The document provides information on several art objects from different museums: - A painted limestone relief from ancient Egypt depicting King's son Wepemnofret that demonstrates his elite status through his clothing, accessories, and the offerings listed on the stela. - A marble head fragment from ancient Rome showing a man with his right eye closed that was crafted in an "impressionist" style popular in its time period. - A glazed ceramic figurine from China of a drummer on horseback that reflects cultural influences from Central Asia following the Han dynasty's fall.

1. Review and Paper Assignment

17. Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Museum of Anthropology

19. Slab stela of the king's son, Wepemnofret; painted
limestone
Giza, cemetery 1200, tomb 1201; Old Kingdom, Dynasty
4, reign of Khufu, ca. 2625-2500 B.C.
Collected by George Reisner, 1905.6-19825
"This carved stone relief depicts the King's son
Wepemnofret seated at an offering table. His elite status
is demonstrated by his extensive titulary dress (valanced
wig, 'noble' beard, and leopard-skin wrap), and use of a
stool made of costly wood. The text on the stela
contains his numerous titles, a list of the provisions
thought essential for his Afterlife existence (including
incense, eye paint, oils, wine, and foodstuffs), and a list
of the linen that may have been included in his burial.
Slab stelae derive exclusively from Giza, where they
were installed in the eastern facades of mastaba tombs
located in the elite cemeteries immediately west of the
Great Pyramid. Their markedly uniform style and
decorative scheme suggest they were the products of
(at most) two generations of artists. The high quality of
their execution indicates that they were royal gifts to a
select group of royal relatives and officers. Of the only
fifteen examples (four in the Hearst Museum) known to
have survived, that of Wepemnofret stands out as one
of the largest, the best preserved, most complex, and
one of the earliest examples." Cathleen Keller (Curator
of Egyptian Art and Epigraphy).

21. “Curator’s Choice”
Head of a one-eyed man, sarcophagus fragment,
marble
Italy, Rome; ca. 250 A.D.
8–4274
“Highly polished and deftly exploiting the shifting effects
of light to achieve a sense of quivering immediacy, this
head is a masterpiece of the “impressionist” portrait
style of the mid third century A.D. The convulsive
closure of the man’s right eye dominates the entire play
of his facial musculature. Living in an age when thirty
emperors ruled Rome in fifty years and the empire was
torn by war and insurrection, he confronts the future
with a resolute, even defiant expression, entirely
without illusions.” Andrew Stewart (Co-Curator of Greek
and Roman Archaeology).

22. Asian Art
Museum

24. Object ID: B64P18
Designation: Drummer on horseback
Date: 618-906
Medium: Glazed low-fired ceramic
Place of Origin: China | Shaanxi
province or Henan province
Style or Ware: sancai
Credit Line: The Avery Brundage
Collection
Label: The position of the hands in
this example indicates that the figure
is a drummer. Depictions of musicians
on horseback were among the many
innovations reflecting the influence
of Central Asia following the fall of
the Han dynasty.
Subject: horse | drummer | musician
| man
On display: yes
Collection: SCULPTURE
Dimensions: H. 14 5/8 in x W. 13 in x
D. 4 3/4 in, H. 37.2 cm x W. 33 cm x D.
12.1 cm
Department: CHIN

26. Object ID: B60S10+
Designation: Seated buddha Amitabha
(Amida)
Date: 794-1185
Medium: Lacquered and gilded on wood
Place of Origin: Japan
Credit Line: The Avery Brundage Collection
Label: Amida, lord of the Western
Paradise, is seated in deep concentration
with half-closed eyes and hands held in the
gesture of meditation. During the eleventh
and twelfth centuries, images like this
were created in large numbers as a direct
result of the popularity of Pure Land
Buddhism in Japan. This teaching
instructed believers about the horrors of
Buddhist hell and celebrated the glories of
the Western Paradise, which can be
attained through meditation and recitation
of Amida's name.
Subject: buddha | Buddhism
On display: yes
Collection: SCULPTURE
Dimensions: H. 35 in x W. 29 in x D. 31 in,
H. 88.9 cm x W. 73.6 cm x D. 78.7 cm
(figure); H. 26 1/2 in x W. 43 in x D. 44 in,
H. 67.3 cm x W. 109.2 cm x D. 111.8 cm
(base)
Department: JAPN

27. de Young
Museum

28. Masters of Venice: Renaissance Painters of Passion and
Power from the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
October 29, 2011 - February 12, 2012
Masters of Venice: Renaissance Painters of Passion and
Power is a worldwide exclusive presentation of 50
paintings by Venetian painters Titian, Giorgione,
Veronese, Tintoretto, Mantegna, and more, primarily from
the sixteenth century, all on loan from
the Gemäldegalerie of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in
Vienna. Featured are outstanding examples of the work of
these artists that were collected by the archdukes and
emperors of the Habsburg family, which are among the
most celebrated holdings in the collections of the
Gemäldegalerie.
Key works include Titian’s sumptuous Danáe (1560s),
Mantegna’s tortured Saint Sebastian (1457–1459) and
four rare paintings by Giorgione, including The Three
Philosophers (ca. 1508–1509) and Portrait of a Young
Woman (Laura) (1506). The exhibition also includes works
by Palma, Bordone, Bassano, and more. Together, these
examples represent the range of Venetian
accomplishment in Renaissance-era painting.

30. Relief from the Tomb of Mentuemhet, ca. 660 BC
Egypt, Thebes
Limestone with polychrome
14 x 18 (35.6 x 45.7 cm)
Museum purchase, M.H. de Young Memorial
Museum
51.4.2

31. California Palace of
the Legion of Honor

33. Niobid Group, Spreckels Painter, Greek
Red-Figure Pelike, ca. 450 BC
Greece, Athens, Greek
Terracotta
14 5/8 x 11 (37.1 x 27.9 cm)
Gift of the Queen of Greece through Alma de
Bretteville Spreckels
1925.346.42

35. Grace Cathedral