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28 Cards in this Set
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Ivory Relief of Justinian
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Early Christian (550 CE)
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Mosaics from San Vitale
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Byzantine (526-47 CE)
Justinian & Theodora |
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Roman General
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Republican Rome (75 BCE)
verism- unflattering realism |
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Villa of the Mysteries
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Republican Rome (60 BCE)
illusionism- art that fools the eye Dionysiac- adjectival form of the name of the god Dionysos |
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Parthenon frieze
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Classical Greece (447-432 BCE)
Great Panathenaia (procession celebrating Athena's birthday) Elgin marbles- pathenon sculptures in the british museum |
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Ara Pacis Frieze
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Imperial Rome (13 BCE)
Pax Romana- Roman peace Princeps- first citizen of Rome Pontifex Maximus- chief priest of Rome |
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Golden House of Nero
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Imperial Rome (64 CE)
Domus Aurea- golden house vaulting- arched stone roof dome- semi-circular architectural form oculus- round opening |
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Colosseum
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Imperial Rome (70 CE)
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Pantheon
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Imperial Rome (118CE)
Roman Concrete- mix of mortar and aggregate |
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Hagia Sophia
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Byzantine (532-7 CE)
Isidorus & Anthemius - architect and engineer who built Hagia Sophia |
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Catacomb Painting
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Early Christian (300 CE)
catacomb- underground cemetery |
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Mosaic from Galla Placidia
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Early Christian (425 CE)
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Bust of Vespasian
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Imperial Rome (75 CE)
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Augustus of Prima Porta
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Imperial Rome (20 BCE)
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Bust of Vespian
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Imperial Rome (75 CE)
Flavian family of emperors |
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Augustus of Prima Porta
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Imperial Rome (20 BCE)
Imperator-military commander |
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Statue of Constantine
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Late Roman (315 CE)
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Arch of Constantine
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Late Roman (312 CE)
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Dying Gaul
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Late Classical Greece (230 BCE)
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Alexander Mosaic
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Late Classical Greece (310 BCE)
Alexander the Great Battle of Issus |
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Aphrodite of Knidos
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Late Classical Greece (350 BCE)
Praxiteles- sculptor of Aphrodite of Knidos |
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Figure of Aphrodite on the Parthenon pediment
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Classical Greece (447-432 BCE)
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Ivory Panel of woman sacrificing
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Late Roman (400 CE)
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Figures from the arch of constantine
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Late Roman (312 CE)
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Santa Sabina basilica
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Early Christian (422 CE)
apse- semi-circular niche clerestory- system with windows above outer aisles nave- processional space in basilica |
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Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus
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Early Christian (359 CE)
sarcophagus- stone burial chest traditio legis- the giving of the law to Peter and Paul spolia- architectural salvage |
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Mosque of Cordoba
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Islamic (784-965 CE)
Umayyad- muslim rulers of early medieval spain mihrab- niche in mostue that faces mecca |
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Koran page
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Islamic (900 CE)
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