Roman Republican Period
509 BCE-27 BCE
Temple of Portunus
Rome, c. 80 BCE, stone
Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia
early 1st century
Veristic male portrait
1st century BCE, marble
Pompeii and neighboring cities
Republic to early Empire, destroyed in 79 CE
Atrium of the Silver Wedding
Pompeii, 2nd century BCE- 79 CE
Frescoes from the Villa of the Mysteries
Pompeii, 65 BCE (second style)
Painting from the Villa of Publius Fannius Synistor
Boscoreale, 50 BCE, fresco (second style)
rescoes from the House of the Vettii
Pompeii, 63-79 CE (fourth style)
The Empire
27 BCE- 476 CE
Early Empire
27 BCE- 96 CE
Ara Pacis Augustae and reliefs (Altar of Peace)
13-9 BCE, marble
Colossem
72-80 CE, concrete, travertine, tufa, brick, marble
Arch of Titus and reliefs
81 CE, concrete faced with marble
Aqueduct
Segovia, c. 90 CE
Augustus of Prima Porta
1st century CE, marble
Portrait of Vespasian
c. 75 CE
High Empire
96-192 CE
Trajan's Column and reliefs
113 CE, marble
Pantheon
125 CE concrete, marble, brick
Portrait of Hadrian
c. 117 CE, marble
Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius
165 CE, bronze
Baths of Caracalla
211-217 CE, concrete and marble
Arch of Constantine and reliefs
313 CE, marble
Basilic of Constantius Chlorus
Trier, Germany, early 4th century
Portrait of the Tetrarchs
c. 305 CE
Monumental head of Constantine
313 CE, marble
Barrel vault
A simple continuous vault, typically semicircular in cross section.
Groin vault
A vault resulting from the intersection of two barrel-vaults crossing
in a right angle
Veristic/verism
the artistic preference of contemporary everyday subject matter
instead of the heroic or legendary in art and literature; it is a form
of realism.
Domus
houses occupied by upper class
Insulae
roman apartment building
Dura-Europos
sanctuary paintings, 245-46 CE, tempera on plaster
Jewish art
St. Peter
(plan) 324-400, Rome
Santa Costanza
(interior and plan) 350, Rome
Galla Placidia
(exterior and interior) 425, Ravenna
Galla Placidia mosaic
Christ as the Good Shepherd
Santa Maria Maggiore
440, Rome
Santa Maria Maggiore mosaic
The Parting of Lot and Abraham
Sarcophagus, Santa Maria Antiqua
Rome, c. 270 CE, marble
Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus
c. 360, marble
Early Christian
3rd-5th century
Byzantine
5th-15th century
San Vitale
(exterior, interior, plan) 540, Ravenna
San Vitale mosaics
Court of Justinian, Court of Theodora
Hagia Sophia
537, Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey)
Hagia Sophia mosaics
Christ as teh Pantocrator, The Crucifixion
St. Mark
1063, Venice
Justinian as Conqueror
ivory, c. 525-550
Monastery of St Catherine
Mount Sinai, Egypt
Monastery of Catherine icons
Virgin and Child Enthroned Between Saints and Angels, c.
6th century, encaustic on panel
Edict of Milan
established religious tolerance for Christianity
Early Medieval Art
6th to 9th century
Northern European Art
Sutton Hoo purse cover
630, England, gold with garnets and cloisonne
NEA
Animal headpost
800, norway, hardwood
Hiberno-Saxon Art
The Book of Kells
8th-9th century, (Chi Rho Iota page) Ireland,
tempera on vellum
H-SA
Lindisfarne Gospels
c. 700 (Cross Page) Ireland, tempera on vellum
Caroligian Art
Charlemagne's palace chapel
c. 800, Germany
Romanesque Art
1050-1200
Santiago de Compostela
c. 1100, Spain
Saint Sernin
c. 1100, Toulouse
Saint-Pierre
Moissac, c. 1100, France. Cloister and portal
THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY
C. 1070-80, FRANCE, WOOL ON LINEN
Gothic
1140-14th century
Abbey church of St. Dennis
1140, Paris, France
Notre Dame de Paris
1163-1250, Pari, France
Chartres cathedral
13th century, Chartres, France
Sainte Chapelle
1243-48, Paris, France