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Title of Work: Sarcophagus of Reclining Couple Origin: Banditaccia necropolis, Cerveteri, Italy Date: 520 BCE Material: Painted terracotta Etruscan hallmarks focus on upper 1/2 & emphatic gestures 4 separately cast sections Husband & wife sharing same banqueting couch - only men in greece Audacity of Etruscan women Very different from stiff Egyptian funerary sculpture |
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Title of Work: Still life with peaches Origin: Herculaneum, Italy Date: 62-79 CE Material: Fresco Roman interest in illusionism - still life paintings detail of a 4th style wall attention to shadows & highlights |
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Title of Work: Portrait of Augustus as a general, from Primaporta Origin: Primaporta, Italy Date: 20 BCE Material: Marble Role playing in Roman Portraits Standing like Polykleitos's Doryphoros idealized head reliefs on cuirass - return of Roman legionary banners Cupid - divine descent - Venus |
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Title of Work: Ara Pacis Augustae Origin: Rome, Italy Date: 13 - 9 BCE Material: Marble Altar of Augustan Peace Dedicated to Pax Commissioned by Roman Senate to honor return of Augustur to Rome Depictions of procession of members of Imperial household and of peace/roman civic ritual Abundance of Roman Peace Civic ritual function and propaganda for Augustus - easing autocracy & dynastic notions |
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Title of Work: The Pantheon Origin: Rome, Italy Date: ca. 118-125 CE Material: Concrete Hadrian ruled - dedicated to Marcus Agrippa Temple of all gods 8 Corinthian columns - tradition 142ft diameter dome, 142ft from floor orb of earth & vault of heavens use of light - beam moves over the day |
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Title of Work: Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius Origin: Rome, Italy Date: 175 CE Material: Bronze omnipotent conqueror arm stretched in mercy enemy prev. under horse thought to portray Constantine - not melted Confidence - not head or other portraits - sad, weary |
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Title of Work: Christ as the Good Shepherd, Galla Placida Origin: Mausoleum of Galla Placida, Ravenna, Italy Date: 425 CE Material: mosaic above entrance most regal portrayal haloed, gold & purple naturalistic classical tradition - cast and shadows |
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Title of Work: Justinian, Bishop Maximianus and attendants, San Vitale Origin: San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy Date: 526-547 CE Material: mosaic Byzantine aesthetic positions - emperor centred, purple robe & halo - connect w/ savior in vault above bowl overlaps arm - imperial and church powers in balance nothing in background - it's here |
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Title of Work: Hagia Sophia Artists: Anthemius of Tralles & Isidorus of Miletus Origin: Constantinople (Istanbul) Date: 532-537 CE Material: Justinian Incredible size 180ft high dome minarets added after ottoman conquest Plain exterior, windows in dome's base - rests on it weight to piers instead of walls |
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Title of Work: Purse cover from the Sutton Hoo ship burial Origin: Suffolk, England Date: 625 CE Material: Gold, glass, cloisonne garnets royal burial ship abstract interlace with animal figures - early medieval art in W Europe Beowulf - conquer monsters |
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Title of Work: Chi-rho-iota page, Book of Kells Origin: Iona, Scotland Date: Late 8th - early 9th century Material: Tempera on vellum biblical - abstract pattern - god's words beautiful early medieval metalwork illiterate irish christians now this is how the birth of christ came about |
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Title of Work: Saint Matthew, Ebbo Gospels Origin: abbey of Saint Peter, Hautvillers, France Date: 816-835 CE Material: Ink & Tempura on vellum Gospel book produced for Archibishop Ebbo of Reims Coronation Gospels author portrait similar model not calm - frenzy energy Carolingian style |
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Title of Work: Interior of Saint-Sernin Origin: Toulouse, France Date: 1070-1120 CE Material: Stone Fireproof focus after canterbury blaze suitably majestic setting and enhanced acoustics very precise longer, wider naves & aisles tribunes for overflow crowds - buttressed barrel vault |
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Title of Work: Gislebertus , Last judgment, Autun Origin: Saint-Lazare, Autun, France Artist: Gislebertus Date: 1120-1135 CE Material: Marble tympanum separation of blessed & damned terrify sinners back to church angels and devil's agents - manipulate the balance dragon mouth of hell demon crushes into furnace |
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Title of Work: Ambulatory and radiating chapels, Saint Denis Artist: Rebuild commissioned by Abbot Suger Origin: Saint-Denis, France Date: 1140-1144 CE Material: Beginning of Gothic architecture Pointed arches, rib vaults slender columns Stained-glass windows exists between earth and heaven |
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Title of Work: West facade and plan of Chartres Cathedral Origin: Charters, France Date: 1145-1155 CE Material:
Symbolize human knowledge Celebrate revival of classical scholarship Rebuild 1194 Royal portal - K&Q flank doorways, most complete surviving ensemble of early gothic Symbolize human knowledge Celebrate revival of classical scholarship Rebuild 1194 First high gothic building Rectangular instead of square nave bays Single square in each aisle flanks single rectangular unit in nave Abandoned alternate support Unified interior
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Title of Work: Madonna Enthroned, Giotto di Bondone Origin: Chiesa di Ognissanti (All Saints' Church), Florence Artist: Giotto di Bondone Date: 1310 CE Material: Tempera & gold leaf on wood Byzantine style in Italian revived classical naturalism create illusion they could throw shadows First renaissance painter Cimabue's Madonna gothic throne - stability of goddess weighty, queenly - bulk projecting into light, angels at common level End of medieval painting in Italy |
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Title: Doryphoros (Spear bearer) Artist: Polykleitos Place: Roman copy from the palaestra, Pompeii, Italy Date: 450-440 BCE Material: Marble perfect sculpture attempt - impose order on human movement harmonic proportions, cross-balancing throughout |
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Title: Parthenon Artists: Iktinos and Kallikrates Date: 447-432 BCE Material: Ideal of Greek Doric architecture perfect proportions despite odd shape incorporates ionic elements |
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Title: Nike of Samothrace Place: Samothrace, Greece Date: 190 BCE Material: Marble Hellenistic baroque sculpture Victory on a Greek warship theatrical effect - wind, storm - fountain setting |
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