Art 260
Understanding Art & Architecture

Jennie Hirsh, Department of Art


Venus of Willendorf, pre-historic
20,000 BCE, limestone
Vienna, Museum of Natural History

The Parthenon (seen from acropolis)
447-438 BCE, marble
Athens, Greece

Partheon (north side detail)
447-438 BCE, marble
Athens, Greece

Parthenon (entablature at corner)
447-438 BCE, marble
Athens, Greece


Parthenon compared with
The Second Bank of the U.S.
Athens & Philadelphia

Polykleitus (Roman copy)
Doryphoros, ca. 450 BCE, marble
Naples, Museo Nazionale

Polykleitus (Roman copy)
Doryphoros, ca. 450 BCE, marble
Naples, Museo Nazionale

Polykleitus
Doryphoros, ca. 450 BCE, marble
Naples, Museo Nazionale

Praxiteles
Aphrodite of Knidos, ca. 350 BCE, marble
Rome, Musei Vaticani

Portrait of Augustus of Prima Porta
Roman, 5-20 CE, marble
Rome, Musei Capitolini

Roman Colosseum (Fish-eye view)
ca. 80 CE, Rome

Roman Colosseum
(reconstructed view)
ca. 80 CE, Rome

Roman Pantheon (Aerial view)
100-200 CE, Rome

Roman Pantheon, 100-200 CE
Rome

Roman Pantheon
(facade and section)
100-200 CE,
Rome

Forum of Trajan
Markets of Trajan
beg. 2nd C CE, Rome

Forum of Trajan
Markets of Trajan (section)
beg. 2nd C AD, Rome

Forum of Trajan
Markets of Trajan
beg. 2nd C AD, Rome

Donatello
Gattamelata monument
ca.1450, bronze
Padua, Piazza del Santo

Donatello
Gattamelata (detail)
ca.1450, bronze
Padua, Piazza del Santo

Massacio
Adam and Eve
1425, fresco
Florence, S. Maria del Carmine,
Brancacci Chapel

Sandro Botticelli
Primavera
1478, tempera on panel
Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi

Leonardo da Vinci
Vitruvian Man
1485-90, pen & ink
Venice, Accademia

Michelangelo
Study for Crucifixion
1550-51, chalk & wash
London, British Museum

Michelangelo
Creation Adam
1508-12, fresco
Rome, Vatican, Sistine Chapel

Michelangelo
Last Judgement
1536-41, fresco
Rome, Vatican, Sistine Chapel

Michelangelo
Last Judgement
1536-41 (layout)
Rome, Vatican, Sistine Chapel

Michelangelo
Temptation/Fall of Man
1508-12, fresco
Rome, Vatican, Sistine Chapel

Raphael (& school)
School of Athens
1510-11, fresco
Rome, Vatican
Sala di Segnatura

Raphael
School of Athens (detail)
1510-11, fresco
Rome, Vatican
Stanza della Segnatura

Andrea Mantegna
Saint Sebastian, ca. 1458
tempera on panel
Venice, Ca'doro

Titian
Venus of Urbino, 1538
oil on canvas
Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi

Andrea Palladio
Villa Rotunda, 1570
Section (engraving)
Vicenza

Andrea Palladio
Villa Rotunda, 1570
Ground Plan
Vicenza

Andrea Palladio
Villa Rotunda, 1570
Facade Elevation (engraving)
Vicenza

Andrea Palladio
Villa Rotunda, 1570
General View
Vicenza

Diego Velasquez
Rokeby Venus
, ca, 1645, oil on canvas
London, National Gallery

Jean Ingres
Great Odalisque, 1814
oil on canvas
Paris, Louvre

Alexandre Cabanal
Birth of Venus, 1863
oil on canvas
Paris, Musee d'Orsay

Edouard Manet
Olympia, 1863
oil on canvas
Paris, Musee d'Orsay

Giorgio de Chirico
"La Solitudine"
ca. 1915, oil on canvas
Oberlin, OH
Allen Memorial Art Museum

Constantin Brancusi
Princess X
1918, stone
Philadelphia Museum of Art

Robert Mapplethorpe
Lisa Lyon, 1983
gelatin-silver print
Private Collection

Robert Mapplethorpe
Lisa Lyon, 1983
gelatin-silver print
Private Collection

Robert Mapplethorpe
Dan, 1980
gelatin-silver print
Private Collection

Robert Mapplethorpe
Ken Moody, 1983
gelatin-silver print
The Black Book

Robert Mapplethorpe
Ken Moody, 1984
cibachrome print
New York, Robt. Miller Gallery

Yasumasa Morimura
Portrait (twin), 1988
cibachrome print
Nagoya, Institute of Contemporary Art

Yasumasa Morimura
Self-portrait (actress)
Black Marilyn, 1996
cibachrome print
Artist Collection

Yasumasa Morimura
Self-portrait (actress)
Red Marilyn, 1996
cibachrome print
Artist Collection