APAH Content Area 3 - EARLY EUROPE AND COLONIAL AMERICAS 200-1750 C.E.

Catacomb of Priscilla

Rome, Italy. Late Antique Europe. c. 200-400 C.E. Excavated tufa and fresco.

Santa Sabina

Rome, Italy. Late Antique Europe. c. 422-432 C.E. Brick and stone, wooden roof.

Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well and Jacob Wrestling the Angel, from the Vienna Genesis

Early Byzantine Europe. Early sixth century C.E. Illuminated manuscript (tempera, gold, and silver on purple vellum)

Merovingian looped fibulae

Early medieval Europe. Mid-sixth century C.E. Silver gilt worked in filigree, with inlays of garnets and other stones.

San Vitale & Mosaics of Justinian and Theodora

Ravenna, Italy. Early Byzantine Europe. c. 526-547 C.E. Brick, marble, and stone veneer; mosaic.

Hagia Sophia

Constantinople (Istanbul). Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus. 532-537 C.E. Brick and ceramic elements with stone and mosaic veneer

Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George

Early Byzantine Europe. Sixth or early seventh century C.E. Encaustic on wood.

Lindisfarne Gospels: St. Matthew, cross-carpet page; St. Luke portrait page; St. Luke incipit page.

Early medieval (Hiberno Saxon) Europe. c. 700 C.E. Illuminated manuscript (ink, pigments, and gold on vellum).

Great Mosque of Córdoba

, Spain. Umayyad. c. 785-786 C.E. Stone masonry.

Pyxis of al-Mughira

Umayyad. c. 968 C.E. Ivory.

Church of Sainte-Foy

Conques, France. Romanesque Europe. Church: c. 1050-1130 C.E.;

Reliquary of Saint Foy

Conques, France. Romanesque Europe. Ninth century C.E., with later additions. Gold, silver, gemstones, and enamel over wood (reliquary).

Bayeux Tapestry

Romanesque Europe (English or Norman). c. 1066-1080 C.E. Embroidery on linen.

Chartres Cathedral

Chartres, France. Gothic Europe. Original construction c. 1145-1155 C.E.; reconstructed c. 1194-1220 C.E. Limestone, stained glass.

Notre Dame da la Belle Verriere

Chartres, France. Gothic Europe. Original construction c. 1145-1155 C.E.; reconstructed c. 1194-1220 C.E. Limestone, stained glass.

Dedication Page with Blanche of Castile and King Louis IX of France

Scenes from the Apocalypse from Bibles moralisées. Gothic Europe. c. 1225-1245 C.E. Illuminated manuscript (ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum).

Röttgen Pietà

Late medieval Europe. c. 1300-1325 C.E. Painted wood.

Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel, including Lamentation

Padua, Italy. Unknown architect; Giotto di Bondone (artist). Chapel: c. 1303 C.E.; Fresco: c. 1305. Brick (architecture) and fresco.

Golden Haggadah (The Plagues of Egypt, Scenes of Liberation, and Preparation for Passover)

Late medieval Spain. c. 1320 C.E. Illuminated manuscript (pigments and gold leaf on vellum).

Alhambra

Granada, Spain. Nasrid Dynasty. 1354-1391 C.E. Whitewashed adobe stucco, wood, tile, paint, and gilding.

Court of the Lions

Granada, Spain. Nasrid Dynasty. 1354-1391 C.E. Whitewashed adobe stucco, wood, tile, paint, and gilding.

Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece)

Workshop of Robert Campin. 1427-1432 C.E. Oil on wood.

Pazzi Chapel

Basilica di Santa Croce. Florence, Italy. Filippo Brunelleschi (architect). c. 1429-1461 C.E. Masonry.

The Arnolfini Portrait

Jan van Eyck. c. 1434 C.E. Oil on wood.

David

Donatello. c. 1440-1460 C.E. Bronze.

Palazzo Rucellai

Florence, Italy. Leon Battista Alberti (architect). c. 1450 C.E. Stone, masonry.

Madonna and Child with Two Angels

Fra Filippo Lippi. c. 1465 C.E. Tempera on wood.

Birth of Venus

Sandro Botticelli. c. 1484-1486 C.E. Tempera on canvas.

Last Supper

Leonardo da Vinci. c. 1494-1498 C.E. Oil and tempera.

Adam and Eve

Albrecht Dürer. 1504 C.E. Engraving.

Sistine Chapel ceiling and altar wall frescoes

Vatican City, Italy. Michelangelo. Ceiling frescoes: c. 1508-1512 C.E.; altar frescoes: c. 1536-1541 C.E. Fresco.

School of Athens

Raphael. 1509-1511 C.E. Fresco.

Isenheim altarpiece

Matthias Grünewald. c. 1512-1516 C.E. Oil on wood.

Entombment of Christ

Jacopo da Pontormo. 1525-1528 C.E. Oil on wood.

Allegory of Law and Grace

Lucas Cranach the Elder. c. 1530 C.E. Woodcut and letterpress.

Venus of Urbino

Titian. c. 1538 C.E. Oil on canvas.

Frontispiece of the Codex Mendoza

Viceroyalty of New Spain. c. 1541-1542 C.E. Ink and color on paper.

Il Gesù

Rome, Italy. Giacomo da Vignola, plan (architect); Giacomo della Porta, facade (architect); Church: 16th century C.E.; facade: 1568-1584 C.E.; fresco and stucco figures: 1676-1679 C.E. Brick, marble, fresco, and stucco.

Triumph of the Name of Jesus ceiling fresco, Il Gesù

Giovanni Battista Gaulli, ceiling fresco (artist). 1676-1679 C.E. Brick, marble, fresco, and stucco.

Hunters in the Snow

Pieter Bruegel the Elder. 1565 C.E. Oil on wood.

Mosque of Selim II

Edirne, Turkey. Sinan (architect). 1568-1575 C.E. Brick and stone.

Calling of Saint Matthew

Caravaggio. c. 1597-1601 C.E. Oil on canvas.

Henri IV Receives the Portrait of Marie de' Medici

From the Marie de' Medici Cycle. Peter Paul Rubens. 1621-1625 C.E. Oil on canvas.

Self-Portrait with Saskia

Rembrandt van Rijn. 1636 C.E. Etching.

San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane

Rome, Italy. Francesco Borromini (architect). 1638- 1646 C.E. Stone and stucco.

Ecstasy of Saint Teresa

Cornaro Chapel, Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria. Rome, Italy. Gian Lorenzo Bernini. c. 1647-1652 C.E. Marble (sculpture); stucco and gilt bronze (chapel).

Angel with Arquebus

Asiel Timor Dei. Master of Calamarca (La Paz School). c. 17th century C.E. Oil on canvas.

Las Meninas

Diego Velázquez. c. 1656 C.E. Oil on canvas.

Woman Holding a Balance

Johannes Vermeer. c. 1664 C.E. Oil on canvas.

The Palace at Versailles

Versailles, France. Louis Le Vau and Jules Hardouin- Mansart (architects). Begun 1669 C.E. Masonry, stone, wood, iron, and gold leaf (architecture); marble and bronze (sculpture); gardens.

Screen with the Siege of Belgrade and hunting scene

Circle of the González Family. c. 1697-1701 C.E. Tempera and resin on wood, shell inlay.

The Virgin of Guadalupe (Virgen de Guadalupe)

Miguel González. c. 1698 C.E. Based on original Virgin of Guadalupe. Basilica of Guadalupe, Mexico City. 16th century C.E. Oil on canvas on wood, inlaid with mother-of-pearl.

Fruit and Insects

Rachel Ruysch. 1711 C.E. Oil on wood.

Spaniard and Indian Produce a Mestizo

Attributed to Juan Rodríguez Juárez. c. 1715 C.E. Oil on canvas.

The Tête à Tête, from Marriage à la Mode

William Hogarth. c. 1743 C.E. Oil on canvas.