Maps: The spread of Christianity (this is a Flash map that actively shows the sequence of cites that convert to Christianity), and a printable one; the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire under Justinian, historical map of the Byzantine Empire in 1265, the expansion of Islam, several relevant maps of the Mediterranean region.

The Flash map of various conquests in the Mediterranan region I showed in class is available from Maps of War: Imperial History of the Middle East. The History of Religion map is also helpful.

This Illustrated Architecture Dictionary might be helpful, although it focuses on Buffalo, New York, as a modern city. It (at least temporarily) replaces one that's disappeared.

Note: the Art Images for College Teaching (AICT) site has moved. Some images linked here may not work; if the URL of the images indicates AICT, go to the main site and do a local search.

Roman architectural innovations

Most of the information I've linked below is covered in the textbook, but some of the links offer additional images and information. Images marked by an asterisk (*) are not included in Kleiner, but you're responsible for them.

An excellent 3D model of Rome is available through the University of Caen in France. The page (Plan de Rome--the link is to the "virtual restitution") is in French, but some of the names (like the Basilica of Constantine) should be recognizable. Click through them all to see what's available. This is a long term project that continues as we speak.

Etruscan architecture: The Etruscans occupied the Italian Peninsula before the arrival of the Romans, and their pre-existing architectural forms, coupled with those of the Greeks, influenced Roman design. A model of an Etruscan Temple (from a page on Etruscan art); plan of an Etruscan temple. Here's a page from a Canadian teaching site with links to many of the images I showed in class, including a nice reconstruction model of an Etruscan temple (although the link to the sarcophagus is incorrect).

Here's a page on Roman Temple architecture with links to some examples--although it leaves out Tuscan. Remember that the Romans used Ionic and Corinthian (from the Greeks) and added Tuscan and Composite; make sure you know all five orders from both the Greeks and Romans.

*Plan of a typical Roman temple, 6th c. BCE.

*Maison Carrée, Nîmes, France 1st century BCE. (You can choose better resolution from the menu on the side.)

The Plan de Rome includes a nice reconstruction of the Temple of Portunus--including some interior views.

Diagrams: Roman Architecture: Arches and Vaults. From a very large page from Bryn Mawr University which includes hundreds of useful images from the history of architecture: World Architectural History Survey Examples. Wikipedia's list of arches and vaults provides good images and information on various structures related to the development of the arch.

Ishtar Gate, Babylon. Here is a link to the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, where it has been reconstructed. There's a short video about the different museums included in the complex, and you can see both the Pergamon Altar from last week, and the Ishtar Gate.

Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater) CE 80 (several images from Great Buildings Online, including a 3D model). Here is a model, from the Plan de Rome site (scroll down to the second image). The Sacred Destinations page has several pictures from various angles.

Arch of Titus, Roman Forum. Erected by Domitian, CE 81-82. Detail. Here's a different view from VRoma, and another showing the Composite order engaged columns.

Ara Pacis Augustae, Roman Forum. 13-9 BCE. For details, click here. For more information, see the LacusCurtius page here. You might also want to read the rather critical New York Times article on the new Ara Pacis Museum designed by modernist architect, Richard Meier. The official Ara Pacis Museum site is also helpful. The Plan de Rome reconstruction includes various views (interior and exterior): L'Autel de la paix. A video shows the "Horologium" or "clock" aspects of the altar.

Pantheon, Rome. c. CE 118-125. A new digital model is part of the Pantheon Project at the Karman Center for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Bern (Switzerland). Here's the direct link to a cutaway image. See also the Google Maps page, which has an overhead shot and some cute features.

Cutaway drawing showing spherical volume of interior; the dome interior (Wikimedia Commons)

Interior view and coffered dome; Giovanni Panini's painting, Interior of the Pantheon, c. 1734 (click on the name of the painting). Take a look at the model created by one of my students in my humanities class: closeup of the Pantheon wall (3D Models Gallery). And then, of course, there's the shot from Astronomy Picture of the Day.

This great page on the Pantheon, with multiple historical and contemporary views comes from the newly designed Vedute di Roma (Images of Rome) page. Check it out.

Sculpture, Ceramics, Mosaics

Etruscan

*Chimera of Arezzo, c. 400 BCE. The Wikipedia article contains a good image, but most of their information seems to come from the source I've linked. This image replaces the Bronze sculpture of a She-wolf (once believed to have been made c. 500 BCE with Romulus and Remus added in the 15th or 16th c. CE). It's in the Musei Capitolini (Capitoline Museum) in Rome. New dating suggests a Medieval origin, so I've replaced it with the Chimera, but have left the She-wolf image here for reference because it's so famous. For information on the new controversy, see the Discovery Channel story.

Roman

*Portrait bust of a man, 1st century BCE

See this page on Roman Portrait Sculpture from the Met, for the most of the following images.

*Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus, known as Caligula, CE 37–42

*Portrait bust of a woman, CE 200–230.

Mosaics

*Heracleitus (or Herakleitos), The Unswept Floor. 2nd c. CE. This is (possibly) a mosaic variant of a painting by a Hellenistic Greek artist (Sosos of Pergamon).

*The "Cave Canem" mosaic from the House of the Tragic Poet in Pompeii 1st century CE. A nifty modern copy has been installed in a house on the island of Capri, in the Bay of Naples off shore from where Pompeii was built.

Baths of Caracalla, Roman Forum: geometric mosaic floor (from Pbase); see also the Wikimedia Commons page on the Baths, with various views. This pavement is typical of geometric Roman mosaics. CG reconstructions of Roman sites are becoming quite popular; here's one of Caracalla's baths.

Late Empire and Early Christianity

All the images you're responsible for are in the book.

Islamic architecture and design

After the conquest of the Byzantine empire by the Ottomans, many later mosques were inspired by the Hagia Sophia model: Suleyman Mosque, Istanbul. 1550-57. Compare this with the Blue Mosque (Sultanahmet) in Istanbul (1603-17). This page on Mosques of Istanbul can help you sort them all out. Just run the slide show for views of all three of the buildings. These mosques won't be on the exam, but they exemplify the influence of the basilica (especially central-planned) on non-Christian architecture in late antiquity and the Middle Ages.