1. Art History Review
Here are a sample of slides to help you review
the terms and concepts from class discussion
and the readings.

2. Art and Religion
How would you describe the interplay between
art and religion?
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How art explains the dogma of a religion
Art can confirm the faith of believers
An intermixture of art, religion and politics
Art facilitates religious ritual

3. Cubiculum of Leonis, Catacomb of Commodilla. Late 4th century.

4. Jacopo Grimaldi. Interior of Old St. Peter's.
1619 copy of an earlier drawing.

5. Reconstruction Drawing, Old St. Peter's Basilica. c. 320–327;
atrium added in later 4th century. Approx. 394’ long and 210’ wide..

6. Church of Santa Costanza. c. 350.

7. Santa Costanza (ca. 350 CE)
Rome
Harvesting of grapes - example of syncretism

8. Hagia Sophia (532-537 CE)
Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorias of Miletus, Architects
Istanbul, Turkey

9. San Vitale (526-547 CE)
Ravenna, Italy
Emperor Justinian and Theodora

11. The Islamic World
Empires Video

12. Islamic art and religion
Mihrab, Great Mosque
Cordoba, Spain 965 CE
Muhammad as prophet (570-633)
•Receptor and translator of revelations of God
•Not divine, no saints in Islam
•Depends on individual accountability with God
Qu’ran, Kufic script
Calligraphy 700-800 CE

13. Five Pillars of Islam
• Shehadah (Witness) – no one worthy of
worship but Allah
• Salat (Prayer) – five times daily individual
prayer
• Sawm (Fasting) – Ramandan
• Zakat (Alms) – tithing
• Hajj (Pilgrimage) – based on original 622 CE
Hijra by Mohammad from Medina

14. Great Mosque at
Cordoba, Spain
(786-987)
Virtual Tour

15. Prayer Hall, Great Mosque, Cordoba, Spain.
Begun 785–786.
Quibla wall
Mihrab

16. Taj Mahal. Mughal period, reign of Shah Jahan, c. 1631–1648.

17. South and Southeast Asia.

18. Standing Buddha. c. 5th century CE.

19. Seal Impressions (a., d. horned animal; b. buffalo;
c. sacrificial rite to a goddess (?); e. yogi; f. three-headed animal.).
c. 2500–1500 BCE. Each seal approx. 1 ¼” × 1 ¼”.

20. Ashokan Pillar. Maurya period, c. 246 BCE.

21. Great Stupa, Sanchi. Founded 3rd century BCE, enlarged c. 150–50 BCE.
Video link

22. Early Stupa; Later Stupa; Watchtower; Stone Pagoda; Wooden Pagoda.

23. Standing Buddha. Kushan period, c. 2nd–3rd century CE. Height 7’ 6”.

24. China and Korea.

25. Soldiers. Qin Dynasty, c. 210 BCE.

26. Chinese Characters.

27. Fan Kuan. Travelers among Mountains and Streams.
Northern Song Dynasty, early 11th century CE. Height 6’ 9 1/2”.

28. Xu Daoning. Section of Fishing in a Mountain Stream.
Northern Song Dynasty, mid 11th century CE. 19" × 6’ 10”.

29. Chinese Scroll Painting Video

30. Ancient Africa.

31. Crowned Head of a King. 12th–15th century CE. Height 9 7/16”.
Ife, Yoruba (Nigeria)

32. Lost-Wax Casting
Video link

33. Roped Pot on a Stand. 9th–10th century CE.
Height 12 11/16” Igbo-Ukwu site, (eastern Nigeria)

34. Conical Tower. c. 1200–1400 CE.
Height of tower 30’.

35. The Americas Before 1300.

36. Colossal Head, San Lorenzo. c. 1200–900 BCE. Height 7’ 5”.

37. Ceremonial Center of the City of Teotihuacan. c. 100–650 CE.

38. Palace (Foreground) and Temple of the Inscriptions.
Palace, 5th–8th century CE;
Temple of the Inscriptions (Tomb of Pakal the Great), c. 683 CE.

39. Maya Writing.

40. Pyramid of the Feathered Serpent. c. 200 CE.

41. Pueblo Bonito. 830–1250 CE.

42. Seed Jar. c. 1150 CE. Diameter 14 1/2”.

43. ‘Cliff dwellings,’ Mesa Verde, Colorado (1100-1300)

44. Great Serpent Mound. c. 1070 CE. Length approx. 1,254’.

45. Monk’s Mound (1000 CE) Cahokia, iL