This is a list of the art you are expected to know for the quizzes
and the exams. Note that the works may not be shown in exactly this
order, and that substitutions may be required. You will also be shown
other works of art for context and for contrast, for which you will not be
responsible, but which you should be able to factor into your broader
understanding of the material.
Week One : Art of the Stone Age
Paleolithic Art
- Venus of Willendorf (1-4)
- Two Bison (1-7)
- Cave Paintings, Lascaux, France (1-11; 1-13)
Neolithic Art
- Great stone tower of Jericho (1-14)
- Human Skull with Restored Features (1-15)
- Schematic reconstruction drawing of Catal Huytk (1-16)
- Stonehenge (1-19)
Week Two : The Ancient Near East
Sumerian Art
- Female head (Inanna?) (2-3)
- Statuettes from Abu Temple, Tell Asmar (2-5)
- The Standard of Ur (2-8a, 2-8b)
- Sound box of a royal lyre (2-9, 2-10)
Akkadian, Neo-Sumerian, Babylonian, and Hittite
- Victory stele of Naram-sin (2-13)
- Ziggurat of Ur (2-14)
- Stele of Hammarabi (2-16)
Assyrian Art
- Ninevah reliefs (2-24, 2-25)
- The Ishtar Gate (2-26)
Week Three : The Art of Egypt
Predynastic and Early Dynastic
- Palette of Narmer (3-2)
- Imhotep, Stepped Pyramid of King Djoser (3-4)
Old Kingdom
- Great pyramids of Gizeh (3-8, 3-9, 3-10, 3-11)
- Khafre (3-12)
- Seated Scribe (3-14)
- Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt (3-16)
Middle Kingdom
- Rock-cut tombs, Beni Hasan (3-18)
New Kingdom
- Temple of Queen Hatshepsut (3-20)
- Temple of Ramses II, Abu Simbel (3-22)
- Temple of Amen-Re, Karnak (3-26)
- Musicians and Dancers (3-31) NOT SHOWN--DON'T WORRY ABOUT.
- Akhenaton (3-32)
- Queen Nefertiti (3-33)
- Coffin of Tutankhamen (3-36)
- Death Mask of Tut (3-37)
- Painted Chest from tomb of Tut (3-38)
Week Four : The Aegean: Cycladic, Minoan, and Mycenaen Art
Cycladic Art (Early Minoan)
Minoan
- Palace of King Minos, Knosses, Crete (4-4, 4-5)
- Toreador Fresco, Knossos (4-7)
- Octopus Jar (4-12)
- Snake Goddess (4-15)
Mycenaean
- Plan of the Citadel of Tiryns (4-16)
- Corbeled gallery, Tiryns (4-17)
- Tholos of the Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, Greece (4-22)
- Funeral mask from the royal tombs of Mycenae (4-23)
- Warrior Vase (4-26)
Week Five : The Art of Greece I
Geometric and Archaic Periods, 900-480 B.C. (5-10)
- Geometric krater from the Dipylon cemetery (5-1)
- Lady of
Auxerre (5-7)
- Kroisos (5-10)
- Peplos Kore (5-11)
- Temple of Hera I at Paestum, Italy (5-13)
- Siphnian Treasury, Delphi (5-16, 5-17)
- Ergotimos and Kleitias, The Francois Vase (5-18)
- Exekias, Achilles and Ajax playing chess (5-19)
- Euthymides, The Revelers amphora (5-22)
- Temple of Aphaia, Aegina (5-24)
- Reconstruction of the east pediment, Temple of Aphaia at Aegina
(5-26)
- Fallen Warrior, from the east pediment, Temple of Aphaia, Aegina
(5-28)
Week Six and Seven : The Art of Greece II & III
Early Classical Period, 480-450 B.C. (The Severe Style)
High Classical Period, 450-430 B.C.
- Plan of the Acropolis of Athens, ca. 400 B.C. (5-41)
- Iktinos and Kallikrates, the
Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens (5-42)
- Three Goddesses, from the east pediment of the Parthenon (5-47)
- Horsemen, from the north frieze of the Parthenon (5-48; top)
- Nike fastening her sandle,
from the Temple of Athena Nike (5-54)
- Grave Stele of Hegeso, from the Dipylon cemetery (5-55)
- Youth diving, from the Tomb of the Diver, Paestum, Italy
(5-59) Drop
- Niobid Painter, Argonaut krater (5-60)Drop
Late Classical Period, 430-323 B.C.
- Praxiteles, Aphrodite of Knidos (5-60)
- Praxiteles, Hermes and Dionysos (5-62)
- Lysippos, Apoxyomenos (5-65)
- Head of Alexander the Great (5-67)
- Battle of Issus (the Alexander mosaic), (5-69)
- Polykleitos the Younger, the Theater at Epidauros, Greece (5-70)
Week Eight : Hellenistic and Etruscan Art
The Hellenistic Period, 330-27 B.C.
- Altar of Zeus and Athena, Pergamon (5-78)
- Athena Taking Young Alcyneos by the Hair, from the Altar of Zeus
- and Athena, Pergamon (5-79)
- Dying Gaul (5-81)
- Nike of Samothrace (The Winged Victory) (5-82)
- Aphrodite of Melos (Venus de Milo) (5-83)
- Laocoon group (5-89
Etruscan Art, 500-300 B.C. Here is a connection to the publisher's
Web site on Etruscan art. Take the Quiz!
- Model of an Etruscan temple (9-2)
- Apollo of Veii (9-3)
- Sarcophagus from Cerveteri (9-4)
- Tomb of the Reliefs, Cerveteri (9-7)
- The Revelers: detail of a fresco from the Tomb of the Leopards,
Tarquinia (9-8)
- She-Wolf of the Capitol ( 9-10)
Week Nine : Roman Art I
Roman Art: The Republican Period, 510-27 B.C.
- Sanctuary
of Fortuna Primigenia, Palestrina (near Rome) (10-3)
-
Head
of a Roman patrician (10-6)
- Plan of the forum, Pompeii (10-10)
- Dionysiac mystery frieze from the Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii
(10-15)
- The old farmer, from the Vatican Vergil (10-19)Drop
- Fourth-style wall paintings from the Golden House of Nero
(10-20)Drop
- Portrait of a husband and wife (10-23)Drop
- Still Life with Peaches, from Herculaneum (10-24)
Week Ten:
Roman Art II The Early Empire, 27 B.C. to 200 A.D.
- Augustus
of Primaporta (10-25)
- Ara
Pacis Augustae, Rome (10-27)
- Marble
relief from the Ara Pacis, Rome (10-28)
- Pont
du Gard, Nimes, France (10-31)
- Aerial
view of the Colosseum, Rome (10-34)
- Portrait
bust of a Flavian woman (10-36)
- Arch
of Titus, Rome (10-37, 10-38)
- Column
of Trajan (10-42) A detail
of the reliefs
- Markets of Trajan (10-43, 10-44)
- The
Pantheon, Rome (10-48, 10-49, 10-50)
- Detail of Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli (10-51)Drop
- Reconstruction
of an insula (10-53)
- Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius (10-59)
- Mummy portrait of a man (10-63) Drop
- The
Baths of Caracalla, Rome (10-68)
- Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus (10-71)Drop
Week Eleven: Late Antique; Early Christian and Byzantine Art
Museum connections: Early
Christian and Byzantine Art from the Cleveland Museum of Art
The Late Empire, ca. 284-400 (ca)
- Portraits
of the four tetrarchs (10-74)
- Arch of Constantine (10-76)
- Head of Constantine the Great (10-78)
- Basilica of Constantine, Rome (10-79)
- Aula Palatina, Trier, Germany (10-80, 10-81)Drop
The World of Late Antiquity
- Synagogue at Dura-Europos (11-1)
- Painted ceiling from the catacomb of Sts. Pietro and Marcellino,
Rome (11-3)
- Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus (11-5)
- Reconstruction of Old Saint Peter's, Rome (11-7)
- Santa Costanza, Rome (11-9)
- Christ as the Sun God (Helios/Apollo), vault mosaic, Rome (11-12)
- Christ as the Good Shepherd (11-15)
- Priestess Celebrating the Rites of Bacchus, leaf of an ivory
diptych (11-22)
- Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna. 425-450.
And that's the list! Note the inclusion of the Mausoleum of
Galla Placidia!
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