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231 Cards in this Set

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Wounded Bison
Ca. 15,000-10,000 BCE
Altamira, Spain
Image?
Lions and Bison
Ca. 30,000-28,000 BCE
End Chamber, Chauvet Cave
Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, Ardeche Gorge, France
Image?
Bear
Ca. 30,000-28,000 BCE
Chauvet Cave
Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, Ardeche Gorge, France
Image?
Long-Eared Owl
Ca. 30,000-28,000 BCE
Chauvet Cave
Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, Ardeche Gorge, France
Image
Chinese Horse
Ca. 15,000-13,000 BCE
Lascaux Cave
Dordogne, France
Image?
Rhinocerous, Wounded Man, and Bison
Ca. 15,000-13,000 BCE
Lascaux Cave
Dordogne, France
Image?
Spotted Horses and Human Hands
Horses Ca. 16,000 BCE; Hands Ca. 15,000 BCE
Pech-Merle Cave
Dordogne, France
Image?
Overlapping animal engravings
Ca. 40,000-10,000 BCE
Le Trois Freres, France
Rubbing done by Abbe Breuil
Image?
Hall of the Bulls
Ca. 15,000-10,000 BCE
Lascaux Cave
Dordogne, France
Image?
Lowenmensch (Lion-man)
Ca. 40,000-28,000 BCE
Mammoth ivory
Holhenstein-Stadel, Germany
Image?
Horse statue
Ca. 28,000 BCE
Mammoth ivory
Vogelherd Cave
Germany
Image?
Spear thrower with interlocking ibexes
Ca. 16,000 BCE
Reindeer antler
Grotte d' Enlene
Ariege, France
Image?
Two Bison
Ca. 13,000 BCE
Clay
Le Tuc d' Audoubert Cave
Ariege, France
Image?
Dame a la Capuche/Woman from Brassempouy
Ca. 22,000 BCE
Ivory
Grotte du Pape
Brassempouy, France
Image?
Woman/Venus of Willendorf
Ca. 28,000 BCE
Limestone
Image?
Neolithic plastered skull
Ca. 7000 BCE
Jericho, Jordan
Image?
Early Neolithic wall and tower
Ca. 7500 BCE
Jericho, Jordan
Image?
Human figurines
Ca. 6750 BCE
Ain Ghazal, Jordan
Image?
Animal Hunt
Ca. 6000 BCE
Restoration of Main Room
Catal Huyuk, Turkey
Image?
Female and Male figures
Ca. 3500 BCE
Ceramic
Cernavoda, Romania
View of town and volcano
Wall painting
Ca. 6000 BCE
Catal Huyuk, Turkey
Menhir alignments at Menec
Ca. 4250 BCE
Carnac, France
Image?
Stonehenge
Ca. 2100 BCE
Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England
Image?
Babylonian deed of sale
Ca. 1750 BCE
Sumer region, Iraq
Image?
Remains of the White Temple on its ziggurat
Ca. 3500 BCE
Uruk, Iraq
Image?
Female Head
Ca. 3200 BCE
Uruk, Iraq
Image?
Statues from the Abu Temple
Ca. 2700 BCE
Limestone, alabaster, and gypsum
Tell Asmar, Iraq
Image?
Goat in a Thicket/Ram and Tree
Ca. 2600 BCE
Wood, gold, lapus lazuli
Muqaiyir, Iraq
Image?
Royal Standard of Ur
Ca. 2600 BCE
Wood inlaid with shell, limestone, and lapus lazuli
Royal Cemetery of Ur
Image?
Bull Lyre from tomb of Queen Pu-Abi
Ca. 2600 BCE
Wood with gold, lapus lazuli, bitumen, and shell
Muqaiyir, Iraq
Image?
Inlay panel from the soundbox of lyre
Ca. 2600 BCE
Shell and bitumen
Muqaiyir, Iraq
Image?
Priest King Feeding Sacred Sheep
Cylinder seal
Ca. 3300 BCE
Marble
Uruk, Iraq
Head of an Akkadian ruler
Ca. 2250 BCE
Bronze
Nineveh, Iraq
Image?
Stele of Naram-Sin
2254 BCE
Sippar, Akkadia
Image?
Great Ziggurat of King Urnammu
Ca. 2100 BCE
Muqaiyir, Iraq
Image?
Head of Gudea
Ca. 2100 BCE
Diorite
Lagash, Iraq
Image?
Seated statue of Gudea holding temple plan
Ca. 2100 BCE
Diorite
Girsu, Iraq
Image?
Upper part of stele of Law Code of Hammurabi
Ca. 1760 BCE
Diorite
Babylon, Iraq
Image?
Reconstruction drawing of citadel of Sargon II
Ca. 721 BCE
Dur Sharrukin, Iraq
Image?
Gate of the Citadel of Sargon II
742 BCE
Dur Sharrukin, Iraq
Image?
Fugitives Crossing the River
Ca. 883 BCE
Alabaster relief
Palace of Ashurnasirpal, Nimrud, Iraq
Image?
Lion Hunt relief
Ca. 645 BCE
From reign of Ashurnasirpal
Image?
Ishtar Gate
Ca. 575 BCE
Glazed brick
Babylon, Iraq
Image?
The Lion Gate
Ca. 1400 BCE
Bogazkoy, Anatolia
Image?
Ivory plaque depicting a winged sphinx
Phoenecian
Ca. 8th century BCE
Fort Shalmaneser, Nimrud, Iraq
Image?
Painted beaker
Ca. 5000 BCE
Susa
Image?
Rhyton
Achaemenid
5th-3rd centuries BCE
Gold
Tehran, Iran
Image?
Bull capital
Ca. 500 BCE
Persopolis, Iran
Image?
Audience Hall of Darius and Xerxes
Ca. 500 BCE
Persopolis, Iran
Image?
Darius and Xerxes Giving Audience
Ca. 490 BCE
Limestone
Tehran, Iran
Image?
Shapur I Triumphing over the Roman Emperors Philip the Arab and Valerian
260 AD
Naksh-I-Rustam, Iraq
Image?
Palace of Shapur I
242 AD
Cresiphon, Iraq
Image?
King Peroz I Hunting Gazelles
457 AD
Silver gilt, engraved, embossed, and inlaid with niello
Ancient Iran
Image
The Palette of Narmer
Ca. 3150 BCE
Slate
Hierakonpolis
Image?
Imhotep Step Pyramid and Funerary complex of King Djoser
Ca. 2681 BC
3rd Dynasty
Saqqara
Image?
Papyrus-shaped half-columns
North Palace
Funerary Complex of King Djoser
Saqqara
Image?
The Pyramids of:
1) Menkaure (Ca. 2533-2515 BCE)
2) Khafra (Ca. 2570-2544 BCE)
3) Khufu (Ca. 2601-2528 BCE)
Giza
Image?
The Great Sphinx
Ca. 2750 BCE
Sandstone
Giza
Image?
Sculpture of Khafra
Ca. 2500 BCE
Diorite
Giza
Image?
Sculpture of Menkaure and his wife, Queen Khamerernebty II
Ca. 2515 BCE
Slate
Giza
Image?
Sculpture of Prince Rahotep and his wife, Nofret
Ca. 2580 BCE
Painted limestone
Meidum
Image?
Relief Panel of Hesy-ra
Ca. 2660 BCE
Wood
Saqqara
Image?
Sculpture of Seated Scribe
Ca. 2400 BCE
Limestone
Saqqara
Image?
Sculpture of Kha-Aper
Ca. 2450 BCE
Wood
Saqqara
Image?
Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt
Ca. 2510 BCE
Painted limestone relief
Tomb of Ti, Saqqara
Image?
Sculpture of Senworset III
Ca. 1850 BCE
Quartzite
Middle Kingdom, Ancient Egypt
Image?
Sculpture of Lady Sennuwy
Ca. 1920 BCE
Granite
Kerma, Upper Nubia
Image?
Rock-Cut Tombs
11th and 12th Dynasties
Ca. 1950 BC
Beni-Hasan
Image?
Feeding the Oryxes
Ca. 1928 BCE
Tomb of Khnum-hotep
Beni Hasan
Image?
Female Figure from Thebes
Faience
12th-13th Dynasties
Temple of Hatshepsut
Ca. 1478 BCE
Deir-el-Bahri
Image?
Kneeling figure of Hatshepsut
Ca. 1473 BCE
Red Granite
Deir-el-Bahri
Image?
Hypostyle Hall of Amun-Ra
Ca. 1290 BCE
Karnak, Thebes
Image?
Seti I's Campaigns
Ca. 1280 BCE
Sandstone
Sunken relief
Temple of Amun at Karnak, Thebes
Image?
Temple of Ramses II
19th Dyn.
Ca. 1279 BCE
Abu Simbel
Image?
Sculpture of Senenmut with Nefrua
Ca. 1470 BCE
Granite
Thebes
Image?
Musicians and Dancers
1350 BCE
Tomb of Nebamun
Thebes
Image?
Mai and his wife Urel
Ca. 1375 BCE
Limestone relief
Tomb of Ramose, Thebes
Image?
Sculpture of Akhenaten
1353 BCE
Karnak, Thebes
Image?
Akhenaten and his family
Ca. 1355 BCE
Limestone
Image?
Sculpture of Queen Tiy
Ca. 1352 BCE
Yew, ebony, glass, silver, gold, lapus lazuli, cloth, clay, and wax
Kom Medinet el Ghurab
Image?
Sculpture of Queen Nefertiti
Ca. 1348
Limestone
Amarna
Image?
Cover of the coffin of Tutenkhamen
18th Dyn.
Gold
Image?
The Weighing of the Heart and Judgement by Osiris
1285 BCE
Painted papyrus
Image?
"Frying Pan"
Early Cycladic II
Ca. 2500 BCE
Terra cotta
Chalandriani, Syros
Image?
"Cycladic idols"
Ca. 2500 BCE
Marble
Image?
Harpist
2200 BCE
Marble
Amorgos, Cyclades
Image?
Grandstand Fresco
Ca. 1500 BCE
Knossos, Crete
Image?
The Queen's Megaron
Ca. 1700 BCE
Knossos, Crete
Image?
Spring Fresco
Ca. 1600 BCE
Akrotiri, Thera
Image?
Flotilla Fresco
Ca. 1600 BCE
Akrotiri, Thera
Image?
Beaked jug (Kamares ware)
Ca. 1800 BCE
Phaistos
Image?
Octopus Vase
Stirrup jar
Ca. 1500 BCE
Palaikastro, Crete
Image?
Harvester Vase
Ca. 1500 BCE
Steatite
Hagia Triada
Image?
Rhyton in the shape of a bull's head
Ca. 1500 BCE
Serpentine, steatite, crystal, shell inlay
Knossos
Image?
Snake Goddess
Ca. 1650 BCE
Faience
Knossos
Image?
The Toreador Fresco
Ca. 1550 BCE
Knossos
Image?
Corbeled casemate
Ca. 1400 BCE
Tiryns, Greece
Image?
Lion Gate
Ca. 1250 BCE
Mycenae, Greece
Image?
Treasury of Atreus
Ca. 1300 BCE
Mycenae, Greece
Image?
Mask of Agamemnon
Ca. 1600 BCE
Gold
Grave Circle A
Mycenae, Greece
Image?
Inlaid dagger blade
Ca. 1600 BCE
Grave Circle A
Mycenae, Greece
Image?
Vaphio cups
Ca. 1500 BCE
Gold
Sparta
Image?
Three Deities
14th-13th century BCE
Ivory
Mycenae, Greece
Image?
Dipylon Vase
Ca. 750 BCE
by the Dipylon Master
Athens
Image?
Man and Centaur
Ca. 750 BCE
Bronze
Olympia
Image?
The Ajax Painter
Aryballos (perfume jar)
690 BCE
Ceramic
Image?
Geometric tripod cauldron
8th century
Bronze
Olympia
Image?
Griffin head protome from bronze tripod cauldron
Ca. 650 BCE
Cast bronze
Kameiros,Rhodes
Image?
Kore (Maiden)
Ca. 630 BCE
Limestone
Crete
Similar to Egyptian sculpture in proportion and technique, but can stand on its own and is more stylized in facial features
-women clothed but men not
Image?
Kouros (Youth)
Ca. 600 BCE
Marble
Image?
Kouros from Anavysos
540 BC
Marble
shows Archaic smile
-more naturalistic than earlier Kouros
Image?
Peplos Kore
530 BC
Marble
Athens
Image?
Kore
520 BC
Marble
Chios
Shows variety of different types of kouros, kore
Image?
West pediment of Temple of Artemis
600 BC
Limestone
Corfu
high relief, bodies so strongly undercut that they appear detached from the architectural background
-shows two moments from a single story==>synoptic narrative
Battle of the Gods and Giants
from Treasury of the Siphnians
530 BC
Marble
Delphi
Ionic order sculpture, fills freize from top to bottom, figures in a variety of poses, more naturalistic motion
Image?
Dying Warrior from the west pediment of the Temple of Aphaia
500 BC
Marble
Image?
Dying Warrior from the east pediment of the Temple of Aphaia
480 BC
Marble
Shows more naturalistic treatment of subject than dying soldier from west pediment
Image?
Achilles and Ajax playing dice
by Exekias
540 BC
Black-figure amphora
Image?
Dancing Revelers
by Euthymides
510 BC
Red-figure amphora
Image?
Eos and Memnon
by the Douris painter
490 BC
Interior of an Attic red-figured kylis
Image?
Kritios boy
480 BC
Marble
Classical age sculpture, shows contrapposto, marked new treatment of flesh and muscle in sculpture, and exploration of movement
-no Archaic smile
Image?
Charioteer
450 BC
Marble
Motya, Sicily
Image?
Zeus or Poseidon
460 BC
Bronze
Athens
Made in indirect lost-wax process
Image?
Diskobolos
by Myron
450 BC
Roman marble copy of bronze original
Image?
Doryphoros
by Polykleitos
450 BC
Marble
Roman copy of Greek original
Image?
Riace warrior A
450 BC
Bronze
Riace, Italy
Image?
Battle of the Centaurs and Lapiths
-from west pediment of Temple of Zeus at Olympia
460 BC
Marble
-shows a variety of different poses
-uses mythology as an analogy for real events
Image?
Atlas bringing Herakles the Apples of Hesperides
460 BC
Marble
Olympia
typical of Classical period in that faces are thoughful, doughy in shape
-explores pictorial and dramatic possibilities
Image?
Akropolis
Propylaea=437 BC
Temple of Athena Nike=427 BC
-site of religious and historical significance
Image?
Parthenon
by Iktinos and Kallikrates
447-432 BC
Akropolis, Athens
-example of Doric architecture, but Ionic elements also present
-dominant temple on the Akropolis
-sophisticated for the Classical period--parts fully integrated, sculpture and architecture blend together
Image?
Athena Parthenos
by Pheidas
438 BC
the Parthenon, Athens
Image?
Dionysos
East pediment of the Parthenon
438 BC
Marble
Athens
Image?
Three Goddesses
East Pediment of the Parthenon
438 BC
Athens
-shows wet drapery style
Image?
Lapith and Centaur
Metope from south side of Parthenon
440 BC
Marble
Athens
Image?
Horsemen
west frieze of Parthenon
440 BC
Marble
Athens
Image?
Nike
from the Temple of Athena Nike
410 BC
Marble
Athens
-example of Pheidian style
-idealized face and proportions
-elevated above world of mortals
-calm yet aloof expression
-wet drapery style garments
Image?
Grave Stele of Hegeso
410 BC
Marble
Athens
Pheidian style, domestic scene
Image?
Temple of Athena Nike
421 BC
Akropolis, Athens
Image?
The Erechtheion
421 BC
the Akropolis, Athens
Image?
Akropolis buildings
Parthenon and Propylea=Doric
Temple of Athena Nike and Erechtheion=Ionic
Changes in architecture during the Late Classical period in Greek art
-late 4th and 5th centuries BC
-shift away from temples to other building types in grand form e.g. theaters, tombs
-development of the Corinthian capital (late 5th cent. BC)
Ex)
-Theatre at Epidauros (3rd-2nd cent. BC)
-Mausoleum at Halikarnassos (359 BC)
Head of Herakles or Telephos
340 BC
Marble
Tegea
Image?
Aphrodite of Knidos
by Praxiteles
340 BC
Marble
Roman Copy of Greek original
Image?
Hermes
by Praxiteles
320 BC
Marble
Roman copy of Greek original
Olympia
Image?
Apoxyomenos
by Lysippos
330 BC
Marble copy of bronze original
Image?
Red-figured calyx krater
by the Niobid painter
460 BC
Orvieto
Image?
White-ground lekthyos
by the Reed painter
425 BC
Image?
Apoxyomenos
by Lysippos
330 BC
Marble copy of bronze original
Image?
the Azara herm
by Lysippos
late 4th century BC
Marble
Roman copy of Greek original
-shows shift from generic to individualistic features in Hellenistic period
-example of portraiture
-passionate gaze=example of heightened drama, viewer involvement
Image?
Portrait head
80 BC
Bronze
Delos
-one of the few remaining original Greek portrait heads
Image
Dying trumpeter
by Epigonos of Pergamon
230 BC
Roman copy of bronze original
Pergamon, Turkey
-very emotional statue
-glorifies Gallic enemy in order to glorify, in turn, the victory over him
-shows influence of other cultures on Greek world
Image?
Athena and Alkyoneus
on the Great Frieze of the Great Altar of Zues
166 BC
Marble
Pergamon, Turkey
-shows emotional,dramatic style of sculpture in the Hellenistic period
-uses mythology as allegory for real life (in this case the exploits of Eumenes)
Image?
Nike of Samothrace
by Pythokritos of Rhodes
190 BC
Marble
Image?
Aphrodite, Pan, and Eros
100 BC
Marble
-example of rococo style=lighthearted, fairly erotic
Image?
Drunken Old Woman
3rd cent or late 2nd cent BC
Marble
Roman copy of Greek original
Image?
Apollo Belvedere
late 4th century BC
Marble
Roman copy of Greek original
Image?
The Abduction of Persephone
340 BC
Detail of a wall painting in a tomb in Macedonia
-dramatic, shows shading and spatial perspective
Image?
The Battle of Issos
100 BC
Mosaic copy from Pompeii of a Hellenistic painting
-follows four-color scheme of Greek painting (red, yellow, black, and white)
Image?
Periods in Greek art
Geometric
Orientalizing
Archaic
Classical
Late Classical
Hellenistic
Fibula
670 BC
Gold
Regolini-Galassi Tomb
Cerveteri
Image?
Tomb of the Reliefs
3rd cent. BC
Cerveteri, Italy
Image?
Tomb of Hunting and Fishing
520 BC
Tarquina, Italy
Image?
Tomb of the Reliefs
3rd cent. BC
Cerveteri, Italy
Image?
Tomb of the Triclinium
470 BC
Tarquinia, Italy
Image?
Tomb of Orcus
350 BC
Tarquinia, Italy
Image?
Human-headed cinerary urn
675 BC
Terra cotta
Chiusi, Italy
Image?
Sarcophagus
520 BC
Terra cotta
Cerveteri
Image?
Youth and Female Demon
Cinerary urn
Early 4th cent BC
Stone
Sarcophagus of Larth Tetnies and Thanchvil Tarnai
350 BC
Marble
Porta Marzia
2nd cent. BC
Perugia, Italy
Image?
Apollo from Veii
510 BC
Terra Cotta
Image?
She-Wolf
500 BC
Bronze
Rome
Image?
Portrait of a boy
Early 3rd cent. BC
Bronze
Florence
Image?
L'Arringatore
Early 1st cent. BC
Bronze
Lake Trasimene
Image?
Engraved back of mirror
400 BC
Bronze
Image?
Laocoon Group
1st century AD
Marble
Image?
Theater Complex of Pompey
55 BC
Rome
Image?
Statue base of Marcus Antonius
1st cent. BC
Marble
Image?
Brutus
4th-3rd cent. BC
Bronze
Image?
Pompey
50 BC
Licinian Tomb, Rome
Image?
Image?
Esquiline Tomb painting
4th-3rd cent. BC
Image?
Augustus of Primaporta
20 AD
Marble
Image?
Portrait of Livia
14 AD
Marble
the Fayum
Portrait of Vespasian
75 AD
Marble
Image?
Portrait of Hadrian
117 AD
Marble
Image?
Portrait of Domitia Longina
Late 1st cent. AD
Marble
Image?
Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius
180 AD
Bronze
Image?
Portrait of Faustina the Younger
148 AD
Marble
Image?
Ara Pacis Augustae
13 BC
Marble
Image?
Imperial Procession, Ara Pacis Augustae
13 BC
Marble
Image?
Arch of Titus
81 AD
Marble
Rome
Image?
Arch of Titus, procession of spoils from temple in Jerusalem
81 AD
Marble
Rome
Image?
Column of Trajan
113 AD
Marble
Rome
Image?
Apotheosis relief, base of column of Antoninus Pius and Faustina
161 AD
Marble
Rome
Image?
Decursio relief, base of column of Antoninus Pius and Faustina
161 AD
Marble
Rome
Image?
Funerary relief of a butcher and a woman
2nd century AD
Marble
Dresden
Image?
Colosseum
80 AD
Rome
Image
Colosseum
80 AD
Rome
Image
Image?
Pantheon
125 AD
Rome
Funerary relief of Tibnan
150 AD
Painted limestone
Syria
Image?
Portrait of a Woman
110 AD
Encaustic on wooden panel
Hawara in the Fayum, Lower Egypt
Image?
Portrait group of the Tetrarchs
305 AD
Porphyry
Image?
Portrait of Constantine the Great
4th cent. AD
Marble
Image?
Meleager Sarcophagus
180 AD
Marble
Rome
Image?
Arch of Constantine
312 AD
Rome
Image?
Painted ceiling
4th century
Catacomb of Santissimi Pietro e Marcellino
Rome
Image?
Sarcophagus
270 AD
Marble
Santa Maria Antiqua, Rome
Image?
Mausoleum of Galla Placidia
450 AD
Ravenna
Image?
Interior, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia
450 AD
Ravenna
Image?
Good Shepherd
Mosaic
450 AD
Mausoleum of Galla Placidia
Ravenna
Image?
Orthodox Baptistery
400 AD
Ravenna
Image?
Dome Mosaics
Orthodox Baptistery
458 AD
Ravenna
Image?
Interior, Santa Maria Maggiore
440 AD
Rome
Image?
Triumphal arch
Mosaic
440 AD
Santa Maria Maggiore
Rome
Image?
The Parting of Lot and Abraham
440 AD
Mosaic
Santa Maria Maggiore
Rome
Image?
Scenes from the Book of Kings, Quedlinburg Itala
450 AD
Tempera on vellum
Berlin
Image?
Miniature from the Vatican Vergil
Early 5th century
Tempera on vellum
Rome
Image?
Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus
359 AD
Marble
Rome
Image?
San Vitale, interior
526 AD
Ravenna
Image?
Emperor Justinian and his attendants
547 AD
Mosaic
San Vitale, Ravenna
Image?
Empress Theodora and her attendants
547 AD
Mosaic
San Vitale, Ravenna
Image?
Exterior, Hagia Sophia
532 AD
Istanbul
Image?
Interior, Hagia Sophia
532 AD
Istanbul
Image?
Christ Enthroned
from the Godescalc Gospels
781 AD
Tempera on vellum
Paris
Image?
Saint Matthew
from the Gospel Book of Charlemagne
800 AD
Ink and colors on vellum
Vienna
Portrait of Menander
70 AD
Wall painting
Pompeii
Image?
Saint Matthew
from the Gospel Book of Archbishop Ebbo of Reims
816 AD
Ink and colors on vellum
Epernay
Image?
Illustrations to Psalms 43 and 44
from the Utrecht Psalter
820 AD
Ink on vellum
Utrecht, the Netherlands
Image?
Illustrations to Psalms 43 and 44
from the Utrecht Psalter
820 AD
Ink on vellum
Utrecht, the Netherlands
Image?
Front cover of the Lindau Gospels
870 AD
Gold and Jewels
New York
Image?