Art History Exam 2

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Praxiteles
Aphrodite of Knidos

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350-340 B.C.
roman copy

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Praxiteles
Hermes and infant Dionysus

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340 B.C.
copy

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Lysippos
Weary Hercules

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320 B.C.
copy of bronze original
11' tall

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Alexander Mosaic

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310 B.C.
copy

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Temply of Apollo

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313 B.C.
Didyma, Turkey

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Gallic Chief Killing Himself and Wife

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230-220 B.C.

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Venus de Milo

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150-125 B.C.

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Nike of Samothrace

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190 B.C.

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Sculptors from Rhodes

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1st Century C.E.
Laocoon

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Gold Fibulla

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650 B.C.
"orientalizing"
Cerveteri

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repousee

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a metal-working
technique that pushes out
a figure from the reverse side
to create a form of bas relief.

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granulation

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fusing of metal beads to a surface for ornamentation

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Apollo from Veii

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500 B.C.
painted terracotta

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Necropolis of Cerveteri

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7th and 2nd century B.C.

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Sarcophagus with reclining couple

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520 B.C.
Cerveteri

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Tomb of the Reliefs

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3rd Century B.C.
Cerveteri

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Tomb of Hunting and Fishing

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530 B.C.
Tarquinia

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Chimera of Arezzo

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375 B.C.
Bronze
2'7" high

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Aule Metele

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"The Orator"
1st Century B.C.

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Perugia
Gate of Mars

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2nd Century
Etruscan use of the Arch

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engaged pilaster

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flat column

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voussoirs

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trapezoidal stones that make up an arch

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Roman:
Kingdom
Republic
Empire

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753-509 B.C.
509-27 B.C.
27 B.C.-476 A.D.

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Sanctuary of Fortune

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120 B.C.
Palestrina, near Rome

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concrete

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lime, volcanic sand, water, small stones

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Roman Patrician

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75 B.C.
Republican Period

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Herculaneum

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late 2nd century
near Pompeii
first style

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Boscoreale
wall fresco

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50-40 B.C.
2nd style
"single-point", linear perspective

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Villa of Livia
Gardenscape

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30 B.C.
atmospheric perspective
2nd style elaboration

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3rd style

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10 B.C.
very abstract

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4th style

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Pompeii
70-79 C.E.

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Octavian
"Augustus of Primaporta"

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20 B.C.
marble copy
6'8"

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Death of Caesar

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44 B.C.

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Battle of Actium

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31 B.C.

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Octavian declared Emperor
(Augustus)

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27 B.C.

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“Pious Aeneas” offering a sacrifice

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Rome, Ara Pacis
13-9 B.C.

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Maison Carree

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1-10 C.E.
Nimes, France

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Pont du Gard

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16 B.C.
Nimes, France

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Dining Room of the Domus Aurea
“Golden House” of Nero

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66 C.E.
Rome

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Order of Pilasters and Columns

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Corinthian
Ionic
Doric

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Arch of Titus

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80 C.E.
Rome

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Arch of Titus
Triumph of Titus

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80 C.E.
Rome

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Trajan's Forum
Basilica Ulpia

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112 C.E.
Rome

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Column of Trajan

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112 C.E.
continuous narrative

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Market of Trajan

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112 C.E.
Rome

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Pantheon

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125 C.E.
Rome

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Pedestal of the Column of Emperor Antoninus Pius

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161 C.E.
Rome
military parade

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Sarcophagus with the myth of Orestes

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145 C.E.
western type
continuous narrative
heroic story from Greek mythology

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Columnar sarcophagus

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165 C.E.
eastern type="in the round"

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Battle Sarcophagus

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255 C.E.

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Sarcophagus of a Philosopher

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270-280 C.E.

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Early Roman Sarcophagi

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Greek mythology rules
family, ritual, honor
Classical inspiration
in the round vs frontal

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Late Roman Sarcophagi

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drill rules
rejection of Classicism
favors diverse styles
philosophy, questions of death: themes of eternal life

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Petra Tomb

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2nd Century
Jordan
playful disregard for classic canon

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Baalbek Temple

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Lebanon
3rd Century C.E.

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Encaustic portraits from Faiyum

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2nd Century
Egypt
beeswax+pigment

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Portrait of Septimus Severus and family

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200 C.E.
Egypt
Tempera on Wood

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Tempera

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Egg yolk and pigment

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Baths of Caracalla

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215 C.E.
Rome

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Pair of Tetrarchic Portraits

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295 C.E.
Rome

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Augusti

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Emperors

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Caesari

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Vice Emperors

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Basilica Nova

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306-312
Rome
Begun by Maxentius and completed by Constantine

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Colossus of Constantine

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315 C.E.
8'6" head
Rome

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Arch of Constantine

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315 C.E.
Rome

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Silver coin of Emperor Constantine

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315 C.E.

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Chi-Ro symbol of Christianity

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on silver coin
1st two Greek letters of Christ's name in Ancient Greek

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Dura Europos

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Christian Community House
Syria
240-256 C.E.

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Catacomb of Sts. Peter and Marcellinus

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early 4th century C.E.
painted stories of Good Shepherd and Jonah
Rome

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Old Basilica of St. Peter

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begun 320
built on tomb of St. Peter

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nave

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center hall

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apse

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dome at center tip

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transept

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forms top of "T"

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narthex

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right outside of basilica

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atrium

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big opening
farther than narthex

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Mausoleum of Costanza

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350 C.E.
Rome

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typical mausoleum plan?

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round

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Costanza Mausoleum
Mosaic of Wine Making

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350 C.E.
Built by the Emperor Constantine for Costanza. It has mosaics with “pseudo-Christian Art”

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Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus

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359 C.E. Rome
marble, 8' long
found in Old Basilica of St. Peter's

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Ivory reliefs

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400 C.E.
Pagan(woman)
Christian (crucifix)

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Mausoleum of Galla Placidia

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425 C.E.
Ravenna
(capital of Western Roman Empire in 402)

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Galla Placidia

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sister of Roman Emperor

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Sant’Apollinare Nuovo
Miracle of Loaves and Fishes

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504 C.E.
Ravenna

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Hagia Sophia

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532-537 C.E.
Constantinople
built under Emperor Justinian

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Emperor Justinian as World Conqueror

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mid-6th century
Ivory
1'2" by 10"

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San Vitale

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540 C.E.
Ravenna

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Mosaics with Justinian and wife, Theodora
(in San Vitale)

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547 C.E.
stately, frontal, dematerialized, figures floating in non-descript space

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Byzantine hieratic art

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expresses complex Christian dogma

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hieratic

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Fixed, stylized method of representation, often determined by religious principles and represented conventionally

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Icon of Christ

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6th century
Mt. Sinai
encaustic on wood

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ICONS

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-Windows into the Divine Realm
-Miraculous
-Portable
-Frontal
-Symbolic
-Based on a prototype, so
used repetitive imagery
-Often space is “squeezed out”
-Hieratic

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Iconoclasm

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726-843 C.E.
a prohibition of
religious figurative art in the Byzantine Empire

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Early Byzantine
Middle
Late Byzantine

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324-726 C.E.
843-1204 C.E.
1204-1453 C.E.

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Iconoclast Mosaic Cross

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8th century
Constantinople
possibly replacing an earlier figurative image

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Church of the Theotokos

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2nd half of 10th century
Greece
Monastery Church of Hosios Loukas

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Katholikon

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1st quarter of 11th century
Hosias Loukas

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Church of the Dormition
Christ Pantokrator

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1100 C.E.
Daphne (Greece)

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St. Mark's

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Venice
1063 C.E.

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Monreale Cathedral
Christ Pantokrator

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1185 C.E.
Italy

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King David composing the Psalms
Paris Psalter

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960 C.E.
Tempera on Vellum
Roman 4th style
"Macedonian Renaissance"
Pastoral painting

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Lamentation

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1164 C.E.
Nerezi (Macedonia)
apocryphal, high drama
return of blue sky

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Vladimir Virgin

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1100 C.E.
Tempera on Wood
2'6" by 2'

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Crucifixion in Church of Dormition

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1100 C.E.
Mary and John as intercessors
sorrow, resignation, melancholy
Skull of Golgotha