Week 9 and 10 110
- 1. Ancient Art History Survey, Weeks 9 and 10 NOTE: NEXT WEDNESDAY WE WILL DO A REVIEW FOR EXAM 2. THE NEXT EXAM IS SCHEDULED FOR OUR NOV. 8 MEETING—IT IS INTENDED AS AN ALL-ESSAY TAKE HOME EXAM ON WHICH YOU CAN USE YOUR NOTES AND BOOK, AND IT WILL REPLACE OUR CLASS MEETING FOR NOV. 8. I WILL PASS OUT A COPY OF THE EXAM THE CLASS MEETING BEFORE AND ALSO POST A COPY ON BLACKBOARD. Lysippos, Praxiteles, Skopas, Alexander the Great, Hellenic, Hellenistic, Macedonia/Pella, mosaic, tesserae, Ephesus, Lysimachos, Pergamon, Attalids, Pergamon Altar/Gigantomachy, Asclepion, Seven Wonders of the World, Hanging Gardens of Babylon (Nebuchadnezzar II), Zeus/Olympia, Mausoleum, Temple of Artemis, Herostratus, Colossus of Rhodes, Lighthouse of Alexandria, Etruscans (Etruria/Tuscany), Romulus and Remus, Rome, Aeneas, Roman Republic, veristic (topographical), death masks, Julius Caesar, Octavian, Battle of Actium, Augustus, Julio-Claudian, Livia, Prima Porta, adlocutio, Aeneas, cuirass, Parthians, standards, cornucopia, Ara Pacis, Campus Martius, Tellus, Marcus Agrippa, Tiberius, cameo, trophy, Nero, Domus Aurea, trompe l'oeil, First through Fourth Styles (painting), Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii, Mt. Vesuvius, Vespasian, Flavian, Flavian Ampitheater, Colosseum, arch construction, voussiors, keystone, buttress, arcade, vault, triumphal arch/column, Titus, Domitian, Nerva Possible essay questions: --Differentiate between Hellenic and Hellenisitic. Discuss the Seven Wonders of the World. Which were of Hellenisitic origin? What has happened to them? --Discuss the propagandistic messages of the Augustus from Prima Porta and the Ara Pacis. --Discuss images of Vespasian—why did he choose to be depicted in a veristic style? What was the “Flavian Ampitheater,” what were his motivations in constructing it, and how did it utilize the principles of arch construction? Images: Aphrodite of Knidos by Praxitiles, c.340 BC, p. 123 Apoxyomenos by Lysippos, c.330 BC, 125 Pergamon Altar, c.175 BC, p. 133 Augustus (from Prima Porta), c.20 BC, p. 174 Ara Pacis, 13-9 BC, p. 176 Vespasian, c.75 AD, p. 181 Colosseum, 70-80 AD, p. 180