Chapter 1: the Birth of Art

Chapter 1: Prehistoric Art

Figures:

1-1 Spotted Horses and Human Hands, 25,000-24,000 BCE, painting, Pech- Merle Cave, France 1-7 Woman from Willendorf, c. 24,000 BCE, Limestone, Willendorf, Austria 1-11 Hall of the Bulls, c. 15,000 BCE, painting, Lascaux cave, France 1-12 Bird-Headed Man with Bison, c. 15,000 BCE, painting, Lascaux cave, France 1-13 Bison, c. 12,500 BCE, painting, Altamira cave, Spain 1-21 Stonehenge, 2750-1500 BCE, stone, Wiltshire, England

Important terms and ideas: post-and-lintel mortise-and-tenon joints composite form (book uses the term composite pose) abstraction naturalism realism sculpture in the round relief sculpture

Chapter 2: Art of the Ancient Near East

Figures: 2-1 Stele of Naram-Sin, 2254-2218 BCE, limestone, Susa, Iran 2-2 Ruins of the Anu Ziggurat and White Temple, 3300-3000 BCE, Uruk, Iraq 2-4 Votive Figures from the Square Temple, 2900-2600 BCE, limestone, alabaster and gypsum, Iraq 2-5 Cylinder seal, 2550-2400 BCE, lapis lazuli, Ur, Iraq p. 35 The Great Lyre with Bull’s Head, 2550-2400 BCE, gold leaf and lapis lazuli over wooden core, Royal Cemetery, Ur, Iraq p. 35 Sound Box of The Great Lyre 2-7 Reconstruction of the Nanna Ziggurat, 2100-2050 BCE 2-8 Votive Statue of Gudea, 2090 BCE, diorite, Girsu, Iraq p. 38 Stele of Hammurabi, 1792-1750 BCE, diorite, Susa, Iran 2-10 Assurnasirpal II Killing Lions, 875-860 BCE, alabaster, from the Palace of Assurnasirpal II, Nimrud, Iraq 2-11 Reconstruction of citadel of Sargon II, 721-706 BCE, Dur Sharrukin, Iraq

2-12 Guardian figures at Gate A of the Citadel of Sargon II During its Excavation, Dur Sharrukin, c. 721-706 BCE (Lamassu Figures) 2-15 Ishtar Gate, 575 BCE, glazed brick, Babylon, Iraq

Important terms and ideas:

stele votive figures iconography idealization hieratic scale registers cuneiform ziggurats

Chapter 3: Art of Ancient Egypt

Figures: 3-1 Funerary mask of Tutankhamun, 1332-1322 BCE, gold with inlay of glass and semiprecious stones, Eighteenth Dynasty, Thebes p. 52 The Narmer Palette, 2950 BCE, green schist, Early Dynastic period 3-2 Reconstruction Drawing of Djoser’s Funerary Complex, Saqqara, 2630- 2575 BCE 3-3 The Step Pyramid, and Sham Buildings, Funerary Complex of Djoser, Saqqara, limestone, height of pyramid 204’ 3-4 Great Pyramids, 2575-2450 BCE, Fourth Dynasty, Giza 3-8 Khafre, 2520-2494 BCE, anorthosite gneiss, Fourth Dynasty, Giza 3-9 Menkaure and a Queen, 2490-2472 BCE, graywacke with traces of red and black paint, Fourth Dynasty, Giza 3-10 Seated scribe, 2450-2325 BCE, painted limestone, Fifth Dynasty, Saqqara 3-14 Rock-cut tombs, 1938-1755 BCE, Twelfth Dynasty, Beni Hasan 3-18 Reconstruction Drawing of the Great Temple of Amun at Karnak, New Kingdom, c. 1579-1075 BCE 3-19 Reconstruction drawing of the Hypostyle hall, Temple of Amun, 1292- 1190 BCE, Nineteenth Dynasty, Karnak 3-20 Ruins of the Great Temple of Amun at Karnak, 1579-1075 BCE 3-21 Hatshepsut Kneeling, Eighteenth Dynasty, 1473-1458 BCE, red granite 3-22 Funerary Temple of Hatshepsut, 1473-1458 BCE, Eighteenth Dynasty, Deir el-Bahri 3-25 Akhenaten, 1353-1336 BCE, sandstone, Eighteenth Dynasty, Karnak 3-26 Akhenaten and His Family, 1353-1336 BCE, limestone sunken relief, Tell el-Amarna, Egypt 3-28 Nefertiti, 1353-1336 BCE, painted limestone, Eighteenth Dynasty, Tell el-Amarna 3-29 Inner Coffin of Tutankhamun’s Sarcophagus, 1332-1322 BCE, gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones, Eighteenth Dynasty, Thebes Important terms and ideas:

mastaba hypostyle hall stele necropolis clerestory

Chapter 4: Art of the Ancient Aegean

Figures: 4-2 Figure of a Women, 2600-2400 BCE, marble, Cycladic Islands 4-4 Reconstruction of the Palace Complex, Knossos, Crete, 2000-1375 BCE 4-5 Kamares Ware Jug, 2000-1900 BCE, Phaistos, Crete 4-6 Bull Leaping, 1550-1450 BCE, fresco, Knossos, Crete 4-7 Woman or Goddess with Snakes, 1700-1550 BCE, faience, Palace of Knossos, Crete 4-10 Octopus Flask, 1500-1450 BCE, Palaikastro, Crete 4-12 Landscape (Spring Fresco), before 1630 BCE, fresco, Akrotiri, Thera p.92-3 “Flotilla” Fresco, 1650 BCE, fresco, Room 5, West House, Akrotiri, Thera 4-18 Exterior view of Tholos, the So-Called Treasury of Atreus, 1300-1200 BCE, Mycenae, Greece 4-19 Corbeled Vault of the Treasury of Atreus

Potter’s wheel abstract forms labyrinth minotaur dry fresco (fresco secco) wet fresco (true fresco) corbel vault, corbeling

Chapter 5: Art of Ancient Greece

Figures: 5-1 Exekias, Achilles and Ajax playing a game, 540 BCE, Orvieto, Italy 5-2 Funerary Vase (krater), from the Dipylon cemetery, 750-700 BCE, Athens, Greece 5-9 Plan and Exterior of Temple of Hera I, Paestum, Italy, 550-540 BCE 5-16 Metropolitan Kouros, 600 BCE, marble, 6’ tall 5-18 Anavysos Kouros, 530 BCE, marble, Anavysos, Greece, 6’ 4” tall 5-19 “Peplos” Kore, 530 BCE, marble, from the Acropolis, Athens, Greece 5-22 Exekias, Achilles and Ajax playing a game (detail), 540 BCE, Orvieto, Italy 5-26 Warrior, 460-450 BCE, bronze, Riace, Italy 5-31 Iktinos and Kallikrates, Parthenon, 447-432 BCE, Athens, Greece 5-32 Photographic Mock-Up of the East Pediment of the Parthenon (including The Three Goddesses), 447-432 BCE 5-33 Lapith Fighting a Centaur, 447-432 BCE, metope from Parthenon, Athens, Greece p. 134 Polykleitos, Spear Bearer (Doryphorus), 450-440 BCE, Roman marble copy after the bronze original 5-35 Marshals and Young Women, Panathenaic Festival frieze, 447-432 BCE, marble, Parthenon, Athens, Greece 5-39 Nike (Victory) Adjusting her Sandal, 410-405 BCE, Temple of Athena Nike, Athens, Greece 5-45 Praxiteles, Aphrodite of Knidos, 350 BCE, Roman marble copy 5-52 Dying Gallic Trumpeter, 220 BCE, Roman copy 5-54 Athena Attacking the Giants, from the Altar of Pergamon, 175-150 BCE, marble 5-55 Hagesandros, Polydoros, and Athenodoros of Rhodes, Laocoön and His sons, 1st century, marble, 8’

Geometric period Archaic period Classical period Hellenistic period doric ionic corinthian entabulature pediment frieze kouros, kore archaic smile red-figure and black-figure painting contrapposto relief sculpture expressionism emotionalism Chapter 6: Etruscan and Roman Art

Figures:

6-3 Reconstruction of an Etruscan temple p. 170 Patrician Carrying Portrait Busts of Two Ancestors, end of 1st century BCE or beginning of 1st century CE, marble, height 5’5” 6-13 Portrait Head of an Elder, 80 BCE, marble, life size p. 172 Pont du Gard, late 1st century BCE, Nîmes, France 6-16 Temple, perhaps dedicated to Portunus, late 2nd century BCE, Rome, Italy 6-18 Augustus of Primaporta, early 1st century BCE, marble copy of bronze original, Primaporta, Italy p. 176 Ara Pacis Augustae, 13-9 BCE, Rome, Italy p. 177 Imperial Procession, south façade of the Ara Pacis, 13-9 BCE, Rome, Italy 6-23 Peristyle Garden, House of the Vettii, rebuilt 62-79 CE, Pompeii, Italy 6-29 Cityscape, Late 1st century CE, from a bedroom in the House of Publius Fannius Syistor, Boscoreale, Italy 6-32 The Arch of Titus, 81 CE, Rome, Italy 6-33 Spoils from the Temple of Solomon, scene from the Arch of Titus 6-35 Flavian Amphitheater, The Colosseum, 70-80 CE, Rome, Italy 6-36 A Young Flavian Woman, 90 CE, marble 6-37 Middle-Aged Flavian Woman, late 1st century CE, marble 6-43 Column of Trajan, 113-116 or after 117 CE, forum of Trajan, Rome, Italy 6-44 Column of Trajan Detail 6-45 Pantheon, 118-128 CE, Rome, Italy (exterior) 6-46 Reconstruction Drawing of the Pantheon 6-48 Interior of the Pantheon 6-52 Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius, 176 CE, bronze, Rome, Italy 6-53 Commodus as Hercules, 191-192 CE, marble 6-54 Caracalla, Early 3rd century CE, marble 6-55 Baths of Caracalla, 211-217 CE, Rome, Italy 6-56 Plan of the Baths of Caracalla, 211-217 CE, Rome, Italy 6-63 Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine (Basilica Nova), 306-313 CE, Rome, Italy 6-65 Reconstruction drawing of the Basilica Nova, 306-312 AD 6-66 Constantine the Great, 325-326 CE, Rome, Italy

Important terms and ideas from Chapter 6:

patricians plebians veristic/verism amphitheater atrium peristyle garden velarium intuitive perspective continuous narrative frieze frigidarium, tepidarium, caldarium

Chapter 7: Jewish, Early Christian, and Byzantine Art

Figures:

7-6 The Good Shepherd, second half of the 3rd century, marble 7-9 Interior of Santa Sabina, 422-32, Rome, Italy 7-13 Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, 359, marble, Rome, Italy 7-14 Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, 425-26, Ravenna, Italy 7-15 Interior of Mausoleum of Galla Placidia 7-16 Christ as the Good Shepherd, 425-26, mosaic from the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia 7-17 Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus, Church of Hagia Sophia, 532-37, Istanbul, Turkey 7-18 plan and section of the Church of Hagia Sophia 7-19 Church of Hagia Sophia, Interior 7-20 Plan and Cutaway drawing, Church of San Vitale, 520-48, Ravenna, Italy 7-21 Church of San Vitale, Interior, 520-48 7-22 Christ Enthroned, Flanked by Angels, St. Vitalis and Bishop Ecclesius, Church of San Vitale, Ravenna, Mosaic 7-23 Emperor Justinian and His Attendants, 547, mosaic, San Vitale 7-24 Empress Theodora and Her Attendants, 547, San Vitale 7-25 The Transfiguration of Christ with Sant’Appolinare, First Bishop of Ravenna, 549, apse mosaic, Church of Sant’Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna, Italy

basilica nave narthex, vestibule apse transept side aisles ambulatory central planned church cruciform mosaics Byzantine, Byzantium pendentives hieratic scale mandorla iconoclasm

Chapter 14: Early Medieval Art in Europe

Figures: 14-5 Page with Man, Gospel Book of Durrow, Gospel of St. Matthew, second half of the 7th century, ink and tempera on parchment, Iona, Scotland 14-18 Page with Matthew the Evangelist, Ebbo Gospels, Gospel of Matthew, second quarter of the 9th century, ink, gold, and colors on vellum 14-19 Crucifixion with Angels and Mourning Figures, Lindau Gospels, outer cover, 870-80, gold, pearls, sapphires, garnets, and emeralds 14-24 Doors of Bishop Bernward, 1015, Abbey Church of Saint Michael, Hildesheim, Germany, 16’6”

Important terms and ideas: biomorphic, organic, zoomorphic forms manuscript illuminations

Chapter 15: Romanesque Art

Figures: 15-3 Interior, Church of Sant Vincenc, Cardona, 1020s-30s 15-11 Cathedral Complex, Pisa, Italy, cathedral begun 1063, baptistery begun 1153, campanile begun 1174 15-16 Interior, Speyer Cathedral, Germany, c. 1080-1106 15-17 Exterior, Speyer Cathedral, Germany, c. 1080-1106 15-18 Nave, Durham Cathedral, England, 1087-1133 p. 478 Giselbertus, Last Judgment, tympanum on west portal, Cathedral of Saint- Lazare, Autun, France, ca. 1120-30 p. 484 Bayeux Tapestry, embroidered wool on linen, 1066-82

Important terms and ideas: feudalism campanile mandorla wall elevation, façade elevation tympanum, lunette Chapter 16: Gothic Art of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries

Figures: Introduction to Gothic architecture: 16-2 Abbey Church of Saint-Denis, Plan 16-3 Interior, Abbey Church of Saint-Denis, Choir, France, 1140-44 Chartres Cathedral: 16-6 West Façade, Chartres Cathedral, France, begun 1134, rebuilt after 1194 16-7 Royal Portal, West Façade, Chartres Cathedral, 1145-55 16-8 Royal Portal, West Façade, Chartres Cathedral, Prophets and Ancestors of Christ jamb statues, 1145-55 16-11 Nave, Chartres Cathedral, 1194-1220 16-13 Chartres Cathedral, North Transept, Rose window and Lancets, 1220 Reims Cathedral: 16-15 West façade, Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Reims, France, ca. 1225-1290 16-16 West Façade, Central Portral, Visitation and Annunciation figures, Reims Cathedral 16-17 Nave, Reims Cathedral, 1220 The Epitome of Gothic architecture: P. 509 Upper Chapel, Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, France, 1243-48

gothic rib vault sexpartite vault rose window triforium flying buttresses jamb figures, jamb sculpture