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post and lintel construction
The Lion Gate, Mycenae, Greece, 1250 BCE.
The Lion Gate, Mycenae, Greece, 1250 BCE.
arch
arch
Amphitheater
the Colosseum (aerial view), Rome, 72 80 CE.
the Colosseum (aerial view), Rome, 72 80 CE.
wood frame
neolithic
Beaker with ibex, dogs, and long-necked birds, from southwest Iran, c. 5000 4000 BCE.
Beaker with ibex, dogs, and long-necked birds, from southwest Iran, c. 5000 4000 BCE.
egyptian culture
King Khafre, Giza, Egypt, c. 2530 BCE.
Diorite, height 661/8 in. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
King Khafre, Giza, Egypt, c. 2530 BCE.
Diorite, height 661/8 in. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
archaic period
Kroisos Kouros, Anavyssos Kouros. National Archaeological Museum of Athens, Inv. 3851. Anavyssos, Attica. ~530 BC.
Kroisos Kouros, Anavyssos Kouros. National Archaeological Museum of Athens, Inv. 3851. Anavyssos, Attica. ~530 BC.
classical
greek statue of hermes
greek statue of hermes
hellenistic age
Nike of Samothrace, c. 190 BCE.
Marble, height approximately 8 ft. Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Nike of Samothrace, c. 190 BCE.
Marble, height approximately 8 ft. Musée du Louvre, Paris.
hellenistic age
The Laocoön Group, Roman copy, perhaps after Agesander, Athenodorus, and Polydorus of Rhodes,
first century CE. Marble, height 7 ft.
The Laocoön Group, Roman copy, perhaps after Agesander, Athenodorus, and Polydorus of Rhodes,
first century CE. Marble, height 7 ft.
roman art
She-Wolf, c. 500 BCE.
Bronze, height 331/2 in. Museo Capitolino,
She-Wolf, c. 500 BCE.
Bronze, height 331/2 in. Museo Capitolino,
roman art
Augustus of Primaporta, c. 20 BCE. Marble, height 6 ft. 8 in.
Augustus of Primaporta, c. 20 BCE. Marble, height 6 ft. 8 in.
Buddha?
Colossal Buddha,Cave 20, Yungang, Shanxi, late fifth century. Stone, height 45 ft.
Colossal Buddha,Cave 20, Yungang, Shanxi, late fifth century. Stone, height 45 ft.
mosaics
Theodora and Her Attendants, c. 547. Mosaic, sidewall of the apse, San Vitale
Theodora and Her Attendants, c. 547. Mosaic, sidewall of the apse, San Vitale
mosque
Courtyard of the Great Mosque of Damascus, 705  16.
Courtyard of the Great Mosque of Damascus, 705  16.
mosaic mihrab
from the Madrasa Imami, Isfahan, Persia (Iran), c. 1354 (restored). Glazed and cut ceramic, 11 ft. 3 in. *
7 ft. 6 in.
from the Madrasa Imami, Isfahan, Persia (Iran), c. 1354 (restored). Glazed and cut ceramic, 11 ft. 3 in. *
7 ft. 6 in.
typanum
Gislebertus, Last Judgment, tympanum and lintel, west portal, Cathedral, Autun, France, c. 1125 35.
Gislebertus, Last Judgment, tympanum and lintel, west portal, Cathedral, Autun, France, c. 1125 35.
Gothic
chartres Cathedral, 1145  1220.
Herve Champollion / Caisse Nationale des Monuments Historique et des Sites, Paris, France.
chartres Cathedral, 1145  1220.
Herve Champollion / Caisse Nationale des Monuments Historique et des Sites, Paris, France.
Gothic
central portal of the west facade of Reims Cathedral, c. 1225  90.
central portal of the west facade of Reims Cathedral, c. 1225  90.
renaissance
The Limbourg Brothers, October,from Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry,1413  16.Manuscript illumination. Musée Condé, Chantilly, France.
The Limbourg Brothers, October,from Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry,1413  16.Manuscript illumination. Musée Condé, Chantilly, France.
early renaissance
Donatello, David, c. 1425  30.
Donatello, David, c. 1425  30.
early renaissance
Masaccio, The Tribute Money,c. 1427.
Masaccio, The Tribute Money,c. 1427.
high renaissance
michelangelo david
michelangelo david
high renaissance
Raphael, The School of Athens, 1510  11. Fresco. Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican Palace, Rome.
Raphael, The School of Athens, 1510  11. Fresco. Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican Palace, Rome.
mannerism
Bronzino, Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time (The Exposure of Luxury), c. 1546. Oil on wood, approximately 61 * 563/4 in.
Bronzino, Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time (The Exposure of Luxury), c. 1546. Oil on wood, approximately 61 * 563/4 in.
baroque
Caravaggio, The Calling of St. Matthew,c. 1599 1602.
Oil on canvas, 11 ft. 1 in. * 11 ft. 5 in. Contarelli Chapel, San Luigi dei Francesci, Rome.
Caravaggio, The Calling of St. Matthew,c. 1599 1602.
Oil on canvas, 11 ft. 1 in. * 11 ft. 5 in. Contarelli Chapel, San Luigi dei Francesci, Rome.
rococo
Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Bathers, c.
1765. Oil on canvas, 251/4 * 311/2 in.
Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Bathers, c.
1765. Oil on canvas, 251/4 * 311/2 in.
Musée du Louvre, Paris.
neoclassicism
Jacques Louis David, The Death of Marat, 1793.
Oil on canvas, 65 * 501/2 in. Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels.
Jacques Louis David, The Death of Marat, 1793.
Oil on canvas, 65 * 501/2 in. Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels.
romanticism
Francisco Goya, Saturn Devouring One of His Sons, 1820  22. Fresco, transferred to canvas, 577/8 * 325/8 in. Museo del Prado, Madrid.
Francisco Goya, Saturn Devouring One of His Sons, 1820  22. Fresco, transferred to canvas, 577/8 * 325/8 in. Museo del Prado, Madrid.
romanticism
Caspar David Friedrich, Monk by the Sea, 1809 Oil on canvas, 421/2 * 67 in. Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin.
Caspar David Friedrich, Monk by the Sea, 1809 Oil on canvas, 421/2 * 67 in. Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin.
realism
ernest MeissonierM, emory of Civil War (The Barricade,s1) 849. Oil on canvas, 111/2 * 83/4 in. Musée du Louvre, Paris.
ernest MeissonierM, emory of Civil War (The Barricade,s1) 849. Oil on canvas, 111/2 * 83/4 in. Musée du Louvre, Paris.
realism
rosa Bonheur,Plowing in the Nivernais, 1849. Oil on canvas, 5 ft. 9 in. * 8 ft. 8 in. Musée
d Orsay, Paris.
rosa Bonheur,Plowing in the Nivernais, 1849. Oil on canvas, 5 ft. 9 in. * 8 ft. 8 in. Musée
d Orsay, Paris.
realism
Edouard Manet, Olympia, 1863.
Oil on canvas, 51 * 743/4 in. Musée d Orsay, Paris.
Edouard Manet, Olympia, 1863.
Oil on canvas, 51 * 743/4 in. Musée d Orsay, Paris.
impressionists
Claude Monet, Impression-Sunrise, 1872.
Oil on canvas, 191/2 * 251/2 in. Musée Marmottan, Paris.
Claude Monet, Impression-Sunrise, 1872.
Oil on canvas, 191/2 * 251/2 in. Musée Marmottan, Paris.
post impressionism
Paul Cézanne, Still Life with Cherries and Peaches,
1885 87. Oil on canvas. 193/4 * 24 in. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Gift of Adele R. Levy Fund, Inc., and Mr. and Mrs. Armand S. Deutsch, M.61.1.
Paul Cézanne, Still Life with Cherries and Peaches,
1885 87. Oil on canvas. 193/4 * 24 in. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Gift of Adele R. Levy Fund, Inc., and Mr. and Mrs. Armand S. Deutsch, M.61.1.
cubism
Georges Braque, Violin and Palette, Autumn 1909. Oil on canvas, 361/8 * 167/8 in. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,
Fig. 687
New York. 54.1412.
Georges Braque, Violin and Palette, Autumn 1909. Oil on canvas, 361/8 * 167/8 in. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,
Fig. 687
New York. 54.1412.
fauves
Henri Matisse, The Green Stripe (Madame Matisse), 1905. Oil and tempera on canvas, 157/8 * 127/8 in. Statens Museum
Fig. 688
for Kunst, Copenhagen. J. Rump Collection.
Henri Matisse, The Green Stripe (Madame Matisse), 1905. Oil and tempera on canvas, 157/8 * 127/8 in. Statens Museum
Fig. 688
for Kunst, Copenhagen. J. Rump Collection.
expressionism
Franz Marc, Die grossen blauen Pferde (The Large Blue Horses) , 1911.
Oil on canvas, 415/16 * 711/4 in. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. Gift of the T. B. Walker Foundation, Gilbert M. Walker Fund, 1942.
Franz Marc, Die grossen blauen Pferde (The Large Blue Horses) , 1911.
Oil on canvas, 415/16 * 711/4 in. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. Gift of the T. B. Walker Foundation, Gilbert M. Walker Fund, 1942.
futurism
Giacomo Balla, Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash, 1912. Oil on canvas, 353/8 * 431/2 in. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York. Bequest of A. Conger Goodyear and Gift of George F. Goodyear, 1964.
Giacomo Balla, Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash, 1912. Oil on canvas, 353/8 * 431/2 in. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York. Bequest of A. Conger Goodyear and Gift of George F. Goodyear, 1964.
futurism
Fig.692 UmbertoBoccioni, Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, 1913. Oil on canvas, 437/8 * 347/8 *
153/4 in. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired through the
Lillie P . Bliss Bequest.
Fig.692 UmbertoBoccioni, Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, 1913. Oil on canvas, 437/8 * 347/8 *
153/4 in. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired through the
Lillie P . Bliss Bequest.
dada
Marcel Duchamp, The Fountain, 1917. Fountain by R. Mutt. Glazed sanitary china with black print.
Photo by Alfred Stieglitz inThe Blind Man, No. 2 (May 1917); original lost. © Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection...
Marcel Duchamp, The Fountain, 1917. Fountain by R. Mutt. Glazed sanitary china with black print.
Photo by Alfred Stieglitz inThe Blind Man, No. 2 (May 1917); original lost. © Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950. 1998-74-1.
surrealism
Salvador Dali, The Persistence of Memory, 1931. Oil on canvas, 91/2 * 13 in. The Museum of Modern Art.
Salvador Dali, The Persistence of Memory, 1931. Oil on canvas, 91/2 * 13 in. The Museum of Modern Art.
american modernism
Edward Hopper,Nighthawks, 1942. Oil on canvas, 30 * 60 in. Art Institute of Chicago. Friends of American Art Collection, 1942.51.
Edward Hopper,Nighthawks, 1942. Oil on canvas, 30 * 60 in. Art Institute of Chicago. Friends of American Art Collection, 1942.51.
abstract expressionism
jackson pollock?
jackson pollock?
pop art
Roy Lichtenstein,
Whaam!, 1963. Magna on two canvas panels, 5 ft. 8 in. * 13 ft. 4 in. Tate Gallery, London.
Roy Lichtenstein,
Whaam!, 1963. Magna on two canvas panels, 5 ft. 8 in. * 13 ft. 4 in. Tate Gallery, London.
minimalism
Frank Stella, Empress of India, 1965. Metallic powder in polymer emulsion on shaped canvas, 6 ft. 5 in. * 18 ft. 8 in. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of S. I. Newhouse.
Frank Stella, Empress of India, 1965. Metallic powder in polymer emulsion on shaped canvas, 6 ft. 5 in. * 18 ft. 8 in. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of S. I. Newhouse.