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Main Hall or Hall of the Bulls, Lascaux cave.
Prehistoric (Paleolithic or Old Stone Age). |
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Stonehenge, England.
Prehistoric (Neolithic or New Stone Age). Post and lintel. |
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Venus of Willendorf.
Prehistoric (Paleolithic or Old Stone Age). Female fertility figurine. |
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Palette of King Narmer.
Egyptian. Palette, hieroglyphs. |
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IMHOTEP.
Step Pyramid of King Zoser, Saqqara. Egyptian. |
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Great Pyramids, Giza.
Egyptian. |
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The Great Sphinx, Giza.
Egyptian. |
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Temple of Ramsses II, Abu Simbel.
Egyptian. |
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Ziggurat, Ur.
Sumerian. |
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Stele of Hammurabi.
Babylonian. Cuneiform. |
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Dying Lioness.
Assyrian. |
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EXEKIAS.
The Suicide of Ajax. Archaic. Greek. Black-figure style. |
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MAKRON.
Paris Abducting Helen. Archaic. Greek. Red-figure style. |
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Kouros (New York Kouros).
Archaic. Greek. Closed-form sculpture, kouros. |
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Anavysos Kouros.
Archaic. Greek. Archaic smile. |
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Peplos Kore.
Archaic. Greek. Peplos, kore. |
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ICTINUS and CALLICRATES.
The Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens. Classical. Greek. Doric order, pediment. |
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The Kritios Boy.
Classical. Greek. Contrapposto. |
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POLYCLITUS.
Doryphorus (The Spear-Bearer). Classical. Greek. Idealized. |
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LYSIPPUS.
Apoxyomenos (The Scraper). Classical. Greek. Open-form sculpture. |
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Dying Gaul.
Hellenistic. Greek. Naturalistic. |
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Laocoon and His Two Sons.
Hellenistic. Greek. |
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The Flavian Amphitheater, or Colosseum, Rome.
Roman. Concrete, true arches, engaged columns. |
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The Pantheon, Rome.
Roman. Corinthian order. |
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The Pantheon (interior), Rome.
Roman. Dome, drum, oculus. |
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A Patrician Holding Portrait Heads of His Ancestors.
Roman. |
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Arch of Titus.
Roman. Triumphal arch. |
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Menorah Procession, detail from the Arch of Titus.
Roman. |
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West wall with Torah niche, Dura Europos.
Judaism. |
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Christ as the Good Shepherd.
Early Christian. Christianity. Catacomb. |
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Good Shepherd.
Early Christian. Christianity. |
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Floor plan of Old St. Peter's, Rome.
Early Christian. Christianity. Basilica-plan church, nave, aisles, apse, transept. |
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ANTHEMIUS OF TRALLES and ISIDORE OF MILETUS.
Hagia Sophia (exterior), Istanbul (formerly Constantinople). Byzantine. Christianity. |
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ANTHEMIUS OF TRALLES and ISIDORE OF MILETUS.
Hagia Sophia (interior), Istanbul (formerly Constantinople). Byzantine. Christianity. Pendentives. |
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ANTHEMIUS OF TRALLES and ISIDORE OF MILETUS.
Hagia Sophia (plan), Istanbul (formerly Constantinople). Byzantine. Christianity. Central-plan church. |
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St. Sernin (exterior), Toulouse, France.
Romanesque. Christianity. Buttresses. |
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St. Sernin (interior), Toulouse, France.
Romanesque. Christianity. Barrel vault, rounded arches. |
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Notre Dame (exterior), Paris, showing flying buttresses.
Gothic. Christianity. |
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Chartres Cathedral (interior), nave.
Gothic. Christianity. Pointed arches. |
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Great Mosque and Minaret, Samarra, Iraq.
Islam. Mosque, minaret, qibla. |
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Great Mosque and Minaret (plan), Samarra, Iraq.
Islam. Mosque, minaret, qibla. |
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Shiva Nataraja.
Hinduism. |
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Great Stupa, Sanchi, India.
Buddhism. Stupa. |
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Seated Buddha.
Buddhism. |
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ELVIS.
King of Rock 'N Roll. |