Art history 2

Augustus of Primaporta, ca. 20 BCE, marble, height 6’8”. Vatican Museums, Rome.

Ara Pacis Augustae (Altar of Augustan Peace), Rome, 13-9 BCE, marble.

Imperial Procession, frieze on the Ara Pacis, 13-9 BCE, height 5’2”.

Pont du Gard, Nîmes, France, late 1st century BCE.

House of the Vettii. Pompeii, Italy. Imperial Roman. c.second century BCE; rebuilt c.62-79 CE. 

Garden Scene, wall painting from the Villa of Livia at Primaporta, Italy, late 1st century BCE. Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome

Colosseum, Rome, ca. 72-80 CE.

Arch of Titus (and relief of Spoils from the Temple of Solomon, Jerusalem), Rome, ca. 81 CE.

Column of Trajan, Rome, 113-16 CE.

Pantheon, Rome, 118-128 CE.

Arch of Constantine, Rome, ca. 312-15 CE.

Constantine the Great, from the Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine, 325-26 CE, head 8’6” high. Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome.

The Good Shepherd, Orants, and Story of Jonah, painted ceiling fresco in Catacomb of Saints Pietro and Marcellino, Rome, late 3rd-early 4th century. 

Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, ca. 359 CE, marble, 4 x 8’. Grottoes of Saint Peter, Vatican, Rome.

Church of Santa Sabina, Rome, ca. 422-32.

The Good Shepherd, mosaic at the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, ca. 425-26.

Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus, Church of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey, 532-37. 

Emperor Justinian and Attendants, Empress Theodora and Attendants, mosaics in the Church of  San Vitale, Ravenna, ca. 547.

Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels, icon, second half of sixth century, encaustic on wood, Monastery of Saint Catherine, Mount Sinai, Egypt.

Cathedral of Saint Mark, Venice, begun 1063.

Andrey Rublyov, The Old Testament Trinity (Three Angels Visiting Abraham), icon, tempera on panel, ca. 1410-20.

Folio from a Qur’an. Arab, North Africa, or Near East. Abbasid. c. eighth to ninth century C.E. Ink, color, and gold on parchment.

Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, begun 692.

Mihrab (prayer niche), from the Madrasa Imami at Isfahan, Iran, 1354. Mosaic of polychrome-glazed cut tiles. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Prayer Hall at Great Mosque of Córdoba, Spain, begun 785.

Mihrab (prayer niche) at the Great Mosque of Córdoba, Spain, begun 8^th century

Maya Culture, Shield Jaguar II and Lady Xok, 723-726 CE, limestone, from temple dedicated to Lady Xok in Yaxchilan, Chiapas, Mexico. 

Maya Culture, Lady Xok’s Vision of a Giant Snake (Accession Ceremony), c. 723-726 CE, limestone, from Temple dedicated to Lady Xok in Yaxchilan, Chiapas, Mexico. 

Aztec, The Founding of Tenochtitlan, page from Codex Mendoza, 16^th century.

Aztec, The Moon Goddess Coyolxauhqui, 15th century, stone. Museo Templo Mayor, Mexico City.

Aztec, The Mother Goddess, Coatlicue, 1487-1520, basalt. Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City.

Lanzón Stela in Temple at Chavín de Huntar, granite. Northern highlands, Peru, 900–200 BCE.

Qorikancha (Inka main temple built c. 1440 CE); the Church of Santo Domingo was built on top of the Inka temple, 1550-1650 CE. Cuzco, Peru.

Maize cobs. Inka. c.1440-1533 CE  Sheet metal/repousse. Metal alloys 

Post, from the Oseberg Burial Ship, ca. 815-20, wood. Vikingskiphuset, Oslo, Norway.

Purse cover, from the Sutton Hoo burial ship, Suffolk, England, ca. 655, length 8”. British Museum, London.

Chi Rho Iota Page, Book of Matthew in Book of Kells, manuscript probably made at Iona, Scotland, early 9th century, pigments on vellum. Trinity College, Dublin.

Palace Chapel of Charlemagne, Aachen, Germany, 792-805. 

Page with Matthew the Evangelist, in Ebbo Gospel, first quarter 9th century, ink, gold and colors on vellum. Bibliotheque Municipale, Epernay, France. 

Crucifixion with Angels and Mourning Figures, front cover of the Lindau Gospels, ca. 870-80, gold, pearls, sapphires, garnets, and emeralds. Pierpont Morgan Library, New York.

The Doors of Bishop Bernward, 1015. Church of Saint Michael, Hildesheim, Germany.

Presentation Page with Abbess Hitda and St. Walpurga, from the Hitda Gospels, early 11th c.