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Week Eight Discussion #1: Classical and Medieval West
In Chapter 16, we explore art and architecture from ancient Greek and Roman times through the art of the Middle Ages: a time period of approximately 1700 years!
Choose one of the following pairs of works of art from our Artforms text. Please note the titles of the artworks you selected in the Subject Line of your post so that other students will know which pairs of artworks have already been selected.
• Compare/Contrast the two images:
• Who made these two works of art?
• When were they made?
• How were they made?
• What materials were used?
• Why were they made? What original purpose did they serve?
• How are the works of art the same? How are they different?
• When you describe your two examples, do not simply repeat what is already stated in the text.
• Please put your comments in your own words.
• Please do not copy and paste from Wikipedia or another source
• If you simply restate what is written in the text (without using your own words, opinions, thoughts, etc.) you will not receive credit for the discussion.
• Be specific and original: Do not repeat what other students have already stated.
• Note: Round Tray on Conical Stand (page 270) is a fascinating object that does not really belong in Chapter 15. It is not from Europe (it is from Kazakhstan) and it is not from the Middle Ages (it is from 5th-3rd century BCE). If you choose to compare the Round Tray on Conical Stand, you will need to do outside research, because our text does not have enough information to make a meaningful post about this object. This website might be a good place to start: Round Tray on Conical Stand at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
Image List:
• Kouros (page 256) and Venus de Medici (page 259)
• The Parthenon (view from the northwest, page 258) and Notre Dame de Chartres (page 273)
• The Spear Bearer by Polykleitos (page 257) and The Laocoon (page 260)
• Pantheon (interior)(page 263) and Sheikh Lutfallah Mosque (page 276)
• Chartres Cathedral Rose Window (page 274) and Sheikh Lutfallah Mosque (page 276)
• The Spear Bearer by Polykleitos (page 257) and the Icon of the Old Testament Trinity (page 269)
• The Laocoon Group (page 260) and the Old Testament Prophet, Kings, and Queen (page 275)
• The Parthenon (view from northwest, page 258) and The Colosseum (page 261)
• The Spear Bearer by Polykleitos (page 257) and Portrait Head of an Old Man (page 261)
• The Spear Bearer by Polykleitos (page 257) and Venus de Medici (page 259)
• Venus de Medici (page 259) and Empress Theodora (page 267)
• Empress Theodora (page 267) and Madonna and Child on a Curved Throne (page 269)
• The Parthenon (view from the northwest, page 258) and the Pantheon (page 262, top image)
• The Colosseum (page 261) and Notre Dame de Chartres (page 273)
• Head of Constantine (page 265) and Venus de Medici (page 259)
• Head of Constantine (page 265) and Christ as Pantocrator with Mary and Saints (page 268)
• Chi-Rho Monogram from the Book of Kells (page 271) and Chartres Rose Window (page 274)
• Chi-Rho Monogram from the Book of Kells (page 271) and Round Tray on Conical Stand (page 270)
• Round Tray on Conical Stand (page 270, extra research necessary; see above Note) and Purse Cover (page 271)
• Round Tray on Conical Stand (page 270, extra research necessary; see above Note) and Euphronios Krater (page 256)
• The Pantheon (page 262, top image) and Notre Dame de Chartres (page 273)
• The Pantheon (page 262, top image) and San Vitale (page 267, top image)
• San Vitale (page 267, top image) and Chartres, West Front (page 274)
• Christ of the Pentecost (page 272) and Chartres Rose Window (page 274)
• The Laocoon Group (page 260) and Icon of the Old Testament Trinity (page 269)
• Venus de Medici (page 259) and Madonna and Child on Curved Throne (page 269)
• Portrait Head of an Old Man (page 261) and Head of Constantine (page 265)
