AP Art History Unit 3: Early Europe and Colonial Americas

Catacomb of Priscilla

excavated tufa, fresco

Late Antique Europe

Rome, Italy

200-400 CE

Catacomb of Priscilla

excavated tufa, fresco

Late Antiquity Europe

400 CE

Catacomb of Priscilla

excavated tufa, fresco

Late Antiquity Europe

400 CE

Santa Sabina

brick and stone, wooden roof

Late Antique Europe

Rome, Italy

422-432 CE

Santa Sabina

Brick and stone, wooden roof

Late Antique Europe

400 CE

Santa Sabina

Brick and stone, wooden roof

Late Antique Europe

400 CE

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

illuminated manuscript (tempera, gold, silver on purple vellum)

Early Byzantine Europe

Early 6th century CE

San Vitale

brick, marble, stone veneer; mosaic

Early Byzantine Europe

Ravenna, Italy

526-547 CE

San Vitale

brick, marble, stone veneer; mosaic

Early Byzantine Europe

Ravenna, Italy

526-547 CE

San Vitale

brick, marble, stone veneer; mosaic

Early Byzantine Europe

Ravenna, Italy

526-547 CE

Hagia Sophia

Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus

brick and ceramic elements, stone and mosaic veneer

Byzantine Europe

Constantinople (Istanbul)

532-537 CE

Hagia Sophia

Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus

brick and ceramic elements, stone and mosaic veneer

Byzantine Europe

Constantinople (Istanbul)

532-537 CE

Hagia Sophia

Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus

brick and ceramic elements, stone and mosaic veneer

Byzantine Europe

Constantinople (Istanbul)

532-537 CE

Merovingian looped fibulae

silver gilt worked in filigree, inlays of garnet and other stones

Early Medieval Europe

mid-6th century CE

Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George

encaustic on wood

Early Byzantine Europe

6th or early 7th century CE

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

illuminated manuscript (ink, pigments, gold on vellum)

Early Medieval (Hiberno Saxon) Europe

700 CE

Great Mosque

stone masonry

Umayyad Islamic

Córdoba, Spain

785-786 CE

Great Mosque

stone masonry

Umayyad Islamic

Córdoba, Spain

785-786 CE

Great Mosque

stone masonry

Umayyad Islamic

Córdoba, Spain

785-786 CE

Pyxis of al-Mughira

ivory

Umayyad Islamic

968 CE

Church of Sainte-Foy

stone and paint (tympanum); gold, silver, gemstones, enamel over wood (reliquary)

Romanesque Europe

Conques, France

church: 1050-1130 CE; reliquary: 9th century CE, with later additions

Bayeux Tapestry

embroidery on linen

Romanesque Europe (English or Norman)

1066-1080 CE

Chartres Cathedral

limestone, stained glass

Gothic Europe

Chartres, France

1145-1155 CE, reconstructed 1194-1220 CE

Chartres Cathedral

limestone, stained glass

Gothic Europe

Chartres, France

1145-1155 CE, reconstructed 1194-1220 CE

Chartres Cathedral

limestone, stained glass

Gothic Europe

Chartres, France

1145-1155 CE, reconstructed 1194-1220 CE

Dedication Page with Blanche of Castille and King Louis IX of France, Scenes from the Apocalypse from Bibles moralisées

illuminated manuscript (ink, tempera, gold leaf on vellum)

Gothic Europe

1225-1245 CE

Röttgen Pietà

painted wood

Late Medieval Europe

1300-1325 CE

Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel, including Lamentation

Unknown architect, Giotto di Bondone (artist)

brick (architecture); fresco

chapel: 1303 CE; fresco: 1305 CE

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

illuminated manuscript (pigments and gold leaf on vellum)

Late Medieval Spain

1320 CE

Alhambra

whitewashed adobe stucco, wood, tile, paint, gilding

Nasrid Islamic

Granada, Spain

1354-1391 CE

Alhambra

whitewashed adobe stucco, wood, tile, paint, gilding

Nasrid Islamic

Granada, Spain

1354-1391 CE

Alhambra

whitewashed adobe stucco, wood, tile, paint, gilding

Nasrid Islamic

Granada, Spain

1354-1391 CE

Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece)

Workshop of Robert Campin

oil on wood

Early Northern Renaissance

1427-1432 CE

Pazzi Chapel

Filippo Brunelleschi (architect)

masonry

Early Italian Renaissance

Basilica di Santa Croce, Florence, Italy

1429-1461 CE

The Arnolfini Portrait

Jan van Eyck

oil on wood

Early Northern Renaissance

1434 CE

David

Donatello

bronze

Early Italian Renaissance

1440-1460 CE

Palazzo Rucellai

Leon Battista Alberti (architect)

stone, masonry

Early Italian Renaissance

Florence, Italy

1450 CE

Madonna and Child with Two Angels

Fra Filippo Lippi

tempera on wood

Italian Renaissance

1465 CE

Birth of Venus

Sandro Botticelli

tempera on canvas

Italian Renaissance

1484-1486 CE

Last Supper

Leonardo da Vinci

oil and tempera

High Renaissance

1494-1498 CE

Adam and Eve

Albrecht Dürer

engraving

Late Northern Renaissance

1504 CE

Sistine Chapel ceiling

Michelangelo

fresco

High Renaissance

Vatican City, Italy

1508-1512 CE

School of Athens

Raphael

fresco

High Renaissance

1509-1511 CE

Isenheim Altarpiece

Matthias Grünewald

oil on wood

Late Northern Renaissance

1512-1516 CE

Entombment of Christ

Jacopo da Pontormo

oil on wood

Mannerist

1525-1528 CE

Allegory of Law and Grace

Lucas Cranach the Elder

woodcut and letterpress

Reformation

1530 CE

Sistine Chapel altar wall

Michelangelo

fresco

Mannerist

1536-1541 CE

Venus of Urbino

Titian

oil on canvas

Venetian Renaissance

1538 CE

Frontispiece of the Codex Mendoza

ink and color on paper

Viceroyalty of New Spain

1541-1542 CE

Il Gesù

Giacomo da Vignola (plan), Giacomo della Porta (facade)

brick, marble, stucco

Mannerist

Rome, Italy

church: 16th century CE; facade: 1568-1584 CE

Triumph of the name of Jesus

Giovanni Battista Gaulli

fresco

Baroque

1676-1679 CE

Hunters in the Snow

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

oil on wood

Late Northern Renaissance

1565 CE

Mosque of Selim II

Sinan (architect)

brick and stone

Edirne, Turkey

1568-1575 CE

Mosque of Selim II

Sinan (architect)

brick and stone

Edirne, Turkey

1568-1575 CE

Calling of Saint Matthew

Caravaggio

oil on canvas

Baroque

1597-1601 CE

Henri IV Receives the Portrait of Marie de’ Medici, from the Marie de’ Medici Cycle

Peter Paul Rubens

oil on canvas

Dutch Baroque

1621-1625 CE

Self-Portrait with Saskia

Rembrandt van Rijn

etching

Dutch Baroque

1636 CE

San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane

Francesco Borromini (architect)

stone and stucco

Baroque

Rome, Italy

1638-1646 CE

San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane

Francesco Borromini (architect)

stone and stucco

Baroque

Rome, Italy

1638-1646 CE

Ecstasy of Saint Teresa

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

marble (sculpture); stucco and gilt bronze (chapel)

Baroque

Cornaro Chapel, Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome, Italy

1647-1652 CE

Angel with Arquebus, Asiel Timor Dei

Master of Calamarca (La Paz School)

oil on canvas

Spanish Colonial

17th century CE

Las Meninas

Diego Velázquez

oil on canvas

Spanish Baroque

1656 CE

Woman Holding a Balance

Johannes Vermeer

oil on canvas

Dutch Baroque

1664 CE

Palace at Versailles

Louis Le Vau, Jules Hardouin-Mansart

masonry, stone, wood, iron, gold leaf; marble and bronze; gardens

Baroque

Versailles, France

begun 1669 CE

Palace at Versailles

Louis Le Vau, Jules Hardouin-Mansart

masonry, stone, wood, iron, gold leaf; marble and bronze; gardens

Baroque

Versailles, France

begun 1669 CE

Palace at Versailles

Louis Le Vau, Jules Hardouin-Mansart

masonry, stone, wood, iron, gold leaf; marble and bronze; gardens

Baroque

Versailles, France

begun 1669 CE

Screen with the Siege of Belgrade and hunting scene

Circle of the González Family

tempera and resin on wood, shell inlay

Spanish Colonial

1697-1701 CE

Virgin of Guadalupe (Virgen de Guadalupe)

Miguel González

oil on canvas on wood, mother of pearl inlay

Spanish Colonial

1698 CE

Fruit and Insects

Rachel Ruysch

oil on wood

Dutch Baroque

1711 CE

Spaniard and Indian Produce a Mestizo

Attributed to Juan Rodríguez Juárez

oil on canvas

Spanish Colonial

1715 CE