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| waterworn pebble, South Africa, ca. 3,000,000 BC |
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| Nude Woman (Venus of Willendorf), Austria, ca 25,000 BC |
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| Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England, ca 2000 BC |
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| Horses and hand imprints, Pech-Merle, France, 22,000 BC |
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| Hall of the Bulls, Lascaux, France, ca 15,000 BC |
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| Great stone tower, Jericho, ca 8000 BC |
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| Deer Hunt, Catal Hoyuk, Turkey, ca 6000 BC |
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| Aurochs, horses, and rhinoceroses, Chauvet cave, France, ca 30,000 BC |
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| Head of an Akkadian ruler; made of copper; Iraq, ca 2200 BC; "god-like" |
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| Antinous, Rome, 130 AD; Hadrian's young boy lover; made him a sort of god after his death; placed statues of him in temples; ideal classical Greek person; most numerous statue found |
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| PRAXITELES, Aphrodite of Knidos, Greece, ca 300 BC; first fully naked femal statue; men thought it was scandalous; man probably posed for the statue, and womanly features were added in later |
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| Apollodorus of Damascus, Markets of Trajan, Rome, ca 100 AD; world's first "shopping mall" |
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| made by LYSIPPOS, (scraper), Greece, ca 300 BC; the "canon" of Lysippos |
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| Augustus, Italy, 20 BC; first Roman emperor; mix of veristic and classical styles; realistic and idealized; Claudian dynasty; dynasty died when Nero burned down the city and he was assassinated |
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| Bull-leaping mural, Greece, ca 1450 BC |
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| Colosseum, Rome, 70 AD; built by Vespasian; razed Nero's palace and built the Colosseum on top of it; entertainment for the people; Doric on bottom, Ionic in middle, and Corinthian on top level |
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| Column of Trajan, Rome, 110 AD; in the middle of Rome; comic-strip relief structure that tells the story of his military conquests; way to boast about military success; Christians knocked statue of Trajan on top off and put statue of St. Peter |
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| Cycladic; figurine of a woman, Greece, ca 2500 BC; hundreds found buried |
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| made by POLYKLEITOS; (spear bearer), ca 400 BC; the "canon" of Polykleitos |
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| Etruscan sculpture, Apollo, Italy, ca 500 BC; a blend of many styles |
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model of Etruscan temple, 500 BC; influence by Greek temples; made out of terra cotta (brick mud); wooden posts sticking out the front roof |
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| Funerary mask, Greece, ca 1500 BC |
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| Gallic chieftain killing himself and his wife, Turkey, ca 200 BC |
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| Gudea; Babylon; ruler had many statues built of him; sitting with hands folded; holding temple plan, Iraq, ca 2100 BC |
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| Hadrian, Israel, ca 130 AD; really smart; good military commander; ruled Rome when it was at its peak; idolized the Greeks; Antonine dynasty; Hadrian's wall between England and Scotland (tiny, short) |
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| made by PRAXITELES, Hermes and infant Dionysos, Greece, ca 300 BC |
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| Geometric; Hero and centaur, Greece, ca 750 BC |
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| Assyrian; Ashurbanipal hunting lions, Iraq, ca 640 BC; staged lion hunts |
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| Inlaid dagger with lion hunt, Greece, ca 1500 BC; ceremonial dagger with gold inlay; Mycenaean; Assyrian influence b/c of lion hunt depiction; figures look Minoan |
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| Krater, Greece, 740 BC; geometric |
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| Kroisos, Greece, ca 500 BC; Archaic; little smile; unrealistic walking position |
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| Lamassu, Iraq, ca 700 BC; winged, human-headed bull; guarded doorways; decoration; divine figure; 5 legs; composit view; Akkadian eyebrows and hair |
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| by ATHANADOROS, HAGESANDROS, and POLYDOROS of PHODES, Laocoon and his sons, Rome, ca 100 AD; Ancient Greece style; depicts a story |
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| Lion Gate, Greece, ca 1300 BC; Mycenaean; post and lentil style |
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| Octopus jar, Greece, ca 1500 BC; Minoan |
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| Pantheon, Rome, ca 120 AD; built by Hadrian; biggest dome in world for a long time; Hadrian claimed he designed it, then an architect claimed otherwise, and Hadrian had him executed |
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| Parthenon, Greece, ca 400 BC |
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| Peplos Kore, Greece, ca 500 BC; Archaic |
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| Persepolis, Iran, ca 500 BC; Persia; royal palace; ruins |
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| Processional Frieze, Persepolis, Iran, ca 500 BC; "World Pays Tribute" |
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| Head of a Roman patrician, Italy, ca 50 BC; more realistic than idealistic; veristic style; made face casts of dead ancestors and made busts of them, and had a shrine in the homes; more relateable |
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| Seated Boxer, Rome, ca 100 BC; Hellenistic |
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| She-Wolf, or Capitoline Wolf, Italy, 500 BC; babies added centuries later; Etruscan depiction of the wolf from Roman mythology |
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| Snake Goddess, Greece, ca 1600 BC; Minoan |
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| Spring Fresco, Greece, ca 1650 BC; Minoan |
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| Standard of Ur, Iraq, ca 2600 BC; originally thought to be a flag of some sort; war and peace sides |
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| Stele with law code of Hammurabi, Iran, ca 1800 BC; Babylonian; over 7 ft high |
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| Victory Stele of Naran-Sin, Iran, ca 2200 BC; mostly for probaganda |
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| Three Goddesses, from the Parthenon, Greece, ca 400 BC; Lord Elgen takes these remnants of the Parthenon and put them in the British museum |
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| Trajan, Italy, ca 100 AD; part of the Antonine Dynasty; hand-picked successors; thought to be the best emperor Rome ever had; veristic with a little bit of classical |
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| Treasury of Atreus, Greece, ca 1300 BC; Mycenaean; was largest dome in world until the Pantheon was built |
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| Two worshippers, Iraq, ca 2700 BC; Sumeria; big eyes symbolize always open, waiting for the presence of the gods |
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| Vespasian, Italy, 80 AD; Flavian dynasty; imperfect realistic style; republican style- honest and gritty |
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| White temple and ziggurat, Iraq, ca 3000 BCE; Sumerian; high platforms because they wanted to be closer to the gods |
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