AP Art History - Annie Kidwell

  • PREDYNASTIC Ancient Egypt - "Palette of King Narmer"
    3000 BCE

    PREDYNASTIC Ancient Egypt - "Palette of King Narmer"

    Mathematical; Narrative; Power
  • OLD Ancient Egypt - "Seated Khafre"
    2500 BCE

    OLD Ancient Egypt - "Seated Khafre"

    Rigid; Funerary; Lasting
  • Ancient Near East - "Victory Stele of Naram-Sin"
    2250 BCE

    Ancient Near East - "Victory Stele of Naram-Sin"

    Divinity; Triumph; Military
  • NEW Ancient Egypt - "Fowling Scene"
    1400 BCE

    NEW Ancient Egypt - "Fowling Scene"

    Funerary; Movement; Smooth
  • AMARNA Ancient Egypt - "Nefertiti", THUTMOSES.
    1350 BCE

    AMARNA Ancient Egypt - "Nefertiti", THUTMOSES.

    Realistic; Dynamic; Rich
  • GEOMETRIC Greece - "Dipylon Vase"
    740 BCE

    GEOMETRIC Greece - "Dipylon Vase"

    Symbolic; Storytelling; Flat
  • ARCHAIC Ancient Greece - "Kroisos"
    530 BCE

    ARCHAIC Ancient Greece - "Kroisos"

    Rigid; Funerary; Motion
  • Etruscan - "Sarcophagus with Reclining Couple"
    520 BCE

    Etruscan - "Sarcophagus with Reclining Couple"

    Funerary; Relaxed; Natural
  • CLASSICAL Ancient Greece - "Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)" (Polykleitos)
    445 BCE

    CLASSICAL Ancient Greece - "Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)" (Polykleitos)

    Idealism; Contrapposto; Perfection
  • HELLENISTIC Ancient Greece - "Seated Boxer"
    100 BCE

    HELLENISTIC Ancient Greece - "Seated Boxer"

    Emotional; Realistic; Erotic (Others)
  • REPUBLIC Ancient Rome- "Head of a Roman Patrician"
    75 BCE

    REPUBLIC Ancient Rome- "Head of a Roman Patrician"

    Realistic (Verism); Portraits; Harsh
  • EARLY EMPIRE Ancient Rome - "Ara Pacis Augustae
    13 BCE

    EARLY EMPIRE Ancient Rome - "Ara Pacis Augustae

    Propaganda; Lifelike;Powerful (Others)
  • HIGH EMPIRE Ancient Rome - "Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius"
    175

    HIGH EMPIRE Ancient Rome - "Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius"

    Imperial; Power; Nationalistic
  • LATE EMPIRE Ancient Rome - "Arch of Constantine"
    312

    LATE EMPIRE Ancient Rome - "Arch of Constantine"

    Narrative; Replication; Christian
  • Late Antiquity - "Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus"
    359

    Late Antiquity - "Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus"

    Spiritual(Nonsecular); Narrative; Symbolic
  • Early Medieval - "Lindisfarne Gospels"
    700

    Early Medieval - "Lindisfarne Gospels"

    Christian Subject matter; Classical perspective (rare)/Personalized features; Decorative and Abstract Designs
  • Byzantine- "Vladimir Virgin"
    1000

    Byzantine- "Vladimir Virgin"

    Iconography; Flat; Golden.
    [Mosaics also; AND Lamentation...]
  • ARCHITECTURE Romanesque - "Saint Sernin"
    1100

    ARCHITECTURE Romanesque - "Saint Sernin"

    ROOM for pilgrimages; Rational; Radiating Chapels
  • Romanesque - "Last Judgement"; Gislebertus
    1130

    Romanesque - "Last Judgement"; Gislebertus

    Punitive; Narrative; Elongation; Flat
  • ARCHITECTURE Gothic Europe - "Chartres Cathedral"
    1150

    ARCHITECTURE Gothic Europe - "Chartres Cathedral"

    Flying Buttresses; Ribbed Vaults; Pointed Arches
  • Medieval TRANSITION Renaissance - "Lamentation", Giotto di Bondone, Arena Chapel
    1305

    Medieval TRANSITION Renaissance - "Lamentation", Giotto di Bondone, Arena Chapel

    Space; Emotion; Chiaroscuro
  • Gothic- "Virgin of Jeanne D'Evereaux" (Saint-Denis)
    1339

    Gothic- "Virgin of Jeanne D'Evereaux" (Saint-Denis)

    Expensive; Exaggerated Contrapposto (S-Curve); Cult of the Virgin; Actors in a play.
  • Early Renaissance - "Sacrifice of Isaac (Competition Panel)"; Lorenzo Ghiberti
    1401

    Early Renaissance - "Sacrifice of Isaac (Competition Panel)"; Lorenzo Ghiberti

    Humanism; Illusion; Individualism
  • 15th Century Northern Europe and Spain - "The Ghent Altarpiece"; Jan Van Eyck
    1432

    15th Century Northern Europe and Spain - "The Ghent Altarpiece"; Jan Van Eyck

    Altarpieces; Devotion; Detail
  • High Renaissance - "Philosophy (School of Athens)"; Raphael.
    1510

    High Renaissance - "Philosophy (School of Athens)"; Raphael.

    Humanism; Psychology/emotion; Propaganda.
  • High Renaissance MANNERISM - "Madonna with the Long Neck"; Parmigianino.
    1535

    High Renaissance MANNERISM - "Madonna with the Long Neck"; Parmigianino.

    Unnatural Artifice; Ambiguity; Elegance.
  • Northern Renaissance, "Hunters in the Snow", Pieter Bruegel the Elder
    1565

    Northern Renaissance, "Hunters in the Snow", Pieter Bruegel the Elder

    Accuracy, Landscape, Reformation
  • BAROQUE - Caravaggio, "Conversion of Saint Paul"

    BAROQUE - Caravaggio, "Conversion of Saint Paul"

    Chiaroscuro, Tenebroso, Drama, Counter-Reformation
  • ENLIGHTENMENT Neoclassicism - "Oath of the Horatii", Jacques-Louis David, 1784

    ENLIGHTENMENT Neoclassicism - "Oath of the Horatii", Jacques-Louis David, 1784

    Classical, Disegno, Propaganda
  • ENLIGHTENMENT Romanticism - "Liberty Leading the People", Eugene Delacroix

    ENLIGHTENMENT Romanticism - "Liberty Leading the People", Eugene Delacroix

    Patriotism, Emotion, Exotic, Nightmares.
  • MODERNISM Realism - "The Gleaners", Jean-Francois Millet

    MODERNISM Realism - "The Gleaners", Jean-Francois Millet

    Ordinary, Straightforward, Empiricism
  • MODERNISM Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood - "Beata Beatrix", Dante Gabriel Rossetti

    MODERNISM Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood - "Beata Beatrix", Dante Gabriel Rossetti

    Idealism, Spirituality, Renaissance-ism
  • Impressionism - "A Bar at the Folies-Bergere", Edouard Manet

    Impressionism - "A Bar at the Folies-Bergere", Edouard Manet

    Transience, Photographical, Brushstrokes (Life is Fleeting)
  • Post-Impressionism - "Starry Night", Vincent Van Gogh

    Post-Impressionism - "Starry Night", Vincent Van Gogh

    Subjectivity, Color, Brushstrokes
  • Symbolism - "The Sleeping Gypsy", Henri Rosseau

    Symbolism - "The Sleeping Gypsy", Henri Rosseau

    Subjective Interpretation, Emotions, Symbols
  • Art Noveau - "The Kiss", Gustav Klimt

    Art Noveau - "The Kiss", Gustav Klimt

    Decadence, Mass-Production, Synthetic Nature
  • Cubism - "Les Demoiselles D'Avignon", Pablo Picasso

    Cubism - "Les Demoiselles D'Avignon", Pablo Picasso

    Fragmented, Multiple Perspectives, Abstraction and Subjectivity
  • Fauvism - "Red Room (Harmony in Red)", Henri Matisse

    Fauvism - "Red Room (Harmony in Red)", Henri Matisse

    COLOR, COLOR, COLOR
  • Surrealism - "Melancholy and Mystery of a Street", Giorgio De Chirico

    Surrealism - "Melancholy and Mystery of a Street", Giorgio De Chirico

    Improvisational, DREAMS, Unconcious
  • DaDa-ism - "The Fountain", Marcel Duchamp

    DaDa-ism - "The Fountain", Marcel Duchamp

    Nonsense, Violent Nonconformity, Subversive
  • Regionalism - "American Gothic",Grant Wood

    Regionalism - "American Gothic",Grant Wood

    Rural, Nationalism, Realist
  • New Objectivity - "Der Krieg", Otto Dix

    New Objectivity - "Der Krieg", Otto Dix

    Firsthand Experience, Honesty, Trauma
  • PostModernism - "Who's afraid of Aunt Jemima?", Faith Ringgold

    PostModernism - "Who's afraid of Aunt Jemima?", Faith Ringgold

    Propaganda, Quilt, Woman, African-American
  • "Summer Trees", Song Su-Nam

    "Summer Trees", Song Su-Nam

    Tradition and Innovation, Ink on Paper, Abstract Expressionist Art.