Belief Systems (1) base info + function Flashcards
unit 2 artist-era/movement-location-year-material-function
White Temple & Ziggurat
Sumerian (iraq)
3500 BCE
Mud brick/earth
place of worship/cityhall
Votive Figures
Sumerian (iraq)
2700 BCE
Gypsum/shell/black limestone
represent worshippers
Seated Scribe
Egypt old kingdom
2620-2500 BCE
painted limestone
ka(spirit) has place to go after body decomposes
Great Pyramids
Egypt old kingdom
2580-2510 BCE
Limestone
protect burial sites/be remembered
Temple of Amun-Re at Karnak
Egypt new kingdom
1250 BCE
sandstone
worship/simulate creation story
Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
Egypt new kingdom
1479-1458 BCE
stone/earth
worship/support her successors
Tut’s tomb & death mask
Egypt new kingdom
1323 BCE
gold/enamel
protect tut/keep items of afterlife/show royalty
Last Judgement of Hu-Nefer
Egypt new kingdom
1275 BCE
papyrus
guide book into the afterlife
Athenian Agora
Greece
450 BCE
Stone
public meeting/gathering space
Parthenon at the acropolis
Iktinos and Kallikrates
Classic Greek
447-432 BCE
Marble
Worship (multiple religions) /House statue of athena
Plaque of the Ergastines from the Parthenon
Phidias
Classic Greek
445-438 BCE
Marble relief
display festival where women are involved
Nike Adjusting Her Sandal from Temple of Athena Nike
Phidias
Classic Greek
410 BCE
Marble relief
Temple devoted to her
Helios & Dionysus at the Parthenon
Phidias
Classic Greek
447-410 BCE
Marble
Birth of Athena
Grave Stele of Hegeso
Classic Greek
410 BCE
Marble/paint
express wealth/power/eliteness of Hegeso
Great Altar of Zeus and Athena
Hellenistic Greek
200 BCE
Marble
worship/depict Zeus’ strength in the gigantomachy
Sarcophagus of the Spouses
Etruscan
520 BCE
Painted Terracotta
individualized depiction of deceased spouses appreciating one another in death
Tomb of the Triclinium
Etruscan
470 BCE
Painting chamber/tomb
funerary celebration/eating with deceased loved ones
Temple of Minerva
Etruscan
500 BCE
wood/terracotta
worship/ represent divine triad (Zeus Hera Athena)
House of the Vettii
Roman
79 CE
concrete/frescos
status/wealth based on merit
Pantheon
Roman
125 CE
Concrete
unknown function
Catacombs of Priscilla
Early Christian Italy
200 CE
Fresco
underground cemetery for early Christians
Virgin & Child between Saints
Early Christian Mr. Sinai
600 CE
Encaustic on wood
private worship object
Rottgen Pieta
Gothic Germany
1300-1325 CE
Wood/paint
to emphasise humanity of Christ
Arena Chapel
Giotto
Puada Italy Renaissance
1303 CE
Fresco
Atone for his sins of ursury
Annunciation Triptych/ Merode Altarpiece
Robert Campin
Northern Rennaissance
1432 CE
Oil on wood
private worship/glorify donors
Madonna and Child with Angels
Fra Filippo Lippi
Italian renaissance
1465 CE
Tempura on wood
Last Supper
Leonard da Vinci
Italian Renaissance
1494 CE
Fresco
represent sacrament/capture reaction
Sistine Chapel
Michealangelo
Italian Renaissance & Mannerism
Vatican City Itally
Fresco
Where popes are elected
Entombment of Christ
Jacopo Pontormo
Italian Mannerism
1525 CE
Oil on Wood
re affirm the miracle of body & blood/altar piece
Woman Holding Balance
Johannes Vermeer
Dutch Baroque
1662-1663
Oil on Canvas
Virgin of Guadalupe
Miguel Gonzalex
Mexico
1698
oil/canvas/wood/pearl
Mary appears to Juan diego
Golden Haggadah
Gothic Judiasm
Spain
1320 CE
ink gold vellum
Teaching tool: story of passover
