Olmec Heads

La Venta, Mexico

900-400 bce

giant in size

characteristics represented rulers

basalt

Shield Jaguar and Lady Xoc

Yaxchilan, Mexico

725 ce

shows bloodletting ritual

woman can be in power

distinct Mayan characteristics

limestone carved lintel

Teotihuacan

Mexico

50-250 ce

pyramid of the moon, pyramid of the sun

not tombs

spiritual and ritual significance

Temple of Quetzalcoatl

Teotihuacan, Mexico

Third Century

feathered serpent shrine

tomb, remains surrounding it

stoneheads of the feathered serpent decorated the sides and seashells

Cliff Palace

Colorado

1150-1300 ce

Puebloans

200 stone and timber rooms inside and out

made from adobe

kivas-spiritual center

Chacmool

Chichen Itza, Mexico

800-900 ce

represents fallen warrior

plate was for sacrificial offerings

inspired Henry Moore

<p>Nasca Lines 

Peru

500 ce

earth drawing, pebbles scraped aside to reveal clay

birds, fish, plants, geometric shapes, 

can only be seen from an ariel view

marked pilgrimage routes

Serpent Mound

Ohio

1070 ce

Mississippians

effigu mound

may be Halley's Comet path

can only be seen from an ariel view

Nok Head 

Rafin Kura, Nigeria

500 bce - 200 ce 

terracotta

figure usually standing, seated, and kneeling

large alert,flaring nostrils, and parted lips

hollow casted

portrayed elevated position

The Great Enclosure

Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe

14th century

30 feet high stone wall

keep royalty in

grain bin represented royalty

Great Mosque

Mali

13 century

adobe

large courtyard and roofed prayer hill

soaring adobe towers and vertical buttresses 

portruding wooden beams

constant maintenance 

Queen Mother Ivory

Benin, Nigeria

1520

portrayed Idia, mother of Oba Esigie

wore around waist

above the head are Portuguese heads and mudfish

symbolizes trade

Virgin with the Dead Christ

Rhineland, Germany

 1300-1325

reflects the widespread troubles

agony,death, and sorrow 

painted wood

Morgan Madonna 

Auvergne, France

12 century

made sure it wasn't an idol

wood

Virgin as the Throne of Wisdom

Byzantine art influence

Bayeux Tapestry

Bayeux, France

1070-1080

like the friezes of the Column of Trajan

William's conquer of England

embroidary

Royal Portal

Chartres, France

1145-1155 

Chartres Cathedral

three episodes of Christ's life, linked together

tympana left to right; Ascension,second coming, and Jesus on the lap of Mary

Porch of Confessors

Chartres, France

1220-1230

contrast to the Royal Portal statues

emotional and natural

clothing drapes naturally 

saints

Virgin of Paris

Paris, France

14th century

s curve

worldly queen

tender and motherly

much like Hermes and Dionysus

Birth of the Virgin

Siena, Italy

1342

altar of

Saint Savinus at Siena Cathedral

resembles reclining figure on Roman sarcophagus

worldly realism

divided into panels

Lamentation

Padua, Italy

1305

fresco

Giotto

expression of grief

compositional complexity

barren tree 

 Madonna Enthroned

Florence, Italy

1310

Giotto

Byzantine style

revived naturalism of art

gold backgroung, gothic throne

Body not lost

marks the end medieval in Italy

King David

Fidenza, Italy

1180-1190

Benedetto Antelami

life size

Greco Roman art

Virgin and Child and angels

Chartres, France

1170

Chartres Catherdral

compared Theotokos and child

stained glass window

iron bands

Last Judgment

Autun, France

1120-1135

Gislebertus

west tympanum of Saint Lazare

made to guilt the sinners and beckon them to church

angels, devils, scales