Portrait of a Queen

Ife, Nigeria

12th-13th Century

Terra Cotta

 9 3/4" x 6 3/4"

Figure of an Other-World Man

Baule, Ivory Coast

1950

Wood, Pigments

9 3/4"

Master of the Cascading Coiffure

Zaire, Luba

Neckrest with Female Figure

19th Century

Wood, Beads

6 3/8"

Parthenon

Acropolis, Athens, Greece

447 B.C.

Acropolis

Athens, Greece

500 ft above the city, covering less than 8 acres

Filled with temples, statues and great flights of steps

Nike of Samothrace

(Winged Victory) 

190 B.C.

Hellenistic Period

Hera of Samos

570-560 B.C.

Archaic Period

Discobolus

(Discus Thrower)

Myron

450 B.C.

Classical Period

Vase with Ajax and Achilles playing Morra (Dice)

Exekias

540 B.C.

Funerary Vase

Athens, Greece

Eighth Century B.C.

Geometric Period