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Boscoreale Frescoes [image] |
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Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii 50 BCE Roman Republic Initiation into cult of Dionysus god of wine and revelry. Most imp. part in corner--links fictional space to real space. |
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Villa of Livia at Prima Porta
20 BCE
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Illusion that wall is open to spaceLooking out into courtyard w/ temple in middle and collinadeUses LINEAR PERSPECTIVE- single pt. perspect. |
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Head of a Roman Patrician [image] |
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Rome? 75-50 BCE Roman Republic VERISTIC PORTRAIT-- wrinkles, asymmetry, flaws "Torlonian Man" Man of the Senate |
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Portrait of Augustus as General "Augustus Primaporta" [image] |
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20 BCE Roman Republic Republic ended in 27 BCE New STyle of portraiture Replace verism w/idealized style Prime of life, smmetrical face, young |
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Rome 70-80 BCE Roman Imperial Flavian Amphitheater--entertain public Progression of orders--Doric, Ionic, Corinthian |
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Rome 112-125 CE Roman Imperial Hadrian involved Temple to All Gods Open oculus, front (rectangle), inside (round temple) CONCRETE Traditional Greek-like front, enormous dome |
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Pedestal of the Column of Antoninus Pius [image] |
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Rome 161 CE Roman Imperial Mounum't w/ single standing column Obelisk Apothesosis--becoming a God **Naturalistic, Classical, Discursio--"riding in circle" titlted vertically, groundlines, 2 different ways of representing bodies and space on same piece |
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Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus [image] |
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?? 250-260 CE Roman Imperial Marble box for burial of dead *Change in burial practice from cremation to burial Style moving away from classicism Figures intertwined, cover entire plane, most imp. figure in center, larger and on horseback w/emblem of Mithras on forehead. |
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Painted ceiling in Catacomb of Saints Peter and Marcellinus [image] |
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Rome early 4th century Late Antique Earliest Christian art is in tombs Tufa stone--easy to carve Only emperors buried inside city walls Good shepherd motif *Early Christian art uses old images w/new meanings Jonah and whale Orant fig. praying. |
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Old Saint Peter's Basilica [image] |
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Rome 320 Late Antique *After Chrisitanity was legalized Built over Acropolis on Vatican Hill Constantine was patron Central nave, transcept apse |
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Theotokos (Vladimir Virgin) [image] |
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?? 11th or 12th century Byzantine Known for "making miracles" Potable icon Protected city frm mongel invasion, etc. |
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Hagia Sophia [image] [image] |
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Constantinople 532-537 Byzantine Tall, skinny pointed tower minarets when converted to monastery *Combines central plan w/longitudinal plan Center covered with BIG dome *PENDENTATIVE |
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Jerusalem 687-692 Islamic Art Monument enshrining rock Contains remaining structure of Temple of Soloman--Jewish religion Octagon w/dome, exterior=tile mosaics, interior=gold glass mosaic, abstract vine scrolls, verses from Koran. |
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Great Mosque [image] [image] |
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Cordoba, Spain 8th-10th centuries Islamic Art Mosque w/ church in middle after reconquering by Christians *Interior=forest of double-tiered red & white arches Borrowed from Roman aquaducts *Use Corinthian columns *Ribbed dome |
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Purse Cover from Sutton Hoo Ship Burial [image] |
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625 CE Early Medieval Metal/jewel work--fold w/bits of glass/gems styles/motifs--zoomorphic=animal patterns interlaced bands=celtic |
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Chi-Rho pg. from Book of Kells [image] [image] |
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Early Medieval ?? Monastery at Iona--Scotland attacked and moven to Ireland Greek leteter-interlace patterns-few animal forms, spirals |
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Shield Jaguar and Lady Xoc [image] |
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Yaxchilan, Mexico 725 CE Mayan Lady Xoc's vision Temples & ceremonial spaces carved w/relief sculpture Over door-lintel Coronations of Mayan ruler w/wife/priestess w/jaguar head, Bloodletting-predict husband's reign & God's blessing Pattern of Lady Xoc's dress/textile, used hallucinagens, bled onto bark w/writing |
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Ohio 1070 CE Mississippian culture Effigy mound=mound in shape of something Only asthetic purpose- no burials Sprial=snake? 1066-Halley's comet response? |
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Tympanum of La Madeleine [image] |
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Vezelay, France 1120-1132 CE Romanesque Separates porch from nave Christ at center-hierarchy of scale and registers Combines Pentacost, mission of apostles, ascenscion Agitated drapery, peoplew/crutches, blindness |
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Santa Maria de Mur, Spain Mid 12th century Romanesque Linear emphasis, segmentation of body Painted limited to walls and books Surrounded by same 4 animals |
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Notre Dame, Paris, France Early 14th century Gothic Gift from King to cathedral Marble imported from Italy Body=naturalistic proportion, loose natural drapery Affective piety-style of devotion appealed to emotion Mother/child interaction |
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David and Saul page from Belleville Breviary [image] |
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1325 by Jean Pucelle Gothic David & Saul, Cane & Abel Architecture structure-almost 3-d space Used flatness of page for visual play Margins free and creative spaces--scale |
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Beauvais Cathedral [image] |
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Paris, France 1243-1248 Gothic One of best examples of glass about 75% glass inner surface |
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