Exam #1 Intro to Visual Arts Key Images

Title: Book of the Dead for the Chantress of Amun, Nauny
Date: c. 1050 BCE
Material: Paint on papyrus
Height: 13¾ inches

Title: Pyramid of Khufu (Great Pyramid)
Location: Giza
Date: 26th century BCE
Materials: Granite and limestone
Original height: 481 ft
Current height: 454 ft

Title: Hatshepsut in a Devotional Attitude
Location: Deir el-Bahri
Material: Red granite/paint
Date: Hatshepsut ruled c. 1473–1458 BCE
Height: 8 feet

Title: Standing Male Worshiper
Location: Square Temple, Eshnunna (Iraq)
Date: c. 2900–2600 BCE
Materials: Limestone, alabaster, shell, bitumen
Size: 11⅝ × 5⅛ × 3⅞ inches

Title: Kore from Chios
Material: Marble with paint
Location: Acropolis, Athens
Date: c. 510 BCE
Height: 2 feet

Title: Yakshi Bracket Figure and Relief
Location: East torana, Great Stupa, Sanchi
Material: Stone
Date: c. 150–50 BCE
Height: 60 inches

Title: Soldiers from the Mausoleum of Shihuangdi, the First Qin Emperor

Location: Lintong, China
Date: c. 210 BCE
Material: Earthenware
Scale: Slightly over life-size

Title: Sasanian Wall Panel, Bird in Rondel

Location: Near Ctesiphon, Iraq
Culture: Persian
Date: c. 6th century CE
Material: Stucco
Size: about 10½ × 9¾ inches

Title: Warrior (Statue A)
Found: Shipwreck near Riace, Italy
Date: c. 460–450 BCE
Height: 6'9"

Title: Great Stupa
Location: Sanchi, India
Founded: 3rd century BCE
Enlarged: c. 150–50 BCE

Title: Pantheon
Location: Rome
Date: 110–128 CE
Materials: Stone and concrete

Title: Main Hall, Inner Shrine (Shinto)
Location: Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan
Tradition: Shinto
Rebuilt: Every 20 years since 690 CE

Title: Ishtar Gate and Throne Room Wall
Location: Nebuchadnezzar II's Palace, Babylon (Iraq)
Date: c. 575 BCE
Material: Glazed brick
Height: approximately 40 feet

Title: Chichén Itzá, Ball Court
Culture: Maya
Location: Yucatán, Mexico
Date: 9th–12th century CE

Title: Exterior View, Arch of Titus
Location: Rome
Date: after 81 CE
Materials: Concrete, marble, stone, wood

Title: Empress Theodora and Her Attendants
Location: Sanctuary wall, San Vitale, Ravenna
Date: c. 547 CE
Medium: Mosaic

Title: Mihrab, Madrasa Imami
Original Location: Isfahan, Iran
Current Location: New York
Date: 1354–55
Medium: Glazed ceramic mosaic

Title: Rose Window and Lancets
Location: North Transept, Chartres Cathedral, France
Date: c. 1230–1235
Medium: Tracery with stained/painted glass

Title: Qur’an Folio / Page from the Qur’an
Region: Central Islamic Lands / Syria
Date: 9th–10th century
Material: Gold and ink on parchment; the slides also identify black ink, pigments, gold, and vellum
Size: approximately 8 5/16" × 11½"

Title: Chi Rho Page
Text: Gospel of Matthew
Book: Book of Kells
Location: Iona, Scotland (?)
Date: c. 800 CE
Materials: Ox gall inks, pigments, vellum
Size: 12¾" × 9½"

Title: The Hour of Cowdust
School: Kangra School
Location: Punjab Hills, India
Date: c. 1790
Materials: Gouache on paper
Size: approximately 15" × 12½"

Title: Purse Lid, Sutton Hoo Ship Burial
Culture: Early Anglo-Saxon
Date: Early 7th century
Materials: Gold, garnet, glass
Size: 7.5 inches long

Title: Lidded Saltcellar
Location: Sierra Leone
Culture/Artists: Bullom or Temne and Portuguese collaboration
Date: 15th–16th century
Material: Ivory
Height: 11¾ inches

Title: Two Flasks
Dynasty: Ming Dynasty
Country: China
Date: c. 1403–1424
Material: Porcelain
Decoration: Cobalt blue underglaze