Art history test: colosseum-chatres cathedral
emperor Justinian and his attendants: extreme right are
soldier
Rebecca and Eliezer at the well, Vienna genesis: human form becomes disembodied to focus on
spirituality
column of Trajan: top of column has bronze statue of
st. peter
colosseum: medium
stone and concrete
pantheon: floor is
variegated marble
colosseum: large awning held up by poles
vellarium
forum of Trajan: year
112 ce
column of Trajan: year
117 ce
pantheon: year
118-128 ce
pantheon walls are _ ft thick and rise _ ft
20, 75
catacomb of Priscilla: year
200-400 ce
column of Trajan: has _ layers that narrates 2 campaigns of Trojans chronologically
22
ludovisi battle sarcophagus: year
250-260 ce
santa sabina: year
432 ce
emperor Justinian and his wife: year
526-547 ce
column of Trajan: spiral unraveled is _ feet long
625
Rebecca and Eliezer at the well, Vienna genesis: year
6th century ce
jacob wrestling the angel, Vienna genesis: year
6th century ce
colosseum: year
70-80 ce
pantheon: niches hold 7 _ gods and make it look lighter like a circle within a circle
planetary
catacomb of Priscilla: decorated with paintings in _ style
pompeiian
_ are first people to build using concrete
romans
jacob wrestling the angel, Vienna genesis: all people are dressed like
romans
catacomb of Priscilla: location
rome, italy
colosseum: location
rome, italy
column of Trajan: location
rome, italy
forum of Trajan: location
rome, italy
pantheon: location
rome, italy
santa sabina: location
rome, italy
jacob wrestling the angel, Vienna genesis: purple dye suggests
royal commission
ceiling is flat and made of wood
santa sabina
columns taken from a pagan temple in Rome, italy
santa sabina
no pews, windows are made from selenite
santa sabina
outside is austere because romans wanted to separate themselves from pagan culture
santa sabina
spandrels depict chalices and bread plaits, it's a mosaic. coffered ceiling breaks up the masses
santa sabina
triforium had paintings of mosaics with scenes from OT or gospels
santa sabina
transparent gypsum
selenite
jacob wrestling the angel, Vienna genesis: roman traits (3)
shapes, shadows in clothing, disembodied
geometry in pantheon: 3
dome, cylindrical columns, triangular pediments
colosseum: order of the arches as they rise
doric, ionic, corinthian
Rebecca and Eliezer at the well, Vienna genesis: period
early byzantine
jacob wrestling the angel, Vienna genesis: period
early byzantine
emperor Justinian and his wife: period
early byzantine europe
indentation in a wall that is located at base of dome
niches
geometric bc circumference of the dome is the same as the height
pantheon
originally temple, then church, now a museum
pantheon
sits in front of the pantheon, tapering upright rectangle that is capped by a pyramid used to commemorate military victory
obelisk
central opening that brings in light
oculus
prayerful figure
orant
emperor Justinian and his attendants: archbishop of san Vitale, name is written. he is more realistic, less stylized, wears a different gown with gold
Maximinus
figures are lively, engaged in different positions. uses contrapposto, foreshortening, perspective, shadowing, shallow setting
Rebecca and Eliezer at the well, Vienna genesis
ground up rocks sand and water
concrete
pantheon: medium
concrete
Rebecca and Eliezer at the well, Vienna genesis: _ narrative
continuous
same person in one frame
continuous narrative
santa sabina: columns are what order
corinthian
Rebecca and Eliezer at the well, Vienna genesis: human form becomes
disembodied
Rebecca and Eliezer at the well, Vienna genesis: made from
animal skin
jacob wrestling the angel, Vienna genesis: pages made from
animal skin
forum of Trajan: architect
apollodorus of Damascus
court for law
basilica
santa sabina: constructed by
bishop of Illyria
column of Trajan: has 22 layers that narrates 2 campaigns of Trojans chronologically from
bottom to top
jacob wrestling the angel, Vienna genesis: illustrations at _, text on_
bottom, top
underground burial sites
catacomb
holds 4,000,000 bodies
catacomb of Priscilla
human form is less accurate, all clothed and body becomes disembodied. more focus on the spirit instead of the body
catacomb of Priscilla
orant figure in center of fresco over an arched wall. figure is compact, dark, tone and angular
catacomb of Priscilla
theory is fresco is three stages of life wedding, child birth and after life.
catacomb of Priscilla
emperor Justinian and his attendants: importance between governor and church is metaphor to
church and state
emperor Justinian and his attendants: extreme left are
church officials
was not used for persecutions but for gladiator combat and hunts. built to be used as an arena
colosseum
carving of 2500+ individual figures is linked by a landscape
column of Trajan
function of _: staircase inside for a viewing point of the city, houses trojan's ashes. not a library!
column of Trajan
marble column with base that is 128 ft tall
column of Trajan
roman relief scenes because there's no empty spaces
column of Trajan
open civic space in a roman city
forum
area is flanked by huge loped areas known as exedra
forum of Trajan
brick and concrete, glorified Trojan's victories, had 150 stores
forum of Trajan
center has equestrian sculpture of Trajan on a horse
forum of Trajan
pantheon: period
imperial rom
colosseum: period
imperial rome
column of Trajan: period
imperial rome
ludovisi battle sarcophagus: pd
imperial rome
pantheon: patters of circles, squares, rectangles put into the floor
inlaid marble
all heads line up in the same line
isocephalic
jacob wakes up and leads his family across the river, wrestles angel to become blessed
jacob wrestling the angel, Vienna genesis
main form of painting is the manuscript or time goes on
jacob wrestling the angel, Vienna genesis
manuscript of the first book of the Bible
jacob wrestling the angel, Vienna genesis
catacomb of Priscilla: pd
late antique european
Rebecca and Eliezer at the well, Vienna genesis: roman element of _ _ with castle makes spatial ambiguity bc floating
linear perspective
center figure is hero. he doesn't need a helmet because he's in control of the horse
ludovisi battle sarcophagus
no clear sense of space, figures are piled onto. large tomb of marble is carved into deep relief
ludovisi battle sarcophagus
romans appear noble while goths look almost like characters with puffy noses and cheeks and wild expressions on their faces
ludovisi battle sarcophagus
tried to emulate the greek poses with gods with the general in the middle. diminishing of greek proportions in early form
ludovisi battle sarcophagus
colosseum: facade of _ veneer but made with stone
marble
pantheon: interior is made from (3)
marble, brick, marble veneer
frieze of pantheon says in latin
marcus Agrippa having been consul 3 times built it
pantheon: architect
marcus agrippa
