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Bison 15,000-12,000 BC 195cm Altamira Cave Paleolithic Period Unknown artist 3-D, used rock surface to help |
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Venus of Willendorf 28,000 – 25,000 BCE Paleolithic Period Limestone, Red ochre Unknown artist Belied to be a fertility Goddess |
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Stonehenge Prehistoric Britain Stonehenge evolved in several construction phases spanning at least 1,500 years. 3100 BC-1650 BC Unknown artists The circle was aligned with the midsummer sunrise, the midwinter sunset, and the most southerly rising and northerly setting of the moon. |
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Standard of Ur, 2600 B.C.E. Early Mesopotamian unknown artist Depicts war and peace |
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Victory Stele of Naram-Sin, 2230 BC Early Dynastic Period. unknown artist First work that depicted a man as synonymous to a god |
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lshtar Gate, 575 B.C.E: Neo-Babylonian by order of King Nebuchadnezzar II Made from blue-glazed brick |
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Stele of Hammurabi, 1790 B.C.E: Babylonian Dynasty unknown artist Represents set of laws |
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Lamassu, 720-705 B.C.: located in Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad), Iraq unknown artist Represents ultimate protection from evil |
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Persepolis, 500 B.C.: Iran Unknown artists Constructed on artificial terraces made of mud-brick |
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platec. 3900 BCEarly Dynastic period unknown artistThis is a plate from the Early Dynastic period of Ancient Egypt, circa 3900 BC. It depicts a man on a boat alongside a Hippo and Crocodile. The plate now resides in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
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The Great Pyramid of Giza (also known as the Pyramid of Khufu or the Pyramid of Cheops)2550 BC Old Kingdom, EgyptArchitects: Pharoah Khufu Largest pyramid ever built |
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Seated Statue of Mentuhotep II21st BCMiddle Kingdomunknown artist |
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Colossal statue of Mentuhotep IIca. 2051–2000 B.C.Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 11Unknown artistEgyptian |
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Relief of a Nobleman ca. 1295-1070B.C.E. New Kingdom Egypt Unknown artist |
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Mask of Tutankhamun’s mummy 1323 BC New Kingdom Egypt Unknown artist |
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The Parthenon 432 BCE Iktinos and Kallicrates Greek period... Considered perfect, built to house statue of Athena |
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Life size replica of Athena ParthenosOriginal was started in 447 BCEBy PhidiasLocated in the reconstructed Parthenon in Nashville, Tennessee |
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Erechtheum 405 BCE Greek – Ionic Order |
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Kroisos Kourosc. 530 BCEGreek Archaic Period Artist unknownParian marbleLocated in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens |
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Kritios Boyc. 480 BCClassical Period (Early Classical)was the first statue that we know of to use contrapposto. |
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Doryphoros440 BCEPolykleitosClassical Greek period |
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Discobolus (Discus Thrower) 450 BCE MyronGreek Classical Period. |
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Laocoön and his sons, also known as the Laocoön Group. c. 200 BC Artists: Athendoros of Rhodes, Polydorus of Rhodes, and Agesander of RhodesGreek Hellenistic Period |
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The Dying GaulRoman Marble copy (original would have been bronze) Artist is possibly Epigonus ?? Circa 220 BC |
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Temple of Fortuna Virilis c. 125 B.C.E. Unknown artist Roman Used Greek columns as decoration rather than support |
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Roman aqueduct end of 1st to early 2nd century CE (but no date is recorded in Roman sources) Unknown artist Roman Carried water from mountain streams to cities using gracity |
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The Colosseum 80 AD period: Roman Artist: Built by many people!! 6 acres, used for chariot races, battles, entertainment, etc |
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The Pantheon 125 AD Unknown artist Roman Period Hole in roof for light, drain system slopped floor |
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Portrait of a Roman, marble,life size, c. 80 B.C.E. Roman Period Unknown Artist Preferred Realism |
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The Duomo Pisa, Italy (1060 AD) Unknown Artists First large new building after a few hundred years of people being poor and angry |
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The Romanesque cathedral Vezelay (1100 AD) Unknown Artists Stone building with wood roof |
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San Vitale 547 AD Early Christian and Byzantine period Unknown Artists Dull outside with richly decorated interior |
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Theodora and Attendants, 547 AD, Early Christian and Byzantine period Unknown Artists Church decorations |
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Hagia Sophia, 537 Ad, Byzantine Justinian and math experts Trying to out do Constantine and turned to math experts instead of architects |
