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Learning Objectives for the History of Art: Prehistoric to Gothic
What is art history and where is it going?
Introduction to art historical analysis
Close looking and approaches to art
Introduction Terms
Learning Objectives: Prehistoric Art
Introduction to Prehistoric Art
Paleolithic Art
Cave Painting
Neolithic Art
Key Terms for Prehistoric Art
Ancient Indian Subcontinent: Harappan Civilization (c. 3300-2600 BCE)
Papua New Guinea: Ambum Stone (c. 1500 BCE)
Ancient Mexico: The Olmec (c. 1500-400 BCE)
Ancient China: Tomb of Fu Hao (c. 1200 BCE)
Ancient Peru: Chavín de Huántar (c. 900-200 BCE)
Western Africa (Nigeria): Nok (c. 700-300 BCE)
Key Terms for Global Prehistory
Learning Objectives: The Art of the Ancient Near East
Introduction to the Ancient Near East
The Neolithic Period in the Ancient Near East
Sumer
Akkad
Babylonia
Assyria
Neo-Babylonia
Persia
Key Terms for the Art of the Ancient Near East
Learning Objectives: Art of Ancient Egypt
Introduction to Ancient Egypt
An Introduction to Ancient Egyptian Art
Predynastic and Early Dynastic Art of Ancient Egypt
Old Kingdom Art of Ancient Egypt
Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt
New Kingdom Art of Ancient Egypt
Nubia and the Kingdom of Kush
Key Terms for the Art of Ancient Egypt
Learning Objectives: Art of the Ancient Aegean
Introduction to the Ancient Aegean
Cycladic Art
Minoan Art
Mycenaean Art
Themes in Aegean Art
Key Terms for the Art of the Ancient Aegean
Learning Objectives: Art of Ancient Greece
Introduction to Ancient Greece
The Geometric Period of Ancient Greece
The Orientalizing Period of Ancient Greece
The Archaic Period of Ancient Greece
Art of the Classic Period of Ancient Greece
The Classical Period in Athens
Late Classic Art of Ancient Greece
Art of the Hellenistic Period in Greece and Beyond
Key Terms for the Art of Ancient Greece
India: Early Buddhist Art (beginning in the 3rd century BCE)
China: Qin Dynasty (c 221-206 BCE)
China: Tomb Of Lady Dai (c. 2nd century BCE)
Mexico: Teotihuacan (c. 50-250 CE)
Japan: Kofun Period (c. 3rd century-538 CE)
Bolivia: Tiwanaku (c. 200-1100 CE)
Ethiopia: Christian Art (beginning 4th century CE)
Mexico: Palenque (c. 5th-8th centuries CE)
New Mexico: Mesa Verde (c. 450-1300 CE)
Islamic: Early Art and Architecture
Spain: Great Mosque of Córdoba (begun 786 CE)
New Mexico: Chaco Canyon (c. 9th-12th centuries CE)
India: Chola Period (c. 9th-13th centuries)
China: Travelers amid Mountains and Streams, Fan Kuan (c. 1000 CE)
Cambodia: Angkor Wat (c. 1116-50 CE)
Japan: Night Attack on the Sanjô Palace (second half of the 13th century CE)
Key Terms for Global Perspectives (500 BCE-1350 CE)
Learning Objectives: Art of the Etruscans
Introduction to the Art of the Etruscans
Etruscan Art
Etruscan Tombs
Late Etruscan Art
Key Terms for the Art of the Etruscans
Learning Objectives: Art of Ancient Rome
Introduction to the Art of Ancient Rome
Art of the Roman Republic
Imperial Roman Art: Art of the State
Roman Art during the Imperial Period
Late Imperial Roman Art
Key Terms for the Art of Ancient Rome
Learning Objectives: Early Jewish and Christian Art
Early Jewish Art
Art of Early Christianity
Key Terms for Early Jewish and Christian Art
Learning Objectives: Byzantine Art
Introduction to Byzantine Art
Early Byzantine Art
Icons in Byzantine Art
Later Byzantine Art
Key Terms for Byzantine Art
Learning Objectives: Early Medieval Art
Introduction to Early Medieval Art and Architecture
Anglo-Saxon Art in England
The Viking Age
Early Medieval Manuscripts
Carolingian Art
Ottonian Art
Key Terms for Early Medieval Art
Learning Objectives: Romanesque Art
Introduction to Romanesque Art and Architecture
Romanesque Art and Architecture
Norman Art and Architecture
The Crusades
The Church of Sant Climent, Spain
Key Terms for Romanesque Art
Learning Objectives: Gothic and Late Medieval Art and Architecture
Introduction to Gothic Art
Gothic Architecture
Gothic Art
Introduction to Late Medieval Art
Late Medieval Art
Key Terms for Gothic and Late Medieval Art
Glossary
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History of Art: Prehistoric to Gothic Copyright © by Dr. Amy Marshman; Dr. Jeanette Nicewinter; and Dr. Paula Winn is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.