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