arth works to know

Mystery Fresco in the Triclinium (dining room), fresco, Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, Italy, ca. 79 CE

Triumphaal Arch of Titus, Rome, Italy, after 81 CE. Marble.

Jade Cong (pronounced tsong), Neolithic period China, Liangzhu culture, 3200–2200 BCE.

Terracotta Soldiers, Underground Mausoleum of Shihuangdi (1st Qin emperor of China), Lintong, Shanxi,

Great Wild Goose Pagoda, Shanxi, China. Tang Dynasty, orig. 645 CE. Materials: brick & wood.

Fan Kuan, Travelers among Mountains and Streams, Chinese landscape painting. Hanging scroll: Ink & colors

Pensive Bodhisattva, bronze, Korean, mid 7th century (Korea: Three Kingdoms Period, 57 BCE-676 CE)

Phoenix Hall, Byodo-in Temple [Buddhist], Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Heian Period, c. 1053.

JOCHO (pronounced “Jock-o”), Seated Amida Buddha, Phoenix Hall, Byodo-in Temple, Uji, Kyoto

Prefecture, Japan. Heian Period, c. 1053. Gold leaf and lacquer on wood.

Seated Buddha (Mathura type) with Attendants, From Pradesh, India, c. late 1st –early 2nd century CE.

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Standing Buddha from Gandhara, India, 2nd-3rd century CE. Marble sculpture.

Great (Buddhist) Stupa at Sanchi. Madhya Pradesh, India, c.300 BCE – 100 CE. Indian (Buddhist)

Shiva as Lord of the Dance (Nataraja), from India, c. 11th century (c. 990 CE), Copper alloy. (Hindu)

Kandariya Mahdeva (Hindu) Temple to Shiva, Khajuraho Madhya Pradesh, India, c. 1000 CE

Jewish & Early Christian, c. 200-c. 700 CE

Jewish House-Synagogue and Torah Niche, Dura-Europos, Syria, 244-45 CE * know Jewish iconography

(symbols & story) on Torah niche

Basilica of Santa Sabina, Rome, Italy, 422-32. *know church parts & Christian symbolism

Byzantine Empire, 330-1453 CE

ANTHEMIUS OF TRALLES and ISIDORUS OF MILETUS (architects), Church of Hagia Sophia,

Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey), 532–537. Patron: Emperor Justinian I

Emperor Justinian & Empress Theodora with Attendants, Apse mosaics, Church of San Vitale, Ravenna,

Italy, c. 547. Byzantine. *Know stylistic features & mosaic technique!

Early Medieval Europe, c. 476-c. 1000 CE (fall of Roman Empire, 476 CE)

Purse Lid from Sutton Hoo Ship Burial, Metalwork with Cloisonné, England, c. 625

Chi Rho Iota Page, Book of Kells (fol. 34 recto), manuscript: tempera paint on vellum, Scotland or Ireland

(Hiberno-Saxon), late 8th or early 9th century.

Equestrian Portrait of Charlemagne(?) or Charles the Bald(?), Bronze, 9th cent (Carolingian)

Early Islamic World, c. 620 to 1700 CE

Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, 685-691 [Umayyad Caliphate]

Hypostyle Prayer Hall, Great Mosque, Córdoba, Spain, 8th-10th centuries. [Umayyad Caliphate]

Great Mosque Isfahan, Iran, 11th-17th cent. [Seljuk Caliphate] (4-iwan type)

Ilkhanid Mihrab (Prayer Niche), architecture with ceramic tile mosaic, from Isfahan, Iran, c. 1354. [Seljuk]

Mimar Sinan (architect), The Blue Mosque (Sultan Ahmet Camii) [central-plan type], Istanbul, Turkey,

completed 1617. [Ottoman caliphate]

*Know 3 major mosque types: hypostyle, four-iwan, central-planned

Romanesque (Late Medieval), c. 1000-c. 1200 CE

Church of Saint-Foy [St. Faith], Conques, France, 1050-1130 (pilgrimage church on way to Santiago de

Compostela)

GISLEBERTUS (sculptor), Last Judgment Tympanum Relief, West Portal, Cathedral of Autun, France, ca.

1120–1135 (orig. painted). *Know parts of a Romanesque portal.

Virgin and Child as Throne of Wisdom Reliquary, wood and polychrome, Auvergne region, France. Late

12th century.

Christ in Majesty, apse painting, Church of San Climent, Tahull, Spain, c. 1123.

Gothic (Late Medieval), c. 1140-1400/1500

Ambulatory (with pointed arches & rib vaults), Church of Saint-Denis, France (near Paris), 1140–1144 -

Gothic begins here! Patron: Abbot Suger

Flight into Egypt, Infancy of Christ Window, Saint-Denis, c. 1140-1144. Stained and painted glass. Early

Gothic.

Last Judgment Tympanum, Royal Portal, Chartres Cathedral, France, ca. 1145–1155. Early Gothic.

Nave, Cathedral of Chartres, France (near Paris), nave rebuilt with flying buttresses, 1194-1220 after a

fire. High Gothic.

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Sainte-Chapelle, Royal Palace, Paris, France, 1243-48. Late Gothic: Rayonnant style.

Jean Pucelle (artist). “Christ’s Arrest and Annunciation” pages, Small Book of Hours (Petite Heures) of

Queen Jeanne d’Evreux, illuminated manuscript (tempera paint on vellum), from Paris, France, c.

1325-28. Late Gothic.

Virgin and Child Reliquary (contains hair of Virgin), Gilded silver, enamel, stones and pearl, from Saint-

Denis, France, 1339. Late Gothic. Patron: Queen Jeanne d’Evreux.

African Art to 1600

Great Mosque of Djenne (hypostyle type), mud & wood toros, Mali, Africa, orig. 13th cent.

Conical Tower, Great Zimbabwe, Africa, c. 1200-1450 CE

Church of St. George, Lalibela, Ethiopia, Africa, 12th -13th century

Ethiopian Icon (Diptych with Mary and Jesus Flanked by Archangels, Apostles & a Saint), Ethiopia, Africa,

15th century. Tempera and gold on panel

Brass Heads of Rulers, Ife, Nigeria, Africa, 1300-1450.

Queen Mother (Iyoba) Mask Pendant (ivory), Edo of Benin, Nigeria, Africa, 16th cent.

Benin Brass Plaque: Equestrian Oba & Attendants, from Palace of Benin, Nigeria, Africa, c. 1550