Art History 1 : Timeline by Olivia Simiskey

Paleolithic

osimiskey — 2024-09-25 16:45:31 UTC

Venus of Willendorf, Paleolithic,22,000 to 24,000 BCE, found in the Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna (Austria)

This stuck out to me because of the size and its unknown purpose.

Neolithic

osimiskey — 2024-09-25 16:50:04 UTC

Female and male figures, from Cernavoda, Neolithic, Romania, ca. 3500 bce. Ceramic, height 4 1 /' (11.5 cm). National Museum of Antiquities, Bucharest

I like these sculptures because of their unique design and unusual purpose

Sumerian

osimiskey — 2024-09-25 16:58:00 UTC

Sumerian, circa 2600 BCE, found in

The lapis background and the intricate design is amazing.

Babylonian

osimiskey — 2024-10-01 20:41:01 UTC

Ishtar gate from the inner city of Babylon, Babylonian

Its amazing that this is only one of many big gates.

Assyrian

osimiskey — 2024-10-01 20:47:14 UTC

Assyrian, Middle Bronze Age–Old Assyrian Trading Colony

Their form of communication is so interesting

Egyptian: Old Kingdom

osimiskey — 2024-10-03 20:58:52 UTC

Step pyramid and funerary complex of King Djoser, Saqqara

built during the Third Dynasty as the tomb for Pharaoh Djoser.

Egyptian: New Kingdom

osimiskey — 2024-10-03 21:01:24 UTC

Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Deir el-Bahrito glorify the king as well as to stand as the site for her royal cult.

Cycladic

osimiskey — 2024-10-08 21:00:03 UTC

The harpist form Amorgos, Cyclades, Made out of marble, (21.5cm)

it interesting how much we do not know about the male figurines. And how they differ from the female figures

Minoan

osimiskey — 2024-10-08 21:19:37 UTC

From Palaikastros, Crete, (28cm)

Beautiful symmetry, these art works must represent things that they have seen in their everyday life.

Mycenaean

osimiskey — 2024-10-08 21:47:57 UTC

Mask of Agamemnon, from shaft grave, Mycenae, Greece, (35cm)

Using the hammering technique on the sheet of gold, the Repoussé, its impressive

Greek: Archaic

osimiskey — 2024-10-15 20:56:01 UTC

From 520. BCE, Archaic period, Height: 0.545 m

This is one of the most striking Korai from the Acropolis, despite her little size.

Greek: Classical

osimiskey — 2024-10-15 20:59:53 UTC

Roman copy after a bronze original of ca. 450 bce by Myron. Marble, life-size. Museo delle Terme, Rome

Greek: Hellenistic

osimiskey — 2024-10-22 21:13:10 UTC

Gaul chieftain killing himself and his wife, marble copy, 2.11 m (83 in), National Roman Museum

This is a statue from ancient Rome that shows a Gallic man holding up his wife's dead body while slicing a sword into his breast. This sculpture is a marble replica of a Greek bronze original that is now extinct. Today, the Palazzo Altemps in Rome is home to the Ludovisi Gaul. The Ludovisi Gaul statue represents the vanquished, which is unusual for its era because it usually shows the victor.

Etruscan

osimiskey — 2024-11-05 21:35:57 UTC

She Wolf

ca. 500 bce. Bronze, height 33 1*2" (85 cm). Museo Capitolino, Rome

The stylistic resemblance to modern Greek korai and kouroi indicates how Greek sculpture must have influenced the Etruscans.Butt

Roman

osimiskey — 2024-11-05 21:37:21 UTC

The Equestrian sculpture

Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aureliu.s161 80 ce. Bronze, over-life-size. Museo del Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome

The unusual thing is that we don't know where it originally was in Rome. But there were dozens of them in Rome

Early Christian

osimiskey — 2024-11-12 22:08:20 UTC

The piece is a tessera mosaic, where the word "tessera" refers to the material that makes up the piece's surface. The majority of tessera pieces created during this era were composed of tiny fragments of marble or limestone that the artist shaped and placed.

Byzantine

osimiskey — 2024-11-12 22:09:47 UTC

Jesus Christ, detail of the Deesis Mosaic, from the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, 12th century.

The Deësis Mosaic, located in Istanbul, Turkey's Hagia Sophia, is an example of late 1200s Byzantine art. The mosaic is a religious picture that exemplifies the Deësis, a classic icon in Byzantine art, and features Christ, the Virgin Mary, and St. John the Baptist.

Anglo-Saxon/Hiberno-Saxon/Viking

osimiskey — 2024-11-19 22:40:27 UTC

Purse cover, from the Sutton Hoo ship burial. First half of 7th century. Gold with garnets and enamels, length 8" (20.3 cm). The British Museum, London. Courtesy of the Trustees

Carolingian

osimiskey — 2024-11-19 22:41:33 UTC

Equestrian Statue of a CarolingianRuler (Charles the Bald?). 9th century. Bronze, height 91*2" (24.4 cm). Musée du Louvre, Paris

Ottonian

osimiskey — 2024-12-03 21:50:15 UTC

ca. 980. Gold over wood, enamel, filigree, and gems, height 291*2" (75.6 cm). Cathedral Treasury, Essen, Germany. Given to the Cathedral of Essen in 980 by Abbess Matilda, the grand-daughter of Otto I, the Virgin of Essen (fig. 10.36) was most likely intended as a reliquary, however it is difficult to say for sure because the original wooden core of the sculpture has not survived.

I always love virgin madonna portraits or in this case sculptures. It shows Virgin Mary in a different light than what we're used to.

Romanesque

osimiskey — 2024-12-03 21:52:57 UTC

Saint-Sernin, Toulouse, France. ca. 1096. Marble, height 50" (127 cm)

I thought the pose that god is in is interesting, with his left arm resting on a book and his right arm lifted in blessing, Christ is seated on a throne in heaven.

Gothic

osimiskey — 2024-12-03 21:56:17 UTC

Chartres, France. ca.1145 1220.(Leftspireisfrom16thcentury)

The plans were draw on parchment, it showed how the two towers were already in place. The unusual thing is that the author or the architect is unknown. They were the ones who optimized the skeletal construction

13th-/14th-Century Italy (Proto-Renaissance)

osimiskey — 2024-12-03 22:00:46 UTC

ca. 1310. Tempera on panel, 10'8" 6'8" (3.3 2 m). Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Giotto was the first Western European artist to use three-dimensional figures. His realistic, heavy forms appear to have substance and bulk.