Unit 3: Early Europe and Colonial Americas

Catacomb of Priscilla

Rome, Italy. c. 200–400 C.E. Excavated tufa and fresco.

Santa Sabina

Rome, Italy. c. 422–432 C.E. Brick and stone,

wooden roof.

Vienna Genesis

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

San Vitale

Ravenna, Italy. 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.

Merovingian Looped Fibulae

Mid-sixth century C.E. Silver gilt worked in ligree, with inlays of garnets and other stones.

Theotokos

Sixth or early seventh century C.E. Encaustic on wood.

Lindisfarne Gospels

c. 700 C.E. Illuminated manuscript (ink, pigments, and gold on vellum).

Great Mosque of Cordoba

Córdoba, Spain. Umayyad. Begun c. 785–786 C.E. Stone masonry.

Pyxis of al-Mughira

Umayyad. c. 968 C.E. Ivory.

Church of Sainte Foy

Conques, France. c. 1050– 1130 C.E. Stone (architecture); stone and paint (tympanum); gold, silver, gemstones, and enamel over wood (reliquary).

Bayeux Tapestry

c. 1066–1080 C.E. Embroidery on linen.

Chartes Cathedral

Original construction c. 1145–1155 C.E.; reconstructed c. 1194–1220 C.E. Limestone, stained glass.

Blanche of Castile and Louis IX

c. 1225–1245 C.E. Illuminated manuscript (ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum).

Röttgen Pietà

c. 1300-1325 C.E. Painted wood.

Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel

Padua, Italy. Painter: Giotto de Bondone. c. 1303-1305 C.E. Brick (architecture) and fresco.

Golden Haggadah

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.

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.

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.

The Last Supper

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

Adam and Eve

Albrecht Dürer. 1504 C.E. Engraving.

Sistine Chapel

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.

Gesù

Rome, Italy. Giacomo da Vignola, plan (architect); Giacomo della Porta, facade (architect); Giovanni Battista Gaulli, ceiling fresco (artist). Church: 16th century C.E.; facade: 1568–1584 C.E.; fresco and stucco gures: 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.

Henry IV Receives the Portrait of Marie de’ Medici

Peter Paul Rubens. 1621–1625 C.E. Oil on canvas.

Self-Portrait with Sasika

Rembrandt van Rijn. 1636 C.E. Etching.

San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane

Rome, Italy. Francesco Borromini. 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

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

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 Siege of Belgrade and hunting scene

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

Virgin of Guadalupe

Miguel González. c. 1698 C.E. Basilica of Guadalupe, Mexico City. 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.

Portrait of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz

Miguel Cabrera. c. 1750 C.E. Oil on canvas.