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AP Art History
Test Study Slides: Mesopotamian thru Roman Art

Assyrian Art
Lamassu
Guardian figure protects entrances into palaces
Combination man and animals
Winged, hoofed
Has five legs: two if you look from the front, four as you look from the side

Mycerinus(Menkare)
C 2500 BCE
flanked by the goddess Hathor (left) and a nome goddess Bat (right). Basalt statue

Seated Scribe
discovered at Saqqara in 1850 and dated to the period of the 4th Dynasty, 2620-2500 BCE

Step Pyramid of Djoser, Saqqara
c. 2650 BCE

Hippopotamus Hunt, Mastaba of Ti, Saqqara, Dynasty V. Painted relief on limestone. 4' high.

Akhenaten
c. 1360 BCE

Queen Tiye
Ca. 1353 – 1335 BCE

Bull Leaping
c. 1550 – 1450 BCE

Funerary Stele of Hegeso
c. 410 – 400 BCE

Greek Archaic Art
Calf-Bearer
Bearded
Left foot forward
Thin coat
Rhobos the Calf-Bearer who brings offerings to Athena as thanks for his prosperity
Archaic smile

Kritios Boy
c. 480 BCE

Riace Warriors
c. 460 BCE

Nike of Samothrace
c. 190 BCE

Nike Adjusting Her Sandal
c. 410 – 407 BCE

Late Classical Art 4th Century BC
Praxiteles, Aphrodite of Knidos
First nude woman in Greek art
Very popular in its own time, people came from far and wide to see it
Placed in a round temple surrounded by columns: effect of sneaking a peek at her
Not openly erotic
Female sexual power suggested
Genitals lacking
Steps into a bath
One side of her has an open form, the other closed
S curve
Gentle dreamy quality

Roman Early Imperial Art
Pont du Gard, Nîmes
Bridge and aqueduct
Largest arch spans 82 feet
Each person in Nîmes could count on 100 gallons of water a day
Rough stones left exposed to allow for repair work
Ashlar masonry

Flavian Amphitheatre, 80 CE

Wall Paintings from Pompeii
ca. 70 – 79 BCE

Garden Room, late 1st century BCE 3rd Pompeian Style

Dionysiac Mystery Frieze
Fresco, Foreshortening
2nd Pompeian Style painting
Large figures in a frieze-like format
Initiation rites into the female cult of Dionysos
Figures act out mystery rites
Painted marble panels at bottom, from the First Pompeian style of painting
Bright Pompeian red background pushes figures forward
No linear perspective, but three dimensional illusionism
Figures interact with each other on adjacent wall spaces
Villa of the Mysteries, 2nd Pompeian Style painting

Atrium, House of the Silver wedding

Ixion Room
Fresco, linear perspective, atmospheric perspective
Foreshortening
Ixion murdered his father-in-law and planned to seduce Hera
Zeus struck him with a thunderbolt and ordered him to be tied to a wheel in hell
Scheme of red and white fields
On bottom painted to resemble marble slabs
On top, architectural vistas that do not align to a single viewpoint
Thin delicate motifs alternate with framed mythological scenes

Head of a Roman Patrician
Bust
Severe, unwavering, resolute
Knowledgeable, respected
Romans felt the head was a good enough representation of a person
Traditional family values
Influenced by Hellenistic Greek art
Shows the virtues of old age
Was old age enhanced on the figure?
Rome, c. 80 B.C.

Roman Late Imperial Art
Head of Constantine
8 ½ foot head
Part of a seated statue that must have been 30 feet
Enthroned in the Basilica of Constantine
Metal crown was attached to brow
Enlarged and detailed carving of eyes
Lack of individuality

Ara Pacis c. 13 – 19 BCE

Ara Pacis and Procession of the Imperial Family
Altar of Peace
Delicately carved acanthus leaf patterns on the exterior
Altar connected with Augustus’ homecoming after a long absence
Romans appear as a ruling class, not as gods
Actual identifiable Romans depicted
Children are depicted as children, not shown as small adults
Crowding of figures in processional, not classically dispersed
Augustus passed laws to promote family values
Tellus Relief
Mother Earth suckles her children
Personifications of earth, wind, fire and water rest at peace around her
Roman peace brings bounty to all

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