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Venus of Willendorf, ca. 25,000 BCE. Limestone. (Paleolithic)
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Hall of the Bulls, Lascaux, France, ca. 15,000 BCE.
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| Deer hunt, ÇatalHöyük, Turkey, ca. 5750 BCE. (Neolithic) |
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Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, England, ca. 2000 BCE. (Neolithic)
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Ziggurat of Ur-Nammu, Iraq, c. 2100 B.C.E. (Sumerian)
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| Presentation of offerings to Inanna (Warka Vase), Uruk, Iraq, ca. 3300 BCE. Alabaster. (Sumerian) |
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| Head of a man (known as “Akkadian ruler”), Nineveh, Iraq, ca. 2300 BCE. Copper. (Akkadian) |
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Victory stele of Naram-Sin,
Susa, Iran, ca. 2254 BCE. Limestone. (Akkadian) |
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| Ishtar Gate, Babylon, Iraq, ca. 575 BCE. Glazed brick. (Babylonian) |
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| Palette of King Narmer, ca. 2950 BCE. Green schist. (Egypt: Early Dynastic Period) |
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Great Pyramids, Giza, Egypt,
ca. 2575 BCE.
(Egypt: Fourth Dynasty)
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| Khafre enthroned, ca. 2520 BCE. Diorite. (Egypt: Fourth Dynasty) |
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Funerary Temple of Hatshepsut, Deir el-Bahri, Egypt, ca. 1473 BCE
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Temple of Amun at Karnak, Egypt, ca. 1579 BCE. (Egypt: New Kingdom)
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Akhenaton, ca. 1353 BCE. Sandstone.
(Egypt: 18th Dynasty) |
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Death mask of Tutankhamen, ca. 1323 BCE. Gold with inlay of semiprecious stones.
(Egypt: 18th Dynasty) |
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Figure of a Woman, ca. 2600 BCE. Marble. (Cycladic)
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| Bull-leaping, from palace at Knossos, ca. 1450 BCE. Fresco. (Minoan) |
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| Lion Gate, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300 BCE. Limestone. (Mycenaean) |
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Kouros, ca. 600 BCE. Marble.
(Greece: Archaic Period) |
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Kroisos, ca. 530 BCE. Marble.
(Greece: Archaic Period) |
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| Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece, c. 500 BCE. (Greece: Archaic Period) |
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Polykleitos, Doryphoros (Spear Bearer). Original ca. 450 BCE. Marble.
(Greece: Classical Period) |
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Iktinos and Kallikrates, Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece, 447 BCE.
(Greece: Classical Period) |
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Three goddesses, east pediment of the Parthenon, Athens, Greece, ca. 432 BCE. Marble.
(Greece: Classical Period) |
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Praxiteles, Aphrodite of Knidos, original ca. 350 BCE. Marble.
(Greece: Classical Period) |
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Athanadoros, Hagesandros, and Polydorus of Rhodes, Laocoön and his Sons,
ca. 1st century C.E. Marble. (Greece: Hellenistic Period)
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| Model of a typical sixth-century BCE Etruscan temple, as described by Vitruvius. |
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Apulu (Apollo), Portonaccio temple, Veii, Italy, ca. 500 BCE. Painted terracotta.
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| Tomb of the Leopards, Tarquinia, Italy, ca. 480 BCE. (Etruscan) |
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Temple of Portunus, Rome, Italy,
ca. 75 BCE.
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| Fourth Style wall paintings in the Ixion Room, House of the Vettii, Pompeii, Italy, ca. 70–79 CE. (Rome: The Empire) |
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| Atrium of the House of the Vettii, Pompeii, Italy, second century BCE. (Rome: The Republic) |
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Portrait of Augustus as general, copy of a bronze original of ca. 20 BCE.
Marble. (Rome: The Empire) |
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| The Colosseum, Rome, Italy, 70 CE. (Rome: The Empire) |
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| Pantheon, Rome, Italy, 118 CE. (Rome: The Empire) |
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| Arch of Constantine, Rome, Italy, 315 CE. (Rome: The Empire) |
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| AraPacisAugustae, Rome, Italy, 13 BCE. (Rome: The Empire) |
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The Good Shepherd,
the story of Jonah,
and orants. Catacomb of Saints Peter and Marcellinus, Rome, Italy, early fourth century.
Fresco.
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Justinian, Bishop Maximianus, and attendants, San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, ca. 547.
Mosaic. (Byzantine) |
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Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey, 532 CE.
(Byzantine) |
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Virgin (Theotokos) and Child,
icon, late 11th century.
Tempera on wood.
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San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, 526. (Byzantine)
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Book of Kells, late eighth century. Tempera on vellum.
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Doors, Saint Michael’s, Hildesheim, Germany, 1015. Bronze.
(Early Medieval) |
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Saint Matthew, Ebbo Gospels,
ca. 816. Ink and tempera on vellum.
(Early Medieval) |
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| Koran page, 9th century. Ink and gold on vellum. (Islamic) |
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| Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, 687. (Islamic) |
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| Great Mosque, Isfahan, Iran, begun 11th century. (Islamic) |
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Saint-Sernin, Toulouse, France, ca. 1070.
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Pentecost and Mission of the Apostles, La Madeleine, Vézelay, France, 1120.
(Romanesque) |
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Eadwine the Scribe, Eadwine the scribe at work, Eadwine Psalter, ca. 1160. Ink and tempera on vellum.
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Gislebertus, Last Judgment, Saint-Lazare,
Autun, France, ca. 1120. Marble.
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Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France, ca. 1145.
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Rose window Chartres Cathedral, ca. 1220. Stained glass.
(Gothic) |
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Virgin of Jeanne d’Evreux, 1339. Silver gilt and enamel.
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Virgin with the Dead Christ, ca. 1300. Painted wood.
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Reims Cathedral, Reims, France, ca. 1225.
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