Overview
chapter reading:A. Images of Power and Rule, Part Two
1. ROMAN EMPIRE:
Online reading/viewing assignments:
Compulsory: Smarthistory Intro to Ancient Rome: https://smarthistory.org/introduction-to-ancient-r...
-read the intro to Ancient Roman art article
https://smarthistory.org/introduction-to-ancient-roman-art/
Bernie Frischer’s flyover tour of ancient Romehttps://smarthistory.org/ancient-rome/
Forum of Trajan, 100-112 CE; Markets of Trajan
https://smarthistory.org/forum-and-markets-of-trajan/
Column of Trajan: https://smarthistory.org/column-of-trajan/
-Pantheon video and essayhttps://smarthistory.org/the-pantheon/
-Augustus of Primaportahttps://smarthistory.org/augustus-of-primaporta/
-Colosseum https://smarthistory.org/the-colosseum-rome/
-Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius:
https://smarthistory.org/equestrian-sculpture-of-marcus-aurelius/
-Tetrarchs https://smarthistory.org/portraits-of-the-four-tet...
-Colossus of Constantine (Colossal Statue of Constantine)
https://smarthistory.org/the-colossus-of-constanti...
-Arch of Constantinehttps://smarthistory.org/arch-of-constantine-rome/
2. BYZANTINE AND MEDIEVAL
Compulsory Reading: Byzantine Art Introduction: https://smarthistory.org/a-beginners-guide-to-byza...
• Hagia Sophia, Constantinople, 532:https://smarthistory.org/hagia-sophia-istanbul/
• San Vitale, Ravenna,begun 526.
• Bishop Maximianus with Justinian and his Retinue, in the apse of San Vitale, Ravenna, c 547;Empress Theodosia with Retinuehttps://smarthistory.org/san-vitale/
Carolingian Empire:
https://smarthistory.org/charlemagne-part-1-of-2/
https://smarthistory.org/charlemagne-part-2-of-2/
• Palatine Chapel at Aachen, for Emperor Charlemagne, 792 https://smarthistory.org/palatine-chapel-aachen/( also useful for San Vitale)
• Gatehouse or Torhalle of the Abbey at Lorsch: see the first part of this blog post with good photos: https://vialucispress.wordpress.com/2017/01/24/a-g...
• Back Cover of the Lorsch Gospels, German early 9th c.
Making Medieval Manuscripts:https://smarthistory.org/medieval-manuscripts/
Andhttps://smarthistory.org/making-manuscripts/
• Codex Aureus of St. Emmeram: Charles the Bald Enthroned, the Twenty Four Elders and the Lamb, Reims, 870
• Bayeux Tapestry, c. 1073 made in England for Bayeux Cathedral, France. https://smarthistory.org/the-bayeux-tapestry/
Medieval Manuscripts: https://smarthistory.org/medieval-manuscripts/ ; http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/medieval-manus...
Carolingian Empire: http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/carolingian-ar...
Romanesque:The Bayeux Tapestry: http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/bayeux-tapestr...
SOUTHEAST ASIA AND MUSLIM INDIA (Kelker) (Compulsory)
7.21 Borobudur, Java, Indonesia, late 8th-9th century, 390-391
Khmer Empire, Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom : 378-384
7.10-7.11, 7.12 Angkor Wat, Cambodia, first half of 12th century
7.12, 7.13, 7.14, Bayon Temple, Angkor Thom, Cambodia, c. 1200
6.32 Taj Mahal, Uttar Pradesh, India, 1632-47 pp. 347-350 (start at bottom of p. 347-348; purple box on 349-50)
Borobudur in Smarthistory: https://smarthistory.org/borobudur/
Angkor Wat: https://smarthistory.org/angkor-wat/
Taj Mahal: https://smarthistory.org/the-taj-mahal/
B. Pilgrimage Part 1:
Reading:
Compoulsory:Important background reading on pilgrimage in general and pilgrimage theory:
https://www.york.ac.uk/projects/pilgrimage/content/faiths.html
https://www.york.ac.uk/projects/pilgrimage/content/soc_anth.html
1. Delphi as a pilgrimage site
•View of Delphi, Greece, Temple of Apollo. https://smarthistory.org/sanctuary-of-apollo-at-de...
On ancient Delphi also see: http://www.ancient.eu.com/delphi/
http://www.ancient-greece.org/archaeology/delphi-archaeology.html
2. The Acropolis in Athens and the Panatheneic Procession
•Aerial view of the Acropolis, Athens, Greece.
The Acropolis in Athens:
http://www.stoa.org/athens/sites/acropolis.html
•Iktinos and Callicrates, Parthenon, on the Acropolis, 448-432 B.C. Classic Period
https://smarthistory.org/the-parthenon-athens/
• Phidias, Athena Parthenos, in the cella of the Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 438 BCE. Model of the lost statue, which was approx. 38’ tall.
•Panathenaic Festival procession frieze, from the Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 447–438 BCE. https://smarthistory.org/parthenon-frieze/
On the Panatheneic Festival and Procession:http://www.class.uh.edu/MCL/Classics/Athena/Panath...