AP Art History Part 1
55921693 | Venus of Willendorf | Paleolithic (28,000- 25,000 BCE) Served as fertility image. No facial features. Ball-like shapes. | ![]() | 55921693 |
55921694 | Landscape with Volcanic Eruption | Neolithic (6150 BCE) World's 1st landscape. This mural is the 1st depiction of a place devoid of both humans and animals | ![]() | 55921694 |
55921695 | Khafre | Old Kingdom Egypt (2520-2494 BCE) Diorite; Rigidly uptight; Flawless body; Idol Proportions; Bilaterally Symmetrical; Houses the "Ka" | ![]() | 55921695 |
55921696 | Akhenaton | New Kingdom Egypt (1353-1335 BCE) Long face, full lips, and curves.Far cry from the proportional figures of the Pharaohs. | ![]() | 55921696 |
55921697 | Victory Stele of Naram-Sin | Sumerian (2254-2218 BCE) Godlike sovereignty the kings claimed. King is bigger than everyone else. 1st time the King appears as a god in Mesopotamian art. | ![]() | 55921697 |
55921698 | Lamassu | Assyrian (720-705 BCE) High relief. 5 legs makes this a conceptual picture | ![]() | 55921698 |
55921699 | Head of a Sasania King (Shapur II) | Persian (350 BCE) Suggests the splendor of Sasanian dynasty. Repousse | ![]() | 55921699 |
55921700 | Bull Leaping | Minoan (1450-1400 BCE) Bull is Elongated. Women have fair skin, Man has dark skin. | ![]() | 55921700 |
55921701 | Figurine of a Woman | Cycladic (2500-2300 BCE) Triangles dominate. Emphasis on breasts. Fertility goddess. | ![]() | 55921701 |
55921702 | Lion Gate | Mycenaean (1300-1250 BCE) Capped with a huge lintel. Above lintel is corbelled arch. Relieving triangle. | ![]() | 55921702 |
55921703 | Kouros | Archaic Greek Sculpture (600 BCE) Life-size, nude, young men are kouroi. And life-size, clothed, young women are korai. Emulates the stance of Egyptian statues: Foot advanced and, nude -> Perfect body | ![]() | 55921703 |
55921704 | Temple of Hera I | Archaic Greek Architecture (550 BCE) Doric Temple, Peripteral Colonnade | ![]() | 55921704 |
55921705 | Kritios Boy | Classical Greek Sculpture (480 BCE) Contrapposto, broke the rule of frontality | ![]() | 55921705 |
55921706 | Parthenon | Classical Greek Architecture (447-438 BCE) Perfect proportions. Doric temple design. Doric columns | ![]() | 55921706 |
55921707 | Seated Boxer | Hellenistic Greek Sculpture (100-50 BCE) Heavily Battered, defeated veteran Nose broken, teeth missing Appealed to the emotions Realism | ![]() | 55921707 |
55921708 | Sarcophagus of Lars Pulena | Etruscan (Early 2nd Century) Somber- Symptomatic of economic and political decline of the once mighty Etruscan city-state. | ![]() | 55921708 |
55921709 | Equestrian Statue | Roman Sculpture (175 CE) Superhuman grandeur and larger than a normal human. Shows mercy. | ![]() | 55921709 |
55921710 | Pantheon | Roman Architecture (118-125 CE) Oculus, Temple of all the gods, Influential, Concrete. | ![]() | 55921710 |
55921711 | Mausoleum of Galla Placidia | Early Christian Architecture (425 CE) Cruciform, Longitudinal | ![]() | 55921711 |
55921712 | Hagia Sophia | Byzantine Architecture (532-537 CE) Mystical Quality of light that floods the interior.Central Dome | ![]() | 55921712 |
55921713 | Virgin (Theotokos) and Child | Byzantine Painting (Late 11th Century to Early 12th Century) Virgin of Compassion, Mary- Long nose and long fingers | ![]() | 55921713 |
55921714 | Book of Kells, Chi-Tho-Io | Hiberno-Saxon (Late 8th or Early 9th Century) Elaborately, Decorated. | ![]() | 55921714 |
55921715 | Saint Matthew Folio Recto | Carolingian (800-810 CE) Deft illusionist brushwork. Color and modulation of light and shade to create shapes | ![]() | 55921715 |
55921716 | Column with relief's illustrating the life of Christ | Ottonian (1015-1022 CE) Narrative, Similar to the column of Trajan | ![]() | 55921716 |
55921717 | St.- Sernin, Toulouse | Romanesque Architecture (1070-1120 CE) Pilgrimage Church, Geometrically precise, Simple ratios, Groin vaults. | ![]() | 55921717 |
55921718 | King David | Romanesque Sculpture (1180-1190 CE) Absent weight shift, Freestanding in a niche | ![]() | 55921718 |
55921719 | Notre-Dame | Gothic Architecture (1180-1200 CE) Stained glass oculi. Flying buttresses | ![]() | 55921719 |
55921720 | Saints Martin, Jerome, and Gregory. Jamb statues | Gothic Sculpture (1220-1230 CE) Break rigid vertical lines. Drapery falls softly. Features: Distinctive personality. Revealed in faces | ![]() | 55921720 |
55921721 | Belleville Breviary | Gothic Painting (1325 CE) Three dimensional architectural setting. Convincing Perspective. Close observation of the natural world | ![]() | 55921721 |
55921722 | Amida Triad | Ancient Japan (710 BCE) Simple and iconic. Became a major trend. Indian sensuality surfaces in this work. Smooth brush strokes. | ![]() | 55921722 |
55921723 | Travelers Among Mountains and Streams | Ancient China (Early 11th Century) 1st masters of the recording of light, shadow, distance and texture Intricate details | ![]() | 55921723 |
55921724 | Dome of the Rock | Islam (687-692 BCE) 1st great achievement of Islamic architecture. Octagonal dome. Interior is vivid and colorful. | ![]() | 55921724 |
55921725 | Incised Shell Gorget | Ancient North America (1250-1300 CE) Running Warrior, Composite profile, Elaborate headdress, Gifts to the dead | ![]() | 55921725 |
55921726 | Colossal Head | Ancient Mesoamerica (900-400 BCE) Human body. Great ruler and exhibits power | ![]() | 55921726 |
55921727 | Raimondi Stele | Ancient South America (1st Millennium BCE) Represents "staff god". Multiplicity and dual readings. God transforms before the viewer's eye. Core aspect of Andean religion. | ![]() | 55921727 |
55921728 | Nok Head | Ancient Africa (500-200) Flaring nostrils and triangle eyes are unique to Nok art. African culture liked heads | ![]() | 55921728 |
55921729 | Shiva as Nataraja | Ancient India (1000 AD) Nataraja means Lord of the Dance Portable image. Dwarf that she is standing on represents ignorance | ![]() | 55921729 |
55921730 | Saint Mark | Donatello. Early Renaissance Sculpture (1411-1413) Contrappasto. 1st with voluminous drapery. Stirring limbs. | ![]() | 55921730 |
55921731 | Tribute Money | Massacio. Early Renaissance Painting (1427) Narrative, Light is coming from a specific source, Chiaroscuro, Vanishing Point, Aerial Perspective, Distance. | ![]() | 55921731 |
55921732 | David | Michelangelo. High Renaissance Sculpture (1501-1504) Formal references to classical antiquity, Compositionally and emotionally connected to an unseen presence, Head turned to show pent up energy. | ![]() | 55921732 |
55921733 | Mona Lisa | Da Vinci. High Renaissance Painting (1503-1505) Chiaroscuro and atmospheric perspective. Smoky sfumato means softened edges. Unrecognizable landscape makes it mysterious. | ![]() | 55921733 |
55921734 | Capitoline Hill | Michelangelo. Renaissance Architecture (1537) Organized units symmetrically around a central/ unique axis. Trapezoid plane. Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius. | ![]() | 55921734 |