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Art History Midterm
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52
Art History
Undergraduate 2
10/19/2010

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Term
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New York Kouros
600 BCE
Archaic Greek Art
Marble, 6'
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[image]
Definition
"Kroisos", Anavysos Kouros
525 BCE
Archaic Greek Art
Marble, 6'4"
Term
[image]
Definition
Kritios
Kritios Boy
480 BCE
Classical Greek Art
Marble, 2'10"

From the Acropolis in Athens, Greece (original marble statue, not a copy)
Term
[image]
Definition
Polykleitos
Spear Bearer
450-440 BCE
Classical Greek Art
Roman Marble copy after Greek bronze original, 6'11"
Term
[image]
Definition
Phidias
Athena Parthenos
438 BCE
Classical Greek Art
Model of lost statue-original was gold & ivory, 38' tall
Term
[image]
Definition
Iktinos and Kallikrates
Parthenon, The Temple of Athena Parthenos,
Athens, Greece
447-432 BCE
Classical Greek Art
Marble

Designed by mathematics seeking the ideal temple, used the formula y=2x=1
Term
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Definition
Iktinos and Kallikrates
Panathenaic Festival Procession
from the Parthenon
447-432 BCE
Classical Greek Art
Marble, 3'6"

Top-Horsemen (north frieze)
Term
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Definition
Iktinos and Kallikrates
Panathenaic Festival Procession
from the Parthenon
447-432 BCE
Classical Greek Art
Marble, 3'6"

Center-Seated Gods & Goddesses: Poseidon, Apollo, Artemis, Aphrodite, and Eros (east frieze)
Term
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Definition
Iktinos and Kallikrates
Panathenaic Festival Procession
from the Parthenon
447-432 BCE
Classical Greek Art
Marble, 3'6"

Bottom-Elders and Maidens (east frieze)
Term
[image]
Definition
Polykleitos the Younger
Theater at Epidauros
350 BCE
Classical Greek Art
Limestone, 387 ft in diameter
Seats 12,000 people
Term
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Definition
Polykleitos the Younger
Theater at Epidauros
350 BCE
Classical Greek Art
Limestone, 387 ft in diameter
Seats 12,000 people
Term
[image]
Definition
Temple of "Fortuna Virilis" (Temple of Portunus)
Rome, Italy
75 BCE
Roman Republic

Tufa and Travertine
Term
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Definition
Villa of Pulius Fannius Synistor, wall paintings at Boscoreale
Second Style
50-40 BCE
Roman Republic
Fresco, 8'9"

At the MET, NY
Term
[image]
Definition
Villa of Pulius Fannius Synistor, wall paintings at Boscoreale
Second Style
50-40 BCE
Roman Republic
Fresco, 8'9"

At the MET, NY
Term
[image]
Definition
House of the Vetti, wall paintings at Pompeii
Fourth Style
70-79 CE
Fresco
Term
[image]
Definition
Augustus as General
From Primaporta, Italy
20 CE (or 20 BCE-depending on the source)
Roman Early Empire

Marble copy of bronze original, 6'8"
Term
[image]
Definition
Pantheon
118-125 CE
Roman High Empire
Concrete
Term
[image]
Definition
Pantheon
118-125 CE
Roman High Empire
Concrete
Term
[image]
Definition
Decursio, pedestal of the Column of Antoninus Pius
Rome, Italy
161 CE
Roman High Empire
Marble, 8'1 1/2"
Term
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Definition
Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus
359 CE
Early Christian Art
Marble, 3' 10 1/2" x 8'
Term
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Definition
Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well, from the Vienna Genesis
600 CE
Early Christian Art
Tempera, gold, and silver on purple vellum, 1'1/4" x 9 1/4"
Term
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Definition
Justinian Bishop Maximianus, and attendants (North Wall of Apse)
San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy
526-547
Early Byzantine
Mosaic, Dimensions unknown (rougly life-size)
Term
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Definition
Anthemius of Tralles & Isidorus of Miletus
Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey
532-537
Early Byzantine
Term
[image]
Definition
Anthemius of Tralles & Isidorus of Miletus
Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey
532-537
Early Byzantine
Term
[image]
Definition
Anthemius of Tralles & Isidorus of Miletus
Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey
532-537
Early Byzantine
Term
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Definition
Virgin and Child Between Saints Theodore and George
ca. 600 CE
Early Byzantine
Encaustic on wood, 2'3" x 1'73/8"
Term
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Definition
Commissioned by Archbishop Gero
Gero Crucifix, Cologne Cathedral
Cologne, Germany
970
Ottonian Art
Painted wood, 6'2"
Term
[image]
Definition
Saint-Sernin
Toulouse, France
1070-1120
Romanesque
Brick and Limestone
Term
[image]
Definition
Saint-Sernin
Toulouse, France
1070-1120
Romanesque
Brick and Limestone
Term
[image]
Definition
R with Knight Fighting a Dragon
1115-1125
Romanesque
Ink and tempura on vellum, 1'1 3/4" x 9 1/4"
Term
[image]
Definition
Royal Portal, Chartes Cathedral
Chartes, France
1145-1155
Early Gothic
Limestone
Term
[image]
Definition
Royal Portal, Chartes Cathedral
Chartes, France
1145-1155
Early Gothic
Limestone
Term
[image]
Definition
Old Testament Kings and Queens, Royal Portal, Chartes Cathedral
Chartes, France
1145-1155
Early Gothic
Limestone
Term
[image]
Definition
Saint Theodore, Porch of the Martyrs, Chartes Cathedral
Chartes, France
1220-1230
High Gothic
Limestone
Term
[image]
Definition
Virgin and Child and Angels Window, Chartes Cathedral
Chartes, France
1170
High Gothic
Stained Glass
Term
[image]
Definition
Virgin with the Dead Christ (Rottgen Pieta)
Rhineland, Germany
1300-1325
High Gothic
Painted wood, 2'10 1/2"
Term
[image]
Definition
Limbourg Brothers
January
Les Tres Riches Heurs du Duc de Berry
1413-1416
High Gothic
Ink on vellum, 8' 1/2", 5' 1/2"
Term
[image]
Definition
Limbourg Brothers
October
Les Tres Riches Heurs du Duc de Berry
1413-1416
High Gothic
Ink on vellum, 8' 1/2", 5' 1/2"
Term
[image]
Definition
Filippo Brunelleschi
Santo Spirito (interior)
Florence, Italy
Designed 1434-36, begun 1446
Term
[image]
Definition
Masaccio (Tommaso Guidi)
The Tribute Money, Brancacci Chapel
1427 (1425-1427)
Early Italian Renaissance
Fresco, 8'1" x 19'7"
Term
[image]
Definition
Masaccio (Tommaso Guidi)
Holy Trinity, Santa Maria Novella, Florence
1428
Early Italian Renaissance
Fresco, 21' x 10'5"
Term
[image]
Definition
Donatello
Saint Mark
Or San Michele, Florence, Italy
1411-1413
Early Italian Renaissance
Marble, 7'9"
Term
[image]
Definition
Donatello
David
1440-1460
Early Italian Renaissance
Bronze, 5'2 1/4" high
Term
[image]
Definition
Leonardo da Vinci
Mona Lisa
1503-05
High Italian Renaissance
Oil on Wood
2'6" x 1' 9"
Term
[image]
Definition
Michelangelo Buonarroti
David
1501-1504
High Italian Renaissance
Marble, 13'5"
Term
[image]
Definition
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Sistine Chapel ceiling
Vatican City, Rome
1508-1512
High Italian Renaissance
Fresco, 128' x 45'
Term
[image]
Definition
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Creation of Adam, Sistine Ceiling, Vatican City, Rome, Italy
1508-1512
High Italian Renaissance
Fresco, 9'2" x 18'8"
Term
[image]
Definition
Saint-Chapelle
Paris, France
1243-1248
High Gothic (Rayonnant Style)
Term
[image]
Definition
Leonardo da Vinci
Last Supper
1495-1498
High Italian Renaissance

Fresco (Experimental Fresco-oil and tempera on plaster)
13'9" x 29' 10"
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