This is a list of keywords and vocabulary related to each week’s lecture and section. Definitions will be added as the semester progresses.

Ancient Egyptian & Greek

Pharaoh:

Pyramid:

Kouros:

Contrapposto:

Roman and Byzantine Keywords/Terms

Emperor Augustus (r. 27 B.C.E.-14 C.E.):

Roman Wall Painting Styles:

Constantine the Great (r. 306-337):

Justinian I (r. 527-565):

Ming-era China

Yongle emperor (r. 1403–1424):

Jingdezhen:

Medieval Europe

Hypostyle:

Pilgrimage:

Reliquary:

Tympanum:

Ottoman Art:

Süleyman “the Magnificent” (r. 1520-1566):

Iznik:

Renaissance:

Fresco

Linear (one-point) perspective

Aerial (atmospheric) perspective

Baroque:

Tenebrism

Louis XIV (r. 1643-1715)

Biombo

Eighteenth-Century Art in Europe and the Americas:

Fête Galante

Silver

Meissen

Casta Painting

Nineteenth-Century Art in Europe and the United States:

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)

Plein-air painting

The Modern World: ca. 1900 to the World Wars: Europe, Mexico, and the United States:

Readymade

Muralism

Great Migration