Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Chapter 10

Hijra marks the beginning of Islam

Who: 
What: Dome of the Rock
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Why: It was here that Muhammad began his journey to heaven??
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Who: 
What: Great Mosque Damascus, Syria (detail of courtyard arcade)
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Who: 
What: Plan of Umaryad
When:
Where: Palace 
Why:
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Which: included elaborate bathing facilities influenced from Romans

Who: 
What: Great Mosque
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Why: All mosques must be facing towards Mecca
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Who: 
What: Malwiya Minaret
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Why: Too tall to call Muslims to prayer, may have functioned as symbol of triumph of Islam in the Tigris Valley
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Who: 
What: Mausoleum of the Samanids
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How: Square building
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Who: 
What: Prayer Hall of the Mezquita
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Which: has hypostyle prayer hall with horseshoe shaped arches.

Who: 
What: Masqura of the Mezquita
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Which: archetects experimented with multilobed arches

Who: 
What: Mihrab
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Which: Possibly honors the place that Muhammad stood when leading congregation

Who: 
What: Pyxis of al-Mughira
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How: ivory
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Who: 
What: Koran with beginning of surah
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Which: design has similar design to Christian books

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What: blue Koran
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Who: 
What: Illuminated tughra
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Which: signature of Suleyman the Magnificent

Who: 
What: Mihrab 
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How: glazed mosaic tile works
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Chapter 9

Iconoclasm: The major issue in Byzantine history that accounts for the loss of art is iconoclasm. In places of images, the iconoclasts used only symbolic forms, such as the cross, which were already familiar in early Christian art.

Rome-Byzantium-Constantinople
Hagia Sophia: Church destroyed during riots
Squinches: broader than pendentives
mese: the "middle way" main street through Constantinople

Who: 
What: Archangel Michael
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Where:
Why:
How: Ivory
Which: Archangel Michael was a winged angel was a winged victory

Who: 
What: Hagia Sophia
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Who: 
What: cutaway/layout Hagia Sophia
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Which: Supported by pendentive construction

Who: 
What: Virgin and child
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How: apse mosaic
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Who: 
What: Throne of Maximianus
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Who: 
What: Bishop Maximianus
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Why:
How: mosaics feature people to be flat or not solid in nature
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Who: 
What: Theodora and attendents
When: Early Byzantine
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Who: 
What: Saint Apollinatis
When:
Where: Sant' Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna, Italy
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Who: 
What: Christ blessing
When:
Where:
Why: ICONOCLASM ^Top
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Which: ICONOCLASM ^Top

Who: 
What: Virgin and Child between Saints Theodore and George
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Who: 
What: Christ before Pilate
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Which: from Vienna Genesis

Who: 
What: Katholikon
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Who: 
What: Plan of Church of the Theotokos
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Why:
How: dome on squinches to support dome
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Who: 
What: Christ as Pantokrator
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How:
Which: This refers to his role as the last judge of humankind

Who: 
What: Archangel Michael
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Why:
How: Gold, silver gilt
Which: St. Mark's Cathedral

Who: 
What: Christ as savior of souls
When: late Byzantine
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Who: 
What: Annunciation
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How: Tempera and linen on wood
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Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Chapter 8

Who: 
What: Interior of the synagogue
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Which: narrative wall painting of the Old Testament

Who:
What: Christain community house
When:
Where: Dura-Europos, Syria
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Who:
What: Sarophagus of Junius Bassus
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Who:
What: Christ seated
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Who:
What: Old Saint Peter's Basilica
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Who:
What: Interior of Santa Costanza
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Where: Rome, Italy
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Who:
What: Amulatory vault of Santa Costanza
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How:
Which: This motif was based on grapes Bacchus

Who:
What: Christ as sol Invictus
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Which: Mosaic

Who:
What: Woman sacrificing at an alter
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How: Ivory
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Who:
What: Exterior of Santa Sabina
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Which: Similarity to Old Saint Peters

Who:
What: Interior of Santa Sabina
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Which: Timbered-roof, Corinthian columns

Who:
What: Crucifixion in Santa Sabina
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Who:
What: Sant'Apollinare
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Where: Ravenna Italy
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Who:
What: Miracle of the loaves and fishes
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What: Vatican Vergil
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Chapter 7

Who:
What: Temple of Portunus
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How:
Which: pseudo-peripteral

Who:
What: Restored view of the Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia
When: late second centure BCE
Where: Palestrina Italy
Why:
How: concrete
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Who:
What: hemispherical dome with oculus
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Who:
What: head of an old man
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Which: Republican portraits are usually of older men. Treasured household images.

Who:
What: Pompey the Great
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Who:
What: Denarius with portrait of Julius Ceasar
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Which: First to put his own portrait on Roman coinage

Who: Aerial view of forum
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Which: A basilica would be located in a forum and would house the court for the city.

Who:
What: First Style wall painting in the fauces of the Samnite House
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Which: Greek in origin, imitates marble panels using painted stucco relief

Who:
What: Second style wall painting
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Who:
What: Seated portrait of the Greek poet Menander
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Which: Mural painting

Who:
What: Portrait bust of Livia
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Who:
What: Procession of the imperial family Ara Pacis Augustae
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Who:
What: Portrait bust of a Flavian woman
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Which: in the Flavian period, emphasized show idealized beauty

Who:
What: Markets of Trajan
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Which: So much recreational area like a modern day mall

Who:
What: Pantheon
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How:
Which: Design is based on the intersection of two circles.

Who:
What: Al-Khazneh (Treasury)
When:
Where: Petra, Jordan
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Who:
What: Mummy portrait of a priest of Serapis
When:
Where: Faiyum, Egypt
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Who:
What: Frigidarium
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Which: Groin-vault

Who:
What: Plan/Restored view
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Which: From the Roman Republic

Who:
What: Restored view of the palace of Diocletian
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Where: Split, Croatia
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What: Arch of Constantine
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Thursday, October 29, 2015

Chapter 6

Who: 
What:  Apula (Apollo of Veil)
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How: Painted terracotta
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Who: Fibula with Orientalizing lions
What:
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Which: lions are motifs from _____

Who: Model of an Etruscan temple
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Which: Tinia, Uni and Menrva their Gods

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What: Tumuli
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Who: 
What: Tomb of the shields and Chairs
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Which: Etruscans typically bury their dead ____

Who: 
What: Tomb of the Leopards
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Which: The banquet setting takes place outside. Man holding egg, icon of regeneration

Who: 
What: Sarcophagus with reclining couple
When: 6th century
Where: Cerveteri, Italy (former name Caere)
Why:
How: terracotta
Which: The independent spirit and relative freedom Etruscan women enjoyed horrified Greco-Roman male authors.

Who: 
What: Capitoline Wolf
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Who: Novios Plautios
What: Ficoroni Cista
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How:
Which: Mythical scenes of the Argonauts decorated it.

Who: 
What: Chalchas
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How: bronze
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Who: 
What: Porta Marzia
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Who: 
What: Sarcophagus of Lars Pulena
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Which: His somber expression demonstrates his economic decline

Who: 
What: Sarcophagus of Ramtba Visnai
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Which: Married couple

Who: 
What: Aule Metele
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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Chapter 5

Who: Iktinos
What: Parthenon, Acropolis
When: 447-428 BCE.
Where: Athens, Greece
Why: To be a perfect proportioned temple. For Athena
How: Marble
Which:

Who: Lacoon and his sons
What: Figure of Odysseus
When: early first century CE
Where: Sperlonga, Italy
Why: Illustrates scene from Homer's Odyssey
How: Marble
Which: Akin to Pergamene sculpture

Who: Polykleitos
What: Doryphoros
When: 450-440 BCE.
Where: Pompeii, Italy
Why: He wanted to portray the perfect man, and focus on human movement.
How: Marble
Which: Roman copy from the palastra

Who: 
What: Peplos Kore
When: 530 BCE
Where: Acropolis, Athens, Greece
Why: 
How: Marble
Which: contrast to Lady of Auxerre

Who: Kleitiasand Ergotimos
What: Francois Vase
When: 570 BCE
Where: Chiusi, Italy
Why: 
How: volute krater
Which: inspired by costly metal prototypes


Who: 
What: Dipylon Krater
When: 740 BCE
Where: Athens, Greece
Why: Honors the deceased, Grave marker
How: Named for abstract motifs, clay, geometric krater
Which: 


Who: Kritios
What: Kritios Boy
When: 480 BCE
Where: Acropolis, Athens, Greece
Why: Shows how a person naturally stands
How: Marble
Which: 

Who: 
What: Erechtheion
When: 421-405 BCE
Where: Acropolis, Athens, Greece
Why: 
How: Limestone
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Chapter Two Notecards

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