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(Prehistoric)
Woman of Willendorf, limestone, c. 28,000-25,000 BCE |
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(Prehistoric)
Spotted Horses and Human Hands, cave painting, ca. 23,000-22,000 BCE |
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(Prehistoric)
Hall of the Bulls, cave painting, ca. 16,000-14,000 BCE |
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(Prehistoric)
Rhinoceros, Wounded Man, and Disemboweled Bison, cave painting, ca. 16,000-14,000 BCE |
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(Prehistoric)
Two Bison, clay reliefs, ca. 15,000-10,000 BCE |
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(Prehistoric)
Stonehenge, 2550-1600 BCE, Salisbury Plain, England |
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(Ancient Near Eastern)
White Temple and its ziggurat, Uruk (modern Iraq), ca. 3200-3000 BCE |
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(Ancient Near Eastern)
Presentation offerings to Innana (Warka vase) alabaster, ca. 3200-3000 BCE |
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(Ancient Near Eastern)
Statuettes of worshippers from Square Temple at Eshnunna, ca. 2700 BCE, gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone |
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(Ancient Near Eastern)
Hammurabi and Shamash, detail from the law stele of Hammurabi, basalt, c. 1780 BCE |
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(Ancient Near Eastern)
Lamassu from citadel of Sargon II, limestone, ca. 720-705BCE |
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(Ancient Near Eastern)
Assyrian archers pursuing enemies from citadel of Sargon II, gypsum, ca. 875-860 BCE |
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(Egyptian)
Palette of King Narmar, slate, 3000-2920 BCE |
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(Egyptian)
Great Pyramids, 2551-2472 BCE, Giza, Egypt |
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(Egyptian)
Khafre Enthroned, diorite, ca. 2520-2494 BCE |
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(Egyptian)
Menkaure and Queen, greywacke, ca. 2490-2472 BCE |
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(Egyptian)
Lord Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt, painted limestone relief, ca. 2510-2460BCE |
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(Egyptian)
Funerary Temple of Hatshepsut, ca. 1473-1458BCE, Deir el-Bahri, Egypt |
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(Egyptian)
Temple of Amen-Re (including hypostyle hall), Karnak, Egypt, ca. 1290-1224BCE |
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(Greek)
Kouros, marble, ca. 600 BCE |
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(Greek)
Polykleitos, Doryphoros (Spear Bearer), Roman marble copy after Greek original bronze, ca. 450-440BCE |
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(Greek)
Myron, Diskobolos (Discus Thrower), Roman marble copy of original Greek bronze, ca. 450 BCE |
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(Greek)
Euphronios, Herakles Wrestling Antaios, red-figure vase painting, ca. 510 BCE |
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(Greek)
Philoxenos of Eritria, Battle of Issus, Roman mosaic copy of original Greek panel painting, ca. 310 BCE |
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(Greek Part II)
Temple of Hera, Paestum, Italy, ca. 550BCE |
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(Greek Part II)
West Pediment of Temple of Artemis, ca. 600-580BCE, limestone |
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(Greek Part II)
Iktinos and Kallikrates, Exterior view of Parthenon (Temple of Athena Parthenos), Acropolis, Greece, 447-438BCE |
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(Greek Part II)
Centauromachy metope from Parthenon, marble, ca. 447-438 BCE |
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(Greek Part II)
Athena battling Alkyoneos from the Gigantomachy frieze of Altar of Zeus, Pergamon, marble, ca. 175BCE |
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(Etruscan)
Sarcophagus with reclining couple, painted terracotta, ca. 520BCE |
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(Roman)
Augustus as Emperor (or: Augustus Primaporta), marble copy of original bronze of ca. 20BCE |
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(Roman)
Ara Pacis Augustae (with relief of Procession of Imperial family), Rome, Italy, 13-9BCE |
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(Roman)
Coliseum, Rome, Italy, ca. 70-80CE |
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(Roman)
Pantheon, Rome, Italy, 118-125CE |
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(Roman)
Dyonysiac mystery frieze, fresco, ca. 60-50BCE |
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(South Asian)
Lion capital of Ashoka pillar, sandstone, ca. 250BCE |
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(South Asian)
Great Stupa, Sanchi, India, 3rd century BCE to 1st century CE |
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(South Asian)
Yakshi from east torana, sandstone, 1st century BCE to 1st century CE |
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(South Asian)
Seated Buddha preaching first sermon, tan sandstone, ca. 450-500BCE |
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(South Asian)
Vishvanatha Temple, Khajuraho, India, ca. 1000CE |
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(South Asian)
Shiva as Nataraja, bronze, ca. 1100CE |
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(Chinese)
Terracotta Army of the First Emperor of Qin, painted terracotta, ca. 210BCE |
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(Chinese)
Lady Feng and the Bear, late 4th century CE, ink and colors on silk handscroll |
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(Chinese)
Vairocana Buddha, disciples, and bohisattvas, Longmen Caves, China, 676CE |
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(Chinese)
Travelers among Mountains and Streams, early 11th century, ink and colors on silk scroll |
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(Japanese)
Haniwa warrior figure, 5th to mid-6th century, terracotta |
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(Japanese)
Womb World mandara, ca. 850-900CE, colors on silk hanging scroll |
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(Early Christian)
The Good Shepherd, the story of Jonah, and orants, fresco, early 4th century |
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(Early Christian)
Portraits of the four tetrarchs, porphyry, ca. 305CE |
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(Early Christian)
Portrait of Constantine, marble, ca. 351-330CE |
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(Early Christian)
Basilica Nova, Rome, Italy, ca. 306-312CE |
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(Early Christian)
Old Saint Peter’s, Rome, Italy, begun ca. 319CE |
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(Early Christian)
Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, marble, ca. 359CE |
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