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| Capitoline Wolf, c. 500 BCE. Etruscan Period. Bronze. |
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Philoxenos of Eretria. Battle of Issus (Alexander Mosaic), c. 310 BCE. Mosaic. Greek, Late Classical Period.
Commissioned by King Kassandra of Macedon. Roman copy of Greek Original.
From House of the Faun, Pompeii, Italy. |
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Head of Patrician, c. 75-50 BCE. Roman, Republican Period.
Marble. |
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Pompey the Great, c. 50 BCE. Roman, Republican
Period. Marble. |
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Augustus of Primaporta, c. 15 CE. Roman,
Imperial Period. Marble. Discovered at
the Palace of Livia, Primaporta. |
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Aule Metele, 1st Century BCE.
Etruscan Period. Bronze. |
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Colosseum (Flavian
Amphitheater), 72-80 CE.
Roman, Imperial Period.
Travertine and Concrete.
Commissioned by Vespasian,
completed by Titus. |
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Arch of Titus, 81 CE. Roman, Imperial Period.
Pentelic and Cararra Marble. Forum, Rome.
Commissioned by Domition. |
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| Triumph of Titus from the Arch of Titus, 81 CE. Roman, Imperial Period. Marble. Commissioned by Domition. |
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| Spoils of Jerusalem from the Arch of Titus, 81 CE. Roman, Imperial Period. Marble. Commissioned by Domition. |
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| Apotheosis of Titus from the Arch of Titus, 81 CE. Roman, Imperial Period. Marble. Commissioned by Domition. |
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Pantheon, 125-128 CE. Roman, Imperial Period.
Commissioned by Emperor Hadrian. Campus
Martius, Rome. Brick and concrete. |
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Pantheon, 125-128 CE. Roman, Imperial Period.
Commissioned by Emperor Hadrian. Campus
Martius, Rome. Brick and concrete. |
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Pantheon, 125-128 CE. Roman, Imperial Period.
Commissioned by Emperor Hadrian. Campus
Martius, Rome. Brick and concrete. |
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| Great Stupa, 3rd century BCE-1st century CE. Indian Buddhist, Sunga Period. Rubble faced with plaster |
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| Groundplan for Great Stupa, 3rd century BCE-1st century CE. Indian Buddhist, Sunga Period. |
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East Torana, Great Stupa, 1st century BCE-1st century CE.
Indian Buddhist, Sunga Period. Sandstone |
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Detail of Yakshi from the East Torana, Great Stupa,
1st century BCE-1st century CE. Indian Buddhist,
Sunga Period. Sandstone |
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| Five Rathas, c. seventh century CE. Indian Hindu, Early Medieval Period. Granite. |
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Shiva as Nataraja, ca. 11th century.
Indian Hindu, Chola period.
Copper alloy. |
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Four Tetrarchs, c. 305 CE. Roman, Late Imperial
Period. Porphyry. San Marco, Venice |
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| Arch of Constantine, 312-315 CE. Roman, Late Imperial. Forum, Rome. |
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Old St. Peter’s Basilica, c. 320-27 CE.
Roman, Early Christian Period. Rome,
Italy. Commissioned by Constantine |
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| Apse, Transept, Crossing, Nave, Central Vessel, Aisle, Narthex, Atrium, Colonnade, Narthex |
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Colonnade, Triforium, Clerestory, Timber-framed roof, Central Vessel,
Aisle, Apse, Arcade, Triumphal Arch |
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Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, c. 359. Roman, Early Christian Period.
Marble. Commissioned by Junius Bassus. Grottoes of St. Peter, Vatican City |
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“Sacrifice of Isaac” from Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus,
c. 359. Roman, Early Christian Period. Marble.
Commissioned by Junius Bassus. |
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“Christ Enthroned with Sts. Peter and Paul” from
Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, c. 359. Roman, Early
Christian Period. Marble. Commissioned by Junius Bassus. |
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| San Vitale, 526-547 CE. Byzantine Period. Ravenna, Italy. Commissioned by Justinian I |
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| San Vitale, 526-547 CE. Byzantine Period. Ravenna, Italy. Commissioned by Justinian I. |
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“Emperor Justinian & Retinue” from San Vitale, 526-547 CE. Byzantine Period. Ravenna, Italy.
Commissioned by Justinian I |
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“Theodora & Retinue” from San Vitale, 526-547 CE. Byzantine Period. Ravenna, Italy. Commissioned
by Justinian I. |
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“Christ the Redeemer” from San Vitale, 526-547 CE. Byzantine Period. Ravenna, Italy. Commissioned
by Justinian I. |
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Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus, Hagia Sophia, 532-537 CE. Byzantine Period. Istanbul, Turkey
Commissioned by Justinian I. |
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Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus, Hagia Sophia, 532-537 CE. Byzantine Period. Istanbul, Turkey
Commissioned by Justinian I. |
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Theotokos (Virgin and Child with Sts. Theodore and George),
c. 6th century CE. Byzantine. Encaustic on wood.
From Monastery of St. Catherine, Mount Sinai, Egypt. |
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| Dome of the Rock, 691 CE. Islamic, Umayyad Period. Jerusalem |
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| Dome of the Rock, 691 CE. Islamic, Umayyad Period. Jerusalem |
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| Great Mosque, 785-786 CE. Islamic, Umayyad Period. Córdoba, Spain |
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| Great Mosque, 785-786 CE. Islamic, Umayyad Period. Córdoba, Spain |
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