Spiffy things from History of Art

[summercomfort]

now that I'm actually done with the book, I'm gonna flip thru and list all the spiffy things I liked.

The Ancient World

Egypt
- Funerary district of King Djoser in Saqqara. (papyrus columns... yummm)
- Sitting statue of Khafre, from Giza. The sculptor did the front and side views, then rounded it out. pretty smart!

Ancient Near East
- statue of Gudea, from Lagash (loverly arms)
- Persian animal style. The pics in the book include a painted beaker from Susa (in the Louvre), and a pole-top ornament from Luristan (in Brit. Museum)
- Palace of Shapur I in Ctesiphon, Iraq. It as blind arcades and other spiffiness from Rome.

Aegean Art
- Cycladic people statues... so simplified and elegant.
- Minoan: "The Toreador Fresco" in Crete.

- "Octopus Vase" : who needs silly lute-toting muses on vases? A large, writhing octopus is so much more amusing!

Greek Art
Paintings
- Dionysus in a Boat, by Exekias
- Eos and Memnon, by Douris (a.k.a. Greek Pieta on plate)
Sculptures/Architecture
- Pediment sculptures. Examples in book includes: Temple of Aphaia in Aegina, Temple of Zeus at Olympia, Parthenon,
- Acropolis. duh
- statue: Discus Thrower
- Nike taking off her sandal, from the balustrade of the Temple of Athena Nike
- Hermes by Paxiteles
- Demeter from Cnidus
- Dying Trumpeter by Epigonos of Pergamum
- Nike of Samothrace (yanno, the one in Louvre without arms or head...)
- bronze portrait head in the National Archaeological museum in Athens.

Etruscan Art
- Sarcophagus from Cerveteri
- She-Wolf, bronze statue of wolf feeding Romulus and Remus.

Roman Art
- Aqueducts
- Pantheon. ::drool:: (melikes semispheric domes)
- Aulus Metellus, bronze statue in Florence
- Imperial Procession, part of Ara Pacis frieze
- Spoils from the Temple in Jerusalem, relief on Arch of Titus
- Trajan column, just because it's funny. ("viewers must run around in circles like a circus horse if they want to follow the narrative, and can hardly see the wealth of detail above the fourth or fifth turn without binoculars.")
- Philippus the Arab, marble bust (he's so mean-looking!)
- Portrait of a Boy, painting from Faiyum, Lower Egypt.

The Middle Ages

Early Christian and Byzantine Art
Architecture
- S. Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna
- S. Vitale, Ravenna
- Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
- St. Mark's Venice
Mosaic
- The Parting of Lot and Abraham in Sta. Maria Maggiore
- The Crucifixion, in Monastery Church, Daphne, Greece. (First time see suffering in Crucifixion)
- Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, in Monreale Cathedral, Italy
- Dadonna Entroned (from the late 1200's, the one with the spiky highlights)

Early Medieval Art
- Chi-Rho page, from Book of Kells (illuminated manuscript)
- Utrect Psalter (illuminated manuscripts)
Architecture:
- Palace Chapel of Charlemagne, Aachen
- St. Pantaleon, Cologne
- Hildesheim Cathedral

Romanesque Art
- Bayeux Tapestry
-St. John the Evangelist, from Gospel Book of Aboot Wedricus (very stylized clothing folds. like Madonna Enthroned, except cooler)
- Portrait of a Physician (yay! natural-looking clothing folds!)
- Klosterneuburg Altar (gold+enamel)
Architecture
- S. Ambrogio
- Speyer Cathedral, Germany
- Pisa Cathedral

Gothic Art
Architecture:
- St. Denis
- Notre Dame
- (Chartres' two towers on its westwerk is funny...)
- Florence Cathedral
Sculpture
- Annunciation and Visitation, west portal, Reims Cathedral
- Melchizedek and Abraham, Reims Cathedral
- Ekkehard and Uta, Naumburg Cathedral (the two donors)
- Sluter's scultures. Like Moses Well, Chartruse Portal.
- Giovanni Pisano's sculptures. Like the Nativity, Madonna
- The Sacrifice of Isaac, by Lorenzo Ghiberti
Painting
- Giotto (natural clothing, low horizon line, un-cluttered composition
- Lorenzetti brothers: Birth of the Virgin, by Pietro, and Sala della Pace in Palazzo Pubblico, Siena
- Limbourg brothers: Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. (calendar)


Shah, am tired. Will do tomorrow.