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WHAT IS ART HISTORY?
CONTEXT
Arch of Constanine, South front312–315 CE, with spolia of the 2nd century, CE. Marble. Rome, Italy
HOW OLD IS IT?
CHRONOLOGY
HOW OLD IS IT?
PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
Etruscan Shield with decoration of braiding, flowers and animals, 7th century BCE. Bronze. Museo nazionale di Villa Giulia
HOW OLD IS IT?
DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE
Prayer hall of the Great Mosque, Córdoba, Spain, eighth to tenth centuries.
HOW OLD IS IT?
INTERNAL EVIDENCE
Seated statue of Gudea holding temple plan, from Girsu (modern Telloh), Iraq, ca. 2100 BCE. Diorite, 2’ 5” high. Louvre, Paris.
HOW OLD IS IT?
STYLISTIC EVIDENCE
Old Testament kings and queens, jamb statues, central doorway of Royal Portal, Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France, ca. 1145–1155.
WHAT IS STYLE?
PERIOD STYLE
WHAT IS ITS STYLE?
REGIONAL STYLE
Choir of Beauvais Cathedaral1284 CE.Beauvais, France
Nave of Santa Croce1294 CE.Florence, Italy
WHAT IS ITS STYLE?
THE VIEWER
Seated scribe, from Saqqara, Egypt, Fourth Dynasty, ca. 2500 BCE. Painted limestone, 1’ 9” high. Louvre, Paris.
Menkaure and Khamerernebty(?), from Gizeh, Egypt, Fourth Dynasty, ca. 2490–2472 BCE. Graywacke, 4’ 6 1/2” high. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
WHAT IS ITS SUBJECT?
ICONOGRAPHY
The Four Evangelists, ca. 810 CE.Ink and Tempera on vellumCathedral Treasury, Aachen.
WHO PAID FOR IT?
PATRONAGE
Augustus wearing the corona civicaca. 69 CE. Marble. Glyptothek München.