Art Through the Ages

1. Art Through the Ages Group One Lindsay Brill Kimberly Barnes Codey Beatty Tanya Buchan

2. Stonehenge

3. Stonehenge • Location: Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire England • Date: 2750-1500 B.C.E • Artist: Unknown • Period: Neolithic

4. Stonehenge • A henge is a circle of stones or posts, often surrounded by a ditch with built-up embankments. • Stones were brought from great distances during at least four major building phases. • The original purpose of Stonehenge is unknown. • Possibly was some kind of observatory. • The Aubrey holes were not dug to hold stones or posts, they were fixed reference points along a circle and they’re number was essential to astronomical calculations.

5. Ivory Casket

6. Ivory Casket • Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, N.Y. • Date: 11th Century: Hinges, flanges, and lock: Italian, 15th Century • Artist: unknown • Period: Byzantine

7. Ivory Casket • Ivory came from elephants tusks to make these caskets • The caskets depicted stories that were unique and personal to individuals. With different carvings on each side and top that depicted stories with intricate detail. • Churches used these caskets to hold relics and precious boxes. • The carvings on the top and sides were themes from mythology. • There is a mass quantity of these caskets which means that these were popular pieces of artwork.

8. Bracelets from Olbia

9. Bracelets from Olbia • Location: The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD • Date: Elements: Late 2nd Century, Setting: 1st Century BC(Greco-Roman) • Artist: Unknown • Period: Greek

10. Bracelets from Olbia • The jewelry was found by Henry Walters in 1921 located in Olbia, which is present day Parutino, Ukraine. • They were made in the Black Sea region, belonging to the famed Olbia treasure. • They display granulation, which is a method of applying tiny gold beads in a decorative pattern. They also display multiple colors and sizes of different gemstones, which became common in Greek jewelry after the conquest of the East by Alexander the greek, introducing the Greeks to Oriental style. • The Bracelets range from 5.3 x 7.9 cm in measurement

11. Discus Thrower

12. Discus Thrower • Location: National Museum, Rome • Date: 450 BCE • Artist: Myron • Period: Classical Period

13. Discus Thrower • Diskobolos or Disk Thrower is a tribute and a remembrance of the Olympic games held to honor the supreme God, Zeus. • Artists celebrated victories of the greatest athletes through sculpture. • The Greek ideals of emphasis on form, idealization and contrapposto are seen in this figure. • Most sculptures prior had been rectangular • It is unique because it captures two movements at once; which was very uncommon

14. Works Cited Stonehenge Photos by my cousin, Ashley Lovett, taken in Summer, 2009, while she was visiting Stonehenge Stokstad, Marilyn. Art History. 3rd ed. 1. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, 2008. Print. “Stonehenge.” Witcombe, Christopher, L.C.E. Sweet Briar College, Va. April 26, 2010. Internet Research. <http://witcombe.sbc.edu/stonehenge/stonehenge.html> Ivory Casket “The Glory of Byzantine Casket with Warriors and Dancers.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000. April 26, 2010. <http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Byzantium/byzim_19.html> “The Glory of Byzantine Casket with Warriors and Dancers.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000. April 26, 2010. Internet Research. <http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Byzantium/byzim_19.html>

15. Works Cited Bracelets from Olbia “Bracelets from the Olbia Treasure.” The Walters Art Museum, 2009. April 26, 2010. <http://art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=77272> “Bracelets from the Olbia Treasure.” The Walters Art Museum, 2009. April 26, 2010. Internet Research. <http://art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=77272> Discus Thrower Stokstad, Marilyn. Art History. 3rd ed. 1. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, 2008. Print. “The Diskobol Myron.” April 26, 2010. <http://www.aeria.phil.uni-erlangen.de/photo_html/ plastik/maennlich/bewegt/diskobol/diskobol.html>