Art 200 (Unit 1)
Approaches to the History of Art

Erik Inglis, Department of Art


Standing Bison
15,000 BCE
Altamira, Spain

Bison from La Madeleine
15,000 BCE
Germain-en-Laye, France

Pyramids of Mycerinus,
Chefren & Cheops

ca. 2500 BCE
Old Kingdom (4th Dynasty)
Giza, Egpt

Queen Nefertiti
ca. 1360 BCE
New Kingdom (18th Dynasty)
Berlin, Staatliche Museum

The Parthenon on Athenian Acropolis
448-432 BCE
Athens, Greece

Cass Gilbert (Architect)
Supreme Court Building
1935
Washington, D.C.

Attic Geometric Style Amphora
9th C BCE
Athens, Kerameikos Museum.

Hirschfeld Painter
Attic Late-Geometric Style
Krater "Prothesis"

ca. 750 BCE
New York, Metropolitan
Museum of Art

Hirschfeld Painter
Attic Late-Geometric Style
Krater "Prothesis"
detail
ca. 750 BCE
New York, Metropolitan
Museum of Art

Exekias
Attic Black-Figure Style
Ampora "Suicide of Ajax"

ca. 530 BCE
Boulogne-sur-Mer, Chateau

Exekias
Attic Black-Figure Style
Cup "Dionysos Sailing"

ca. 530 BCE
Munich, Glyptothek

Epikitos Painter
Attic Red-Figure Style
Kylix (exterior)

520-510 BCE
Oberlin, A.M.A.M.

Epikitos Painter
Attic Red-Figure Style
Kylix (interior)

520-510 BCE
Oberlin, A.M.A.M.

Epikitos Painter
Attic Red-Figure Style
Kylix (interior detail)

520-510 BCE
Oberlin, A.M.A.M.

New York Kouros
ca. 600 BCE
New York, Metropolitan
Museum of Art

New York Kouros (detail)
ca. 600 BCE
New York, Metropolitan
Museum of Art

New York Kouros (detail)
ca. 600 BCE
New York, Metropolitan
Museum of Art

New York Kouros (back)
ca. 600 BCE
New York, Metropolitan
Museum of Art

New York Kouros (detail)
ca. 600 BCE
New York, Metropolitan
Museum of Art

Anavysos Kouros
ca. 520 BCE
Athens, National Museum

Anavysos Kouros (head & torso)
ca. 520 BCE
Athens, National Museum

Anavysos Kouros (back & left)
ca. 520 BCE
Athens, National Museum

Anavysos Kouros (detail)
ca. 520 BCE
Athens, National Museum

Kritios Boy
ca. 480 BCE
Athens, Acropolis Museum

Kritios Boy (detail)
ca. 480 BCE
Athens, Acropolis Museum

Kritios Boy (side)
ca. 480 BCE
Athens, Acropolis Museum

Kritios Boy (back)
ca. 480 BCE
Athens, Acropolis Museum

Temple of Aphaia
(reconstruction)
500-480 BCE
Aegina, Greece

"Fallen Warrior" from
Temple of Aphaia

(West Pediment)
500-480 BCE
Munich, Glyptothek

"Fallen Warrior" from
Temple of Aphaia
detail
(West Pediment)
500-480 BCE
Munich, Glyptothek

"Dying Warrior" from
Temple of Aphaia

(East Pediment)
500-480 BCE
Munich, Glyptothek

"Dying Warrior" from
Temple of Aphaia
detail
(East Pediment)
500-480 BCE
Munich, Glyptothek

Charioteer from Delphi
(reconstruction drawing)
ca. 475 BCE
Delphi, Museum

Charioteer from Delphi
bronze
ca. 475 BCE
Delphi, Museum

Charioteer from Delphi detail
bronze
ca. 475 BCE
Delphi, Museum

Charioteer from Delphi detail
bronze
ca. 475 BCE
Delphi, Museum

Girl with Doves
marble grave stele
450-440 BCE
New York, Metropolitan
Museum of Art

Aerial View of the Acropolis
Athens, Greece

Distant View of the Acropolis
Athens, Greece

General View of the Acropolis
Athens, Greece

General View of Acropolis at Night
Athens, Greece

The Parthenon & Erechtheum
as Seen from the Propylaia

Athens, Greece

General View of the Parthenon
Iktinos & Kallikrates (architects)
447-432 BCE
Athens, Greece

General View of the Parthenon
As Seen in Scaled Copy
20th century
Nashville, Tennessee

View of Parthenon
with Flood Lights in Foreground

Athens, Greece

Floor Plan of the Parthenon
Iktinos & Kallikrates (architects)
447-432 BCE
Athens, Greece

Interior View of the Parthenon
(reconstruction)
447-432 BCE
Athens, Greece

Interior View of the Parthenon
447-432 BCE
Athens, Greece

Detail View of the Parthenon
East Pediment
447-432 BCE
Athens, Greece

View of Parthenon Sculpture
East Pediment
(central group reconstruction)
447-432 BCE
Athens, Greece

View of Parthenon Sculpture
from East Pediment, Left Side
447-432 BCE
London, British Museum

View of Parthenon Sculpture
from East Pediment, Left Side
447-432 BCE
London, British Museum

Dionysos or Herakles Figure D
from East Pediment of Parthenon
447-432 BCE
London, British Museum

Lapith & Centaur
Metope XXVII
from South Side of Parthenon
447-432 BCE
London, British Museum

Lapith & Centaur
Metope XXVIII
from South Side of Parthenon
447-432 BCE
London, British Museum

Centaur & Lapith
Metope XXXI
from South Side of Parthenon
447-432 BCE
London, British Museum

Reconstruction of Metopes
from South Side of Parthenon
447-432 BCE
Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum

Plan of Parthenon Frieze
447-432 BCE
Athens, Greece

Detail View of Parthenon
Frieze from North Side
XXXVII-XXXIX
447-432 BCE
London, British Museum

View of Parthenon Frieze
from North Side
447-432 BCE
London, British Museum

Detail View of Parthenon
Frieze from East Side
Frieze Fragment #V (Gods)
447-432 BCE
London, British Museum

Temporary Elgin Room in 1819
As Seen in a Painting
by A. Archer

Doryphorus
1st C BCE Marble Roman Copy
after a 5th C BCE Greek Bronze
Statue by Polykleitos
Minneapolis, Institute of Art

Doryphorus (back & side views)
1st C BCE Marble Roman Copy
after a 5th C BCE Greek Bronze
Statue by Polykleitos
Minneapolis, Institute of Art

Doryphorus (torso detail)
1st C BCE Marble Roman Copy
after a 5th C BCE Greek Bronze
Statue by Polykleitos
Minneapolis, Institute of Art

Riace Bronzes (statues A & B)
ca. 450 BCE Bronze Statue
Reggio Calabria, Museo Nationale

Riace Bronzes (statues A & B)
ca. 450 BCE Bronze Statue
Reggio Calabria, Museo Nationale

Apollo Sauroktonos
Roman Marble Copy
after Bronze by Praxiteles
340-330 BCE (date of original)
Paris, Musee du Louvre

Apollo Sauroktonos
Bronze Attributed to Praxiteles
340-330 BCE
Cleveland, Museum of Art

Hermes with Infant Dionysos
Marble Statue by Praxiteles
340-330 BCE
Olympia, Museum

Aphrodite of Knidos
Roman Marble Copy
after Bronze by Praxiteles
340-330 BCE (date of original)
Rome, Vatican Museums

Aphrodite of Knidos
Roman Marble Copy
after Bronze by Praxiteles
340-330 BCE (date of original)
Rome, Vatican Museums

Aphrodite of Knidos
Roman Marble Copy
after Bronze by Praxiteles
340-330 BCE (date of original)
Rome, Vatican Museums

Temple of Aphrodite
(Reconstruction)
Island of Knidos

Nike (Victory) of Samothrace
ca. 200 BCE Greek Marble Statue
Paris, Musee du Louvre

Naval Victory Monument
(Reconstruction)
Samothrace

Nike (Victory) of Samothrace
ca. 200 BCE Greek Marble Statue
Paris, Musee du Louvre

Laocoon Group
ca. 150 BCE Greek Marble Group
Rome, Vatican Museums

Laocoon Group
ca. 150 BCE Greek Marble Group
Rome, Vatican Museums

Dying Gaul
ca. 220 BCE Greek Marble Statue
from the Victory Monument of Attalos
at Pergamon, Greece
Rome, Capitoline, Museum

Dying Gaul
ca. 220 BCE Greek Marble Statue
from the Victory Monument of Attalos
at Pergamon, Greece
Rome, Capitoline, Museum

Portrait of Pericles
by Kresilas
ca. 425 BCE, marble
London, British Museum

Old Roman Senator
Republican Period
ca. 1st Century BCE, marble
Rome, Museo Torlonia

Old Roman Senator
Republican Period
ca. 1st Century BCE, marble
Rome, Museo Torlonia

Augustus of Prima Porta
Julio-Claudian Period
ca. 10 BCE, marble
Rome, Vatican Museums

Augustus of Prima Porta (details)
Julio-Claudian Period
ca. 10 BCE, marble
Rome, Vatican Museums

Portrait Bust of Augustus
Julio-Claudian Period
1st Century CE, marble
Copenhagen, Glyptothek

Portrait of Augustus
Julio-Claudian Period
1st Century CE, quartz
Cologne, Roman-Germanic Museum

Ara Pacis
Julio-Claudian Period
ca. 9 BCE
Rome

Ara Pacis (front panel)
Romulus & Remus with Wolf
Julio-Claudian Period
ca. 9 BCE
Rome

Ara Pacis (south frieze)
Procession
Julio-Claudian Period
ca. 9 BCE
Rome

Ara Pacis (south frieze)
Procession
Julio-Claudian Period
ca. 9 BCE
Rome

Ara Pacis (south side)
Portrait of Augustus
Julio-Claudian Period
ca. 9 BCE
Rome

Ara Pacis
(reconstructed model)
Rome

Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius
Antonine Period
161-170 CE
Rome, Campidoglio (copy)

Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius
Antonine Period
161-170 CE
Rome, Capitoline Museum (original)

Arch of Titus
Flavian Period, 81 CE
Rome

Arch of Titus
Flavian Period, 81 CE
Rome

Arch of Titus (detail)
Flavian Period, 81 CE
Rome

Arch of Titus (detail)
Triumph of Titus
Flavian Period, 81 CE
Rome

Arch of Titus (detail)
Spolis from Temple of Jerusalem
Flavian Period, 81 CE
Rome

Column of Trajan
Trajanic Period
107-112 CE
Rome, Piazza Colonna

Column of Trajan (mid-section)
Trajanic Period
107-112 CE
Rome, Piazza Colonna

Column of Trajan (detail)
Dacian Prisoners before Trajan
Trajanic Period
107-112 CE
Rome, Piazza Colonna

Column of Trajan (column base)
Trajanic Period
107-112 CE
Rome, Piazza Colonna

Art 200 Home Page