Lecture 1

Before Christ (B.C.) Common Era (C.E.) 0 7-2 BCE Birth of Jesus

26–36 AD Death of Jesus

Anno Domino (A.D.)

Detail of the tomb of Pope Gregory XIII celebrating the introduction of the Gregorian calendar.

Venus of Willendorf, from Austria. c. 25,000 - 20,000 BCE Limestone, height 4 3/8"

Rhinoceros, wounded man, and disemboweled bison, painting in the well, Lascaux, Dordogne, France. 15,000-13,000 BC (Bison approx 3’ 8” long)

Stonehenge, Wilkshire , England, 3100 B.C.

“King Naram-Sin of Akkad in Horned Tiara Near Mountain Summit with Soliders” 2230 B.C. Sandstone

Rosetta Stone, 196 BC, granite (1,676 lbs)

Greek

Egyptian (Demotic )

Egyptian (hieroglyph ic)

Gods, Heroes and Athletes The Art of Ancient Persian Wars, Greece 499-479 B.C. Plato, 429-347 B.C.

First Olympic Games, 776 B.C. Homer, 750-700 B.C.

Socrates, 469-399 B.C.

Aristotle, 384-322 B.C.

Roman conquest Greece, 146 B.C.

Alexander the Great 336-323 B.C.

Temple of Apollo at Corinth, erected between 400-450 B.C.

Temple of Zeus at Cyrene, 470-456 BCE

Represents columns

Represent s walls Variety of Different Floor Plans in Greek Temples

Greek Vase Decoration: Geometric patterns Large size Entire vase decorated Story-telling scene

Exekias. “Vase with Ajak and Achilles Playing Morra (Dice)” 540 BC

SGRAFFITO Process of painting slip (or glaze) onto a piece of leather hard of ceramic and then firing at a high temperature.

“Hera of Samos.” 570-560 BC. 6ft

Polyclitus. “Doryphoros (Spear Bearer) 440 BC

“Nike Fastening Her Sandal” 410 BC. Marble