AP Art History
Introduction to Art History 101
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AP Art history is a college level survey course approved by College Board. Students will learn about a selected set of 250 pieces of artwork, beginning with Paleolithic painting/sculpture and ending with Post-Modernist contemporary artists. Throughout the year the students will be guided by essential questions that encourage students to recognize how developments in art and architechture influenced eacj other froma global perspective.
Students will:
Contextualize and analyze European and global artworks using form, function content, and context.
Gain a deep understanding of the meaning of artworks.
Apply complex terminology to artworks, styles and movements.
Learn to communicate at a post-secondary level.
Experience some art creating throughout the year.
Analyze traditions and change through global connections.
Interpret works of art by analyzing contextual variable.
Develop skills in visual, contextual, and comparative analysis.
Recognize and identify title, artist, date, and materials of works of art and architecture .
āART MATTERS BECAUSE IT ILLUSTRATES THE HUMAN EXPERIENCEāTHE WONDER OF IT, THE BEWILDERMENT OF IT, THE WHIMSY OF IT, AND SO MUCH MORE. WE WOULD NOT BE CONNECTED SO DEEPLY WITHOUT THE EXISTENCE OF ART.ā
āā KATHLEEN DINSMORE
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ART HISTORY UNITS
PRE-UNIT
PRE-UNIT: INTRODUCTION TO AP ART HISTORY
UNIT 1
UNIT 1: PREHISTORY
UNIT 2
UNIT 2.1: NEAR EAST
UNIT 2.2: EGYPT
UNIT 3
UNIT 3.1: GREECE
UNIT 3.2: ETRURIA
UNIT 3.3: ROME
UNIT 4
UNIT 4.1: LATE ANTIQUE
UNIT 4.2: BYZANTINE
UNIT 4.3: EARLY MEDIEVAL
UNIT 4.4: ROMANESQUE
UNIT 4.5: GOTHIC
UNIT 5
UNIT 5.1: N. EURO RENAISSANCE
UNIT 5.2: EARLY RENAISSANCE
UNIT 5.3: HIGH RENAISSANCE & MANNERISM
UNIT 6
UNIT 6.1: BAROQUE
UNIT 6.2: NEW SPAIN
UNIT 7
UNIT 7.1: ROCOCO & ENLIGHTENMENT
UNIT 7.2: NEOCLASSICISM
UNIT 7.3: ROMANTICISM
UNIT 8
OVERVIEW OF ART MOVEMENTS (19TH-20TH C.)
UNIT 8.1: 19TH CENTURY "WESTERN" ART
UNIT 8.2: 20TH CENTURY "WESTERN" ART
UNIT 9
UNIT 9.1: ISLAMIC ART
UNIT 9.2: ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE
UNIT 10
UNIT 10.1: SOUTH & SOUTHEAST ASIA
UNIT 10.2: EAST ASIA
UNIT 11
UNIT 11: INDIGENOUS AMERICAS
UNIT 12
UNIT 12: AFRICA
UNIT 13
UNIT 13: PACIFIC ISLANDS (OCEANIA)
UNIT 14
UNIT 14: GLOBAL CONTEMPORARY
Prehistoric Art
Content Area 1:
Global Prehistory
Global Prehistory
30,000ā500 B.C.E. (11 WORKS)Ā
1. Apollo 11 stones. Namibia. c. 25,500ā25,300 B.C.E. Charcoal on stone.
2. Great Hall of the Bulls. Lascaux, France. Paleolithic Europe. 15,000ā13,000 B.C.E. Rock painting.
3. Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine. Tequixquiac, central Mexico. 14,000ā 7000 B.C.E. Bone.
4. Running horned woman. Tassili nāAjjer, Algeria. 6000ā4000 B.C.E. Pigment on rock.
5. Beaker with ibex motifs. Susa, Iran. 4200ā3500 B.C.E. Painted terra cotta.
6. Anthropomorphic stele. Arabian Peninsula. Fourth millennium B.C.E. Sandstone.
7. Jade cong. Liangzhu, China. 3300ā2200 B.C.E. Carved jade.
8. Stonehenge. Wiltshire, UK. Neolithic Europe. c. 2500ā1600 B.C.E. Sandstone.
9. The Ambum Stone. Ambum Valley, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. c. 1500 B.C.E. Greywacke.
10. Tlatilco female figurine. Central Mexico, site of Tlatilco. 1200ā900 B.C.E. Ceramic.
11. Terra cotta fragment. Lapita. Solomon Islands, Reef Islands. 1000 B.C.E. Terra cotta (incised).Ā
Ancient Near East - RomanĀ
Content Area 2:
Ancient Mediterranean
Ancient Mediterranean
3500 B.C.E - 300 B.C.E. (36 WORKS)Ā
ā12. White Temple and its ziggurat. Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq). Sumerian. c. 3500ā3000 B.C.E. Mud brick.
13. Palette of King Narmer. Predynastic Egypt. c. 3000ā2920 B.C.E. Greywacke.
14. Statues of votive figures, from the Square Temple at Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq). Sumerian.c. 2700 B.C.E. Gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone.
15. Seated scribe. Saqqara, Egypt. Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty. c. 2620ā2500 B.C.E. Painted limestone.
16. Standard of Ur from the Royal Tombs at Ur (modern Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq). Sumerian. c. 2600ā2400 B.C.E. Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone.
17. Great Pyramids (Menkaura, Khafre, Khufu) and Great Sphinx. Giza, Egypt. Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty. c. 2550ā2490 B.C.E. Cut limestone.
18. King Menkaura and queen. Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty. c. 2490ā2472 B.C.E. Greywacke.
19. The Code of Hammurabi. Babylon (modern Iran). Susian. c. 1792ā1750 B.C.E. Basalt.Ā
20. Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall. Karnak, near Luxor, Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th and 19th Dynasties. Temple: c. 1550 B.C.E.; hall: c. 1250 B.C.E. Cut sandstone and mud brick.
21. Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut. Near Luxor, Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty. c. 1473ā1458 B.C.E. Sandstone, partially carved into a rock cliff, and red granite.
22. Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters. New Kingdom (Amarna), 18th Dynasty. c. 1353ā1335 B.C.E. Limestone.
23. Tutankhamunās tomb, innermost coffin. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty. c. 1323 B.C.E. Gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones.
24. Last judgment of Hu-Nefer, from his tomb (page from the Book of the Dead). New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty. c. 1275 B.C.E. Painted papyrus scroll.
25. Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad, Iraq). Neo-Assyrian. c. 720ā705 B.C.E. Alabaster.
26. Athenian agora. Archaic through Hellenistic Greek. 600 B.C.E.ā150 C.E. Plan.
27. Anavysos Kouros. Archaic Greek. c. 530 B.C.E. Marble with remnants of paint.
28. Peplos Kore from the Acropolis. Archaic Greek. c. 530 B.C.E. Marble, painted details.
29. Sarcophagus of the Spouses. Etruscan. c. 520 B.C.E. Terra cotta.
30. Audience Hall (apadana) of Darius and Xerxes. Persepolis, Iran. Persian. c. 520ā465 āB.C.E. Limestone.
31. Temple of Minerva (Veii, near Rome, Italy) and sculpture of Apollo. Master sculptor Vulca. c. 510ā500 B.C.E. Original temple of wood, mud brick, or tufa (volcanic rock); terra cotta sculpture.
32. Tomb of the Triclinium. Tarquinia, Italy. Etruscan. c. 480ā470 B.C.E. Tufa and fresco.
33. Niobides Krater. Anonymous vase painter of Classical Greece known as the Niobid Painter. c. 460ā450 B.C.E. Clay, red- gure technique (white highlights).
34. Doryphoros (Spear Bearer). Polykleitos. Original 450ā440 B.C.E. Roman copy (marble) of Greek original (bronze).
35. Acropolis. Athens, Greece. Iktinos and Kallikrates. c. 447ā410 B.C.E. Marble.
36. Grave stele of Hegeso. Attributed to Kallimachos. c. 410 B.C.E. Marble and paint.
37. Winged Victory of Samothrace. Hellenistic Greek. c. 190 B.C.E. Marble.
38. Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon. Asia Minor (present-day Turkey). Hellenistic Greek. c. 175 B.C.E. Marble (architecture and sculpture).
39. House of the Vettii. Pompeii, Italy. Imperial Roman. c. second century B.C.E.; rebuilt c. 62ā79 C.E. Cut stone and fresco.
40. Alexander Mosaic from the House of Faun, Pompeii. Republican Roman. c. 100 B.C.E. Mosaic.
41. Seated boxer. Hellenistic Greek. c. 100 B.C.E. Bronze.
42. Head of a Roman patrician. Republican Roman. c. 75ā50 B.C.E. Marble.
43. Augustus of Prima Porta. Imperial Roman. Early rst century C.E. Marble.
44. Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater). Rome, Italy. Imperial Roman. 70ā80 C.E. Stone and concrete.
45. Forum of Trajan. Rome, Italy. Apollodorus of Damascus. Forum and markets: 106ā112 C.E.; column completed 113 C.E. Brick and concrete (architecture); marble (column).
46. Pantheon. Imperial Roman. 118ā125 C.E. Concrete with stone facing.
47. Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus. Late Imperial Roman. c. 250 C.E. Marble.Ā
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Early Christian - New Spain
Content Area 3:
Early Europe and Colonial Americas
Early Europe and Colonial Americas
200-1750 (51 WORKS)Ā
48. Catacomb of Priscilla. Rome, Italy. Late Antique Europe. c. 200ā400 C.E. Excavated tufa and fresco.
49. Santa Sabina. Rome, Italy. Late Antique Europe. c. 422ā432 C.E. Brick and stone, wooden roof.
50. Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well and Jacob Wrestling the Angel, from the Vienna Genesis. Early Byzantine Europe. Early sixth century C.E. Illuminated manuscript (tempera, gold, and silver on purple vellum).
51. San Vitale. Ravenna, Italy. Early Byzantine Europe. c. 526ā547 C.E. Brick, marble, and stone veneer; mosaic.
52. Hagia Sophia. Constantinople (Istanbul). Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus. 532ā537 C.E. Brick and ceramic elements with stone and mosaic veneer.
53. Merovingian looped fibulae. Early medieval Europe. Mid-sixth century C.E. Silver gilt worked in ligree, with inlays of garnets and other stones.
54. Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George. Early Byzantine Europe. Sixth or early seventh century C.E. Encaustic on wood.
55. Lindisfarne Gospels: St. Matthew, cross-carpet page; St. Luke portrait page; St. Luke incipit page. Early medieval (Hiberno Saxon) Europe. c. 700 C.E. Illuminated manuscript (ink, pigments, and gold on vellum).
56. Great Mosque. CoĢrdoba, Spain. Umayyad. Begun c. 785ā786 C.E. Stone masonry. Pyxis of al-Mughira. Umayyad. c. 968 C.E. Ivory.
57. Church of Sainte-Foy. Conques, France. Romanesque Europe. Church: c. 1050ā 1130 C.E.;
58. Reliquary of Saint Foy: ninth century C.E., with later additions. Stone (architecture); stone and paint (tympanum); gold, silver, gemstones, and enamel over wood (reliquary).
59. Bayeux Tapestry. Romanesque Europe (English or Norman). c. 1066ā1080 C.E. Embroidery on linen.
60. Chartres Cathedral. Chartres, France. Gothic Europe. Original construction c. 1145ā1155 C.E.; reconstructed c. 1194ā1220 C.E. Limestone, stained glass.
61. Dedication Page with Blanche of Castile and King Louis IX of France, Scenes from the Apocalypse from Bibles moraliseĢes. Gothic Europe. c. 1225ā1245 C.E. Illuminated manuscript (ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum).
62. RoĢttgen PietaĢ. Late medieval Europe. c. 1300ā1325 C.E. Painted wood.
63. Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel, including Lamentation. Padua, Italy. Unknown architect; Giotto di Bondone (artist). Chapel: c. 1303 C.E.; Fresco: c. 1305. Brick (architecture) and fresco.
64. Golden Haggadah (The Plagues of Egypt, Scenes of Liberation, and Preparation for Passover). Late medieval Spain. c. 1320 C.E. Illuminated manuscript (pigments and gold leaf on vellum).
65. Alhambra. Granada, Spain. Nasrid Dynasty. 1354ā1391 C.E. Whitewashed adobe stucco, wood, tile, paint, and gilding.
66. Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece). Workshop of Robert Campin. 1427ā 1432 C.E. Oil on wood.
67. Pazzi Chapel. Basilica di Santa Croce. Florence, Italy. Filippo Brunelleschi (architect). c. 1429ā1461 C.E. Masonry.
68. The Arnol ni Portrait. Jan van Eyck. c. 1434 C.E. Oil on wood.
69. David. Donatello. c. 1440ā1460 C.E. Bronze.
70. Palazzo Rucellai. Florence, Italy. Leon Battista Alberti (architect). c. 1450 C.E. Stone, masonry.
71. Madonna and Child with Two Angels. Fra Filippo Lippi. c. 1465 C.E. Tempera on wood.
72. Birth of Venus. Sandro Botticelli. c. 1484ā1486 C.E. Tempera on canvas.
73. Last Supper. Leonardo da Vinci. c. 1494ā1498 C.E. Oil and tempera.
74. Adam and Eve. Albrecht DuĢrer. 1504 C.E. Engraving.
75. Sistine Chapel ceiling and altar wall frescoes. Vatican City, Italy. Michelangelo. Ceiling frescoes: c. 1508ā1512 C.E.; altar frescoes: c. 1536ā1541 C.E. Fresco.
76. School of Athens. Raphael. 1509ā1511 C.E. Fresco.
77. Isenheim altarpiece. Matthias GruĢnewald. c. 1512ā1516 C.E. Oil on wood.
78. Entombment of Christ. Jacopo da Pontormo. 1525ā1528 C.E. Oil on wood.
79. Allegory of Law and Grace. Lucas Cranach the Elder. c. 1530 C.E. Woodcut and letterpress.
80. Venus of Urbino. Titian. c. 1538 C.E. Oil on canvas.
81. Frontispiece of the Codex Mendoza. Viceroyalty of New Spain. c. 1541ā1542 C.E. Ink and color on paper.
82. Il GesuĢ, including Triumph of the Name of Jesus ceiling fresco. Rome, Italy. Giacomo da Vignola, plan (architect); Giacomo della Porta, facade (architect); Giovanni Battista Gaulli, ceiling fresco (artist). Church: 16th century C.E.; facade: 1568ā1584 C.E.; fresco and stucco gures: 1676ā1679 C.E. Brick, marble, fresco, and stucco.
83. Hunters in the Snow. Pieter Bruegel the Elder. 1565 C.E. Oil on wood.
84. Mosque of Selim II. Edirne, Turkey. Sinan (architect). 1568ā1575 C.E. Brick and stone.
85. Calling of Saint Matthew. Caravaggio. c. 1597ā1601 C.E. Oil on canvas.
86. Henri IV Receives the Portrait of Marie deā Medici, from the Marie deā Medici Cycle. Peter Paul Rubens. 1621ā1625 C.E. Oil on canvas.
87. Self-Portrait with Saskia. Rembrandt van Rijn. 1636 C.E. Etching.
88. San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane. Rome, Italy. Francesco Borromini (architect). 1638ā 1646 C.E. Stone and stucco.
89. Ecstasy of Saint Teresa. Cornaro Chapel, Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria. Rome, Italy. Gian Lorenzo Bernini. c. 1647ā1652 C.E. Marble (sculpture); stucco and gilt bronze (chapel).
90. Angel with Arquebus, Asiel Timor Dei. Master of Calamarca (La Paz School). c. 17th century C.E. Oil on canvas.
91. Las Meninas. Diego VelaĢzquez. c. 1656 C.E. Oil on canvas.
92. Woman Holding a Balance. Johannes Vermeer. c. 1664 C.E. Oil on canvas.
93. The Palace at Versailles. Versailles, France. Louis Le Vau and Jules Hardouin- Mansart (architects). Begun 1669 C.E. Masonry, stone, wood, iron, and gold leaf (architecture); marble and bronze (sculpture); gardens.
94. Screen with the Siege of Belgrade and hunting scene. Circle of the GonzaĢlez Family. c. 1697ā1701 C.E. Tempera and resin on wood, shell inlay.
95. The Virgin of Guadalupe (Virgen de Guadalupe). Miguel GonzaĢlez. c. 1698 C.E. Based on original Virgin of Guadalupe. Basilica of Guadalupe, Mexico City. 16th century C.E. Oil on canvas on wood, inlaid with mother-of-pearl.
96. Fruit and Insects. Rachel Ruysch. 1711 C.E. Oil on wood.
97. Spaniard and Indian Produce a Mestizo. Attributed to Juan RodriĢguez JuaĢrez. c. 1715 C.E. Oil on canvas.
98. The TeĢte aĢ TeĢte, from Marriage aĢ la Mode. William Hogarth. c. 1743 C.E. Oil on canvas.
Rococo - 20th Centuury
Content Area 4:
Later Europe and Americas
Later Europe and Americas
1750ā1980 C.E. (54 WORKS)Ā
99. Portrait of Sor Juana IneĢs de la Cruz. Miguel Cabrera. c. 1750 C.E. Oil on canvas.Ā
100. A Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery. Joseph Wright of Derby. c. 1763ā1765 C.E. Oil on canvas.Ā
101. The Swing. Jean-HonoreĢ Fragonard. 1767 C.E. Oil on canvas.Ā
102. Monticello. Virginia, U.S. Thomas Jefferson (architect). 1768ā1809 C.E. Brick, glass, stone, and wood.
103. The Oath of the Horatii. Jacques-Louis David. 1784 C.E. Oil on canvas.Ā
104. George Washington. Jean-Antoine Houdon. 1788ā1792 C.E. Marble.Ā
105. Self-Portrait. Elisabeth Louise VigeĢe Le Brun. 1790 C.E. Oil on canvas.Ā
106. Y no hai remedio (And Thereās Nothing to Be Done), from Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War), plate 15. Francisco de Goya. 1810ā1823 C.E. (published 1863). Etching, drypoint, burin, and burnishing.Ā
107. La Grande Odalisque. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. 1814 C.E. Oil on canvas.Ā
108. Liberty Leading the People. EugeĢne Delacroix. 1830 C.E. Oil on canvas.Ā
109. The Oxbow (View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm). Thomas Cole. 1836 C.E. Oil on canvas.Ā
110. Still Life in Studio. Louis-Jacques-MandeĢ Daguerre. 1837 C.E. Daguerreotype.Ā
111. Slave Ship (Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On). Joseph Mallord William Turner. 1840 C.E. Oil on canvas.Ā
112. Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament). London, England. Charles Barry and Augustus W. N. Pugin (architects). 1840ā1870 C.E. Limestone masonry and glass.Ā
113. The Stone Breakers. Gustave Courbet. 1849 C.E. (destroyed in 1945). Oil on canvas.Ā
114. Nadar Raising Photography to the Height of Art. HonoreĢ Daumier. 1862 C.E. Lithograph.
115. Olympia. EĢdouard Manet. 1863 C.E. Oil on canvas.
116. The Saint-Lazare Station. Claude Monet. 1877 C.E. Oil on canvas.Ā
117. The Horse in Motion. Eadweard Muybridge. 1878 C.E. Albumen print.Ā
118. The Valley of Mexico from the Hillside of Santa Isabel (El Valle de MeĢxico desde el Cerro de Santa Isabel). Jose MariĢa Velasco. 1882 C.E. Oil on canvas.Ā
119. The Burghers of Calais. Auguste Rodin. 1884ā1895 C.E. Bronze.Ā
120. The Starry Night. Vincent van Gogh. 1889 C.E. Oil on canvas.Ā
121. The Coiffure. Mary Cassatt. 1890ā1891 C.E. Drypoint and aquatint.Ā
122. The Scream. Edvard Munch. 1893 C.E. Tempera and pastels on cardboard.Ā
123. Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? Paul Gauguin. 1897ā1898 C.E. Oil on canvas.Ā
124. Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building. Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Louis Sullivan (architect). 1899ā1903 C.E. Iron, steel, glass, and terra cotta.Ā
125. Mont Sainte-Victoire. Paul CeĢzanne. 1902ā1904 C.E. Oil on canvas.Ā
126. Les Demoiselles dāAvignon. Pablo Picasso. 1907 C.E. Oil on canvas.Ā
127. The Steerage. Alfred Stieglitz. 1907 C.E. Photogravure.Ā
128. The Kiss. Gustav Klimt. 1907ā1908 C.E. Oil and gold leaf on canvas.Ā
129. The Kiss. Constantin Brancusi. Original 1907ā1908 C.E. Stone.Ā
130. The Portuguese. Georges Braque. 1911 C.E. Oil on canvas.Ā
131. Goldfish. Henri Matisse. 1912 C.E. Oil on canvas.Ā
132. Improvisation 28 (second version). Vassily Kandinsky. 1912 C.E. Oil on canvas.Ā
133. Self-Portrait as a Soldier. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. 1915 C.E. Oil on canvas.Ā
134. Memorial Sheet for Karl Liebknecht. KaĢthe Kollwitz. 1919ā1920 C.E. Woodcut.Ā
135. Villa Savoye. Poissy-sur-Seine, France. Le Corbusier (architect). 1929 C.E. Steel and reinforced concrete.Ā
136. Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow. Piet Mondrian. 1930 C.E. Oil on canvas.
137. Illustration from The Results of the First Five-Year Plan. Varvara Stepanova. 1932 C.E. Photomontage.Ā
138. Object (Le DeĢjeuner en fourrure). Meret Oppenheim. 1936 C.E. Fur-covered cup, saucer, and spoon.Ā
139. Fallingwater. Pennsylvania, U.S. Frank Lloyd Wright (architect). 1936ā1939 C.E. Reinforced concrete, sandstone, steel, and glass.Ā
140. The Two Fridas. Frida Kahlo. 1939 C.E. Oil on canvas.Ā
141. The Migration of the Negro, Panel no. 49. Jacob Lawrence. 1940ā1941 C.E. Casein tempera on hardboard.Ā
142. The Jungle. Wifredo Lam. 1943 C.E. Gouache on paper mounted on canvas.Ā
143. Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in the Alameda Park. Diego Rivera. 1947ā1948 C.E. Fresco.Ā
144. Fountain (second version). Marcel Duchamp. 1950 C.E. (original 1917). Readymade glazed sanitary china with black paint.Ā
145. Woman, I. Willem de Kooning. 1950ā1952 C.E. Oil on canvas.Ā
146. Seagram Building. New York City, U.S. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson (architects). 1954ā1958 C.E. Steel frame with glass curtain wall and bronze.Ā
147. Marilyn Diptych. Andy Warhol. 1962 C.E. Oil, acrylic, and silkscreen enamel on canvas. 148.Ā
148. Narcissus Garden. Yayoi Kusama. Original installation and performance 1966. āMirror balls.Ā
149. The Bay. Helen Frankenthaler. 1963 C.E. Acrylic on canvas.Ā
150. Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks. Claes Oldenburg. 1969ā1974 C.E. Cor-Ten steel, steel, aluminum, and cast resin; painted with polyurethane enamel.Ā
151. Spiral Jetty. Great Salt Lake, Utah, U.S. Robert Smithson. 1970 C.E. Earthwork: mud, precipitated salt crystals, rocks, and water coil.Ā
152. House in New Castle County. Delaware, U.S. Robert Venturi, John Rauch, and Denise Scott Brown (architects). 1978ā1983 C.E. Wood frame and stucco.Ā
Art of the Americas
āContent Area 5: Indigenous Americas
1000 B.C.E.ā1980 C.E. (14 WORKS)Ā
153. ChaviĢn de HuaĢntar. Northern highlands, Peru. ChaviĢn. 900ā200 B.C.E. Stone (architectural complex); granite (LanzoĢn and sculpture); hammered gold alloy (jewelry).
154. Mesa Verde cliff dwellings. Montezuma County, Colorado. Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi). 450ā1300 C.E. Sandstone.
155. YaxchilaĢn. Chiapas, Mexico. Maya. 725 C.E. Limestone (architectural complex).
156. Great Serpent Mound. Adams County, southern Ohio. Mississippian (Eastern Woodlands). c. 1070 C.E. Earthwork/ef gy mound.
157. Templo Mayor (Main Temple). Tenochtitlan (modern Mexico City, Mexico). Mexica (Aztec). 1375ā1520 C.E. Stone (temple); volcanic stone (The Coyolxauhqui Stone); jadeite (Olmec-style mask); basalt (Calendar Stone).
158. Rulerās feather headdress (probably of Motecuhzoma II). Mexica (Aztec). 1428ā1520 C.E. Feathers (quetzal and cotinga) and gold.
159. City of Cusco, including Qorikancha (Inka main temple), Santo Domingo (Spanish colonial convent), and Walls at Saqsa Waman (Sacsayhuaman). Central highlands, Peru. Inka. c. 1440 C.E; convent added 1550ā1650 C.E. Andesite.
160. Maize cobs. Inka. c. 1440ā1533 C.E. Sheet metal/repousseĢ, metal alloys.
161. City of Machu Picchu. Central highlands, Peru. Inka. c. 1450ā1540 C.E. Granite (architectural complex).
162. All-Tāoqapu tunic. Inka. 1450ā1540 C.E. Camelid ber and cotton.
163. Bandolier bag. Lenape (Delaware tribe, Eastern Woodlands). c. 1850 C.E. Beadwork on leather.
164. Transformation mask. Kwakwakaāwakw, Northwest coast of Canada. Late 19th century C.E. Wood, paint, and string.
165. Painted elk hide. Attributed to Cotsiogo (Cadzi Cody), Eastern Shoshone, Wind River Reservation, Wyoming. c. 1890ā1900 C.E. Painted elk hide.
166. Black-on-black ceramic vessel. Maria MartiĢnez and Julian MartiĢnez, Tewa, Puebloan, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico. c. mid-20th century C.E. Blackware ceramic
African Art
Content Area 6: Africa
1100ā1980 C.E. (14 WORKS)Ā
167. Conical tower and circular wall of Great Zimbabwe. Southeastern Zimbabwe. Shona peoples. c. 1000ā1400 C.E. Coursed granite blocks.
168. Great Mosque of DjenneĢ. Mali. Founded c. 1200 C.E.; rebuilt 1906ā1907. Adobe.
169. Wall plaque, from Obaās palace. Edo peoples, Benin (Nigeria). 16th century C.E. Cast brass.
170. Sika dwa ko (Golden Stool). Ashanti peoples (south central Ghana). c. 1700 C.E. Gold over wood and cast-gold attachments.
171. Ndop (portrait gure) of King Mishe miShyaang maMbul. Kuba peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo). c. 1760ā1780 C.E. Wood.
172. Power gure (Nkisi nākondi). Kongo peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo). c. late 19th century C.E. Wood and metal.
173. Female (Pwo) mask. Chokwe peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo). Late 19th to early 20th century C.E. Wood, ber, pigment, and metal.
174. Portrait mask (Mblo). Baule peoples (CoĢte dāIvoire). Early 20th century C.E. Wood and pigment.
175Bundu mask. Sande Society, Mende peoples (West African forests of Sierra Leone and Liberia). 19th to 20th century C.E. Wood, cloth, and ber.
176. Ikenga (shrine gure). Igbo peoples (Nigeria). c. 19th to 20th century C.E. Wood. 177.
177. Lukasa (memory board). Mbudye Society, Luba peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo). c. 19th to 20th century C.E. Wood, beads, and metal.
178. Aka elephant mask. Bamileke (Cameroon, western grass elds region). c. 19th to 20th century C.E. Wood, woven rafIa, cloth, and beads.
179. Reliquary gure (byeri). Fang peoples (southern Cameroon). c. 19th to 20th century C.E. Wood.
180. Veranda post of enthroned king and senior wife (Opo Ogoga). Olowe of Ise (Yoruba peoples). c. 1910ā1914 C.E. Wood and pigment.Ā
Pacific Islands
Content Area 9: The Pacific
700ā1980 C.E. (11 WORKS)Ā
213. Nan Madol. Pohnpei, Micronesia. Saudeleur Dynasty. c. 700ā1600 C.E. Basalt boulders and prismatic columns.
214. Moai on platform (ahu). Rapa Nui (Easter Island). c. 1100ā1600 C.E. Volcanic tuff gures on basalt base.
215. āAhu āula (feather cape). Hawaiian. Late 18th century C.E. Feathers and ber.
216. Staff god. Rarotonga, Cook Islands, central Polynesia. Late 18th to early 19th century C.E. Wood, tapa, ber, and feathers.
217. Female deity. Nukuoro, Micronesia. c. 18th to 19th century C.E. Wood.
218. Buk (mask). Torres Strait. Mid- to late 19th century C.E. Turtle shell, wood, ber, feathers, and shell.
219. Hiapo (tapa). Niue. c. 1850ā1900 C.E. Tapa or bark cloth, freehand painting.
220. Tamati Waka Nene. Gottfried Lindauer. 1890 C.E. Oil on canvas.
221. Navigation chart. Marshall Islands, Micronesia. 19th to early 20th century C.E. Wood and ber.
222. Malagan display and mask. New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. c. 20th century C.E. Wood, pigment, ber, and shell.
223. Presentation of Fijian mats and tapa cloths to Queen Elizabeth II. Fiji, Polynesia. 1953 C.E. Multimedia performance (costume; cosmetics, including scent; chant; movement; and pandanus ber/hibiscus ber mats), photographic documentation.Ā
Contemporary Art
Content Area 10:
Global Contemporary
Global Contemporary
1980 C.E. to Present (27 WORKS)Ā
224. The Gates. New York City, U.S. Christo and Jeanne-Claude. 1979ā2005 C.E. Mixed- media installation.
225. Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Washington, D.C., U.S. Maya Lin. 1982 C.E. Granite.
226. Horn Players. Jean-Michel Basquiat. 1983 C.E. Acrylic and oil paintstick on three canvas panels.
227. Summer Trees. Song Su-nam. 1983 C.E. Ink on paper.
228. Androgyn III. Magdalena Abakanowicz. 1985 C.E. Burlap, resin, wood, nails, string.
229. A Book from the Sky. Xu Bing. 1987ā1991 C.E. Mixed-media installation.
230. Pink Panther. Jeff Koons. 1988 C.E. Glazed porcelain.
231. Untitled (#228), from the History Portraits series. Cindy Sherman. 1990 C.E. Photograph.
232. Dancing at the Louvre, from the series The French Collection, Part I; #1. Faith Ringgold. 1991 C.E. Acrylic on canvas, tie-dyed, pieced fabric border.
233. Trade (Gifts for Trading Land with White People). Jaune Quick-to-See Smith. 1992 C.E. Oil and mixed media on canvas.
234. Earthās Creation. Emily Kame Kngwarreye. 1994 C.E. Synthetic polymer paint on canvas.
235. Rebellious Silence, from the Women of Allah series. Shirin Neshat (artist); photo by Cynthia Preston. 1994 C.E. Ink on photograph.
236. En la Barberia no se Llora (No Crying Allowed in the Barbershop). Pepon Osorio. 1994 C.E. Mixed-media installation.
237. Pisupo Lua Afe (Corned Beef 2000). Michel Tuffery. 1994 C.E. Mixed media.
238. Electronic Superhighway. Nam June Paik. 1995 C.E. Mixed-media installation (49-channel closed-circuit video installation, neon, steel, and electronic components).
239. The Crossing. Bill Viola. 1996 C.E. Video/sound installation.
240. Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. Spain. Frank Gehry (architect). 1997 C.E. Titanium, glass, and limestone.
241. Pure Land. Mariko Mori. 1998 C.E. Color photograph on glass.
242. Lying with the Wolf. Kiki Smith. 2001 C.E. Ink and pencil on paper.
243. Darkytown Rebellion. Kara Walker. 2001 C.E. Cut paper and projection on wall.
244. The Swing (after Fragonard). Yinka Shonibare. 2001 C.E. Mixed-media installation.
245. Old Manās Cloth. El Anatsui. 2003 C.E. Aluminum and copper wire.
246. Stadia II. Julie Mehretu. 2004 C.E. Ink and acrylic on canvas.
247. Preying Mantra. Wangechi Mutu. 2006 C.E. Mixed media on Mylar.
248. Shibboleth. Doris Salcedo. 2007ā2008 C.E. Installation.
249. MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts. Rome, Italy. Zaha Hadid (architect). 2009 C.E. Glass, steel, and cement.
250. Kui Hua Zi (Sun ower Seeds). Ai Weiwei. 2010ā2011 C.E. Sculpted and painted porcelain.Ā