ANCIENT AEGEAN

Palace at Knosos, Crete, Minoan

reverse taper on the columns

abacus block

ANCIENT AEGEAN

Lion Gate, Mycenae, Mycenaean

cyclopean masonry

post and lintel

relieving triangle

ANCIENT AEGEAN

Treasury of Atreus, Mycenaean

corbelling for dome-like shape

relieving triangle

ANCIENT GREECE

Dipylon Krater, Geometric period, archaic

small mouth used for libations for the dead

coloration varies because of the clay used

ANCIENT GREECE

Kouros, Archaic period

egyptainized stance (eyes, hair)

apollonian girdle muscles

ANCIENT GREECE

Peplos Kore, Archaic period

encaustic paint from where it used to be painted

(this was controversial at the time)

ANCIENT GREECE

Kritios Boy, Early Classical

ANCIENT GREECE

Charioteer of Delphi, Early Classical

ANCIENT GREECE

Discus Thrower, Classical

ANCIENT GREECE

Grave Stele of Hegeso, Classical

ANCIENT GREECE

Hermes with infant Dionysos, Late Classical

ANCIENT GREECE

Weary Herakles, Late Classical

ANCIENT GREECE

Stag Hunt, Late Classical

pebble mosaic

ANCIENT GREECE

Hades Abducting Persephone, Late Classical

ANCIENT GREECE

Dying Gaul, Hellenistic

ANCIENT GREECE

Venus de Milo, Hellenistic

ANCIENT GREECE

Seated Boxer, Hellenistic

ANCIENT GREECE

Old Market Woman, Hellenistic

ANCIENT ROMAN

Pont du Gard, Republican

ANCIENT ROMAN

Maison Carree, Republican

ANCIENT ROMAN

Coloseum at Rome, Imperial

ANCIENT ROMAN

The Panthenon, Rome, Imperial

ANCIENT ROMAN

Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius, Imperial

ANCIENT ROMAN

Column of Trajan, Imperial

ANCIENT ROMAN

Arch of Titus, Imperial