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Lion-Human 30,000-26,000 BCE Paleolithic |
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Woman from Willendorf 24,000 BCE Upper Paleolithic, represents fertility. emphasized attributes |
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Wall Painting with Horses, Aurochs, and Rhinoceroses 32,000-30,000 BCE Chauvet Cave, Paleolithic |
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Hall of Bulls 15,000 BCE Lascaux Caves, Paleolithic, very accentuated characteristics |
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Bird-Headed Man with Bison 15,000 BCE Lascaux Caves, Paleolithic, |
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Bison 12,000 BCE |
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Bison 13,000 BCE Paleolithic |
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Men Taunting a Deer 6,000 BCE Neolithic, Catalhoyuk, |
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Woman and Man 4,500 BCE Neolithic, marked an emergence of the human body as the core location of the human identity Portable! |
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Tomb with Engraved Stones 3000-2500 BCE Neolithic, stones inside are engraved with linear designs, passage grave |
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Stonehenge 3000-1500 BCE Most complex henge(circle of stones), eight different phases of construction, bluestones and sarsen stones, place of ritual |
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Stele of Naram Sin 2254-2218 BCE Near East, Mesopotamia, hierarchic scale, victory of Naram Sin (divinity as a ruler) |
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Carved Vessel of the Goddess Inanna 3300-3000 BCE |
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Votive Statues 2900-2600 BCE |
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Lyre with Bull's Head 2600-2500 BCE Ur, Sumeria |
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Cylinder Seal with Modern Impression 2600-2500 BCE Tomb of Queen Puabi, Ur |
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Nanna Ziggurat 2100-2050 BCE Ur, dedicated to moon god |
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Votive Statue of Gudea 2090 BCE Made of diorite (very hard stone), dedicated to Geshtinanna(interpreter of dreams), holds vessel from which life giving water flows out |
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Stele of Hammurabi 1792-1750 BCE Balylon, the laws of Hammurabi are inscribed on the stone, as well as the penalties for breaking them, (very harsh as eye for an eye) |
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Human-Headed Winged Lion (Lamassus) 883-859 BCE Assyrian, from Assurnasirpal palace, guardians figures |
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Assurnasirpal and his Queen in the Garden 647 BCE Assyrian, from Assusnasirpal complex, depicts his victory over enemy (enemy's head is hanging in the garden while there is celebration) |
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Assurnasirpal II Killing Lions, 875-860 BCE Assyrian, from Assusnasirpal complex |
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Funerary Mask of Tutankhamun 1332-1322 BCE Old Egypt Egyptian aesthetic, detail and use of very expensive material, symmetrical |
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Palette of Narmer 2950 BCE Old Kingdom Egypt, hieroglyphs and various scenes inscribed, used for mixing and grinding eye make up |
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Great Pyramids of Giza 2575-2450 BCE Old Kingdom Built for Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure, heavily sealed by a 50 ton block, has 3 misleading passageways within |
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Khafre 2520-2494 BCE Old Kingdom Protected by the falcon-god Horus, exudes calm and permanence, stiff and athletic body, crafted from unusual material that is deep blue which is the color of Horus |
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Seated Scribe 2450-2325 BCE Old Kingdom More loosened body form, shows a life free of labor |
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Menkaure and a Queen 2490-2472 BCE Old Kingdom |
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Ti Watching Hippopotamus Hunt 2450-2325 BCE Hippos were thought of evil representations of Seth, seen as conquering evil when hunting them |
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Head of Senusret III 1836-1818 BCE Middle Kingdom Dynamic and successful king that lead 4 expeditions into Nubia and extended Egyptian territory, sunken features weight of responsibilities? |
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Kneeling Figure of Hatshepsut 1473-1458 BCE New Kingdom Hatshepsut despite being female was represented as a man in royal attire, adapted to conventional forms, first to be buried within a hill |
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Nefertiti 1353-1336 BCE New Kingdom Sculpted by Tutmose, rare bust model in the New Kingdom, shows the beauty standards of Egypt that coincide with today, effective use of bright hues |
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Inner Coffin of Tutankhamun 1332-1322 BCE New Kingdom Valley of the Kings, from the tomb of Tutankhamun, crook and flail associated with Osiris the god of Death |
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Torso from Harappa 2600-1900 BCE Early Buddhism Emphasizes soft texture of organic human body unlike Egyptian sculpture, Indus civilization |
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Lion Capital 250 BCE Maurya period, fragment of Ashokan pillars erected by Emperor Ashoka, became national emblem when India gained Independence in 1947, 4 wheels called chakras |
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Great Stupa of Sanchi 150-50 BCE Early Buddhism Core contains relics, dome-shaped structure, circumambulation=ritual of veneration |
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Yakshi Bracket Figure 150-50 BCE Early Buddhism Fertility of nature, swelling curves=procreative essence, source of life |
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Bodhisattva Mural 475 CE Gupta Period From the Buddhist rock-cut temples, hallowed places in India |
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Stepped Pyramid of the Funerary Complex of Djoser 2630-2575 BCE Old Kingdom of Egypt |
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Warka Head 3300-3000 BCE Uruk, Mesopotamia |
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Colossal Figure of Akhenaten 1353-1336 BCE New Kingdom Stylized, physical distortions |
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Funerary Stele of Amenemhat 2000 BCE |
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The Great Sphinx, Funerary Complex of Khafre 2520-2494 BCE |
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Funerarytemple of Hatshepsut. ruled 1473-1458 BCE |
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ShakyamuniBuddha.From Gandhara 2nd-3rd century CE |
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YoungGirl Gathering Saffron Crocus Flowers Akrotiri, Thera Before1630 BCE Minoan wall painting, color use of muted reds and blues, light skinned woman |
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Lion Gate at the Citadelat Mycenae 1250 BCE |
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Funerary Vessel (Krater) 750-700 BCE |
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Ajaxand Achilles playing a Game. Exekias (potter and painter) 540-530 BCE Ceramic amphora |
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“Peplos"Korefrom the Acropolis, Athens 530 BCE archaic smile |
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AnavysosKourosfrom cemetery at Anavysos, nearAthens 530 BCE |
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DyingWarrior fromthe east pediment Temple of Aphaia in Aegina 500-490 or 470s BCE |
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KritiosBoy.excavatedon the Acropolis Athens 480 BCE |
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Warrior Archaic 460-450 BCE |
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Kallikratesand Iktinos. Parthenon 447-432 BCE |
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LapithFighting a Centaur. Metope relief from the Doric friezeon the south side of the Parthenon 447-432 BCE |
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Apollo 510-500BCE Mastersculptor Vulca |
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Reclining Couple on a Sarcophagus. c. 520 BCE |
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Polykleitos SpearBearer (Doryphoros) 450-440 BCE |
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Aphroditeof Knidos Praxiteles Composite of two similar Romancopies after the original Greek marble 350 BCE |
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Laocoönand his Sons Athanodoros, Hagesandros, and Polydoros of Rhodes Hellenistic Copy after an Hellenistic original 200 BCE |
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Aulus Metellus. 80BCE Hellenistic Rhetoric speech, pose is individualistic |
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Augustus of Primaporta early 1st century Hellenistic copy of bronze 20BCE clothed not armed, divine because Cupid near his leg |
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Archof Titus,Rome c.81 CE |
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Trajan’s Column 113–116 or after 117 CE The sculpture on top was added later, not a part of it Depicts the story of Trajan's victory over Dacians, over 2,500 figures |
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Pantheon, Rome 118-128CE Structure withing akropolis, is actually not symmetrical because of landform(certain columns slant inward) but made to look perfect for the onlooker Rotunda=circular room within under dome |
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Marcus Aurelius 176 CE |
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Alexander the Great Confronts Darius III at the Battle of Issos Philoxenos of Eretria, 1st century CE floor mosaic copied after a Greek painting 310 BCE |
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Nike (Victory) of Samothrace 180 BCE |
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Bull Jumping Knossos 1550-1450 BCE Coloration of genders: ocher for women and dark red for men |
