Thursday, November 19, 2015

Hosios Loukas



Who? Islamic Architect
What? Hosios Loukas
When? 11th Century
Where? Distomo, Greece
Why? Katholikon= main church, Second golden age of Byzantine art and architecture.

Hagia Sophia

Who? Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus
What? Hagia Sophia
When? 532-537 AD
Where? Constantiople, Turkey
Why?Golden age of Byzantine are and architecture, most magnificent church

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Pompey the Great

Pompey the Great
55-50 BCE
Rome, Italy
Made of marble

Priest of Serapis

Mummy Portrait of a priest of Serapis
140-160 CE
Hawara, Egypt
Encaustic art on wood using colors mixed with hot wax
Placed on the dead's mummy cases instead of masks

Apollodorus of Damascus

Apollodorus of Damascus
100-112 CE
Rome, Italy
Made of brick faced concrete
Multilevel complex of barrel-vaulted shops and admin offices

Al-Khazneh

Al-Khazneh "Treasury"
Second century CE
Petra, Jordan
Rock cut tomb facade
An example of Roman "baroque" architechture

Procession of the imperial family


Procession of the imperial family
13-9 BCE
Rome, Italy
Made of marble
Act out an event that recurred every four years