Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Midterm Study Guide, Wednesday Writing Intensive Class, Spring 2017



PREHISTORIC ART
chapter 3 in textbook

 Lions, painting from Chauvet Cave, Paleolithic period



"Venus" of Willendorf, Paleolithic Period



Stonehenge, Neolithic Period


thought
imagination
form
content
aesthetics
Paleolithic
Neolithic
post and lintel




EGYPT
chapter 5



The Narmer Palette (two sides of the same object) Pre-Dynastic





Step Pyramid and Tomb Complex of Pharaoh Zoser at Saqqara, designed by Imhotep, Old Kingdom




 Great Pyramid of Khufu, Giza, Egypt, Old Kingdom




 Pharaoh Khafre, from Giza, Old Kingdom





Queen Nefertiti, New Kingdom, Amarna Period





Gold Mummy Mask of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, New Kingdom



The Nile
Pharaoh
Old Kingdom
--Imhotep
--Giza
----Khufu
----Khafre
----Menakaure
--hieroglyphic writing
--relief sculpture
Middle Kingdom
New Kingdom
--Amarna period




GREECE
chapter 7



Peplos Kore, Archaic Period




 New York Kouros, Archaic Period




 Kritios Youth, Classical Period




 Riace Warrior, bronze, Classical Period




 Temple of Hera, Paestum, Doric Order, Classical Period
--peristyle
--naos




 The Parthenon, Athens, designed by Iktinos and Kallikrates, Classical Period




Three Goddesses, from the east pediment of the Parthenon, Athens, sculpted by Phidias, Classical Period


Ionic Frieze, Parthenon, sculpted by Phidias, Classical Period


Geometric Period
Archaic Period
--kore
--kouros
Classical Period
--contrapposto
--bronze
The Greek Orders:  Doric, Ionic, Corinthian
The Parthenon
--Athena
--Iktinos and Kallikrates
--Phidias


ROME
chapter 9



 Augustus Primaporta



Frieze from the Ara Pacis (Altar of Peace), Rome




 Pont du Garde, aqueduct and bridge, France




 The Pantheon, Rome




The Pantheon, interior, Rome

Emperor Augustus
arch
vault
dome
concrete
Emperor Hadrian
forum
basilica
--clerestory





EARLY CHRISTIAN ART
chapter 10


 Dura Europos Synagogue, Jewish art




 The Good Shepherd, Early Christian catacomb painting, Rome



 Church of Santa Sabina, Rome, basilican church, Early Christian
--apse
--nave
--aisles



Church of Santa Costanza, Rome, circular martyrium church, Early Christian
--ambulatory


catacomb
Emperor Constantine




BYZANTINE ART
chapter 10



 Church of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul (Constantinople), Byzantine




 Christ in Heaven with Saint Vitalis, mosaic, Church of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, Byzantine




Emperor Justinian and His Court, mosaic, Church of San Vitale, Ravenna, Byzantine

Constantinople
Byzantine Empire
orthodoxy
symbolic form
mosaic



ROMANESQUE ART
(chapter 12)



Church of Saint Foy, Conques, France, Romanesque




Reliquary of Saint Foy, Conques, France, Romanesque






Gislebertus, Tympanum over the west entrance, Saint Lazare, Autun, France. Romanesque art


millenialism
reliquary
pilgrimage
tympanum





GOTHIC ART
chapter 13



Ambulatory of the Abbey of Saint Denis, France, Gothic




Chartres Cathedral, Gothic





Flying buttresses, Chartres Cathedral, Gothic




North Rose Window, Chartres Cathedral, Gothic





Jamb Statues, West Portal, Chartres Cathedral, Gothic



Abbey of Saint Denis
Abbott Suger
ribbed vault
rose window
cathedral
flying buttress
jamb statue
bourgeoisie