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Ancient Egypt |
Khafre 4th dynasty Old kingdom |
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Ancient Egypt |
Hatshepsut Kneeling 18th Dynasty New kingdom |
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Ancient Egypt |
Akhenaten and His Family Akhenaten (Tel el-Amarna) Egypt 18th dynasty New kingdom |
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Sunken relief |
Image is sunken beneath the surrounding surface |
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Aegean |
Figure of a Woman 2600-2400 BC Cycladic |
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Aegean |
Palace complex Knossos Crete 1700-1450 BC Minoan |
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Aegean |
Palace complex Knossos Crete 1700-1450 BC Minoan Stairwell |
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Aegean |
Bull leaping fresco 1550-1450 BC Minoan |
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Aegean |
Gold funerary mask of Agamemnon 1600-1550 BC Mycenaean |
Gold funerary mask of Agamemnon 1600-1550 BC Mycenaean |
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Aegean |
Citadel Mycenae Greece 1600-1200 BC Mycenaean |
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Aegean |
Citadel Mycenae Greece 1600-1200 BC Mycenaean |
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Aegean |
Lion gate 1250 BC |
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Aegean |
Heinrich and Sophia Schliemann at the lion gate Late 19th century Mycenaean |
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Cyclades |
An island group in the Aegean Sea southeast of mainland Greece |
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Buon fresco |
Painting technique in which alkaline-resistant pigments, ground in water, are applied to wet plaster |
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Labyrus |
Because double-axe motifs were later used in architectural decor the Knossos palace was referred to in later Greek legends as a maze and became part of the Minotaur legend |
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Fresco secco |
Paints are applied to dry plaster |
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Rhyton |
Containers used for liquids poured in through one end to come out of another like a mouth for ritual libations |
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Greek |
Metropolitan kouros 600 BC Archaic |
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Greek |
Achilles and Ajax playing a game Artist: Exekias 540-530 BC Archaic |
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Greek |
Spear bearer (doryphoros) Artist: polykleitos 450-440 BC High classical |
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Greek |
Acropolis Athens Greece 447-432 BC High classical |
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Greek |
Parthenon temple of Athena Parthenos acropolis Athens Artists: kallikrates and iktinos 447-432 BC High classical |
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Greek |
Colossal statue of Athena the Athena parthenos reconstruction High classical Artist: pheidias |
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Greek |
East pediment sculptures female figures hestia (sister of Zeus goddess of hearth), Dione (one of zeuss consorts), and her daughter Aphrodite Elgin marbles High classical |
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Etruscan |
Reclining couple on sarcophagus 520 BC |
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Etruscan |
She-wolf 500-430 BC Twins from renaissance period |
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Symposium |
Drinking party |
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Romulus and Remus |
Legendary twin brothers whose story tells the events that led to the founding of the city of Rome |
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Roman |
Head of a man (Brutus) 300 BC Republican Rome |
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Greek |
The Greek classical orders High classical |
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Roman |
Patrician carrying portrait busts of two ancestors 1 cent BC- 1st cent CE Republican Rome |
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Roman |
Augustus of primaporta 20 BC Early empire |
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Roman |
Flavian amphitheatre Rome Italy 70-80 CE Early empire |
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Roman |
Roman arch and vaulting Early empire |
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Flavian amphitheatre the colosseum Rome Italy 70-80 CE |
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Roman |
Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius 176 CE High empire |
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Roman |
Head of Constantine the great basilica of maxentius and Constantine Rome Italy 325-326 CE Late empire |
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Verism |
Artistic preference of contemporary everyday subject matter instead of the heroic or legendary in area and literature a form of realism |
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Orator |
Public speaker pose |
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Greek |
Aphrodite of knidos Artist: Praxiteles 350 BC Late classical |
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Greek |
Battle of issos mosaic Alexander the Great vs Darius 3 Pompeii Italy 310 BC Hellenistic |
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Justinian |
Byzantine emperor from 527-565 CE Also called the last Roman |
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Central plan |
Economy in which the allocation or resources is determined by a comprehensive plan of production which specifies output requirements |
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Greek |
Laocoön and his sons 100 BC- 100 CE Hellenistic |
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Oligarchy |
Rich people |
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Contrapposto |
An asymmetrical arrangement of the human figure in which the line of the arms and shoulders contrasts with while balancing those of the hips and legs |
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Greek |
Lapith fighting a centaur metope Restraint tension implied x shape High classical |
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Arch |
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Buttrice |
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Barrel vault |
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Cross vault |
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Terra-cotta |
Unglazed brownish red earthenware used as ornamental building material and in modeling |
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Roman |
Pantheon Rome Italy 110-128 CE High empire |
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Latin cross plan |
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Cathedral parts |
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Spolia |
Repurposing of building stone for new construction or the reuse of decorative sculpture on new monuments; stone that has been quarried cut and used in a built structure is carried away to be used elsewhere |
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Byzantine |
Church of Hagia Sophia Istanbul turkey 532-537 CE |
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Byzantine |
Church of Hagia Sophia Istanbul turkey 532-537 CE |
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Byzantine |
Church of Hagia Sophia Istanbul turkey 532-537 CE |
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Byzantine |
Virgin and child with saints and angels icon 6th century CE |
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Early Christian |
Old St. Peter's basilica Rome Italy 320-327 CE |
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Early Christian |
Old St. Peter's basilica Rome Italy 320-327 CE |
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Early Christian |
Old St. Peter's basilica Rome Italy 320-327 CE |
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Elgin marbles |
Collection of Classical Greek marble sculptures |
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Church of San vitale |
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Manuscript |
A book or document written by hand rather than typed or printed |
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Early medieval |
Hinged clasp from the Sutton woo burial ship 7th century CE Anglo Saxon |
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Early medieval |
Chi rho iota page book of Kells 8-9th century CE Christian British isles |
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Animal interlace |
The long ribbons usually terminate in an animals head |
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Pilgrimage church |
Church to which pilgrims are regularly made or a church along a pilgrimage route |
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Gothic |
Chartres cathedral cathedral of notre dame recon 1134-1260 CE France |
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Romanesque |
Cathedral of st James Santiago de compostela spain 1078-1122 CE |
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Map of pilgrimage routes to Santiago de compostela |
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Ambulatory |
A place for walking an aisle around the apse or a cloister in a church or monastery |
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Gothic |
Chartres cathedral interior 1134-1260 CE France |
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