Post on 23-Jun-2015
Visual Review of Art & Architecture & Writing
Targeted WHI SOL 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13
L GibsonWWHS Portsmouth Va
2013
DIRECTIONS
• What connections can you make between the images on each slide?
• What do you know about the art, architecture, location, writing, or related information shown here?
• Some possible answers follow each image slide. They are not inclusive but list the key points you should know!
Stonehenge• England• Begun Neolithic Era• Completed Bronze Age• Archaeologists use carbon dating
to analyze settlements & remains like this
Parthenon• Athens on Balkan Peninsula• Greek city-state• Leader Pericles rebuilt after Persian War• Worshipped – Athena here• Other Gods/Goddesses- Zeus, Hera, Apollo,
Athena, Aphrodite, Artemis• Sculptor: Phidias• Doric column
Colosseum•Rome on Italian Peninsula•1st Emperor Augustus•Gladiators and festivals•Used arches
Pantheon• Rome on Italian Peninsula• 1st Emperor Augustus•Worshipped – Jupiter, Juno,
Apollo, Minvera, Venus, Diana• Roman Empire
Hagia Sophia• Constantinople • Emperor Justinian• Christian Church• Split/schism in 1054 – • Roman Catholic vs. Orthodox • Byzantine Empire
Dome of the Rock• Jerusalem •Muslim Mosque• Islamic Empire
Da Vinci•Mona Lisa• Last Supper• Italian Renaissance
Michelangelo•David• Sistine Chapel, Ceiling• Italian Renaissance
Machiavelli•Wrote The Prince• About- Absolute Power of Ruler• “Do good if possible, evil if necessary”• “The ends justify the means”
• ItalianRenaissance
Erasmus•1611•Wrote Praise of Folly • About- Church Corruption & Usury
•Northern Europe Renaissance
Sir Thomas More•1616•Utopia • “Perfect place”- no war or crime•Northern Europe Renaissance
Gutenberg•Moveable Type Printing Press• Replaced copying by hand• 1st Book Printed-Bible• Spread/Disseminate Ideas•Northern Europe Renaissance -
Germany
Petrarch•Wrote Sonnets• Father of Humanism –
celebrates the individual & worldy matters•Northern Europe Renaissance
Mesopotamia• Between Tigris & Euphrates Rivers• Located inside Fertile Crescent• Ruler: Hammurabi and his Code
of Law•Writing Cuneiform
Egypt•Northern Africa•Nile River•Hereditary Ruler: Pharaoh•Writing Hieroglyphics•Nubia further south of Egypt
Phoenicians•Mediterranean Coast• Sea faring people; traders•Writing - alphabet
Florence, Venice, and Genoa were:
A. Italian city states who became banking centers during the Renaissance period
B. In the southern part of present day Italy
C. Were the capitals of Italy during the Renaissance period
Florence
Genoa
Venice