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Week 1
THE HUMAN FORM https://smarthistory.org/venus-of-willendorf/
PALEOLITHIC ART https://smarthistory.org/paleolithic-art-an-introduction/
Assyrian
https://smarthistory.org/ancient-mediterranean/ancient-near-east/assyrian/
The Metropolitan Art Museum’s website is a crucial source for you
Explore the Heilbrunn “Timeline of Art History” which can be found on OER under survey readings and on the Met’s website especially learning to use the chronology section
Read and/or scan through the following:
Article title Mesopotamian Creation Myths
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/epic/hd_epic.htm Arabian Peninsula, 8000–2000 B.C.
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/59.52/ Storage jar decorated with mountain goats
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/02/wap.html
The Assyrian Sculpture Court
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/nimr_2/hd_nimr_2.htm
Week 2 Ancient Egypt
https://smarthistory.org/ancient-mediterranean/ancient-egypt-landing/
Article title Ancient Egypt, an introduction
https://smarthistory.org/ancient-egypt-an-introduction/
Article title Ancient Egyptian art
https://smarthistory.org/ancient-egyptian-art/
Article title Materials and techniques in ancient Egyptian art
https://smarthistory.org/materials-and-techniques/
Article title The Great Pyramids of Giza
https://smarthistory.org/the-great-pyramids-of-giza/
Take a look at the following Objects:
Palette of King Narmer
https://smarthistory.org/palette-of-king-narmer/
Libation Dish Depicting Ka-Arms Presenting an Ankh-Sign
Artist’s Gridded Sketch of Senenmut
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/547684?searchField=All&sortBy=relevance&deptids=10&high=on&ft=*&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=5
Week 3 MesoAmerica
Article Title Olmec Jade
https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/british-museum/the-americas-bm/meso-central-america-bm/a/olmec-jade
Article Title Maya, an introduction
https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/british-museum/the-americas-bm/meso-central-america-bm/a/maya-an-introduction
Article Title Jade plaque of a Maya king
https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/british-museum/the-americas-bm/meso-central-america-bm/a/jade-plaque-of-a-maya-king
Article Title Maya: The Yaxchilán Lintels
https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/british-museum/the-americas-bm/meso-central-america-bm/a/maya-the-yaxchiln-lintels
Article Title Maya: The Fenton Vase
https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/british-museum/the-americas-bm/meso-central-america-bm/a/maya-the-fenton-vase
Article Title The Maya, an introduction
https://smarthistory.org/maya-intro/
Article Title Teohihuacan
https://smarthistory.org/teotihuacan-2/
Article Title Teotihuacan-Style Hollow Figurine with Removable Chest Plate
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/684338?searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&where=Guatemala&ft=*&offset=0&rpp=80&pos=21
Week 4 Ancient Greece https://smarthistory.org/ancient-mediterranean/ancient-greece/
Article Title Ancient Greece, an introduction
https://smarthistory.org/ancient-greece-an-introduction/
Article Title Death, Burial, and the Afterlife in Ancient Greece
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/dbag/hd_dbag.htm
Article Title Geometric Art in Ancient Greecehttps://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/grge/hd_grge.htm
Article Title Architecture in Ancient Greece
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/grarc/hd_grarc.htm
Greek Gods and Religious Practices
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/grlg/hd_grlg.htm
Greek Art in the Archaic Period
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/argk/hd_argk.htm
Week 5 Ancient Roman Architecture https://smarthistory.org/the-pantheon/
Article Title Introduction to ancient Rome
https://smarthistory.org/introduction-to-ancient-rome/
Article Title Forum Romanum (The Roman Forum)
https://smarthistory.org/forum-romanum-the-roman-forum/
Article Title Trajan
https://smarthistory.org/introduction-to-ancient-roman-art/Trajan
Article Title Trajan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trajan’s_Column
Article Title An introduction to ancient Roman architecture
https://smarthistory.org/roman-architecture/
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ancient-art-civilizations/roman/middle-empire/a/the-pantheon
Explore this area freely of the Met’s website https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/curatorial-departments/greek-and-roman-art
https://smarthistory.org/head-of-a-roman-patrician/
Article Title Introduction to ancient Roman art
https://smarthistory.org/introduction-to-ancient-roman-art/
EARLY BUDDHIST ART https://smarthistory.org/the-historical-buddha/
PILLARS OF ASHOKA https://smarthistory.org/the-pillars-of-ashoka/
https://smarthistory.org/lion-capital-ashokan-pillar-at-sarnath/
Article Title: Roman Mythology
https://www.ancient.eu/Roman_Mythology/
Article Title: Cultural links between India & the Greco-Roman world
https://www.ancient.eu/article/208/cultural-links-between-india–the-greco-roman-worl/
Article Title: The History of Ancient India
https://www.ancient.eu/article/294/the-history-of-ancient-india/
WEEK 6 BYZANTIUM https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2012/byzantium-and-islam/blog/topical-essays/posts/san-vitale
https://smarthistory.org/san-vitale/
WEEK 7 BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE https://smarthistory.org/hagia-sophia-istanbul/
ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE https://smarthistory.org/the-great-mosque-of-cordoba/
ISLAMIC ART https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/umay/hd_umay.htm
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/medieval-world/romanesque1/a/a-beginners-guide-to-romanesque-architecture
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-islam/beginners-guide-islamic-art/a/introduction-to-mosque-architecture
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-islam/beginners-guide-islamic-art/a/common-types-of-mosque-architecture
WEEK 8 ANCIENT CHINESE LANDSCAPE PAINTING https://smarthistory.org/chinese-landscape-painting/
ANCIENT JAPAN https://smarthistory.org/haniwa-warrior/
JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE https://smarthistory.org/todai-ji/
ANCIENT KOREA SILLA KINGDOM https://smarthistory.org/gold-and-jade-crown-silla-kingdom/
Article Title South Asian religions, an introduction
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-asia/south-asia/south-asia-intro/a/south-asian-religions-an-introduction
Article Title The Pillars of Ashoka Khan Academy
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-asia/south-asia/buddhist-art2/a/the-pillars-of-ashoka
Article Title Lion Capital, Ashokan Pillar at Sarnath
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-asia/south-asia/buddhist-art2/a/lion-capital-ashokan-pillar-at-sarnath
Article Title Bodhisattva Maitreya
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-asia/south-asia/buddhist-art2/a/bodhisattva-maitreya
Article Title Jade cong and bi
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-asia/imperial-china/neolithic-art-china/a/jade-cong-and-bi
Article Title Chinese jade: an introduction
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-asia/imperial-china/neolithic-art-china/a/chinese-jade-an-introduction
Article Title Covered ritual wine vessel (gong)
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-asia/imperial-china/zhou-dynasty/a/covered-ritual-wine-vessel-gong
Article Title Introduction to Korean Buddhism
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-asia/korea-japan/korean-art/a/introduction-to-korean-buddhism
Week 9 Unicorn in Captivity
Gothic https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/mgot/hd_mgot.htm
Gothic architecture https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/medieval-world/gothic1/a/gothic-architecture-an-introduction
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/arch-physics.html
Romanesque Art https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/rmsq/hd_rmsq.htm
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/medieval-world/medieval-europe/a/medieval-manuscripts
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/medieval-world/medieval-europe/a/introduction-to-the-middle-ages
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/medieval-world/medieval-europe/a/standard-scenes-from-the-life-of-christ-in-art
Week 10 Midterm
Week 11
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/renaissance-reformation/early-renaissance1/beginners-renaissance-florence/a/florence-in-the-early-renaissance
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/renaissance-reformation/early-renaissance1/beginners-renaissance-florence/a/the-study-of-anatomy
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/renaissance-reformation/early-renaissance1/beginners-renaissance-florence/a/early-applications-of-linear-perspective
https://womennart.com/2018/11/28/the-chess-game-by-sofonisba-anguissola/
Week 12
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/durr/hd_durr.htm
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/anat/hd_anat.htm
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/leon/hd_leon.htm
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/clan/hd_clan.htm
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/itar/hd_itar.htm
Week 13
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/435809
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-history/renaissance-reformation/renaissance-in-spain/a/el-greco-view-of-toledo?modal=1
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/monarchy-enlightenment/baroque-art1/holland/a/ruysch-flower-still-life
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/monarchy-enlightenment/baroque-art1/holland/a/rembrandt-the-night-watch
Week 14
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/early-europe-and-colonial-americas/reformation-counter-reformation/a/chteau-de-versailles?modal=1
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/early-europe-and-colonial-americas/renaissance-art-europe-ap/a/raphael-school-of-athens?modal=1
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/early-europe-and-colonial-americas/renaissance-art-europe-ap/a/drer-adam-and-eve?modal=1
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/early-europe-and-colonial-americas/renaissance-art-europe-ap/a/michelangelo-ceiling-of-the-sistine-chapel?modal=1
Week 15
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/monarchy-enlightenment/baroque-art1/beginners-guide-baroque1/a/baroque-art-in-europe-an-introduction
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-history/monarchy-enlightenment/baroque-art1/baroque-italy/a/bernini-ecstasy-of-saint-teresa
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-history/monarchy-enlightenment/baroque-art1/france/a/chteau-de-versailles
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-history/becoming-modern/intro-becoming-modern/a/orientalism
Week 16
https://smarthistory.org/a-beginners-guide-to-fauvism/
https://smarthistory.org/matisse-dance-i/
https://smarthistory.org/picassos-early-work/
https://smarthistory.org/inventing-cubism/
https://smarthistory.org/duchamp-descending/
https://smarthistory.org/picasso-guernica/
https://smarthistory.org/surrealism-intro/
https://smarthistory.org/meret-oppenheim-object-fur-covered-cup-saucer-and-spoon/
https://smarthistory.org/moholy-telephone/
https://smarthistory.org/abstract-expressionism-an-introduction/
https://smarthistory.org/sigmar-polke-bunnies/
https://smarthistory.org/conceptual-art-introduction/
https://smarthistory.org/yayoi-kusama-narcissus-garden/
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-1010/beginners-guide-20-21/a/contemporary-art-an-introduction
https://smarthistory.org/nauman-the-true-artist-helps-the-world-by-revealing-mystic-truths/
https://smarthistory.org/performance-art-an-introduction/
https://smarthistory.org/judy-chicago-the-dinner-party/
https://smarthistory.org/liu-chunhua-chairman-mao-en-route-to-anyuan/