Please consider this image for May 1st

Rather than having an image from a topic that we have already discussed in class, here is an image that has more bearing on the city of Dura Europos (although this image is not from Dura). We are looking at … Continue reading →

Dear All, Please write about this image (this is from a city that you have read about and if you cannot recall what it is, I would go through the powerpoint about urbanism from class). Please remember that all posts … Continue reading →

Each Student is responsible for weekly posting (posts should be no more than 200 words long). All posts are due by the beginning of next class (in this case, April 10th).  Please respond to other posts. I will start the … Continue reading →

This image recalls examples of the Egyptian Fayum mummy portraits (which was a possible exam image for the art history comprehensive exam) in the combination of the  classicizing painted portrait on a wooden panel used within the mummification, which is … Continue reading →