aphrodite of cnidus

imperial roman copy

artist: praxitiles

date: 

significance: first female nude sculpture??

Warrior from Riace

date: 5th cent. BCE

artist: unknown

bronze

Myron of Eleutherae, Discobolos

Roman copy of Greek original, circa mid-5th cent.

Charioteer at Delphi, from Sanctuary of Apollo

date: 478-474 BCE

bronze, Greek

She-wolf

c. 500 BCE

bronze

Apollo at Veii

c. 500 BCE

terracotta, Etruscan

plan and elevation of an

Etruscan temple

-colonnaded porch, 3 cellas

interior of the Tomb of the Reliefs

Cerveteri, Italy, c. 300 BCE

Etruscan

Sarcophagus from Caere

Cerveteri, Italy c. 520 BCE

terracotta, Etruscan

Venus de Milo/Aphrodite of Melos

c.150-125 BCE

marble, Hellenistic

Nike of Samothrace

c.190 BCE

marble, Hellenistic

Altar of Zeus

Pergamum, c. 175 BCE

marble, Hellenistic

memorial to war which established Rome as dominant power over eastern Mediterranean; marks beginning of the end of the Hellenic world.

Giant, from the Altar of Zeus at Pergamum

c. 175 BCE

marble, Hellenistic

Alexander Mosaic, Battle of Issus

House of Faun, c.1st cent. BCE

(probably copy of original Greek fresco c.300 BCE)

stone mosaic, Hellenistic

Laocoon and his two sons

Hagesandrus, Polydorus and Athenodorus

1st cent. AD

Roman copies of a Hellenistic original

Dionysiac Mystery Cult

Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, c. 50 BCE

wall painting

figures' poses are Hellenistic in style

Maison Carre

Nimes, France, c. 1st cent. CE(AD)

Roman temple, blending Etruscan and Greek temple elements; illusionism - "pseudoperipteral" - colums in front portico are weight bearing, others are engaged and part of outter cella wall serving only a decorative function

Pont du Gard

near Nimes, France, c. late 1st cent. BCE

dressed stone

commissioned by Marcus Agrippa

aqueduct spans 30 miles across the plain and vallet of the river Gardon to Nimes.

superimposed orders

 Roman use of Greek orders

colums placed successively from heaviest to lightest -

doric, ionic, carinthian

Colosseum

Rome, 70-82 CE

Pantheon

Rome, c. 118-28 CE

Augustus of Primaporta

c. early 1st cent. CE

marble

portrait head produced independently of the body,

adjustments made to body copied directly from Greek original, this portion could be purchased from stock

Ara Pacis Augustae

Rome, c. 13-9 BCE

mabrle

marked return of Augustus to Rome in 13BCE;

frieze depicts dedication ceremony of monument

Patrician with two portrait heads of ancestors

Rome, c.15 CE

marble

patrician - a member of the upper class of ancient Roman society

notion of family was so strong in ancient Rome that it almost amounted to ancestor worship; the right to make portraits of ancestors was restricted by law to patricians only

Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius

Capitoline Hill in Rome, c. 161-80 CE

bronze

detailed curls of hair and beard suggest greatness of character; figure and horse thought to be cast separately as they are not made to a proportionate scale

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Arch to Titus

Rome, 113 CE

marble, concrete façade

colums are Composite order - combo of ionic and corinthian elements

reliefs on passageway - Titus and father, Vespasian, celebrates suppression of a Jewish revolt

Trajan's Column

Rome, 113 CE

 marble

originally topped by statue of the emporer (now with St. Peter), it commemorates his campaigns in Dacia (now Romania) in AD 101 and 105-6; events depicted in spiral wraping around column in chronological sequence from bottom to top

Basilica of Maxentius

Rome 307-12 CE

completed by Constantine

the last great Roman building in Rome

Reliefs from the Arch of Constantine, Medallions

Rome, 117-38 CE, frieze - early 4th cent. CE

Lion Column at Lauriya Nandangarh

India, 243 CE

Lion Capital, from an Asokan column

India, 3rd cent. CE

Yakshi, detail of east gate at the Great Stupa, Sanchi

India, 1st cent. BCE

Great Stupa at Sanchi

India, 2nd and 1st cents. BCE

Chaitya-hall

Karli, India, 120 CE

Exterior of cave temple

Ajanta, India, 4th cent. CE

King Prasenajit visits the Buddha

detail froma relief from the Bharhut stupa

early 2nd cent. BCE

Head of Buddha from Gandhara

3rd cent. CE

lime composition

Seated Buddha from Katra

Mathura, India, 2nd cent. CE

red sandstone

Teaching Buddha from Sarnath, India

Gupta period, 5th cent. CE

Great Bodhisattva, Cave 1

Ajanta, India, 7th cent. CE

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Vishnu on Ananta, Vishnu temple

Deogarh, India, 5th cent. CE

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Shiva Mahadeva, Shiva temple

Elephanta, India, mid 6th cent. CE

Linga, Shiva temple

Elephanta, India, mid 6th cent. CE

Kailasa temple

Ellora, India, 750-850 CE

Khandariya Mahadeva temple

Khajuraho, India, 1000 CE

Shiva Nataraja

Chola period, 11th-12th cents. CE

 bronze

tomb of Emperor Qin Shihuangdi

Shaanxi, China (near Xi'an), c. 221-209 BCE

life size terracotta figures

Wei Gai, Alllegorical Scene

In rubbing from stone relief in the Wu family shrine

Jiaxiang, Shandong, China, c. 151 CE

Guanyin

10th - 12th cent CE

polychrome wood

A Solitary Temple Amid Clearing Peaks

c. 950 CE

artist:Li Cheng

hanging scroll on silk

Early Spring

1072 CE

artist: Guo Xi

hanging scroll on silk

Twelve Views from a Thatched Cottage

c.1200-30

artist: Xia Gui

handscroll, ink on silk

Double Screen

artist: Shou Wenju

short handscroll, ink and color on silk

Plan of Old St. Peter's

Rome

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Sta. Costanza

Rome, c. 350 CE

elevation, 1/2 plan, interrior

exterior

Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus

359 CE

The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes

Ravenna, c. 504 CE

mosaic in S Apollinare Nuovo

The Good Shepherd

Ravenna, c. 425 CE

mosaic in the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia

Justinian and his Retinue

Ravenna, c. 547 CE

mosaic in the apse of S. Vitale

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S. Vitale

Ravenna, c. 540-47 CE

S. Vitale, plan and section view

Ravenna

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Hagia Sohpia

Constantinople (now Istanbul), completed 537 CE

Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus - mathmeticians who designed the church

The Virgin and Child Enthroned between Saints Theodore and George

6th cent. CE

Monestary of St. Catherine, Mt. Sinai, Egypt

Early Medieval

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Odo of Metz, Palatine Church of Charlemagne

Aachen, 792-805 CE

Plan of the Monastery of St. Gall

Switzerland, c. 820 CE

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St. Michael

Hildesheim, Germany, c. 1001-31 CE

Bronze Doors with Secens from the Old and New Testament

St. Michael, Hildesheim, c. 1015 CE

Bishop Bernward

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St. Sernin

Toulouse, France, c. 1080-1120 CE

Giselbertus tympanum

Autun Cathedral, France, c. 1130 CE

central portal of Ste. Madeleine

Vezelay, France, c. 1120-32

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chevet in plan and interior view of the

abbey church of St. Denis

near Paris, France, 1140-44 CE

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Amiens Cathedral

France, c. 1220-36 CE

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rose window and arial view of the Chartres Cathedral

Notre Dame, France, c. 1230 CE

façade of Reims Cathedral

France, 1255-60 CE

west (royal) portal of Chartres Cathedral

France, 1145-70 CE

jamb figures of the west (royal) portal

of Chartres Cathedral

France, c. 1145-70 CE

jamb figures in west portal of Reims Cathedral

France, c. 1225-55 CE