Art History Images And Descriptions - Roman Through Romanesque

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Tomb of the Leopards, c. 480-470 BCE, Tarquinia, Italy [Etruscan]

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Sarcophagus from Cerveteri, c. 520 BCE, terra-cotta, Museo Nazionale di Villa Giulia, Rome

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Apollo from Veii, c.510 BCE, terra-cotta, Museo Nazionale di Villa Giulia, Rome [Etruscan]

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Capitoline Wolf, c. 500 BCE, bronze, Capitoline Museum, Rome [Etruscan]

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House of the Vettii, second century BCE-first century CE, Pompeii, Italy [Roman Art]

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Maison Carree, c. 1 CE, Nimes, France

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Pont du Gard, c. 16 BCE, Nimes, France

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The Colosseum, 72-80 CE, Rome

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Market of Trajan, 100-112 CE, Rome

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Pantheon, 118-125 CE, Rome

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Hadrian's Villa, 125-128 CE, Tivoli, Italy

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Arch of Constantine, 312-315 CE, Rome

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Aula Palatina, early fourth century CE, Trier, Germany

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Pantheon interior

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Dionysian Mystery Frieze, c. 60-50 BCE, fresco, Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii

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Still Life with Peaches, c. 50 CE, fresco from Herculaneum, National Archaeological Museum, Naples

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Detail of Ixion Room, c. 70 CE, fresco, Pompeii

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Man of the Roman Republic, c. 50 BCE, terra-cotta, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [Sculpture of the Roman Republic, veristic]

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Veristic Male Portrait, c. 1st century BCE, marble, Vatican Museum

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Augustus of Primaporta, 20 CE, marble, Vatican Museums [Early Imperial Sculpture]

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Tellus Relief (?) from the Ara Pacis, 13-9 BCE, marble, Rome

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Procession from the Ara Pacis, 13-9 BCE, marble, Rome

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Flavian Woman, 90 CE, marble, Capitoline Museum, Rome

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Spoils from the Temple of Jerusalem - from the Arch of Titus, c.. 81 CE, marble, Rome

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Column of Trajan, 112 CE, marble, Rome

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Marcus Aurelius, c. 175 CE, bronze, Capitoline Museum, Rome

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Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus, c. 250-260 CE, marble, National Roman Museum, Rome [Late Imperial Sculpture]

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The Tetrarchs, c. 305 CE, porphyry, Saint Mark's, Venice

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Constantine, 315-330 CE, marble, Conservatori Palace, Rome

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Old St. Peter's, c. 320, Rome [Early Christian]

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Santa Costanza, 337-351, Rome

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Santa Costanza

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Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, 425 Ravenna

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Good Shepherd, fourth century, Catacomb of Saints Peter and Marcellino, Rome

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Good Shepherd mosaic from the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, 425, Ravenna

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Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, 359, marble, Museo Storico del Tesoro della Basilica di San Pietro, Rome

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Synagogue of Dora Europos, 245-256, frescoes, National Museum, Damascus [Early Jewish Art]

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Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus, Hagia Sophia, 532-537, Istanbul [Byzantine]

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Hagia Sophia

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San Vitale, 526-547, Ravenna

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Monastery Churches, tenth to eleventh centuries, Hosios Loukas, Greece

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Hosios Loukas

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Hosios Loukas

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St. Mark's Cathedral, 1063 and ff. Venice

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St. Mark's

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Barma and Postnik, Saint Basil's Cathedral, 1555-1561, Moscow

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Justinian and Attendants, c. 547, mosaic from San Vitale, Ravenna

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Theodora and Attendants, c. 547, mosaic from San Vitale, Ravenna

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David Composing the Psalms - from the Paris Psalter, c. 950-970, tempera on vellum, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

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Pantocrator, 1180-1190, mosaic, Cathedral, Monreale, Sicily

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Andrei Rublev, Old Testament Trinity, c. 1410, tempera on wood, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

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Saint Michael the Archangel, early sixth century, ivory, British Museum

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Harbaville Triptych, c. 950, ivory, Louvre

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Dome of the Rock, c. 687-691, Jerusalem [Islamic Art]

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Great Mosque, Eigth-Tenth Centuries, Cordoba, Spain

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Frieze from Mshatta, Jordan, c. 740-750, State Museum, Berlin

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Hall of the Two Sisters, Alhambra, 1354-1391, Granada, Spain

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Sinan, Mosque of Selim II, 1568-1575, Edirne, Turkey

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Mosque of Selim II - interior

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Purse Cover - from the Sutton Hoo Ship Burial, 600-650, gold, garnet, enamels, British Museum [Early Medieval] (Saxon Art)

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Saint Matthew - from the Book of Lindisfarne, c. 700, tempera on vellum, British Museum [Hiberno-Saxon Art]

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Chi-Rho-Iota Page - from the Book of Matthew in the Book of Kells, c. 800, ink on vellum, Trinity College Library, Dublin

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Animal Head Post - from the Oseberg Ship Burial, 834, wood, University of Oslo, Norway [Viking Art]

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Animal Head Post - from the Oseberg Ship Burial, 834, wood, University of Oslo, Norway [Viking Art]

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Lorsch Gatehouse, c. 760, Lorsch, Germany [Carolingian]

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Equestrian Statue of a Carolingian Ruler, ninth century, bronze, Louvre

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Utrecht Psalter, 820-832, ink on vellum, University Library, Utrecht, Netherlands

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Odo of Metz, Palatine Chapel, 792-805, Aachen, Germany

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Plan of St. Gall, c. 820, ink on parchment, Stiftsbibliothek, St. Gall, Switzerland

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Abbey Church of St. Michael's, 1001-1033, Hildesheim, Germany [Ottonian Art]

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St. Michael's - interior

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Bishop Bernward Doors, c. 1015, bronze, Saint Michael's, Hildesheim, Germany

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Expulsion from the Garden of Eden - from Bishop Bernward Doors

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Expulsion from the Garden of Eden - from Bishop Bernward Doors

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Gero Crucifix, 970, wood, Cologne Cathedral

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Pisa Cathedral, begun 1063, Pisa [Romanesque Art]

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Pisa Cathedral, begun 1063, Pisa [Romanesque Art]

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Saint-Etienne, 1067 and ff., Caen, France

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Saint-Etienne - interior

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Saint-Sernin, c. 1070-1120, Toulouse, France

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Saint-Sernin, c. 1070-1120, Toulouse, France

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Durham Cathedral, begun c. 1093, Durham, England

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Wiligelmo, Creation and Temptation of Adam and Eve, c. 1110, marble, Modena Cathedral, Modena, Italy

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Gislebertus, Last Judgment, 1120-1135, marble, St. Lazare, Autun, France

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Gislebertus, Last Judgment, 1120-1135, marble, St. Lazare, Autun, France

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Virgin and Child in Majesty or The Morgan Madonna, 1150-1200, wood, MMA

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Hildegard von Bingen's Vision, 1050-1079, now destroyed, exists as a copy, manuscript

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Bayeux Tapestry, 1070-1080, embroidery, wool on linen, Bayeux