Introduction to Art History

Part I (Weeks 2–5)

Please note: You may be asked specifically about bolded works on exams.

Week 2

1. Map of Italy, c. 1400
2. Crucifix of Saint Damian, late 12th century
3. Bonaventura Berlinghieri (active c. 1235–1244), St. Francis with Scenes from his Life, 1235
4. Master of Santa Chiara, Saint Clare and Eight Scenes from her Life, c. 1281–85
5. Crucifix with St. Francis, late 13th century
6. Madonna dagli Occhi Grossi (Madonna with the Big Eyes), 1220s
7. Duccio (active c. 1278–1318), Maestà, c. 1308–11: reconstruction of front full view + detail of Madonna and Child, reconstruction of back, front panel, Betrayal of Christ, Crucifixion, Temptation of Christ, Announcement of the Death to the Virgin
8. Cimabue, Madonna Enthroned with Angels and Prophets, 1280–1290
9. Giotto (c. 1267–1337), Madonna Enthroned, c. 1310
10. Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel, c.1303–05
11. Giotto, frescoes in Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel, c.1303–05: Lamentation, Meeting at the Golden Gate, Kiss of Judas, Pact of Judas, Last Judgment

Week 3

1. Duccio + workshop, The Crucifixion with St. Nicholas and St. Gregory or St. Clement, c. 1311–18
2. Gentile da Fabriano (c. 1370–1427), Adoration of the Magi, 1423
3. Masaccio (1401–1428), Trinity, Santa Maria Novella, Florence, c. 1424–27
4. Filippo Brunelleschi (1377–1446), Christ Crucified, 1412–13
5. Gaulish Chieftain Killing Wife and Self (Ludovisi Gaul), c. 228 BCE
6. Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), Vitruvian Man, 1492
7. Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence
8. Masaccio, Adam and Eve Expelled from Paradise, Brancacci Chapel, c. 1425
9. Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), Adam and Eve Expelled from Paradise, after Masaccio, drawing, early 16^th C
10. Nanni di Banco (c. 1380–1421), Four Crowned Saints, c. 1416
11. Portrait Bust of Caracalla, Emperor of Rome, 188–217 CE
12. Map of the Duchy of Burgundy, c. 1477
13. Jan van Eyck (c. 1390–1441), Madonna in a Church, 1426–28
14. Bruges Master of 1499, Diptych of Christiaan de Hondt, 1499
15. Jan Gossaert (c. 1478–1532), Diptych of Virgin and Child with Antonio Siciliano and St. Anthony, c. 1513
16. Hubert van Eyck (d. 1426) and Jan van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece, completed 1432
17. Rogier van der Weyden (c. 1400–1464), Descent from the Cross, c. 1435
18. Robert Campin and assistants (c. 1378–1444), Annunciation Triptych (Mérode Triptych), c. 1427–32
19. Jan van Eyck, Arnolfini and his Wife, 1434
20. Jan van Eyck, Man in a Red Turban, 1433

Week 4

1. Petrus Christus (c. 1410–1472), Portrait of a Carthusian, 1446
2. Rogier van der Weyden (c. 1400–1464), Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin, 1435–40
3. Jan van Eyck (c. 1390–1441), Cardinal Niccolo Albergati + preparatory drawing, 1431–32
4. Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528), Pillows, 1493
5. Dürer, The Large Turf, 1503
6. Dürer, Portrait of Katharina, 1521
7. Dürer, Head of an African, 1508
8. Pisanello (c. 1395–1455), Luxuria, c. 1426
9. Petrus Christus, Portrait of Female Donor and Portrait of a Male Donor, c. 1455
10. Anonymous German, Saint Dorothy and the Christ Child, woodcut, 1410–20
11. Dürer, Holy Family, woodblock and woodcut, c. 1496
12. Martin Schongauer (c.1430–1491), Saint Anthony Tormented by Demons, engraving, c. 1480–90
13. Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564), The Torment of Saint Anthony, c. 1470–75
14. Dürer, Adam and Eve, engraving + detail and proof state, 1504
15. Martin Schongauer, Elephant, engraving, c. 1485
16. Dürer, Rhinoceros, woodcut, 1515
17. Marco Dente (d. 1527), Laocoon, engraving, 1506
18. German, 16^th century, The People of the Islands Recently Discovered c. 1505, woodcut
19. Columbus’s First Voyage to the New World (1492), woodcut, 1493
20. Hans Memling (c. 1430–1494), Tommaso Portinari, c. 1470 and Maria Portinari, c. 1470
21. Domenico Ghirlandaio (1449–1494), An Old Man and his Grandson + preparatory drawing, c. 1480
22. Hugo van der Goes (c. 1440–1482), Portinari Altarpiece, 1476
23. Domenico Ghirlandaio, Nativity and Adoration of the Shepherds, 1485
24. Gentile da Fabriano (c. 1370–1427), Adoration of the Magi, 1423
25. Brass dish, incised and inlaid with silver and gold, Egypt, c. 1341–63
26. Brass basin, incised and inlaid with silver, Egypt or Syria, late 13^th–early 14^th century
27. Masaccio (1401-1428), Virgin and Child, 1426
28. Workshop of Giovanni Bellini (c. 1430–1516), The Circumcision, c. 1500
29. Gentile Bellini (1429–1507), Portrait of Mehmed II, 1480
30. Giovanni Bellini (c. 1430–1516), Doge Leonardo Loredan, 1503–4
31. Ottoman court painter, Ahmed Siblizade?, 15th century, Mehmet II Smelling a Rose, c. 1480
32. Gentile Bellini, Seated Scribe, 1479–81
33. Ottoman court painter, Sinan Beg?, 15th century, Seated Painter, c. 1479–81
34. Vittore Carpaccio (c. 1465–1525), Sermon of Saint Stephen, c. 1514
35. Carpaccio, Stoning of Saint Stephen, 1520
36. Veronese (Paolo Caliari, 1528–88), Allegory of the Battle of Lepanto, c. 1571–72
37. Andrea Palladio (1508–80), Il Redentore, Venice, 1577–92
38. Sinan (1495–1588), Selimiye Mosque, Edirne, 1568–74
39. Melchoir Lorck (1526/27–after 1588), Sülemaniye Mosque, woodcut, 1570
40. Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564), David, 1501–4
41. Donatello (c. 1386–1466), David (marble), c. 1409
42. Donatello, David (bronze), c. 1450
43. Dioskourides, Apollo, Olympos and Marsyas, engraved gem, 1^st century CE
44. Donatello, Judith and Holofernes, c. 1457-1460
45. Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), Star-of-Bethlehem, drawing, c. 1506–8
46. Leonardo da Vinci, Cats and a Dragon, drawing, c. 1513–1515
47. Leonardo da Vinci, Armored Car and Scything Wagon, drawing, c. 1497
48. Leonardo da Vinci, Project for a Bridge over the Golden Horn, 1502
49. Leonardo da Vinci, Fetus in the Womb with Studies of Dynamics and Optics, drawing, c. 1512
50. Leonardo da Vinci, Deluge, c. 1514
51. Leonardo da Vinci, Last Supper, Santa Maria della Grazie, Milan, c. 1495–98

Week 5

1. Leonardo, Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, c. 1508–12
2. Views of the Sistine Chapel + ceiling (1508–1512), Vatican City, Rome
3. Michelangelo, caricature of himself at work on the Sistine Ceiling
4. Michelangelo, ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Vatican City, Rome, 1508–12: Creation of the Sun and Moon, Creation of Adam, Temptation and Expulsion from the Garden of Eden, Libyan Sibyl + preparatory drawing
5. Laocoon, 40–20 BCE (possibly early 1^st century CE)
6. Raphael (1483–1520), Madonna in the Meadow, 1505–6
7. Hans Memling (c. 1430–1494), Portrait of a Man with a Coin of Emperor Nero (Bernardo Bembo), c. 1473–4
8. Raphael, Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican Palace, Rome, 1509–11: general view, School of Athens
9. After Michelangelo, Leda and the Swan, after 1530
10. Anonymous Renaissance drawing after ancient sarcophagus
11. (attributed to) Giuliano Bugiardini (1475–1554), Portrait of a Woman (The Nun), c. 1516 + cover
12. Antonio del Pollaiuolo (1431/32–1498), Portrait of a Woman, c. 1475
13. Leonardo da Vinci, Ginevra de’ Benci, c.1475 + reverse + reconstruction
14. Petrus Christus (c. 1410–1472), Portrait of a Young Woman, c. 1460–70
15. Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, c. 1503–5
16. Raphael, Lady with the Unicorn, c. 1505–06
17. Raphael, Portrait of Maddalena Doni, c. 1506
18. Memling, Portrait of Benedetto Portinari, 1487
19. Titian (c. 1490–1576), Flora, c. 1516–18
20. Sandro Botticelli (1444/5–1510), Calumny of Apelles, 1490s
21. Botticelli, The Birth of Venus, c. 1485
22. Venus Pudica (Modest Venus), c. 480–c. 323 BCE
23. Titian, Pastoral Symphony, c. 1508
24. Giorgione, Sleeping Venus, c. 1510
25. Paolo di Stefano Badaloni, called Paolo Schiavo (1397–1478), Inner lid from a Cassone with Venus Reclining on Pillows, 1440–45
26. Titian, Venus of Urbino, 1538
27. Titian, Danae, 1544–45
28. Titian, Danae, 1549–50
29. Titian, Venus and Adonis, 1553–54
30. Parmigianino (1503–1540), Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror, 1524 + side view
31. Parmigianino, Madonna with the Long Neck, c. 1535
32. Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528), Adam and Eve, engraving, 1504
33. Leochares, Apollo Belvedere, c. 130–140 CE, Roman copy of a Greek original of c. 330 BCE
34. Dürer, Self-Portrait, 1498
35. Dürer, Self-Portrait, 1500
36. After Jan Van Eyck, Holy Face, 1440
37. Hans Memling, Christ Blessing, 1481 
38. Sofonisba Anguissola (1527–1625), Self-Portrait, c. 1556
39. Caterina van Hemessen (1528–1587), Self-Portrait, 1548
40. van Hemessen, Portrait of a Lady, c. 1551
41. Anguissola, Self-Portrait Painting the Madonna, 1556
42. Anguissola, Self-Portrait at the Spinet, c. 1555–56
43. Anguissola, Game of Chess with Portraits of the Painter’s Three Sisters and a Servant, 1555
44. Anguissola, Elizabeth of Valois, c. 1565
45. Anguissola, Philip II, c. 1568