-
Period: 40,000 BCE to 4000 BCE
Paleolithic
“Old Stone Age” 40000-8000 BCE in Near East 40000-4000 BCE in Europe -
25,400 BCE
Apollo 11 Stones
-Namibia
-25,500-25,300 BCE
-Charcoal on stone -
14,000 BCE
Great Hall of the Bulls Cave paintings
-Lascaux, France
-15,000-13,000 BCE
-Rock painting -
10,500 BCE
Camelid Sacrum
-Tequixquiac, Mexico
-14,000-7,000 BCE
-Bone -
Period: 10,000 BCE to
Japan Periods
-Jomon: 10,000 BCE-3000 BCE
-Yayoi: 900 BCE-250 CE
-Kofun: 250 CE-538 CE
-Asuka: 538 CE-710 CE
-Nara: 710 CE-794 CE
-Heian: 794 CE-1185 CE
-Kamakura: 1185 CE-1333 CE
-Kemmu Resortation: 1333 CE-1336 CE
-Muromachi: 1336 CE-1573 CE
-Azuchi-Momoyama: 1573 CE-1603 CE
-Edo: 1603 CE-1868 -
Period: 8000 BCE to 2000 BCE
Neolithic
"New Stone Age" 8000-3000 BCE in Near East 4000-2000 BCE in Europe -
5000 BCE
Running Horned Woman
-Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria
-6,000-4,000 BCE
-Pigment on rock -
3850 BCE
Beaker with Ibex Motif
-Susa, Iran
-4,200-3,500 BCE
-Painted terra-cotta -
3500 BCE
Anthropomorphic Stele
-Arabian Peninsula
-4th Millennium BCE
-Sandstone -
Period: 3500 BCE to 2340 BCE
Sumerian
-Sumerians rule from 3500 - 2340 B.C.E.
-Made up of independent city-states
-Cuneiform - earliest form of writing developed by 3000 B.C.E.
-Architecture generally consists of mud-brick -
3250 BCE
White Temple and its Ziggurat
-Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq)
-Sumerian
-3500-3000 BCE
-Mud brick -
2960 BCE
Palette of Narmer
-Predynastic Egypt
-3000-2920 B.C.E.
-Greywacke -
2750 BCE
Jade Cong
-Liangzhu, China
-3,300-2,200 BCE
-Carved jade -
2700 BCE
Statues of votive figures
-From the Square Temple at Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq)
-Sumerian
-2700 B.C.E.
-Gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone -
Period: 2575 BCE to 2134 BCE
Old Kingdom Egpyt
-2575-2134 BCE
-Mastabas and pyramids as tombs and burial chambers
-Ben-ben stone: the top stone on the pyramid; location of where the sun rays first fell
-Standardization of the canons of Egyptian art -PYRAMIDS -
2560 BCE
Seated scribe
-Old Kingdom
-Fourth Dynasty
-2620-2500 B.C.E.
-Painted limestone -
2520 BCE
Great Pyramids and the Great Sphinx
-Giza, Egypt
-Old Kingdom
-Fourth Dynasty
-2550-2490 B.C.E.
-Cut limestone -Menkaura
-Khafre
-Khufu -
2500 BCE
Standard of Ur Standard from the Royal Tombs at Ur
-Modern Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq
-Sumerian
-2600-2400 B.C.E.
-Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone -
2481 BCE
King Menkaura and queen
-Old Kingdom
-Fourth Dynasty
-2490-2472 B.C.E.
-Greywacke -
2050 BCE
Stonehenge
-Wiltshire, UK
-Neolithic Europe
-2,500-1,600 BCE
-Sandstone -
Period: 1792 BCE to 1750 BCE
Babylonian
-
1771 BCE
The Code of Hammurabi
-Babylon (Modern Iran)
-Susian
-1792-1750 B.C.E.
-Basalt -
Period: 1766 BCE to
Dynastic China
-Confucianism
-Daoism -Shang: 1500-1027 BCE
-Zhou: 1027-256 BCE
-Qin: 221-206 BCE
-Han: 202 BCE - 220 CE -
Period: 1550 BCE to 1070 BCE
New Kingdom Egypt
-1550-1070 BCE
-After second Intermediate Period
-Impressive rock tombs
-Military expansion (Syrians invaded in the Intermediate Period) -TEMPLES -
1500 BCE
Ambum Stone
-Enga Province, Papua New Guinea
-1,500 BCE
-Greywacke -
1465 BCE
Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut And kneeling sculpture
-New Kingdom
-18th Dynasty
-Near Luxor, Egypt
-1473-1458 B.C.E.
-Sandstone, partially covered into a rock cliff, and red granite -
1400 BCE
Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall
-New Kingdom
-18th & 19th Dynasties
-Karnak, near Luxor, Egypt
-Temple: 1550 B.C.E.
-Hall: 1250 B.C.E.
-Cut sandstone and mud brick -
Period: 1353 BCE to 1335 BCE
The Amarna Period
-1353-1335 BCE
-Akhenaten (also known as Amenhotep IV)
-Instituted monotheistic worship of the sun disk, Aten
-Moved capital to Amarna -
1344 BCE
Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters
-New Kingdom (Amarna)
-18th Dynasty
-1353-1335 B.C.E.
-Limestone -
1323 BCE
Tutankhamun’s tomb, innermost coffin
-New Kingdom
-18th Dynasty
-1323 B.C.E.
-Gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones -
1275 BCE
Last judgment of Hu-Nefer, from his tomb
-New Kingdom
-19th Dynasty
-1275 B.C.E.
-Painted papyrus scroll -
Period: 1200 BCE to
Hinduism
-Brahma (The Creator)
-Shiva (The Destroyer)
-Vishnu (The Protector)
-Samsara: the cycle of reincarnation
-Karma: the sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence
-Moksha (Hindu) /Nirvana (Buddhism): escape from samsara
-Dharma: the religious duties, moral rights and duties of each individual, as well as behaviors that enable social order, right conduct, and those that are virtuous. -
1050 BCE
Tlatilco female figure
-Central Mexico
-1,200-900 BCE
-Ceramic -
1000 BCE
Terra cotta fragment
-Solomon Islands, Reef Islands
-1,000 BCE
-Terra cotta -
Period: 900 BCE to 700 BCE
Geometric Greek
-900 - 700 B.C.E.
-Small scale bronzes
-Figures restricted to registers -
Period: 883 BCE to 612 BCE
Assyrian
-
Period: 800 BCE to 500 BCE
Etruscan
-Tuscany, Italy (Called Etruria)
-800-500 B.C.E. (Same as the Archaic Period in Greece)
-Not much known about this culture
-Primary way we know about this culture is through their tombs
Are credited with teaching the Romans the alphabet
-Most of what we know comes from Vitruvius (a Roman architect)
-509 B.C.E. - Romans ousted the last Etruscan king -
712 BCE
Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II
-Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad, Iraq)
-Neo-Assyrian
-720-705 B.C.E.
-Alabaster -
Period: 700 BCE to 600 BCE
Orientalizing (Greek)
-700-600 B.C.E.
-Result of exposure to Egypt and the Near East
-Exotic imagery and composite creatures
-Figures begin to break out of registers -
Period: 600 BCE to 480 BCE
Archaic (Greek)
-600 - 480 B.C.E.
-Sculptures include kouros and kore figures
-Characterized by the “Archaic Smile”
-Stylized, geometric hair
-Rigid, grid format similar to the Egyptian canon of proportions
-Pottery includes black and red figured vase painting
-Persian Wars 500-480 B.C.E. -
Period: 560 BCE to
Buddhism
-four noble truths
-eight fold path
-life is suffering
-siddhartha -
Period: 559 BCE to 331 BCE
Persian
-
530 BCE
Anavysos Kouros
-Archaic Greek
-530 B.C.E.
-Marble with remnants of paint Kroisos - young military hero (based on an inscription on the base NOT a real portrait - general representation “Archaic smile” - meant to enliven the sculpture 6’4" -
530 BCE
Peplos Kore from the Acropolis
-Archaic Greek
-530 B.C.E.
-Marble, painted details -
520 BCE
Sarcophagus of the Spouses
-Etruscan
-520 B.C.E.
-Terracotta -
Period: 509 BCE to 27 BCE
Republican Rome
-509-27 BCE
-Overthrew the Etruscans & established a constitutional government
Senate
-All landowners could be on the senate
-Continued to conquer
Ends with the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C.E. -Copied Classical Greek
-Subjects: mythology, gods, battles, emperors
-Architecture: Concrete, Engaged columns, Arch Temples
-Sculpture: verism busts, bronze, lost wax casting
-Wall Painting - 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Style
-Painted frame on wall
-Illusionism -
505 BCE
Temple of Minerva
-Veii, near Rome, Italy
-Etruscan
-510-500 B.C.E.
-Original temple of wood, mud brick, or tufa (volcanic rock) -
505 BCE
Sculpture of Apollo, Veii
-Master sculptor Vulca
-Etruscan
-510-500 B.C.E.
-Terracotta -
492 BCE
Audience Hall (apadana) of Darius and Xerxes
-Persepolis, Iran
-Persian
-520-465 B.C.E.
-Limestone -
480 BCE
Kritios boy
-480 B.C.E.
-Marble -
Period: 480 BCE to 450 BCE
Severe (Greek)
-480 - 450 B.C.E.
-Bridges change in sculpture from relatively stiff Archaic figure to the more realistically active Classical figure
-Large freestanding sculptures with figures shown in movement.
-Contrapposto shown for the first time (weight shift) -
475 BCE
Tomb of the Triclinium
-Tarquinia, Italy
-Etruscan.
-480-470 B.C.E.
-Tufa and fresco -
455 BCE
Niobides Krater
-Anonymous vase painter of Classical Greece known as the Niobid Painter.
-460-450 B.C.E.
-Clay, red figure technique -
450 BCE
Helios, horses, and Dionysus (Heracles?)
-East Pediment Sculpture, Parthenon (Phidias?)
-5th Century B.C.E.
-Marble -
450 BCE
Plaque of the Ergastines
-Parthenon (Phidias)
-5th Century B.C.E.
-Marble -
Period: 450 BCE to 400 BCE
Classical (Greek)
-450 - 400 B.C.E.
-The Golden Age of Greece
-“High point” of Greek art and architecture. Figures are idealized, with expressionless faces.
-Proportion and symmetry are emphasized -
445 BCE
Doryphoros (Spear bearer)
-Polykleitos
-Original 450-440 B.C.E.
-Roman copy (marble) of the Greek original (bronze) -
428 BCE
Acropolis
-Iktinos and Kallikrates
-447-410 B.C.E.
-Marble -
428 BCE
Parthenon
-Iktinos and Kallikrates
-447-410 B.C.E.
-Marble -
425 BCE
Temple of Athena Nike
-Kallikrates
-427-424 B.C.E.
-Marble -
425 BCE
Victory (Nike) adjusting her sandal
-Temple of Athena Nike (Acropolis)
-427-424 B.C.E.
-Marble -
410 BCE
Grave Stele of Hegeso
-Attributed to Kallimachos
-410 B.C.E.
-Marble and paint -
Period: 400 BCE to 320 BCE
Late Classical (Greek)
-400 - 320 B.C.E.
-Alexander defeats Persian king Darius III at the Battle of Issus, 333 B.C.E.
-Greeks burn Persian capital in revenge for destruction of the Acropolis, 330 B.C.E.
-Alexander dies in Babylon, 323 B.C.E.
-Sculptors attempt more difficult, unique poses for their figures -
375 BCE
Athenian Agora
-Archaic through Hellenistic Greek
-600 B.C.E. - 150 C.E.
-Plan -
Period: 320 BCE to 30 BCE
Hellenistic (Greek)
-320 - 30 B.C.E.
-Ends with the fall of Egypt, last fortification of Hellenistic rule to Romans in 31 - 30 B.C.E.
-Period initiated by the conquests of Alexander the Great.
-Art of this period encompasses extremes, from works that are naturalistic to other pieces that are overly idealized with an emphasis on drama, violence and emotionalism. -
250 BCE
Petra, Jordan: Treasury and Great Temple
-Nabataean Ptolemaic and Roman
-400 B.C.E - 100 C.E.
-Cut rock -
215 BCE
Terra cotta warriors from mausoleum of the first Qin emperor of China
-Qin Dynasty.
-221-209 B.C.E.
-Painted terra cotta -
200 BCE
Great Stupa at Sanchi
-Madhya Pradesh, India
-Buddhist; Maurya, late Sunga Dynasty
-300 B.C.E.-100 C.E.
-Stone masonry, sandstone on dome -
190 BCE
Winged Victory of Samothrace
-Hellenistic Greek
-190 B.C.E.
-Marble -
180 BCE
Funeral banner of Lady Dai (Xin Zhui)
-Han Dynasty, China
-180 B.C.E.
-Painted silk -
175 BCE
Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon
-Asia Minor (present-day Turkey)
-Hellenistic Greek.
-175 B.C.E.
-Marble -
175 BCE
Frieze of Athena from the Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon
-Asia Minor (present-day Turkey)
-Hellenistic Greek.
-175 B.C.E.
-Marble -
150 BCE
House of the Vettii
-Pompeii, Italy
-Imperial Roman
-2nd Century B.C.E.
-Cut stone and fresco -
100 BCE
Seated Boxer
-Hellenistic Greek
-100 B.C.E.
-Bronze -
100 BCE
Alexander mosaic from the House of Faun, Pompeii
-Republican Roman
-100 B.C.E.
-Mosaic -
62 BCE
Head of a Roman patrician
-Republican Roman
-75-50 B.C.E.
-Marble -
Period: 57 BCE to 1500
Korea Art
-Silla Kingdom: 57 BCE - 935 CE -
Period: 31 BCE to 305
High Empire Rome
-
Period: 31 BCE to 193
Early Empire Rome
-
Period: 27 BCE to 200
Imperial Rome
-Begins with Octavian Caesar “Augustus”
-31 B.C.E. - brought an end to a 91 year civil war
-Becomes 1st Roman Emperor
-Pax Romana - 150 year time of peace
-People depended on the Roman government for food, water, recreation and entertainment
-Reaches height of power under Trajan, and then Hadrian -Technologically advanced, designs conservative
-Combination of Doric, Ionic and Corinthian orders
-Basilica plans (aisles, nave, apse) - Pantheon
-Arch, barrel vault, dome -
50
Augustus of Prima Porta
-Imperial Roman
-Early 1st Century C.E.
-Marble -
75
Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater)
-Rome, Italy
-Imperial Roman.
-70-80 C.E.
-Stone and concrete. -
109
Forum of Trajan
-Rome, Italy
-Apollodorus of Damascus
-Forum and markets.
-106-112 C.E.
-Brick and concrete. -
113
Column of Trajan
-Completed 113 C.E.
-Marble -
121
Pantheon
-Imperial Roman
-118-125 C.E.
-Concrete with stone facing. -
Period: 193 to 237
Late Empire Rome
-Age of confidence is replaced by a time of troubles
-Civil unrest
-Military defeats
-Economy in decline
-Pivotal time - pagan ancient world transformed into Christian Middle Ages -
250
Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus
-Late Imperial Roman
-250 C.E.
-Marble. -
500
Gold and jade crown
-Three Kingdoms Period
-Silla Kingdom
-Korea
-Fifth to sixth century C.E.
-Metalwork -
600
Buddha
-Bamiyan, Afghanistan
-Gandharan
-400-800 C.E.
(destroyed in 2001)
-Cut rock with plaster and polychrome paint -
Period: 610 to
Islam
-The five pillars
-anionic imagery
-no worship of idols -
631
The Kaaba
-Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
-Islamic. Pre-Islamic monument
-Rededicated by Muhammad in 631-632 C.E. Multiple renovations
-Granite masonry, covered with silk curtain and calligraphy in gold and silver-wrapped thread -
641
Jowo Rinpoche, enshrined in the Jokhang Temple
-Lhasa, Tibet
-Yarlung Dynasty.
-Believed to have been brought to Tibet in 641 C.E.
-Gilt metals with semiprecious stones, pearls, and paint; various offerings -
691
Dome of the Rock
-Jerusalem.
-Islamic. Umayyad.
-691-692 C.E., with multiple renovations
-Stone masonry and wooden roof decorated with glazed ceramic tile, mosaics, and gilt aluminum and bronze dome. -
700
Great Mosque (Masjid-e Jameh)
-Isfahan, Iran.
-Islamic, Persian: Seljuk, Il-Khanid, Timurid and Safavid Dynasties
-700 C.E.; additions and restorations in the 14th, 18th & 20th centuries C.E.
-Stone, brick, wood, plaster, and glazed ceramic tile -
743
Todai-ji
-Nara, Japan
-743 C.E.; rebuilt c. 1700
-Wood with ceramic-tile roofing -
785
Great Mosque
-Córdoba, Spain.
-Umayyad
-785-786 C.E.
-Stone masonry -
796
Borobudur Temple
-Central Java, Indonesia
-Sailendra Dynasty
-750-842 C.E.
-Volcanic-stone masonry -
800
Folio from a Qur’an
-Arab, North Africa or Near East
-Abbasid.
-eighth to ninth century C.E.
-Ink, color, and gold on parchment -
810
Longmen caves
-Luoyang, China
-Tang Dynasty.
-493-1127 C.E.
-Limestone -
940
Lakshmana Temple
-Khajuraho, India.
-Hindu, Chandella Dynasty
-930-950 C.E.
-Sandstone -
968
Pyxis of al-Mughira
-Umayyad
-968 C.E.
-Ivory -
1000
Travelers among Mountains and Streams
-Fan Kuan
-1000 C.E.
-Ink and colors on silk -
Period: 1000 to
African Art
-lots of different kingdoms
-Interdisciplinary: a wide variety of materials and formats, including objects and performances
-Spiritual: addresses/references the spiritual world, especially pertaining to royalty; ancestor worship
-Ritual: art is often used in ritual and not just viewed; usually created by religious leaders
-Historical: art used with oral tradition to recount history & accomplishments -
Period: 1000 to
Pacific Art
Three main groups:
-Micronesia
-Polynesia
-Melanesia -Mana (vital life force) often physically represented in statues: blessed and/or protected to preserve the well being of the community
-Tapu: wrapping or shielding practices to protect mana
Ritual performances give certain artworks meaning and purpose -
1050
Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja) Hindu
-India (Tamil Nadu)
-Chola Dynasty
-11th century C.E.
-Cast bronze -
1066
Power figure (Nkisi n’kondi)
-Kongo peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
-late 19th century C.E.
-1066 - 1067 CE
-Wood and metal -
1100
Angkor, the temple of Angkor Wat, and the city of Angkor Thom, Cambodia
-Hindu, Angkor Dynasty
-800-1400 C.E.
-Stone masonry, sandstone -
1100
Churning of the Ocean of Milk
-Angkor Wat
-Hindu, Angkor Dynasty
-800-1400 C.E.
-Sandstone -
1100
Jayavarman VII as Buddha
-Angkor Thom
-Hindu, Angkor Dynasty
-800-1400 C.E.
-Stone masonry, sandstone -
1150
Nan Madol
-Pohnpei, Micronesia
-Saudeleur Dynasty
-700-1600 C.E.
-Basalt boulders and prismatic columns -
1200
Great Mosque of Djenné
-Mali
-Founded c. 1200 C.E.; rebuilt 1906-1907
-Adobe -
1200
Conical tower and circular wall of Great Zimbabwe
-Southeastern Zimbabwe
-Shona peoples
-1000-1400 C.E.
-Coursed granite blocks -
1275
Night Attack on the Sanjô Palace
-Kamakura Period
-Japan
-1250-1300 C.E.
-Handscroll (ink and color on paper) -
Period: 1300 to
Florentine Renaissance
-Cosimo Medici establishes his Neoplatonic Academy
-advancement of humanistic and scientific knowledge
-expanding wealth of the merchant class and guilds
-growth of cities
-productivity in the arts
-Humanism
-artists’ social position sometimes equal in stature to their patrons
-artist as a hero, as divinely inspired, as genius
-intellectual approach to beauty and art
-linear perspective -
1330
Basin (Baptistère de St. Louis)
-Muhammad ibn al-Zain
-1320-1340 C.E.
-Brass inlaid with gold and silver -
1335
Bahram Gur Fights the Karg, folio from the Great Il-Khanid Shahnama
-Islamic
-Persian, Il-Khanid
-1330-1340 C.E.
-Ink and opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper -
1350
Moai on platform (ahu)
-Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
-1100-1600 C.E.
-Volcanic tuff figures on basalt base -
1351
The David Vases
-Yuan Dynasty
-China
-1351 C.E.
-White porcelain with cobalt-blue underglaze -
1372
Alhambra
-Granada, Spain.
-Nasrid Dynasty
-1354-1391 C.E.
-Whitewashed adobe stucco, wood, tile, paint, and gilding -
Period: 1400 to
Northern Renaissance
-secularization of culture
-Growth of market economies
-oil painting technique
-printmaking
-Protestant Reformation -
1429
Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece)
-Workshop of Robert Campin
-1427-1432 C.E.
-Oil on wood -
1450
Forbidden City
-Beijing, China.
-Ming Dynasty.
-15th century C.E. and later
-Stone masonry, marble, brick, wood, and ceramic tile -
1450
Portrait of Sin Sukju (1417-1475)
-Imperial Bureau of Painting
-15th century C.E.
-Hanging scroll (ink and color on silk)
-Joeson Dynasty -
1465
Madonna and Child with Two Angels
-Fra Filippo Lippi
-1465 C.E.
-Tempera on wood -
1480
Ryoan-ji
-Kyoto, Japan
-Muromachi Period, Japan
-1480 C.E.; current design most likely dates to the 18th century
-Rock garden -
Period: 1495 to 1520
High Renaissance
-Rome as cultural capital becomes the new Athens after expulsion of the Medici’s in Florence
-Papal power, Pope Julius II & Leo X - political as well as cultural ambitions
-The artist as genius, da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael - artist as hero, inspired, “divine”
-Monumental ambition & scale, large scale painting, sculpture programs and architecture -
1496
Last Supper
-Leonardo da Vinci
-1494-1498 C.E.
-Oil and tempera -
Period: 1520 to
Mannerism
Cramped compositions: crowded pictorial space filled with figures blotting out the background
Undefinable space: space appears too shallow or undefined for what is taking place in it
Exaggeration: fanciful gestures and attitudes, deliberately intricate groupings
Distortion: unnatural elongation in the body, and unrealistically small heads
Unbalanced compositions: unstable groupings of figures
Idiosyncratic: highly individual choice of subject matter and interpretation -
1523
The Court of Gayumars, folio from Shah Tahmasp’s Shahnama
-Sultan Muhammad
-1522-1525 C.E.
-Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper -
1526
Entombment of Christ
-Jacopo da Pontormo
-1525-1528 C.E.
-Oil on wood -
Period: 1530 to
Late Renaissance
Venice’s damp climate and close proximity to water makes the use of fresco and egg tempera risky (plaster easily rots and cracks).
During the late 1470’s, Messina introduces new oil technique to Venetian artists. Oil painting on stretched canvas becomes the medium of choice.
The soft and diffused light of Venice is renowned, suggesting a more atmospheric treatment of subject matter. -
1538
Venus of Urbino
-Titian
-1538 C.E.
-Oil on canvas -
1539
The Ardabil Carpet
-Maqsud of Kashan
-1539-1540 C.E.
-Silk and wool -
1541
Frontispiece of the Codex Mendoza
Viceroyalty of New Spain
c. 1541-1542 C.E.
Ink and color on paper -
1550
Wall plaque, from Oba’s palace
-Edo peoples, Benin (Nigeria)
-16th century C.E.
-Cast brass -
1571
Mosque of Selim II
-Edirne, Turkey
-Sinan (architect)
-1568-1575 C.E.
-Brick and stone -
Period: to
Southern Baroque
•Dynamic & complex aesthetic
•Dramatic theatricality
•Grandiose scale
•Elaborate ornateness
•Crisscrossing diagonals
•Curvilinear forms
•Slanting recessions (foreground to background) -
Calling of Saint Matthew
Caravaggio
c. 1597-1601 C.E.
Oil on canvas -
Period: to
Southern & Northern Aristocratic Baroque
-
Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings
-Bichitr
-1620 C.E.
-Watercolor, gold, and ink on paper -
Henry IV Receives the Portrait of Marie de’ Medici, from the Marie de’ Medici Cycle
Peter Paul Rubens
1621-1625 C.E.
Oil on canvas -
Self-Portrait with Saskia
Rembrandt van Rijn
1636 C.E.
Etching -
Taj Mahal
-Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
-Masons, marble workers, mosaicists, and decorators working under the supervision of Ustad Ahmad Lahori, architect of the emperor.
-1632-1653 C.E.
-Stone masonry and marble with inlay of precious and semiprecious stones; gardens -
Angel with Arquebus, Asiel Timor Dei
Master of Calamarca (La Paz School)
c. 17th Century C.E.
Oil on canvas -
Period: to
Northern Bourgeois Baroque
Different trends in Northern Europe
Holland/Protestant
France, Italy, Germany/Catholic Scale - not as large and grand Genre scenes, still life, landscapes, portraits
Wealthy merchant class
Symbolism and intellectual depth -
Period: to
The Enlightenment
Emphasis on reason, backed by empirical evidence
England & France principal centers
Scientific Revolution comes of age:
Applied to social and political issues
Applied to production, the Industrial Revolution
Doctrine of Progress – philosophers
Emphasis on education -
The Virgin of Guadalupe (Virgen de Guadalupe)
Miguel González
c. 1698 C.E.
Based on original Virgin of Guadalupe Basilica of Guadalupe, Mexico City
16th Century C.E.
Oil on canvas on wood, inlaid with mother-of-pearl -
Screen with the Siege of Belgrade and hunting scene
Circle of the González Family
c. 1697-1701 C.E.
Tempera and resin on wood, shell inlay -
Sika dwa kofi (Golden Stool)
-Ashanti peoples (south central Ghana)
-1700 C.E.
-Gold over wood and cast-gold attachments -
White and Red Plum Blossoms
-Ogata Korin
-1710-1716 C.E.
-Ink, watercolor, and gold leaf on paper -
Spaniard and Indian Produce a Mestizo
Attributed to Juan Rodríguez Juárez
c. 1715 C.E.
Oil on canvas -
Period: to
Rococo
mostly small
fête galante – outdoor play, (mostly illicit) love
frivolity, playful intrigue, sensuality
mostly pastel colors
delicately curving forms
dainty figures -
‘Ahu ‘ula (feather cape)
-Hawaiian
-Late 18th century C.E.
-Feathers and fiber -
Portrait of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Miguel Cabrera
c. 1750 C.E.
Oil on canvas -
Period: to
Neoclassicism
Architecture:
-use of greek and roman columns, pediments, and domes
-symmetry, rectangular rooms
-themed rooms
Painting:
-references to mythology and the bible
-invite viewers in/open composition
-stiff/statue-like figures
-exemplum virtutis
Sculpture:
-unpainted marble
-"what would the ancients like" -
Period: to
Romanticism
Desire for freedom in everything (politics, feelings, actions, worship, speech, taste, thoughts).
Artist as a “troubled genius”
A renewed focus on imagination, feeling, intuition, emotion, fantasy, nightmares, the macabre, the occult
Dramatic action, theatricality
Beauty as it exists in fierce, brute nature and ferocious animals: the SUBLIME
Nature as allegory for human brutality
Fascination with the Middle Ages, return to religion
Landscape paintings reacting against the Industrial Revolution -
A Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery
Joseph Wright of Derby
c. 1763-1765 C.E.
Oil on canvas -
The Swing
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
1767 C.E.
Oil on canvas -
Ndop (portrait figure) of King Mishe
-miShyaang maMbul
-Kuba peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
-1760-1780 C.E.
-Wood -
The Oath of the Horatii
Jacques-Louis David
1784 C.E.
Oil on canvas -
Staff god
-Rarotonga, Cook Islands, central Polynesia
-Late 18th to early 19th century C.E.
-Wood, tapa, fiber, and feathers -
Female deity
-Nukuoro, Micronesia
-18th to 19th century C.E.
-Wood -
Y no hai remedio (And There’s Nothing to be Done), from Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War)
Francisco de Goya
1810-1823 C.E. (published 1863)
Etching, drypoint, burin, and burnishing -
Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as the Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
-Katsushika Hokusai
-1830-1833 C.E.
-Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper -
Still Life in Studio
Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre
1837 C.E.
Daguerreotype -
Period: to
Photography
The ability to capture images straight from reality was on the rise due to many camera like inventions being made
Daguerrotype
Camera obscura
Wet collodion process -
Period: to
Realism
Gustave Courbet – leading figure
Reality – only what we ourselves can see
Records everyday contemporary life, however mundane, trivial
Rejects historical subjects but celebrates workers
Landscape painters move their easels outdoors -
The Stone Breakers
Gustave Courbet
1849 C.E. (destroyed in 1945)
Oil on canvas -
Buk (mask)
-Mid to late 19th Century
-Torres Strait (islander People)
-Maubiag Island
-25 in
-Turtle shell, wood, fiber, feathers, and shell -
Hiapo (tapa)
-Niue
-1850-1900 C.E.
-Tapa or bark cloth, freehand painting -
The Valley of Mexico from the Hillside of Santa Isabel (El Valle de México desde el Cerro de Santa Isabel)
Jose María Velasco
1882 C.E.
Oil on canvas -
Tamati Waka Nene
-Gottfried Lindauer
-Maori (Nga-ti-toa tribe)
-Auckland National Art Gallery
-1890 C.E.
-Oil on canvas
-40.1’’ x 33.1’’ -
Bundu mask
-Sande Society, Mende peoples (West African forests of Sierra Leone and Liberia)
-19th to 20th century C.E.
-Wood, cloth, and fiber -
Aka elephant mask
-Bamileke (Cameroon, western grassfields region)
-19th to 20th century C.E.
-Wood, woven raffia, cloth, and beads -
Female (Pwo) mask
-Chokwe peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
-Late 19th to 20th century C.E.
-Wood, fiber, pigment, and metal -
Lukasa (memory board)
-Mbudye Society, Luba peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
-19th to 20th century C.E.
-Wood, beads, and metal -
Ikenga (shrine figure)
-Igbo peoples (Nigeria)
-19th to 20th century C.E.
-Wood -
Reliquary figure (byeri)
-Fang peoples (southern Cameroon)
-19th to 20th century C.E.
-Wood -
Navigation chart
-Marshall Islands, Micronesia
-19th to early 20th century C.E.
-Wood and fiber -
Veranda post of enthroned king and senior wife (Opo Ogoga)
-Olowe of Ise (Yoruba peoples)
-1910-1914 C.E.
-Wood and pigment -
Portrait mask (Mblo)
-Baule peoples (Côte d’Ivoire)
-Early 20th century C.E.
-Wood and pigment -
Malagan display and mask
-New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
-20th century C.E.
-Wood, pigment, fiber, and shell -
Presentation of Fijian mats and tapa cloths to Queen Elizabeth II
-Fiji, Polynesia
-1953 C.E.
-Multimedia performance (costume; cosmetics, including scent; chant; movement; and pandanus fiber/hibiscus fiber mats), photographic documentation -
Chairman Mao en Route to Anyuan
Artist unknown
Based on an oil painting by Liu Chunhua
c. 1969 C.E.
Color lithograph
