Who: Vergil
What: Old Farmer Of Corycus
When: 400-420
Where: Vaticana Rome
Why: earliest surviving painted manuscript
How: Temperament on parchment
Sunday, November 8, 2015
Christ as Sol Invictus
What: Christ as Sol Invictus
When: 3rd Century
Where: Necropolis Rome, Italy
How: Mosiac
Which: Jesus Christ
Orthodox Baptistery
What: Orthodox Baptistery
When: 458
Where: Ravenna
How: Mosiac
Which: decoration
Woman Sacrificing at an altar
What: Woman sacrificing at an altar
When: 400
Why: still practiced the ancient rites even though banned
How: ivory
Which: cults of old gods
Miracle of Loaves and Fishes
What: Miracle of Loaves and Fishes
When: 504
Where: Sant'Apollinare Nuovok, Ravenna, Italy
Why: otherworldly splendor of heavenly gold
How: mosiac
Interior of Santa Sabina
What: Interior of Santa Sabina
When: 422-432
Where: Rome, Italy
Why: steady rhythm that focuses all attention on space
How: timber-roofed, clerestory windows
Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus
Who: Junius Bassus
What: Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus
When: 359
Where: Rome, Italy
How: Marble
Restored Cutaway view of Christian community house
Who: John Burge
What: Restored Cutaway view of Christian community house
When: 240-256
Where: Dura-Europos, Syria
Why: courtyard, meeting hall, and baptistery
Christ Seated
What: Christ Seated
When: 350-375
Where: Civita Latina, Italy
Why: freestanding early christian sculptures
How: Marble
Santa Constanza
Who: Santa Constanza
What: Santa Constanza
When: 337-351
Where: Rome, Italy
Why: mausoleum of Constantine's daughter
Monday, November 2, 2015
Seated portrait of Menander
who: Menander
What: Seated portrait of Menander
When: 62-79 CE
Where: House of Menander
Why: standard feature of ancient books
How: mural painting in exedra 23
Pompey the great
who: Pompey the great
What: Pompey the great
When: 55-50 BCE
Why: used for coins
How: marble
Which: Alexander the great
Mummy Portrait of Priest of Serapis
who: Priest of Serapis
What: Mummy portrait of Priest of Serapis
When: 140-160 CE
Where: Hawara (Faiyum) Egypt
Why: replaced traditional masks
How: encaustic on wood
Markets of Trajan
who: Apollodorus of Damascus
What: Markets of Trajan
When: 100-112 CE
Where: Rome, Italy
Why: house shops and administrative offices
How: brick faced concrete
Bust of Livia
who: Livia
What: Portrait bust of Livia
When: early 1st century CE
Where: Arsinoe, Egypt
Why: depict as goddess
How: marble
Which: health, justice, piety
Procession of Imperial Family
Who: Augustus
What Procession of Imperial Family
When: 13-9 BCE
Where: Arab Pacis
Why: new order as golden age
How: marble
Which: frieze
Livia Gardenscape
who: Livia
What: Gardenscape
When: 30-20 BCE
Where: Primaporta Italy
Why: second style wall paintings
How: fresco
Which: recession, used perspective, blurring most distant forms
Arch of Constantine
who:
What: Arch of Constantine
When: 312-315 CE
Where: Rome Italy
Why: Constantine's defeat of Maxentius
How: stone
Plans Temple of Venus
What: Plan Temple of Venus
When: 3rd century CE
Where: Baalbek, Lebanon
Why: violates almost every rule of classical design
How: arch
Al-Khazneh
What: Al-Khazneh (Treasury)
When: 2nd century CE
Where: Petra, Jordan
Why: Greek architectural elements in oriental fashion
How: rock cut
Baths of Diocletian
What: Baths of Diocletian
When: 298-306
Where: Rome, Italy
Why: modern health spa
How: concrete
Which:
Sunday, November 1, 2015
6-17 Lars Pulena
Who: Lars Pulena
What: Sarcophagus of Lars Pulena
When: late 3rd- early 2nd Century
Where: Tarquinia, Italy
Why: married couple
How: Tufa
6-7 Tumuli
What: Tumuli
When: 2nd centuries BCE
Where: Banditaccia Necropolis
Why: underground tombs of familes
How: rock cut
6-6 Sarcophagus w/ Reclining Couple
What: Cerveteri Sarcophagus
When: 520 BCE
Where: Banditaccia necropolis
Why: cremation most common means of disposing of dead
How: painted terracotta
6-1 Tomb of Leopards
What: Interior Tomb of Leopards
When: 480 BCE
Where: Monterozzi necropolis, Targquinia Italy
Why: leopards are guardians in gateways, tombs, and temples
How: stone
Tomb of Triclinium
Who: Triclinium
What: Tomb of Triclinium
When: 480-470 BCE
Where: Monterozzi necropolis, Tarquinia
Why: natural environment
How: fresco
Chalchas examining liver
What: Chalchas examining liver
When: 400-375 BCE
Why: gifts for living and dead
How: bronze
Ramtha and Arnth
Who: Ramtha Visnai and Arnth Tetnies
What: Sarcophagus of Ramtha and Tetnies
When: 350-300 BCE
Where: Etruscan sarcophagi
How: Tufa
Porta Marzia
Who: Etruscan builders
What: Porta Marzia
When: 2nd Century BCE
Where: Purugia, Italy
Why: adaptation of Greek architectural motifs
How: Arch
Model of Etruscan Temple
Who: Victruvius
What: Models of typical Etruscan temple of 6th Century BCE
When: 6th BCE
How: wood, mud brick
Which: based on Vitruvius's account
Fibula
What: Fibula with orientalizing lions
When: 650-640 BCE
Where: Regolini Galassi Tomb, Sorbo necropolis
Why: fasten woman's gown at shoulder
How: Gold
Capitoline Wolf
What: Capitoline Wolf
When: 500-480 BCE
Where: Rome, Italy
Why: New roman republic after expulsion of Tarquinius Superbus
How: bronze
Which: new government totem
Aule Metele
Who: Aule Metele
What: Arringatore (Orator)
When: 1st century BCE
Where: Cortona, Italy
Why: depicts adult male
How: bronze
Tomb of Shields and Chairs
What: Interior of Tomb of the Shields and Chairs
When: 550-500 BCE
Where: Banditaccia Necropolis
Why: tombs by Etruscan families
How: bedrock
Apulu
What: Apulu, Apollo of Veii
When: 510-500 BCE
Where: Portonaccio Temple, Veii, Italy
Why: god's vigorous motion, gesticulating arms, placement on roof of temple
How: painted terracotta
Which: Greek myth
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