FA2017. FA111. ART HISTORY ONE

Reminders.... early audience halls became gathering places for Christian worship. p. 206 Audience Hall of Constantius Chorus = Basilica today The Basilica's large scale illustrated the aesthetic that was large in size, simple and plan and no-nonsense  Constantine the Great  (305 CE He emerged victorious in 312 CE defeating Maxentius (son of Maximian) in Rome. According to Christian tradition, "Constantine had a vision the night before the battle in which he saw a flaming cross in the sky and heard these words: "In this sign you shall conquer."" The next morning he ordered that his army's shields be  inscribed with the XP ( chi rho in Latin) The labarum (Greek: λάβαρον) was a vexillum (military standard) that displayed the " Chi - Rho " symbol ☧, a christogram formed from the first two Greek letters of the word "Christ"  (Greek: ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ, or Χριστός) —  Chi  (χ) and  Rho  (ρ). It was first used by the Roman emper...

TU OCT 24   Chapter 6 Roman Art - Pepper out TH OCT 26   Chapter 6 Roman Art      TU OCT 31   Chapter 7 Jewish Art Early Christian Art TH NOV 02 Exam #3/5 TU NOV 07 Chapter 7 Jewish Art Early Christian Art   DUE 1/2 RESEARCH PAPER see assignment on earlier Chapter 3 page Akhenaten and His Family  found on p. 71 Eighteenth Dynasty c. 1353-1336 BCE painted limestone TH NOV 09   Chapter 7 Jewish Art Early Christian Art   TU NOV 14   Chapter 7 Jewish Art Early Christian Art   TH NOV 16   Chapter 8    Byzantine Art TU  NOV 21 Chapter 15  Early Medieval Art in Europe Thanksgiving recess WED NOV 22 - NOV 24 TU NOV 28   Student Presentations: Prehistoric Art through Medieval Art's  influence on Popular Culture Chapter 14 Early African Art TH NOV 30 EXAM 4/5...

Where in the world are we? End of the Bronze Age (about 1000 BCE) Villanovans occupied northern and westering regions of Italy.  The central region was home to people who spoke what is closest to Latin today. Beginning in the 8th century people, the Greeks, established colonies here. During the 7th century people known as the Etruscans (related to Villanovans) gained control of the north and much of central Italy as it's known today. Etruscans reached their height of power in the 6th century and expanded throughout Italy. Etruscan wealth came from fertile soil and abundance of metal ore They were farmers, metal workers, sailors and merchants and traded with the Greeks The Etruscan artists drew inspiration from the Greeks and Near Eastern art Etruscans made extraordinary items for domestic use Ficoroni Cista 4th c. BCE bronze Cistae Cylinder containers used by women in the home for toiletry articles Visual expression Humans are naturally posed an...