c. 220 BCE. Marble
Hellenistic, Pergamon style, realism,
psychological
Hagesandros, Polydoros, and
Athandoros of Rhodes. Laocoon
and His Sons, probably the original
of the 1st century CE
Metaphysical suffering, reaches out
into space, Hellenistic sense of
drama
Nike (Victory) of Samothrace, from
the sanctuary fot eh great Gods,
Samothrace. C. 190 BCE (?), Marble
Wind “whipped”, war memorial,
dynamic balance of forces
Old Woman. 2nd century BCE.
Marble
Hellenistic realism, muscles
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Burial chamber, Tomb of the
Reliefs, Cerveteri. 3rd century BCE
Necropolis, plaster relief, family
tombs resemble homes
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Sarcophagus, from Cerveteri. C.
520 BCE. Terra-cotta.
Arch, ashlar masonry, aqueduct, 800
foot spans
Pont du Gard, Nimes, France. Late
1st century BCE
concrete
Sanctuary of Fortuna Primegenia,
Palestrina, Italy. Begun c. 100 BCE
Temple of Portnus, Forum
Boararium (Cattle Market), Rome.
Late 2nd century BCE
Roman vs. Greek temples, podium,
pseudoperipteral
idealized portrait, public image
Augustus of Primaporta. Early
century CE
1st
relief, children, Tellus
Ara Pacis, Rome. 13-9 BCE
Column of Trajan, Rome. 113-16 or
after 117 CE. Marble
“denaturing” of classicism, mil;itary
technology
sequence of groin vaults
Markets of Trajan, Rome.
100-12 CE
Colosseum
Pantheon, Rome 125-28 CE
ascending orders, concrete, ashlar
masonry, arena,
largest interior in antiquity,\(144’
sphere of space) dome, coffering,
piers, oculus, temple front. Hadrian
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Arch of Titus, Rome. C. 81 CE.
Concrete and white marble
(6-37, 38)
triumphal arch, relief sculpture,
menorah
Equestrian statue of Marcus
Aurelius, c. 176 CE. Bronze
bronze casting, balance
Atrium, House of the Silver
Wedding, Pompeii. Early 1st century
CE
atrium house, impluvium,
compluvium
Peristyle garden, House of the
Vettii, Pompeii. mid-1st century CE
peristyle
Garden Scene, detail of a wall
painting from the Villa of Livia at
Primaporta, near Rome. Late 1st
century BCE
fresco, 2nd Style, illusion, aerial
perspective, approx. linear
perspective
Basilica of Maxentius and
Constantine (Basilica Nova),
Rome. 306-13 CE
basilica, buttresses, cult statue
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Good Shephard, Orants, and Story
of Jonah, painted ceiling of the
Catacomb of Saints Pietro and
Marcellino, Rome. 4th century
catacombs, cubiculum, medalion,
lunettets
Old Saint Peter’s basilica, Rome.
C. 320-27
basilica, nave, transept, crossing,
aisles, apse, narthex. Atrium
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Church of Santa Costanza, Rome.
C. 338-50
central plan, ambulatory, ornamental
mosaics
Mausoleum of Galla Placidia,
Ravenna, Italy. C. 425-26
Greek cross, compromise between
basilica and central plans
Good Shephard, mosaic in the
lunette over the west entrance,
Mausoleum of Galla Placidia
residual influence of Classicism,
shadows, chiaroscuro
Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus.
c. 359. Marble
Old testament themes, classical
trappings but “squatty” proportions
Church of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul,
532-37.
pendentives, impost block
Church of San Vitale, Ravenna,
526-47
polygonal, cupola, Justinian and
Thodora, hieratic, reverse
perspective
The Transfiguration of Christ with
Saint Aollonaris, First Bishop of
Ravenna, mosaic in the apse,
Church of Saint’ Apollinare in Clase.
Apse, 6th century
medalion, tansfiguration, mosaic
Virgin of Vladimir, icon, 12th
century, Tempera on panel
Icon, gold leaf
Andre Rublyov. The Holy Trinity,
icon. C. 1410-20
complimentary, jewel like color
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Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem,
Israel.
polygonal, emphasis of cupola,
Byzantine influence
Great Mosque, Cordoba, Spain.
Begun 785-86, extension of 987
“modular” construction, double tiered
archjes, horseshoe arch, pointed
arch, qibla, mihrab, arabesque
Court of the Lions, Palace of the
Lions, Alhambra, Granada, Spain.
Completed c. 1370-80
muquaranas, plaster relief,
Iluminated turga of Sultan
Suleyman, from Istanbul, Turkey. C.
1555-60. Ink, paint, and gold on
paper.
illumination
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Torso, from Harappa. Indus Valley
civilization, c. 2000 BCE. Red
sandstone.
native naturalism, sensual
Great Stupa, Sanchi, Madhya
Pradesh, India, c. 150-50 BCE
reliquary, torana, axis mundi,
Yakshi, mast, umbrellas, dome
Shiva Nataraja, from Thanjavur,
Tamil Nadu. 12th century CE. Bronze
Lord of the Dance,
creation/destruction
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Attributed to Emperor Huizong.
Detail of Ladies Prparing Newly
Woven Silk, copy after a lost Tang
dynasty painting by Zhang Xuan.
Early 12th century CE.
Confucionism
Fan Kuan. Travelers among
Mountains and Streams. Northern
Song dynasty, early 11th century CE
primacy of nature, non-western
perspective/point of view
Xia Gui. Detail of Twelve Views
from a Thatched Hut, Southern
Song dynasty, early 13th century CE
leaves some to the imagination
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Haniwa, from Kyoto. Kofun period,
6th century CE. Earthenware.
slab construction, funerary ritual
Inner shrine, Ise, Mie prefecture.
Yayoi perid, early 1st century CE; last
rebuilt 1993
rebuilt every 20 yrs., pole
construction, thatch
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Colossal head (no. 4), from La
Venta, Mexico. Olmec culture, c. 900
BCE.
Earliest known Mesoamerican
culture
Teotihuacan, Mexico. Teotihuacan
culture, c. 500 CE
Pyramids of Sun and Moon, ritual
center
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“Palace” (foreground) and Temple
of the Inscriptions (tomb pyramid
of Lord Pacal), Palenque, Mexico.
Maya culture, 7th century CE
ritual center, tomb
Earth drawing of a hummingbird,
Nazca Plain, southwest Peru. Nazca
culture, c. 200 BCE-200 CE
earth drawings
Great Serpent Mound, Adams
County, Ohio. Mississippian culture,
c. 1070 CE
Mississippi culture
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Cattle Being Tended, section of
rock-wal painting, Tassili-n-Ajjer,
Algeria. C. 2500-1500 BCE
Sub-Saharran, human figure in lively
action
Head of a King, from Ife. Yoruba, c.
13th century CE. Zinc brass
Emphasis on head, ancestry of ruler,
stylization to signify supernatural
Conical Tower, Great Zimbabwe.
C. 1350-1450 CE
Battered, dressed stones, courses
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Purse cover, from the Sutton Hoo
burial ship, Suffolk, England. C.
615-30. Cloisonne plaques of gold.
Small, portable objects, cloisonne,
heraldic group (ancient Egypt)
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South Cross, Ahenny, County
Tipperary, Ireland. 8th century. Stone
Celtic cross (circle)
Palace Chapel of Charlemagne
Polygon, influence from Ravenna
Plan of the Abbey of Saint Gall. c.
817.
Monasteries, self contained, walled
off from the world
Page with Matthew the Evangelist.
Book of Matthew, Ebbo Gospels. c.
816-35. Ink, gold and colors on
velum.
Northern artist’s interpretation of
Greco-Roman tradition , wild energy,
Horror vaccuii
Buirial ship, from Osberg, Norway.
Ship 815-20: burial 834. Wood.
Vikings, longboat, ship burial,
skeletal keel and rib construction
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Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy,
Conques, Rourgue, France. Mid11th-12th century.
Primitive geometric shapes
(cylinders, polygons), arch arcades
South portal and porch, Priory
Church of Saint-Pierre, Moissac,
Toulose, France. C. 1115-30
Tympanum, archivolts, jambs,
tremeau, medeival proportions for
the human figure, linear, signs of the
evangelists
West portal, Cathedral of SaintLazzare, Autun, Bergundy, France
Last Judgement, mandorla, Christ in
Majesty
Bayeux Tapestry, Norman-AngloSaxon embroidery from Cantebury,
Kent, England, or Bayeaux,
Battle of Hatings 1066, embroidery,
narrative
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Cathedral complex, Pisa, Tuscany,
Italy. Cathedral begun 1063
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Romanesque in Italy, arcade
galleries, simple geometric forms,
campanile
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Abbey Church of Saint-Denis
Pointed arches, ribbed vaults
West facade, Chartres Cathedral,
the Cathedral of Notre-Dame,
Chartres, Royal Portal, France. C.
1134-1220
west works towers, rose window,
flying buttresses, Royal Portal,
scuplture “imprisoned” by wall,
stained glass, skeletal constructrion
Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Paris.
Begun 1163,
nave, transept, apse, aisles, ribbed
vaults, pointed arches, speyer, flying
buttresses, finials, clerestory
Annunciation (left pair: Mary [right]
c. 1245, angel [left] c. 1255) and
Visitation (right pair: Mary [left] and
Elizabeth [right] c. 1230), right side
central portal, west façade, reims
Cathedral
Classical models? contraposto
Interior, upper chapel, the SainteChapelle, Paris. 1243-48
stained glass, Rayonnant,