Art History

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Nude Woman (Venus of Willendorf)

Willendorf, Austria/Paleolithic Period/ca. 28,000-25,000 BCE/Limestone

Left Wall of the Hall of Bulls

Cave at Lascaux, France/Paleolithic Period/ca. 16,000-14,000 BCE/Charcoal and Ochre Pigment

Aurochs, Horses and Rhinoceroses

Vallon-Pont-d’Arce, France/Paleolithic Period/ca. 30,000-28,000 BCE or 15,000-13,000 BCE/Charcoal

Landscape with Volcanic Eruption

Catal Hoyuk, Turkey/Neolithic Period/6150 BCE/Charcoal and Ochre Pigment

Stonehenge

Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England/Neolithic Period/ca. 2550-1600 BCE/Sarsen Stone

White Temple

Uruk, modern day Warka, Iraq/Sumerian Period/3200-3000/Mud Brick

Standard of Ur, War Side and Peace Side

Royal Cemetary, Ur, Iraq/Sumerian Period/2600-2400 BCE/Wood, Shell, Red Limestone, Lapis Lazuli Stone, Bitumen

Gudea of Lagash

Temple of Geshti-Nanna, Girsu, Iraq/Neo-Sumerian Period/2100 BCE/Calcite

Assyrian Archers Pursuing Enemies

Palace of Ashurnasirpal II, Kalhu, Iraq/Assyrian Period/875-860 BCE/Relief, Gypsum

Istar Gate

Babylon, Iraq/Neo-Babylonian Period/575 BCE/Glazed Brick, Lapis Lazuli pigment

Palette of King Narmer

Egypt/Predynastic Period/3000-2900 BCE/Slate

Pyramids at Giza (“Great Pyramids”)

Giza, Egypt/Old Kingdom/2552-2472 BCE/Limestone

Funerary Temple of Queen Hatsepshut

Thebes, Egypt/New Kingdom/1458 BCE/Sandstone and Rock

Fowling Scene from the Tomb of Nebamun

Thebes, Egypt/New Kingdom/1400-1350 BCE/Wall Painting, Fresco Secco

Akhenaton and Nefertiti with Daughters

Amarna, Egypt/New Kingdom/1353-1335 BCE/Limestone, Relief

Golden Funerary Mask of Tutankhamon

Thebes, Egypt/New Kingdom/1327 BCE/Gold, Semi-Precious Stones, Colored Glass

Palace of Minos at Knossos

Crete, Greece/Minoan Period/1700-1370 BCE/Stone and Wood

Miniature Ships Fresco (from the West House of Akrotiri)

Thera, Santorini, Greece/Minoan Period/1650-1625 BCE/True Fresco

Snake Goddess

Palace of Knossos, Crete, Greece/Minoan Period/1600 BCE/Faience

Lion Gate

Mycenae, Greece/Mycenae Period/1300-1250 BCE/Limestone

Interior of the Treasury of Atreus

Mycenae, Greece/Mycenae Period/1300-1250 BCE/Stone Blocks

Geometric Black-figure Krater

Dipylon Cemetary, Athens, Greece/Geometric Period/740 BCE/Ceramic

Hero and Centaur

Olympia, Greece/Geometric Period/750-730 BCE/Bronze

Corinthian Black-Figure Amphora with Animal Friezes

Rhodes, Greece/625-600 BCE/Orientalizing period/Ceramics

Andokides Painter (Achilles and Ajax Playing a Dice Game)

Red-figure side of an Athenian bilingual amphora/Orvieto, Italy/525-520 BCE/Archaic Period/Ceramics

Kouros

Attica, Greece/600 BCE/Archaic Period/Marble

Peplos Kore

Acropolis, Athens, Greece/530 BCE/Archaic Period/Marble