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The Library of Ashurbanipal is the oldest surviving royal library in the world.

Shows how influenced by other cultures but remained distinct

Smarthistory 7:07

Portrait=Waldemar Januszczak (start at 14:19)

Signature: Jan van Eyck was here, 1434

Subject? “Almost every object portrayed conveys the sanctity of the event, specifically, the holiness of matrimony” (Gardner’s Art Through the Ages)

Giovanni Arnolfini, Italian merchant in Bruges

Textures, light ; space believable?

BCE

. This deed graphically shows the 

impressions made by the stylus in the soft clay

6. This work was meant to

Composite view (will continue for 2000 years): frontal view of eye, shoulders, profile view of head, legs, 

C. the most important person as larger in scale than the other figures

 

D. a composite view

Cloisonné is a more complicated technique using small inlaid wires (or strips) of color to form a pattern or design on a certain object.

Stylistic Periods:

4. This step pyramid evolved from

B. a hand

c. Neolithic 

D. Cromlech

B. Neolithic

c.war
The Standard of Ur shows each of the following EXCEPT

Two of the most prevalent subjects in Aegean art are the sea and  Bulls

  

Almost 10 feet high—first monumental sculpture on Greek mainland

 

Gazes downward; suggests introspection

Discovered in original location (rare): stood high on a terrace overlooking the theater and the sea

 

Monuments at Akropolis exemplify classical Greek art at its height

Why did architects model buildings in Washington, D.C. on the classical style of the Parthenon?

Which formal devices in this detail contribute to heightened drama that is characteristic of Hellenistic art?
the deeply carved surfaces
 the circular composition
 the use of diagonal lines
 the expressions of the figures

participating in public events
Which ancient culture most influenced Etruscan culture?

Banquet scenes common in Etruscan art; sarcophagus would have held ashes of the deceased couple

Reclining couch for eating

at Etruscan banquets, men and women reclined and ate together (different from Greeks and other Mediterranean cultures) across a wide chronological range Upper class Etruscan women actively participated in public life—attending banquets, riding in carriages and being spectators at (and participants in) public events. 

Also marital intimacy rarely seen in Greek art; no hieratic scale

Greek influence (archaic smiles, almond-shaped eyes) but liveliness, angularity, limbs sticking out Etruscan; lively, convivial

Similar pose in Louvre is still painted

Rest on pillows of wineskins; shows their enjoyment of wine 

Archaic
This sculpture of Apollo was made out of

terra cotta
This figure was originally placed

Smarthistory: Capitoline Brutus (3:50)

 

Concrete
The Colosseum functioned as a place of

known for using concrete and arches 

Advantages of concrete 

1.basilica—focus: rectangular building (main structure)

2. Libraries (behind basilica) (one for Greek literature, one for Roman)

3. Temple

4. excedra—round extentions where judge would sit

5. Column of Trajan (between libraries)—showed expansion of Trajan, exploits

Fresco paintings; preserved

Trajan was emperor 98-117 AD

Largest of the fora; funded by war spoils (message: war benefited); Trajan had extended Rome’s borders to its widest expansion

Middle of basilica taller to allow windows 

400’x200’

Story:

coatilicue- Snakes-Her-Skirt

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purpose: a ceremonial representation of a lighter protective guard worn by Mesoamerican ballgame players.

1.More than one hundred known bat species in Panama; the bat has striking physical features and impressive abilities, such as adroit flight and locating prey at night.

2.Several features of the pendant resemble bats such as its large ears, interlocking canines, and partially folded wings with pointed contours. The triangular or leaf-like nose panel resembles that of the leaf-nosed bats (family Phyllostomidae).

3.(I see at least 4)

4.There is evidence of ritual specialists in ancient Central American societies: men and women who go through rigorous training about the natural and supernatural worlds to gain knowledge that helped them accomplish a goal for the community. The specialists may have animal assistants and they may also transform into these assistants during rituals to acquire the animal’s features and abilities. Beliefs and practices of ritual specialists may also help us understand the pyrite originally in the central depression (and possibly the three smaller ones:) ritual specialists used mirrors like doorways opening into the supernatural realm. Mirrors let them see parts of the universe invisible to the ordinary eye.

Christians told stories using the vocabulary of classical art

No Christian art for 200 years after Christ; Christians stayed under radar of Roman rule; persecuted because of monotheism; wouldn’t take part in civic cults

What looks classical? 

Roman? 

Christian?

top L-R: Abraham sacrificing Isaac; type for God being willing to sacrifice his only son arresting of Peter

Bottom l-r:  suffering of Job

  

Procopius, the biographer of the Emperor Justinian, described the dome of Hagia Sophia as looking as though it was . . .

"suspended from heaven."
How did the architects of Hagia Sophia reconcile the round dome with the square floor plan?

Right: 

During 5th century, western empire threatened at all borders by migrating tribes (barbarians); Rome vulnerable to attack, so Emperor Honorius moved capital north to Milan and then Ravenna

Galla Placidia named after Honorius’s sister

 

Hem of dress: 3 wise men bringing gifts, just as she brings an offering

Veneration or worship? If you worship image what does it become? (Idol worship)

Hypostyle Hall