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circa: 16000 - 14000 BCE Lascaux, France Paleolithic |
Wooly rhinoceros, wounded man, and disemboweled bison. Cave painting |
No ground line. No spatial relationship between forms. |
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ca. 28,000 - 25,000 BCE Willendorf, Austria Paleolithic |
Nude woman (Venus of Willendorf) Limestone |
Fertility Goddess |
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Banpo, near Xi’an, Shaanxi province, China ca. 5000-4000 BCE Prehistoric China |
Red earthenware with black slip. Decoration of men’s heads and fish. Yangshao culture |
Bowl made from coiling method. |
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Sippar, Iraq 2254 - 2218 BCE Akkadian Empire |
Victory stele commemorating the Akkadian leader Naram-Sin’s military victory over the Lullabi people. Sandstone |
Mostly picture but has writing. |
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Susa, Iran ca. 1780 BCE Babylonian culture |
Stele with the laws of Hammurabi Basalt |
Akkadian language written in cuneiform. Hammurabi’s code of law. |
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Square Temple at Eshnunna, Iraq (modern Tell Asmar) ca. 2900 - 2750 BCE Sumerian |
Statuettes of two worshipers. Gypsum, shell, and black limestone. |
Large eyes (portraits of the period) attentive gaze |
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c. 2100 - 2050 BCE Neo-Sumerian period (3rd dynasty of Ur). Ur, Iraq |
Nanna Ziggurat Religious and Political structures. |
Commissioner: King Urammu |
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Iraq c. 721-706 BCE. Assyrian Empire |
Lamassus: hybrid guardian protector figures that combine the head of a man with the body of a lion or bull, wings of a eagle, and the horned headdress of a god. |
Gate of Citadel of Sargon II 5 legs |
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Babylon, Iraq ca. 575 BCE Neo-Babylonian period |
Ishtar Gate Babylon Ceremonial City Gates |
Commissioned by Nebuchadnezzar II |
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Iran ca. 521 - 465 BCE Persian Empire |
Persian palace at Parsa (Persepolis) |
Commissioned by Darius I and continued by his son Xerxes. |
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c. 2600 - 1900 BCE South Asia Harappan Culture |
Torso (Harappa) Red Sandstone |
Nude red torso Indus Valley |
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c. 2600 - 1900 BCE Harappan , South Asia Mohenjo Daro |
High Priest / Priest King Limestone |
Mohenjo-Daro |
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ca. 2600 - 1900 BCE Harappan Civilization |
Seal (and impression) with animal design, ritual offering stand. Burned Steatite |
Seal / stamp |
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Shang Dynasty China |
Oracle Bones |
Animal bones that have inscribed with script |
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Shang Dynasty 1300 - 1200 BCE China |
(jia) Tripod Wine Vessel (ceremonial bronzes) |
Used to make offerings to ancestors. Crucial to politics and religious beliefs. |
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Jeulmun era, Korea |
Comb patterned vessel Earthenware with incised decoration. |
Jeul vase/bowl |
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Jomon Culture Japan |
Dogū. Earthenware |
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ca. 3100 - 2900 B.C. |
Proto-Cuneiform tablet with seal impressions. |
Administrative account of barley distribution with cylinder seal impression of male figure, hunting dogs, and boars. |
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Front (Term) Ptolemaic Period 196 BCE. |
Stele: Rosetta Stone Granodiorite |
Napoleon Bonaparte 3 scripts Hieroglyphs Demotic Greek |
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Pre-dynastic Period c. 3000 - 2920 BCE Egypt |
The Palette of Narmer, Hierakonpolis Slate |
Ceremonial makeup palette |
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Early Dynastic Saqqara, Egypt |
Imhotep, stepped pyramid Djoser |
Mastaba developed into step pyramids |
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Old Kingdom Gizeh, Egypt |
Model of pyramid complex |
1. Pyramid of Menkaure 2. Pyramid of Khafre 3. Mortuary temple of Khafre 4. Causeway 5. Sphinx 6. Valley Temple of Khafre 7. Great Pyramid of Khafu 8. Pyramids of royal family and mastabas of nobles. |
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New Kingdom, Egypt c. 1570 - 1075 BCE. |
Great Temple of Amun at Karnak |
Had a Hypostyle : columns supported a roof of flat stones |
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Old Kingdom Giza. 4th Dynasty 2490-2472 BCE. |
Menkaure and Khamerernebty Greywacks w/ traces of red and black paint. |
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Giza Old Kingdom 4th Dynasty c. 2520-2494 Valley temple of Khafre |
Khafre Enthroned. Diorite-gabbro gneiss |
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Saqqara, Egypt 4th Dynasty (Old kingdom) ca. 2500 BCE. |
Seated Scribe Painted limestone with inlaid eyes. |
Enhance statue with jeweled eyes. |
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New Kingdom, Egypt 18th Dynasty c. 1473-1458 BCE |
Hatshepsut with Offering Jars. Deir-el-Bahri Red granite |
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New Kingdom, Egypt ca. 1353-1335 BCE. |
Colossal figure of Akhenaten Sandstone with trace of polychromy |
Ruled for 17 years changed from polytheistic to monotheistic religion |
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New Kingdom, Egypt c. 1473-1458 BCE. 18th Dynasty |
Mortuary Temple for Hatshepsut |
Funerary Complex |
