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58 Cards in this Set

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Human figure with Lion Head
Mammoth
Ivory, 11 5/8”. c. 30,000-28,000,
Paleolithic Period. Hohlenstein-Stadel
Nude Woman (Venus of Willendorf)
Limestone, 11 cm, 28,000-25,000 BCE,
Paleolithic Period
Lauseel Woman
25,000-20,000 BCE.
Paleolithic Period. Painted Limestone.
Hall of the Bulls
Lascaux, Dordonge, France. Paleolithic. Charcoal and various earth pigments. c. 15,000-13,000 BCE
Man and Bison
Lascaux, Dordonge, France.
Paleolithic. Charcoal and various earth pigments.
c. 15,000-13,000 BCE
Stonehenge
c. 2550-1600 BCE. Neolithic Period. Sarsen and bluestone. Salisbury, England.
Standard of Ur
c. 2600 BCE. Sumerian Period. Wood inlay with precious stone
Bull-lyre
c. 2600 BCE. Sumerian Period.
Gold leaf and lapis on wood.
Ziggurat
c. 2100 BCE. Sumerian Period. Mudbrick. Ur, Iraq.
Commissioned by Ur-Nammu.
White Temple
3,200-3,000 BCE. Sumerian Period. Uruk.
The Law Code Stele of Hammurabi
c. 1780 BCE
Babylonian Period. Basalt. 7’ 4” tall.
Victory Stele of
Naram-Sin
2251-2218 BCE.
Akkadian Period,
Sandstone.
Lamassu
c. 720-705 BCE. Assyrian Period.
From the Citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin
Limestone. Commissioned by Sargon II.
Ashurbanipal Hunting Lions
645-640 BCE. Assyrian Period. Gypsum. North Palace, Nineveh.
Palette of Narmer
c. 3150-3125 BCE, Late Predynastic Period, slate
Pyramids of Giza
c. 2601-2515 BCE, Old Kingdom. Sandstone. Giza, Egypt
Pyramids of Khufu, Khafre, Menkaure
Step Pyramid of Djoser
c. 2630-2611 BCE. Third Dynasty, Old Kingdom. Limestone.
Seated Khafre
c. 2520-2494 BCE. Dynasty IV. Old Kingdom. Diorite.
Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and Three Daughters
1353-1335 BCE. Egyptian, Amarna Period. Limestone
Menkaure and Wife
c. 2490-2472 BCE. Fourth Dynasty, Old Kingdom. Graywacke
Thutmose, Portrait of Nefertiti
c. 1353-1335 BCE. Eighteenth Dynasty,
Amarna Period. Painted Limestone.
Geometric Krater
c. 740 BCE.
Greek, Geometric Period.
Terracotta. 40 ½” high.
Dipylon cemetary, Athens
Exekias. Achilles and Ajax playing a
Dice game
c. 540-530 BCE. Greek.
Archaic Period. Terracotta
Black-figure amphora.
Kouros
c. 530, Greek,
Archaic Period, Marble
Polykleitos, Doryphorus (Spear-bearer)
c. 450, High Classical Greek. Marble
*Roman marble copy of Greek bronze
original
Iktinos and Kallikrates, Parthenon
447-438 BCE, High Classical. Acropolis, Athens, Greece
Phidias, Three Goddesses
c. 438-432 BCE. from the Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens Greece.
Philoxenos of Eretria. Battle of Issus (Alexander Mosaic)
c. 310 BCE. Mosaic. Greek, Late Classical Period.
Commissioned by King Kassandra of Macedon. Roman copy of Greek Original.
From House of the Faun, Pompeii, Italy.
Capitoline Wolf
c. 500 BCE. Etruscan Period. Bronze.
Head of Patrician
c. 75-50 BCE. Roman, Republican Period.
Marble.
Pompey the Great
c. 50 BCE. Roman, Republican
Period. Marble.
Augustus of Primaporta
c. 15 CE. Roman,
Imperial Period. Marble. Discovered at
the Palace of Livia, Primaporta.
Aule Metele
1st Century BCE.
Etruscan Period. Bronze.
Colosseum (Flavian
Amphitheater)
72-80 CE.
Roman, Imperial Period.
Travertine and Concrete.
Commissioned by Vespasian,
completed by Titus.
Arch of Titus
81 CE. Roman, Imperial Period.
Pentelic and Cararra Marble. Forum, Rome.
Commissioned by Domition.
Triumph of Titus from the Arch of Titus
81 CE. Roman, Imperial Period. Marble. Commissioned by Domition.
Spoils of Jerusalem from the Arch of Titus
81 CE. Roman, Imperial Period. Marble. Commissioned by Domition.
Apotheosis of Titus from the Arch of Titus
81 CE. Roman, Imperial Period. Marble. Commissioned by Domition.
Pantheon
125-128 CE. Roman, Imperial Period.
Commissioned by Emperor Hadrian. Campus
Martius, Rome. Brick and concrete.
Great Stupa
3rd century BCE-1st century CE. Indian Buddhist, Sunga Period. Rubble faced with plaster
East Torana, Great Stupa
1st century BCE-1st century CE.
Indian Buddhist, Sunga Period. Sandstone
Detail of Yakshi from the East Torana, Great Stupa
1st century BCE-1st century CE. Indian Buddhist,
Sunga Period. Sandstone
Five Rathas
c. seventh century CE. Indian Hindu, Early Medieval Period. Granite.
Shiva as Nataraja
ca. 11th century.
Indian Hindu, Chola period.
Copper alloy.
Four Tetrarchs
c. 305 CE. Roman, Late Imperial
Period. Porphyry. San Marco, Venice
Arch of Constantine
312-315 CE. Roman, Late Imperial. Forum, Rome.
Old St. Peter’s Basilica
c. 320-27 CE.
Roman, Early Christian Period. Rome,
Italy. Commissioned by Constantine
Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus
c. 359. Roman, Early Christian Period.
Marble. Commissioned by Junius Bassus. Grottoes of St. Peter, Vatican City
“Sacrifice of Isaac” from Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus
c. 359. Roman, Early Christian Period. Marble.
Commissioned by Junius Bassus.
“Christ Enthroned with Sts. Peter and Paul” from
Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus
c. 359. Roman, Early
Christian Period. Marble. Commissioned by Junius Bassus.
San Vitale
526-547 CE. Byzantine Period. Ravenna, Italy. Commissioned by Justinian I.
“Emperor Justinian & Retinue” from San Vitale
526-547 CE. Byzantine Period. Ravenna, Italy.
Commissioned by Justinian I.
“Theodora & Retinue” from San Vitale
526-547 CE. Byzantine Period. Ravenna, Italy. Commissioned
by Justinian I.
“Christ the Redeemer” from San Vitale
526-547 CE. Byzantine Period. Ravenna, Italy. Commissioned
by Justinian I.
Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus, Hagia Sophia
Hagia Sophia, 532-537 CE. Byzantine Period. Istanbul, Turkey
Commissioned by Justinian I.
Theotokos (Virgin and Child with Sts. Theodore and George)
c. 6th century CE. Byzantine. Encaustic on wood.
From Monastery of St. Catherine, Mount Sinai, Egypt.
Dome of the Rock
691 CE. Islamic, Umayyad Period. Jerusalem
Great Mosque
785-786 CE. Islamic, Umayyad Period. Córdoba, Spain.