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| Paintings like these were not intended to be decorations, because they are not in the inhabited parts of the caves, but in the dark inner recesses. They probably had magical significance for their creators, who may have believed that gaining control of an animal in a painting would help to defeat it in the hunt. |
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| This tiny statuettte is one of a series of female figurines from the Upper Paleolithic period that are known as Venus figures. The sculptor has emhasized the sexual characteristics, enlargin the breasts and belly |
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| Originally, the hair was probably gold leaf and the eyes and eyebrows were colored inlays |
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| Head of an Akkadian ruler (bronze head) |
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| portrait of Sargon, expresses a pride and self-confidence that recur in other works |
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| Stele of Naram-Sin (victory stele) |
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| The king, wearing a horned crown, stands beneath symbols of the gods. The diagonal composition is well suited to the triangular shape of the stele |
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| suggests the humility of Gudea |
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| The sun god is dictating hte law to the king, who is listening reverently. They are shown on a mountain, indicated by the irregular ridges beneath the god's feet |
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| Hunting relief from the Palace of Assurbanipal |
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| Wild asses are being hunted by mastiffs |
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| Painted relief from the funerary temple of Sethos I |
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| Sethos in the guise of the god Osiris is conversing with Thoth, the ibis-headed god of writing. |
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| carved out of the natural surface of the rock. It has the body of a lion and a human head |
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| The sculptor has shown the drapery and anatomy with great realism, while producing an idealized portrait of the god king. His divine power is represented by Horus, the falcon god of the Morning Sun, perched behind his head. |
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| strong constrast between the tense pose of this statue, hands gripping his sides, and the relaxed mood of Chefren |
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| Akhenaton, Nefertit, and Three of Their Children |
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| The royal family sits beneath the rays of the sun, symbolizing the sun god Aton |
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| Although the portrait is not exaggerated, it is idealized |
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| Death Mask of Tutankhamen |
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| Note the false beard, symbol of kingship, and the sumptuous use of precious metals and lapis lazuli |
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| most colossal of all Egyptian constructions |
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| vase in the shape of a hedgehog drinking from a bowl (iz cute) |
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| Like the overwhelming majority of the cycladic statuettes, this one is of a woman |
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| Throne Room, Palace of Minos at Knossos |
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| The frescos around the throne show sacred flowers and griffins |
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| exquisite craftsmanship, using hte techniques of granulation and wire-working. Two wasps are curved around a honeycomb |
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| Room with frescoes from Thera |
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| a springtime scene covers three sides of a small room |
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| The bare breasts are typical for Minoan court ladies |
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| This death mask is actually a portrait of a Mycenaean ruler of three centuries earlier than Agamemnon |
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| The circles and semicircles typical of this style were drawn with a compass |
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| This immense vase was originally a grave marker |
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| Corinthian flask (Aryballos) |
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| The black-figure techniques and the Eastern-looking panther are characteristic of hte Orientalizing style |
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| Attic Black-figure krater (the Francois Vase) |
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| Athenian vase, depicting a scene in mythology |
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| female, clothed, arms by sides, and wiglike hair |
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| first Kouros, no movement |
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| realism of the muscles and the new sense of power |
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| The archaic smile is softened in this figure. Realism appears in the displacement of the man's hair by the animal's legs and in the expression of the calf |
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| female statue wearing a peplos, disproportionate |
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| Perseus is cutting off Medusa's head |
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| Stele of Aristion (Aristokles) |
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| This artist was one of the first in history to depict the human body in profile |
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| turning point for realism, displaced hip |
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| The Suicide of Ajax (Exekias) |
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| Ajax buries his sword in the ground so that he can throw himself onto it, black-figure, great emotion |
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