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Art History Review
Here are a sample of slides to help you review the terms and concepts from class discussion and the readings.
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Art and Religion
How would you describe the interplay between art and religion?
• How art explains the dogma of a religion• Art can confirm the faith of believers• An intermixture of art, religion and politics• Art facilitates religious ritual
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Cubiculum of Leonis, Catacomb of Commodilla. Late 4th century.
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Jacopo Grimaldi. Interior of Old St. Peter's. 1619 copy of an earlier drawing.
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Reconstruction Drawing, Old St. Peter's Basilica. c. 320–327; atrium added in later 4th century. Approx. 394’ long and 210’ wide..
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Church of Santa Costanza. c. 350.
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Santa Costanza (ca. 350 CE)Rome
Harvesting of grapes - example of syncretism
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Hagia Sophia (532-537 CE)Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorias of Miletus, ArchitectsIstanbul, Turkey
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San Vitale (526-547 CE)Ravenna, Italy
Emperor Justinian and Theodora
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The Islamic World Empires Video
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Islamic art and religion
Mihrab, Great MosqueCordoba, Spain 965 CE
Qu’ran, Kufic scriptCalligraphy 700-800 CE
Muhammad as prophet (570-633)
•Receptor and translator of revelations of God•Not divine, no saints in Islam•Depends on individual accountability with God
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Five Pillars of Islam
• Shehadah (Witness) – no one worthy of worship but Allah
• Salat (Prayer) – five times daily individual prayer
• Sawm (Fasting) – Ramandan• Zakat (Alms) – tithing• Hajj (Pilgrimage) – based on original 622 CE
Hijra by Mohammad from Medina
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Great Mosque at Cordoba, Spain(786-987)
Virtual Tour
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Quibla wall
Mihrab
Prayer Hall, Great Mosque, Cordoba, Spain. Begun 785–786.
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Taj Mahal. Mughal period, reign of Shah Jahan, c. 1631–1648.
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South and Southeast Asia.
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Standing Buddha. c. 5th century CE.
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Seal Impressions (a., d. horned animal; b. buffalo; c. sacrificial rite to a goddess (?); e. yogi; f. three-headed animal.).
c. 2500–1500 BCE. Each seal approx. 1 ¼” × 1 ¼”.
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Ashokan Pillar. Maurya period, c. 246 BCE.
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Great Stupa, Sanchi. Founded 3rd century BCE, enlarged c. 150–50 BCE.
Video link
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Early Stupa; Later Stupa; Watchtower; Stone Pagoda; Wooden Pagoda.
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Standing Buddha. Kushan period, c. 2nd–3rd century CE. Height 7’ 6”.
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Soldiers. Qin Dynasty, c. 210 BCE.
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Chinese Characters.
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Fan Kuan. Travelers among Mountains and Streams. Northern Song Dynasty, early 11th century CE. Height 6’ 9 1/2”.
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Xu Daoning. Section of Fishing in a Mountain Stream. Northern Song Dynasty, mid 11th century CE. 19" × 6’ 10”.
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Chinese Scroll Painting Video
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Crowned Head of a King. 12th–15th century CE. Height 9 7/16”.Ife, Yoruba (Nigeria)
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Lost-Wax CastingVideo link
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Roped Pot on a Stand. 9th–10th century CE. Height 12 11/16” Igbo-Ukwu site, (eastern Nigeria)
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Conical Tower. c. 1200–1400 CE. Height of tower 30’.
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The Americas Before 1300.
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Colossal Head, San Lorenzo. c. 1200–900 BCE. Height 7’ 5”.
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Ceremonial Center of the City of Teotihuacan. c. 100–650 CE.
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Palace (Foreground) and Temple of the Inscriptions. Palace, 5th–8th century CE;
Temple of the Inscriptions (Tomb of Pakal the Great), c. 683 CE.
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Pyramid of the Feathered Serpent. c. 200 CE.
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Pueblo Bonito. 830–1250 CE.
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Seed Jar. c. 1150 CE. Diameter 14 1/2”.
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‘Cliff dwellings,’ Mesa Verde, Colorado (1100-1300)
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Great Serpent Mound. c. 1070 CE. Length approx. 1,254’.
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Monk’s Mound (1000 CE) Cahokia, iL