Art History Midterm Pt.3

Ara Pacis Augustae (Altar of Augustan Peace), 9 B.C.E., Rome, Italy, Early Imperial Roman

• commemoration of peace and conquest

• depiction of elite Roman procession

• God’s eye looking down

Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater), c. 70-80 C.E., Rome, Early Imperial Roman

• tuscan style arches

The Pantheon, Rome, c. 125, Middle Imperial Rome

• temple to all of the gods

• oculus is source of natural light - proof of the movement of the cosmos

Arch of Constantine, 312-315 C.E., and older spolia, marble and porphyry, Rome

• celebration of Christianity

• warfare and triumph

Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine (Basilica Nova), Roman Forum, c. 306-312 C.E.

-Constantine, head and fragments from a colossal statue, marble, ca. 313-315

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Santa Costanza. Rome. 354.

Isidore of Miletus & Anthemius of Tralles for Emperor Justinian, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, 532-37

Cave 254 of the Magao Caves in Dunhuang, China, wall painting and sculpture, ca. 500 (Northern Wei Dynasty)

a. Jataka Legend of the Tiger

Tokali Kilise (Church of the Buckle), end of the 10th or early 11th century, Cappadocia, Turkey

Church of St. George, rock-cut church, late 12th or early 13th century (late Zagwe dynasty), Lalibela, Ethiopia

Annunciation Icon, late 12th century, paint and gold ground on panel, Saint Catherine's Monastery (Mount Sinai), Byzantine

Theotokos and Child, 867, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), mosaic

Seated Bronze Buddha, late 6th to early 7th century, India, Gupta Period