Chapter 1: Prehistoric Art in Europe
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Woman from Willendorf, 24,000 BCE, Limestone, Willendorf,
Austria
Spotted Horses and Human Hands, 25,000-24,000 BCE, painting, PechMerle Cave, France
Hall of the Bulls, 15,000 BCE, painting, Lascaux cave, France
Bird-Headed Man with Bison, 15,000 BCE, painting, Lascaux cave,
France
Bison, 12,500 BCE, painting, Altamira cave, Spain
Stonehenge, 2750-1500 BCE, stone, Wiltshire, England
Important terms and ideas:
Early architecture
post-and-lintel
mortise-and-tenon joints
composite form
abstraction
naturalism
realism
Chapter 2: Art of the Ancient Near East
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Lamassu, from the palace of Assurnasirpal II, 883-859 BCE, alabaster
Ruins of the White Temple and Ziggurat, 3300-3000 BCE, Uruk, Iraq
Votive Figures from the Square Temple, 2900-2600 BCE, limestone,
alabaster and gypsum, Iraq
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Reconstruction of the Nanna Ziggurat, 2100-2050 BCE
2-10 The Great Lyre with Bull’s Head, 2550-2400 BCE, gold leaf and lapis
lazuli over wooden core, Royal Cemetery, Ur, Iraq
2-11 Sound Box of The Great Lyre
2-12 Cylinder seal, 2550-2400 BCE, lapis lazuli, Ur, Iraq
2-14 Stele of Naram-Sin, 2220-2184 BCE, limestone, Susa, Iran
2-15 Votive Statue of Gudea, 2090 BCE, diorite, Girsu, Iraq
Pg. 38 Stele of Hammurabi, 1792-1750 BCE, diorite, Susa, Iran
2-17 Assurnasirpal II Killing Lions, 850 BCE, alabaster, from the Palace of
Assurnasirpal II, Nimrud, Iraq
2-18 Reconstruction of citadel of Sargon II, 721-706 BCE, Dur Sharrukin, Iraq
2-21 Ishtar Gate, 575 BCE, glazed brick, Babylon, Iraq
Important terms and ideas:
stele
votive figures
donor
iconography
idealization
hieratic of scale
registers
cuneiform
stylus
Chapter 3: Art of Ancient Egypt
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Funerary mask of Tutankhamun, 1327 BCE, gold with inlay of glass and
semiprecious stones, Eighteenth Dynasty, Thebes
The Narmer Palette, 2950-2775 BCE, green schist, Early Dynastic period
Old Kingdom Standard Grid – An Egyptian Canon of Proportions for
Representing the Human Body
Plan of Djoser’s Funerary Complex, Saqqara, 2630-2575 BCE
The Step Pyramid, and Sham Buildings, Funerary Complex of Djoser,
Saqqara, limestone, height of pyramid 204’
Great Pyramids, 2575-2450 BCE, Fourth Dynasty, Giza
Khafre, 2520-2494 BCE, anorthosite gneiss, Fourth Dynasty, Giza
Detail of Khafre head
Menkaure and a Queen, 2490-2472 BCE, graywacke with traces of red and
black paint, Fourth Dynasty, Giza
Seated scribe, 2450-2325 BCE, painted limestone, Fifth Dynasty, Saqqara
Rock-cut tombs, 1938-1755 BCE, Twelfth Dynasty, Beni Hasan
Ruins of the Great Temple of Amun at Karnak, 1579-1075 BCE
Reconstruction drawing of the Hypostyle hall, Temple of Amun, 12921190 BCE, Nineteenth Dynasty, Karnak
Hatshepsut Enthroned, Eighteenth Dynasty, 1473-1458 BCE
Funerary Temple of Hatshepsut, 1473-1458 BCE, Eighteenth Dynasty, Deir
el-Bahri
Akhenaten, 1353-1336 BCE, sandstone, Eighteenth Dynasty, Karnak
Akhenaten and His Family, 1353-1336 BCE, limestone sunken relief, Tell
el-Amarna, Egypt
Nefertiti, 1353-1336 BCE, painted limestone, Eighteenth Dynasty,
Tell el-Amarna
Inner Coffin of Tutankhamun’s Sarcophagus, 1332-1322 BCE, gold with inlay of
enamel and semiprecious stones, Eighteenth Dynasty, Thebes
Important terms and ideas:
hypostyle hall
Upper and Lower Egypt
stele
necropolis
columns
capitals
engaged columns
clerestory
Chapter 4: Aegean Art
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“Flotilla” Fresco, 1650 BCE, fresco, Room 5, West House, Akrotiri, Thera
Two Figures of Women, 2500-2200 BCE, marble, Cycladic Islands
Seated Harp Player, 2700-2500 BCE, marble, Cycladic Islands
Reconstruction of the Palace Complex, Knossos, Crete, 2000-1375 BCE
Aerial view of the palace at Knossos, 2000-1375 BCE, Crete
Kamares Ware Jug, 2000-1900 BCE, Phaistos, Crete
Landscape (Spring Fresco), before 1630 BCE, fresco, Akrotiri, Thera
Bull Leaping, 1550-1450 BCE, fresco, Knossos, Crete
Woman or Goddess with Snakes, 1700-1550 BCE, faience, Palace of
Knossos, Crete
Octopus Flask, 1500-1450 BCE, Palaikastro, Crete
Tholos, the So-Called Treasury of Atreus, 1300-1200 BCE, Mycenae,
Greece
Corbeled Vault of the Treasury of Atreus
Important terms and ideas:
Potter’s wheel
abstract forms
labyrinth
minotaur
fresco, dry fresco (fresco secco), wet fresco (true fresco)
corbel vault, corbeling
Chapter 5: Art of Ancient Greece
Figures:
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Funerary Vase (krater), from the Dipylon cemetery, 750-700 BCE,
Athens, Greece
5-7
Temple of Hera I, Paestum and Hera II (in foreground), Italy, 550-540
BCE (Hera I) and 470-460 (Hera II)
5-14 Standing Youth (Kouros), 600 BCE, marble, 6’ tall
5-15 Anavysos Kouros, 530 BCE, marble, Anavysos, Greece, 6’ 4” tall
5-17 Peplos Kore, 530 BCE, marble, from the Acropolis, Athens, Greece
5-12 Kore, 510 BCE, marble, from the Acropolis, Athens, Greece
5-21 Exekias, Achilles and Ajax playing a game, 540 BCE,
Orvieto, Italy
5-24 Polykleitos, Spear Bearer (Doryphorus), 450-440 BCE, Roman marble
copy after the bronze original
5-31 Warrior A, 460-450 BCE, bronze, Riace, Italy
Pg. 138 Iktinos and Kallikrates, Parthenon, 447-432 BCE, Athens, Greece
5-35 Photographic Mock-Up of the East Pediment of the Parthenon (including
The Three Goddesses), 447-432 BCE
5-36 Lapith Fighting a Centaur, 447-432 BCE, metope from Parthenon, Athens,
Greece
5-38 Marshals and Young Women, Panathenaic Festival frieze, 447-432 BCE,
marble, Parthenon, Athens, Greece
5-42 Nike (Victory) Adjusting her Sandal, 410-405 BCE, Temple of Athena
Nike, Athens, Greece
5-51 Praxiteles, Aphrodite of Knidos, 350 BCE, Roman marble copy
5-62 Gallic Chieftain Killing His Wife and Himself, 220 BCE, Roman marble
copy
5-63 Dying Gallic Trumpeter, 220 BCE, Roman copy
5-65 Athena Attacking the Giants, from the Altar of Pergamon, 175-150 BCE,
marble
5-66 Nike (Victory) of Samothrace, 180 BCE, marble, Samothrace, Greece
Important terms and ideas:
major gods and goddesses (supplement on 93)
Zeus
Apollo
Aphrodite
Dionysos
Athena
Geometric period
Archaic period
Classical period
Hellenistic period
architectural orders (SEE SUPPLEMENTAL READING - PAGES 102-103)
doric
ionic
corinthian
kouros, kore
archaic smile
red-figure and black-figure painting
contrapposto (supplement on 119)
relief sculpture
emotionalism
Chapter 6: Etruscan and Roman Art
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Etruscan:
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Reconstruction of an Etruscan temple
Aulus Metellus, 80 BCE, bronze
Portrait of Pompey the Great, 30 BCE, marble
Pont du Gard, late 1st century BCE, Nîmes, France
Temple, perhaps dedicated to Portunus, late 2nd century BCE, Rome, Italy
Maison Carée, 20 BCE, Nîmes, France
Augustus of Primaporta, early 1st century BCE, marble copy of bronze
original, Primaporta, Italy
Ara Pacis Augustae, 13-9 BCE, Rome, Italy
Imperial Procession, south façade of the Ara Pacis, 13-9 BCE, Rome, Italy
Peristyle Garden, House of the Vettii, rebuilt 62-79 CE, Pompeii, Italy
Garden Scene, Late 1st century BCE, from the Villa of Livia at
Primaporta, Italy
Cityscape, Late 1st century CE, from a bedroom in the House of Publius
Fannius Syistor, Boscoreale, Italy
The Arch of Titus, 81 CE, Rome, Italy
Spoils from the Temple of Solomon, scene from the Arch of Titus
Flavian Amphitheatre (Colosseum), 70-80 CE, Rome, Italy
Colosseum, 70-80 CE, Rome, Italy
A Young Flavian Woman, 90 CE, marble
Middle-Aged Flavian Woman, late 1st century CE, marble
Column of Trajan, 113-116 or after 117 CE, forum of Trajan, Rome, Italy
Pantheon, 118-128 CE, Rome, Italy (exterior)
Reconstruction Drawing of the Pantheon
Interior of the Pantheon
Circle section of the Pantheon
Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius, 176 CE, bronze, Rome, Italy
Commodus as Hercules, 191-192 CE, marble
Caracalla, Early 3rd century CE, marble
Baths of Caracalla, 211-217 CE, Rome, Italy
Plan of the Baths of Caracalla, 211-217 CE, Rome, Italy
Constantine the Great, 325-326 CE, Rome, Italy
Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine (Basilica Nova), 306-313 CE,
Rome, Italy
Reconstruction drawing of the Basilica Nova, 306-312 AD
Important terms and ideas from Chapter 6:
look over supplemental sections on pages 172, 174, and 224. Pg 172 is especially
important to the chapter
patricians
plebians
veristic/verism
amphitheater
atrium
peristyle garden
velarium
intuitive perspective
atmospheric perspective
illusionism
continuous narrative frieze
frigidarium, tepidarium, caldarium
Chapter 7: Jewish, Early Christian, and Byzantine Art
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Wall with Torah Niche, Dura-Europos, Syria, 244-45, tempera on plaster
Good Shepherd, Orants, and the Story of Jonah, late 3rd - early 4th century,
painted ceiling of the cubiculum in the catacomb of Saints Peter and Marcellinus,
Rome, Italy
The Good Shepherd, second half of the 3rd century, marble
Reconstruction drawing of Old St. Peter’s Basilica, 320-27, Rome, Italy
Interior of Santa Sabina, 422-32, Rome, Italy
Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, 425-26, Ravenna, Italy
Interior of Mausoleum of Galla Placidia
Christ as the Good Shepherd, 425-26, mosaic from the Mausoleum of
Galla Placidia
Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, 359, marble, Rome, Italy
Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus, Church of Hagia Sophia,
532-37, Istanbul, Turkey
plan and section of the Church of Hagia Sophia
Church of Hagia Sophia, Interior
Plan and Cutaway drawing, Church of San Vitale, 520-48, Ravenna, Italy
Church of San Vitale, Interior, 520-48
Emperor Justinian and His Attendants, 547, mosaic, San Vitale
Empress Theodora and Her Attendants, 547, San Vitale
The Transfiguration of Christ with Sant’Appolinare, First Bishop of
Ravenna, 549, apse mosaic, Church of Sant’Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna, Italy
Important terms and ideas:
supplemental reading on pages 242, 252-253, 257
basilica
nave
narthex, vestibule
apse
transept
side aisles
ambulatory
central planned church
cruciform
mosaics
Byzantine, Byzantium
pendentives
hieratic scale
mandorla
Chapter 9: Early Medieval Art of Europe
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Purse cover, from the Sutton Hoo Burial Ship, first half of the 7th century,
cloisonné plaques of gold, garnet, and checked millefiore glass, Suffolk, England
9-6
Page with Man, Gospel Book of Durrow, Gospel of St. Matthew, second
half of the 7th century, ink and tempera on parchment, Iona, Scotland
9-17 Page with Matthew the Evangelist, Ebbo Gospels, Gospel of Matthew,
second quarter of the 9th century, ink, gold, and colors on vellum
9-19 Crucifixion with Angels and Mourning Figures, Lindau Gospels, outer
cover, 870-80, gold, pearls, sapphires, garnets, and emeralds
9-20 Queen’s Ship, Oseberg, Norway, 815-20, burial 834, wood
Pg 336 Doors of Bishop Bernward, 1015, Abbey Church of Saint Michael,
Hildesheim, Germany, 16’6”
Important terms and ideas:
cloisonné
biomorphic, organic, zoomorphic forms
manuscript illuminations
Chapter 10: Romanesque Art
Figures:
10-3 Interior, Church of Sant Vincenc, Cardona, 1020s-30s
10-13 Cathedral Complex, Pisa, Italy, cathedral begun 1063, baptistery begun
1153, campanile begun 1174
10-19 Nave, Durham Cathedral, England, 1087-1133
10-21 Nave, Church of Saint-Étienne, Caen, France, 1060-77, vaulted c. 1130
10-23 Church of Saint-Étienne, Caen, France, 1060-77, spires 13th century
10-85 Giselbertus, Last Judgment, tympanum on west portal, Cathedral of SaintLazare, Autun, France, ca. 1120-30
Pg 374 Bayeux Tapestry, embroidered wool on linen, 1066-82
Important terms and ideas:
feudalism
campanile
mandorla
wall elevation, façade elevation
tympanum, lunette
Chapter 11: Gothic Art of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
Figures:
Introduction to Gothic architecture:
11-1 Interior, Abbey Church of Saint-Denis, Choir, France, 1140-44
11-3 Abbey Church of Saint-Denis, Plan
Chartres Cathedral:
11-5 West Façade, Chartres Cathedral, France, begun 1134, rebuilt after 1194
11-6 Royal Portal, West Façade, Chartres Cathedral, 1145-55
11-7 Royal Portal, West Façade, Chartres Cathedral, Prophets and Ancestors of
Christ jamb statues, 1145-55
11-8 Chartres Cathedral, Air view from Southeast
11-11 Nave, Chartres Cathedral, 1194-1220
11-14 Chartres Cathedral, North Transept, Rose window and Lancets, 1220
Reims Cathedral:
11-18 West façade, Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Reims, France, ca. 1225-1290
11-19 Nave, Reims Cathedral, 1220
11-23 West Façade, Central Portral, Visitation and Annunciation figures, Reims
Cathedral
The Epitome of Gothic architecture:
11-24 Upper Chapel, Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, France, 1243-48
Other Arts:
11-40 Nicola Pisano, Nativity, detail of a pulpit from Pisa, 1260, marble
11-41 Giovanni Pisano, Nativity, detail of a pulpit from Pisa, 1302-10, marble
Important terms and ideas:
Read supplemental sections on pages 386, 391, 392, and 416
gothic rib vault (see page 362)
sexpartite vault
rose window
triforium
flying buttresses
jamb figures, jamb sculpture