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Stag Hunt
Battle of Centaurs and Wild Beasts
Bull Leaping
Hungry Tigress Jataka
Achilles And Ajax
Twelve Views From A Thatched Hut
The Family of Septimius Severus
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Title: Achilles And Ajax Playing A Game
Date: 540 BCE.
Artist: Exekias
Period: Greek-Ancient Greece (Archaic Period)
Location: Vatican Museums, Rome
Resource: Stockstad, Marilyn. Art History, Volume 1 (3rd Edition).
Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2007. pages 125-126
Description
On the body of the amphora is painted Achilles and his
cousin Ajax, playing a game of dice. Exekais skillfully
proportioned the picture on the vase. “The triangular shape
formed by the two men rises to the mouth of the jar, while
the handles continue the line of their shields.” The figures
portrayed in the vase are from Greek mythology. In this
period characters from Greek mythology were regularly
used, and were seen as history. Artist in this period liked to
show mythological scenes on their art. The story shown on
this vase is taken from the Trojan war after Achilles refused
to fight.
Description Cont.
The process to make this vase involved a slip, and applying
the slip to a vessel. Then the firing process would be
manipulated in a oven or kiln. To turn the vase black the
oxygen was cut back. The vase has engrave patterns such as
those on the cloaks of Achilles and Ajax. It also has weaving
leafy patterns around the picture and handles. Exekais use of
silhouette and the balance of black against engravings makes
his art really stand out. One characteristic of this art work that
really pops out is the intricate patterns and attention to detail.
This is a characteristic of the art in this period and really all
Greek art. The use of silhouette figures were another aspect
that characterized this art. In this period the picture takes up a
good portion of the vase and doesn’t have a lot of horizontal
bands. In contrast, periods such as the Geometric period had
smaller pictures and utilized horizontal bands.
What I Liked
One thing I found interesting while learning about this art back
some time ago was that the clay used in these vases were black if
wetted. Also the clay had a high iron content. When firing if
oxygen is let in the iron will rust resulting in red clay. If no oxygen
is let in the iron does not rust and stays black.
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Title: Bull Leaping
Date: 1550-1450 BCE
Artist: Minoans
Period: Late Minoan
Location: Knossos, Crete. Now located in the Archaeological
Museum, Iraklion, Crete.
Resource: Stockstad, Marilyn. Art History, Volume 1 (3rd Edition).
Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2007. page 92
Description
“
Bull Leaping shows three scantily clad youthful figures
around a gigantic dappled bull, which is charging in the
flying-gallop pose. The pale-skinned person at the rightprobably a woman-is prepared to catch the dark-skinned
man in the midst of his leap, and the pale-skinned woman
at the left grasps the bull by its horns, perhaps to begin her
own vault. The bull’s power and grace are masterfully
rendered, although the flying-gallop pose is not true to life.
Framing the action are overlapping ovals (the so-called
chariot-wheel motif) set within striped bands” (Stokstad
92).
What I Liked
I like this wall painting because it is very unique. It
shows a man, and women doing some sort of ritual
with a bull. I like that it shows “the bull’s power and
grace.” The action going on in this piece is captured
very well!
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Title: Stag Hunt
Date: 300 BCE
Artist: Prominently signed by an artist named Gnosis. Signed at the
top of the piece “Gnosis made it”.
Period: Greek-Ancient Greece
Location: A mosaic floor from a palace at Pella (Macedonia)
provides an example of this Pausian design. It is kept at the
Archaeological Museum, Pella.
Resource: Stockstad, Marilyn. Art History, Volume 1 (3rd Edition).
Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2007. page 156
Description
“Blossoms, leaves, spiraling tendrils, and twisting,
undulating stems frame this scene, echoing the linear
patterns formed by the hunters, the dog, and the struggling
stag. The over-life-size human and animal figures are
accurately drawn and modeled in light and shade. The
dog’s front legs are expertly foreshortened to create the
illusion that the animal is turning at a sharp angle into the
picture” (Stokstad).
What I Liked
 I liked this piece because the work is impressive. It was
not made with uniformly cut marble in different colors,
rather it was made with a carefully selected assortment
of natural pebbles. I also like the colors used in the
piece and I think it is interesting that the author signed
the top of this piece “Gnosis made it”, making it his
own.
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Hungry Tigress Jataka
Title: Hungry Tigress Jataka
Date: 650 ce.
Artist: Anonymous
Period: Asuka period
Location: Panel of the Tamamushi
Shrine,
Horyu-ji Treasure House, Horyu-ji.
Resource: Pg 380, Art History, Marilyn
Stoksdad
Description
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“The Tamamushi Shrine is a replica of an even more ancient palace-form
building, and its architectural details preserve a tradition predating Horyu-ji
itself. Its paintings are among the few two-dimensional works of art to survive
from the Asuka period.” (pg 380)
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Jataka tales are actually stories about the former lives of Buddha and this one
shows the future Buddha sacrificing his life in order to feed a starving tigress
and her cubs. At first the tigers are to weak to eat him, so he jumps off of a
cliff to break up his body to make it easier for them, the artist (anonymous),
created Buddha’s actions all in one frame, Buddha appears three times:
hanging his shirt, diving off the cliff, and being eaten by the tigers.
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“The elegantly slender renditions of the figure and the somewhat abstract
treatment of the cliff, trees, and bamboo represent an international Buddhist
style largely shared during this time by China, Korea, and Japan. These
illustrations for the Jataka tales helped spread Buddhism in Japan.” (pg 380)
What I liked
 This painting on a panel of the Tamamushi Shrine
really stuck out to me. Standing a little over 7 and a
half feet tall this artworks small details and abstract
figures (the cliff ’s jagged edge, bamboo, wind, little
trees and even falling flower blossoms) really got my
attention. After reading what story it illustrated, it
made me like the art even more and being three scenes
depicted on one flowing frame with only black, grey,
and pink colors makes the art very creative.
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The Family of Septimius Severus
•Title: Septimius Severus
•Date: 200 CE.
•Artist: Preussischer Kulturbesitz
•Period: Ancient Rome
•Location: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Museum in Berlin)
•Resource: Stockstad, Marilyn. Art History, Volume 1 (3rd Edition). Upper Saddle
River: Prentice Hall, 2007. page 218
Description
“The work is in the highly formal style of the Fayum region in
northwestern Egypt and it may be a souvenir of an imperial visit to
Egypt. The emperor , clearly identified by his distinctive divided
beard and curled moustache, wears an enormous crown. Next to him
is the empress Julia Domna, portrayed with similarly recognizable
features—full face, large nose, and masses of waiving hair. Their two
sons, Geta (whose face has been scratched out) and Carcalla, stand in
front of them. Perhaps because we know that he grew up to be a
ruthless dictator, little Carcalla looks like a disagreeable child.”
(Stockstad). “The rather hard drawing style, with its broadly brushedin colors, contrasts markedly with the subtlety of earlier portraits,
such as the Young Woman Writing.” (Stockstad)
What I Liked
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I like this painting because I like the fact that it is a
family portrait. I also really like the fact that it is
painted on wood. I think it is humble for a royal
family to be painted on a piece of wood that isn’t even
a perfect circle (kind of like their family). I like that
you can see the brush strokes. It makes it feel like it
has a lot of character and it intrigues you to learn
about it.
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Title: Battle of Centaurs and Wild Beasts
Date: 118/128 CE
Artist: It may be a copy of a much-admired painting of a fight
between
centaurs and wild animals done by the late 5th
century BCE Greek artist Zeuxis.
Period: Roman
Location: It was found in Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli, Italy as part of a
floor panel. It is now kept at Staatliche Museen Zu Berlin,
Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Antikensammlung, Berlin.
Resource: Stockstad, Marilyn. Art History, Volume 1 (3rd Edition).
Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2007. page 213
“In a rocky landscape with only a few bits of greenery,
a desperate male centaur raises a large boulder over his
head to crush a tiger that has attacked and severely
wounded a female centaur. Two other felines apparently
took part in the attack – the white leopard on the rocks to
the left and the dead lion at the feel of the male centaur.
The mosaicist rendered the figures with three-dimensional
shading, foreshortening, and a great sensitivity to a range
of figure types, including human torsos and powerful
animals in a variety of poses”(Stokstad).
 I liked this piece because it shows loyalty among
friends and it portrays the protectiveness of men over
women.
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Twelve Views From A Thatched Hut
Description
In this piece of work the artist, Xia Gui shows his unique style
that he developed himself. He was a member of the Academy
of Painters. In the painting he uses solid brushstrokes that flow
and attracts the viewer, very simplified objects, and he presents
an intimate view of nature. This is a large contrast compared
to the other artists of his time in southern Song and also those
in the Academy who often painted intricate and detailed
landscapes. (Stoksyad)
What I Liked
I have always enjoyed any type of ancient eastern artwork and
this piece is no different. The artwork simply flows and draws
the person into it. Though simple, it gives a peaceful feeling to
the viewer, and its minimal detail makes it easy to understand
and allows the viewer to take the piece of artwork at a whole
instead of being distracted. Something that amazes me is how
large it was. Though still large today only four of the original
12 sections remain today. It makes me wonder what it would
have looked like complete and in person.
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Group 2
 John Clevenger - Hungry Tigress Jataka
 Brian Crosen - Achilles And Ajax
 Christa Franklin – Family of Septimius Severus
 Robin Foelsch - Stag Hunt
 Lukas Good – Twelve Views From A Thatched Hut
 Joshua Gordon - Bull Leaping
 Jennifer Pignone- Battle of Centaurs and Wild Beasts
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