Venus of Willendorf

Willendorf, Austria

28,000-25,000 BC

Warka Vase

Uruk, Iraq

3200-3000 BC

Statuettes of two Worshipers

Square Temple, Eshnunna, Iraq

2700 BC

Gypsum inlaid eyes with shell and black limestone.

Ashurbanipal Hunting Lion, relief

North Palace of Ashurbanipal, Nineveh, Iraq

645-640 BC

Ishtar Gate

Babylon, Iraq

575 BC

Khafre

Gizeh, Eygpt

2520-2494

Temple of Ramses 2

Abu Simbel, Egypt

1290-1224 BC

Death mask of Tutankhamen

Thebes, Egypt

1323 BC

Spring Fresco or Landscape with swallows

Akrotiri, Thera, Greece

1650 BC

Corbeled Gallery

citadel, Tiryns, Greece

1400-1200 BC

Lion Gate

Mycenae, Greece

1300-1250 BC

Treasury of Atreus

Mycenae, Greece

1300-1250 BC

Plan of Palace

Knossos(Crete), Greece

1700-1400 BC

Peplos Kore

Acropolis, Athens, Greece

530 BC

Dying Warrior, West Pediment

Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece

500-490 BC

Dying Warrior, East Pediment

Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece

490-480 BC

Kritios Boy

Acropolis, Athens, Greece

480 BC

First scupler to show true movement of a person standing.    Shoulders slightly down head tilted.

Warrior

Raice, Italy

460-450 BC

deffined movement in head and waist.

Polykleitos,

Doryphoros(Spear Bearer)

Pompeii, Italy

450-440 BC

Iktinos and Kallikrates

Parthenon, Temple of Athena

Acropolis, Athens, Greece

447-438 BC

Mnesikles

Propylaia, Acropolis, Athens, Greece

437-432 BC 

Erechtheion

Acropolis, Athens, Greece

421-405 BC 

Caryatid

South Porch, Erechtheion, Acropolis, Athens, Greece

421-405 BC 

Kallikrates

Temple of Athena Nike, Acropolis, Athens, Greece

427-424 BC 

Praxiteles

Aphrodite of Knidos

350-340 BC

Sentual not eroctic

Taking Bath human activaty 

Lysippos

Scraper

330 BC

He enters viewers space 

Lysippos

Weary Herakles

320 BC

Herakles has just had the weight of the world on his shoulders and now has the apples of the hesperides. 

Philoxenos of Eretria

Battle of Issus

310 BC

Depicts Alexanders victory of Darious of Persuas 

Aphrodite, Eros, and Pan

Delos, Greece

100 BC

Campare to aphrodite of knidos 

Seated Boxer

Rome, Italy

100-50 BC

Beat down Boxer 

Athanadoros, Hagesandros, and Polydoros of Rhodes

Laocoon and his sons

Rome, Italy

early first century CE 

Sarcophagus with reclining couple

Cerceteri, Italy

520 BC

would contain ashes of the dead

Arcaic very animated

Capitaline Wolf

Rome, Italy

500-480 BC

Chimera of Arezzo

Arezzo, Italy

450-400 BC

Arch of Trajan

Benevento, Italy

114-118 CE

Similar to the Arch of Titus but it survives more of a billboard purpose honoring Trajan and his Via Traiana. The end point is in Benevento.

Hadrain's Villa

Tivoli, Italy

125-128 CE

Us of lintal and arch in combination also had a pumkin shaped thinger at the end suppected to be designed by hardrian. 

Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius

Rome, Italy

175 CE

 Super human larger than life also he is large compared to his horse than any human would be.

His had is out streched in an offering of greeting and clemancy at the same time.

Portrait of Caracalla

211-217 CE

Depicts his suspicious and ruthless nature

Baths of Caracalla

Rome, Italy

212-216

They ware huge dwarfing all other baths covering almost 50 acres

Portrait bust of Trajan Decius

249-251 CE

Show extrem emotion of an emperor that can not bring order to an out of control Roman world.

Temple of Venus

Baalbek, Lebanon

Third Century CE

Rejection of classical art also in Architecture.   It is an obvious cretique on the pantheon.

Portrait of the four tetrarchs

Constaninople

305 CE

The sharing of power that reigned in a new era of peace in Rome.

Sarcophagus of Junis Bassus

Rome, Italy

359

Western Roman Decoration 3 sides

Fill with stories from the bible

Chirst seated

Civita Latina, Italy

350-375 CE

Chirstian Idol reminisante and a young Apollo

Old Saint Peter's

Rome, Italy

320 CE

Constintine, one of the first commisoned churches

Detail of vault mosaic in the ambulatory

Santa Costanza, Rome, Italy

337-351 CE

Sant'Apollinare Vuovo

Revenna, Italy

504 CE

Palace church

Suicide of Judas and Crucifixion of Chirst

Ivory Plaque

420 CE

Interior of Santa Costanza

Rome, Italy

337-351

Justinian as world conqueror

Mid-Sixth Century

His power comes for the lord Chirst

Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus

Sophia Hagia

Constantinople(Istanbul, Turkey

532-537 CE

Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus

interior of Hagia Sophia

Constaninople, Turkey

532-537

Plan of San Vitale

Ravenna, Italy

526-547 CE

Choir and Apse of San Vitale with mosaic of Christ between two angles, Saint  Vitalis, And Bishop Ecclesius

Ravenna, Italy

526-547 CE

Justinian, Bishop Maximianus, and attendants, north wall of Apse

San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy

547 CE

 Justinians holy right to Rule.

Ascension of Christ

Zagba, Syria

586 CE

Saint John the Evangelist

Virgin and Child between Saints Theodore and George

Early Sixth Century 

Monastary Churches

Hosios Loukas, Greece

 Left katholikon, Right Theotokos

11 early century, 10 late century

Interior of Katholikon

Hosios Loukas, Greece

early 11th

Christ as Pantokrator, Dome mosaic

Church of the Dormition, Daphni, Greece

1090-1100 CE

David Composing the Psalms

950-970 CE

Virgin and Child

late 11th early 12th

tempora

Annunciation

Church of Saint Clement, Ohrid, Macedonia

 Early 14th Century

Cross and Carpet page, Lindisfarne Gospels

Northumbria, England

698-721 CE

Tempora an Vellum

eventhough very caotic cross stands out the most prominently.

Purse cover

Sutton Hoo ship burial, Suffolk, England

625 CE

Cloisone-sodered metal frame with precious stone or glass and fired to resemble sparkling jewels.

heraldic composion reminisent of the northern sagas.

Animal-head post

Viking ship burial, Oseberg, Norway

825 CE

Frightening animal head with wrighting figures on it

Man

Book of Durrow, Iona, Scotland

660-680 CE

Men= symbol of saint Matthew

Saint Matthew

Lindisfarne Gospels, Northumbria, England

698-721 CE

Matthew composing the accounts of christ's life.   Man behind curtain is thought to be Moses holding the old testement closed.

Chi-rho-iota

Book of Kells, Iona, Scotland

Late eight or early Ninth century

Greek initial letter of Christ XPI

also reads "Now this is how the Birth of christ came about"

Equestrian portrait of Charlemagne

or

Charles the Bald

Metz, France

Ninth century

resemble the equestrian statue of Marcus Arelious

Saint Matthew

Coronation Gospel, Aachen, Germany

800-810 CE

used light and shaded to define lines

Artist fully embraced classical style

Saint Matthew

Ebbo Gaspels, Hautvillers, France

816-835 CE

Classical clam gone. 

Crucifixion

Lindau Gospels, Saint Gall, Switzerland

870 CE

Interior of the Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne

Aachen, Germany

792-805 CE

Remanisant of Roman Churches (San Vital)

NO apse

Schematic plan for a monastery

Saint Gall, Switzerland

819 CE

Westwork of the Abby church

Corvey, Germany

873-885 CE

Carolingian basilica

Nave of the church of Saint Cyriakus

Gernrode,Germany

961-973 CE

Saint Micheal's

Hildesheim, Germany

1001-1031 CE

Doors with relief panels

Saint Michael's, Hildesheim, Germany

1015 CE

Column with reliefs illustrating the life of christ

Saint Michael's, Hildesheim, Germany

1015-1022 CE

Crucifix commissioned by Archbishop Gero

Cologne Cathedral, Cologne, Germany

970

annunciation to the Shepherds

Lectionary of Henry 2, Reichenau, Germany

1002-1014 CE

Otto 3 enthroned

Gospel Book of Otto 3, Reichenau, Germany

997-1000 CE

Interior of Saint-Philibert

Tournus, France

1060 CE

Plan of Saint-Sernin

Toulouse, France

1070-1120 CE

Saint-Sernin

Toulouse, France

1070-1120 CE

Interior of Saint-Sernin

Toulouse, France

1070-1120 CE

Interior of Speyer Cathedral

Speyer, Germany

begun 1030; 1082-1106 CE

West facade of Saint-Etienne

Caen, France

1067

Interior of Saint-Etienne

Caen, France

1115-1120 CE

Plan of Saint-Etienne

Caen, France

1067 CE

Interior of Durham Cathedral

Durham, England

1093 CE

Plan of Durham Cathedral

Durham, England

1067 CE

Cathedral complex

Pisa, Italy

1063 CE Cathedra

1153 CE Baptistery

1174 CE campanile

Cloister of Saint-Pierre

Moissac, France

1100-1115 CE

South portal of Saint-Pierre

Moissac, France

1115-1135 CE

Frieze from Last judgement of saint-lazare

Autun, France

1120-1135 CE

Loins and Old Testament prophet

Trumeau of the south portal of Saint-pierre

Moissac, France

1115-1130 CE

Gislebertus

Last Judgement, west Tympanium of Saint-Lazare

Autun, France

1120-1135 CE

Ascension of Christ and Mission of the Apostles

La Madeleine, Vézelay, France

1120-1132 CE

Head reliquary of Saint Alexander

Stavelot Abbey, Belgium

1145 CE

Initial R with knight fighting a dragon

Moralia in Job

Cîteaux, France

1115-1125 CE

The vision of Hildegard of Bingen

Trier, Germany

1150-1179 CE

Eadwine the Scribe

1160-1170 CE

Battle of Hastings

Bayeux Cathedral, Bayeux, France

1070-1080 CE

Ambulatory and radiating chapels

Saint Denis, France

1140-1144 CE

Aerial view of Chartres Catherdral

Chartres, France

begun 1134 rebuilt after 1194

Rayal Portal

west facade, Chartres Catherdral,Chartres, France

1145-1155 CE

Old Testament Kings and queen

Jamb statues, central doorway of rayol portal, Chartres Catherdral, Chartres, France

1145-1155 CE

West facade of Laon Cathedral

Laon, France

Begun 1190

Interior of Laon Cathedral

Laon, France

Begun 1190

Norte-Dame

Paris, France

begun 1163

Nave and flying buttresses 1180-1200

remodeled after 1225

Plan of Chartres Cathedral

Chartres, France

as rebuilt affter 1194

Interior of Chartres Cathedral

Chartres, France

 Begun 1194

Virgin and Child and angels

window in the Choir of Chartres cathedra,

Chartres, France

1170

Rose window and lancets

North transept, Chartres Charhedral,

Chartres, France

1220 CE

Saint Martin, Jerome, and Gregory

Jamb statues, Porch of the Confessors, South Transept, Chartres Cathedral,

Chartres France

1220-1230

Saint Theodore

jamb statue, porch of the martyrs, sout transept, Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France

1230

Robert  De Luzarches, Thomas De Cormont, and Renaud De Cormont

Interior of Amiens Cathedral

Amiens, France

1220 CE 

Robert De Luzarches, Thomas De Coromont, and Renaud De Cormont

Amiens Cathedral, Amiens, France

Begun 1220 CE

Christ (beau Dieu)

trumeau statue of the central doorway, west face, Amiens Cathedral, Amiens, France

1220-1235 CE

Riems Cathedral

Reims, France

1225-1290 CE

Visitation

jamb statues, central door, west facade,

Reims Cathedral, Reims, France

1230

Interior of the upper Chapel

Saint Chapelle

Paris, France

1243-1248 CE

Virgin of Paris

Notre Dame, Paris, France

early 14th century

God as Architect of the world

Paris, France

1220-1230 CE

Abraham and the three angels

Psalter of Saint Louis

Paris, France

1253-1270 CE

Virgin of Jeanne d'Evreux

Abbey church of Saint Denis, France

1339 CE

 Aerial veiw of Salisbury Cathedral

Salisbury, England

1220-1258;

west facade 1265;

spire 1320-1330;

Interior of Salisbury Cathedral

Salisbury, England

1220-1258 CE

Choir of Cloucester Catherdral

Gloucester, England

1332-1357 CE

Tomb of Edward 2

Gloucester Carhedral, Gloucester, England

1330-1335

Death of the Virgin

Tympanum left door, south transept, Strasbourg Cathedral, Strasbourg, France

1230 CE

Lorenzo Maitani

West facade, Orvieto Cathedral

Orvieto, Italy

Begun 1310

Doge's Palace

Venice, Italy

Begun 1340-1345 CE

Ekkehard and Uta

statues in the west choir, Naumburg Cathedral,

Naumburg, Germany

1249-1255 CE

Virgin with the Dead Christ (Röttgen Pietà)

Rhineland, Germany

1300-1325 CE

West Facade of Saint-Maclou

Rouen, France

1500-1514 CE

Flamboyant Architecture