A Woman from Willendorf - fat lady with penis boobs Venus of Willendorf 25‚000 BCE made of limestone Goddess‚ no face Woman from Willendorf‚ c25000 BCE. oldest sculpture known. anatomical exxageration. possible fertility idol. paleolith representation of women B Lion Human from Germany- 30-000-26000 BCE‚ mammoth ivory‚ tactile (cannot stand on its own) seen from all sides. not life like or found in nature. C Loacoon and His Sons‚ 1st century CE. 2 sculptors‚ Athanadoros‚ Hagesandros
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STUDY GUIDE FOR TEST 1 (Prehistoric - Roman) FORMAT All questions will be multiple choice. Some will be accompanied by images while others will rely on your use of your knowledge without visual reference points. COVERAGE Visual Material: Selected from the works of art and architecture we have studied - see list below. These have all been discussed IN CLASS AS WELL AS IN THE TEXTBOOK or other readings. (If we do not cover all the works listed below in class‚ you will not be responsible for them on
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Rome‚ 113 C.E. Detail from Trajan’s Column‚ Rome‚ 113 C.E. Arch of Titus‚ Rome‚ c.a. 81 C.E. Spoils from the Temple in Jerusalem‚ Relief from the Arch of Titus‚ Rome‚ c.a. 81 C.E. Hadrian Sacrificing to Apollo‚ ca. 130-138 C.E. Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius‚ c.a. 173 C.E. Roman Aristocrat holding Portrait Busts of His Ancestors‚ late first century B.C.E. Atrium‚ House of the Silver Wedding‚ Pompeii‚ Italy‚ first century C.E. Isis Lactans (Isis
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and his successors. The Pax Romana began with the ascension of Augustus‚ in 27BC which marked the end of the Roman Republic and it ended in 180AD at the death of Marcus Aurelius. There were five emperors that ruled during this period more well known as The Five Good Emperors‚ Nerva‚ Trajan‚ Hadrian‚ Antonius Pius and Marcus Aurelius all from the Antony Dynasty. Nevertheless the peace did not start immediately because the fighting continued in Spain and the Alps. The Pax Romana was not immediate
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accomplishments through changes in style and approach. • In the comparatively short time span from around 900 BCE to about 100 BCE‚ Greek artists explored a succession of new ideas to produce a body of work in every medium—from pottery and painting to sculpture and architecture—that exhibits a clear stylistic and technical direction toward representing the visual world as we see it. The Classical Period in Greek Art • Framed by two major events: the defeat of the Persians in 479 BCE and the death of
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A. Mau‚ a German scholar‚ established four distinct styles of Roman wall painting at the sites of Pompeii‚ Herculaneum‚ Boscoreal‚ and other smaller sites covered with ash from the volcanic eruption at Mount Vesuvius. The styles begin with one direction‚ shift completely‚ and end on a more combined technique. Style I‚ known as incrustation‚ began approximately during the second century b.c. This style features the strong influence of the Hellenistic Greek period in its surface decoration. At
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Title of the Artifact: Transylvanian Swords Type of the artifact: It is a sculpture Material of the Artifact: These swords are made of bronze Date of creation of the Artifact: These Swords were found in Transylvania in 17th century BC Artifact Provenance: They were found in Homeric Troy Where artifact is located now: These unique Mycenaean swords are located in Romania. They are seven swords out of nine which were found in Transylvania. What attracted me in these swords is that they are so superior
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because taking the name Caesar marked the heir to the throne who‚ if of age‚ would participate actively in the ritual and political and military life of the state. They also became princeps iuventutis‚ or ’leaders of the Youth’ and heads of the equestrian order. An example of this is seen on the first coin as the inscription titles Gaius and Lucius Caesar princes of youth. The title was originally given by acclamation of the knights (equites)‚ who formed the second of the ruling classes after the
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Byzantine times. Commodus like other emperors before him had a strong urge to emulate the work of great Greek artists‚ mainly sculptures. Roman Emperors knew that art was a great propaganda tool to communicate with the masses regardless of their literacy (Stokstad & Cothren‚ 2013). The surviving sculpture of Commodus as infant Hercules (image 1) is a typical Greco-Roman sculpture what makes it interesting is the missing limbs and what was left intact. The emotion and pose give the observed just enough
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breast plate and armor combined Classical Greek and Roman Republic ideas. The youthfulness corresponded with the Greek style‚ while the greatly detailed armor was true to the Romans. A Roman piece of artwork known as the Equestrian Marcus Aurelius created in 165 AD was an equestrian monument of a man on horseback. Strangely enough the man has a beard which is unusual for Roman art‚ Augustus was always cleanly shaven. During the Late Imperial Roman period‚ Greco-Roman gods and heroes were used in “traditional
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