Exam 2 Study Images: Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Early Medieval, and Islamic Art

Vocabulary and identification flashcards for Exam 2, covering ancient Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Byzantine, Early Medieval, and Islamic artworks, monuments, and techniques.

The Severan Tondo

A c. 200 CE Roman circular panel painted in tempera (egg-based paint) on wood, measuring $30.5\,\text{cm}$ ($12\,\text{in.}$) in diameter and likely made in Egypt; depicts Emperor Septimius Severus, Empress Julia Domna, Caracalla, and the eradicated face of Geta.

What is the name

Symposium scene from the Tomb of the Diver, Paestum (Italy),

When was it made

c. 470 BCE,

What is the name

The Colosseum”), Rome,

When was it made

70–80 CE,

What is the name

“Blue Qur’an,”

When was it made

mid-9^th–mid-10^th century CE,

What is the name

the Islamic shrine known as the Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem,

When was it made

687–692 CE,

What is the name

 (“Golden Book”) of St. Emmeram (France)

When was it made

c. 870 CE,

What is the name

The Lindisfarne Gospels, an Anglo-Saxon manuscript produced by Bishop Eadfrith,

When was it made

Late 7^th to early 8^th century CE

What is the name

Anglo-Saxon belt buckle from Sutton Hoo burial,

When was it made

early 7th century CE,

What is the name

Byzantine image comparing iconoclasm to the torturing of Christ on the Cross,

When was it made

 mid-9^th century CE,

What is the name

Hagia Sophia (“Holy Wisdom”), Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey),

When was it made

537 CE,

What is the name

The Arch of Constantine (Rome),

When was it made

315 CE,

What is the name

the Four Tetrarchs, Rome

When was it made

 late 3^rd or early 4^th century CE,

What is the name

The Severan Tondo

When was it made

 c. 200 CE,

What is the name

The Pantheon, Rome (Italy),

When was it made

c. 114–128 CE

What is the name

The Ara Pacis Augustae (“Altar of Augustan Peace”), Roman,

When was it made

13–9 BCE,

What is the name

The Augustus Primaporta, Roman

When was it made

 early 1^st century CE,

What is the name

Roman portrait bust of a patrician,

When was it made

mid-1^st century CE

What is the name

 Etruscan tomb painting from the Tomb of the Shields, Monterozzi Necropolis,

When was it made

mid-4^th century BCE

What is the name

Roman Temple of Portunus (god of keys, doors, livestock, and granaries) in the Forum Boarium (cattle market),

When was it made

 c. 120–80 BCE,

What is the name

Laocoön and His Sons, a first-century-CE marble copy, possibly made by Agesander, Polydorus, and Athenodorus of Rhodes, of a bronze Hellenistic original from Pergamon,

When was it made

160–140 BCE

What is the name

Roman mosaic floor from Pompeii (Italy) depicting Alexander the Great defeating the Persian ruler Darius III at the Battle of Issus,

When was it made

 first-century-CE

What is the name

“The Farnese Hercules,”a Roman marble copy (signed by Glykon,

When was it made

c. 216 CE)

What is the name

the Riace Warriors, Classical Greek bronze sculptures recovered from a shipwreck off the coast of Italy,

When was it made

fifth century BCE

What is the name

The Parthenon, Athens, designed by Iktinos and Kallikrates, with sculptural program by Phidias,

When was it made

c. 447–438 BCE

What is the name

The Classical Greek theater at Delphi

When was it made

The fourth century BCE

What is the name

The Metropolitan Kouros (“youth,” pl. kouroi), Archaic period Greece,

When was it made

c. 590–580 BCE

What is the name

Geometric period Greek vessel from Attica (the area around Athens), slipped ceramic

When was it made

c. 760–735 BCE,

What is the name

Mihrab (prayer niche), Isfahan (Iran), 

When was it made

c. 1354–55,

What is the name

the frescoes from the west wall of the sanctuary in the synagogue at Dura Europos (Syria),

When was it made

 256 CE