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N: White Temple and its ziggurat D: c. 3500 - 3000 B.C.E P/S: Sumerian A: Sumerian Builders OL: Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq) P: N/A M/T: Mud Brick F: Served as home of Gilgamesh, was a monumental settling for the worship of the Sumerian dieties DT: ample, dry, destroyed, additive method C: Sumerians were able to build these from the rocks for their king |
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N: Palette of King Narmer D: c. 3000 - 2920 B.C.E P/S: Ancient Egypt A: N/A OL: Predynastic Egypt P: N/A M/T: Graywacke F: Utilitarian Function - told historical story of how he got control over both areas of Egypt and it was used for putting on his eye makeup DT: Hierarchical Scale, Stylized C: It is decorated with Bulls to symbolize a goddess. Gods are represented through animals. He is showing how powerful he is and how he unified Upper and Lower Egypt. |
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N: Statues of votive figures D: c. 2700 B.C.E P/S: Sumerian A: Unknown OL: Square Temple at Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq) P: N/A M/T: Gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone F: presented as offerings to the Gods or used for prayer DT: disproportionate, short, compact, stylized to show constant prayer C: represent everyday men instead of dieties; arms folded in front; inscription on back - "Always praying"; Huge eyes w/ giant pupils; men have long flowing beards; |
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N: Seated Scribe D: c. 2620 - 2500 B.C.E P/S: Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty A: N/A OL: Saqqara, Egypt P: N/A M/T: Painted Limestone F: Less prominent person in society DT: Realism, Stiff, Upright Posture, Frontal Pose, Life-Like Posture C: This sculpture was found near a government officials tomb. It is unlike other other pieces during this time because it shows signs of aging. |
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N: Standard of Ur D: c. 2600 - 2400 B.C.E P/S: Sumerian A: Unknown OL: Royal Tombs at Ur (modern Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq) P: N/A M/T: Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone F: served as a historical narrative that depicts a king inspecting his defeated enemies DT: Repetition in forms, narrative, detailed, disproportionate C: shows two sides: war and peace; shows wealth being brought back to Ur due to trade and agriculture |
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N: Great Pyramids (Menkaura, Khafre, Khufu) and Great Sphinx D: c. 2550 - 2490 B.C.E P/S: Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty A: Egyptians OL: Giza, Egypt P: N/A M/T: Cut Limestone F: Kings Tomb DT: C: |
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N: King Menkaura and Queen D: c. 2490 - 2472 B.C.E P/S: Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty A: Unknown OL: Giza, Egypt P: Unknown M/T: Graywacke F: Shows the marital pose between Menkaura and his Queen. DT: Rigid, Not Idealized C: The statues show eternal youth for both Menkaura and his Queen. They are life sized at 4'6". Menkaura has clenched fists, which is his signature pose. |
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N: The Code of Hammurabi D: c. 1792 - 1750 B.C.E P/S: Susian A: Hammurabi OL: Babylon (modern India) P: N/A M/T: Basalt F: Made for the community to see the laws in the central part of the town DT: Additive method, composite view C: Depicts Hammurabi standing next to the Sun God Shamash to show the idea of minimizing conflict |
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N: Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall D: Temple: c. 1550 B.C.E.; Hall: c. 1250 B.C.E. P/S: New Kingdom, 18th and 19th Dynasties A: OL: Karnak, near Luxor, Egypt P: M/T: Cut Sandstone and Mud Brick F: DT: C: |
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N: Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut D: c. 1473 - 1458 B.C.E. P/S: New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty A: OL: Near Luxor, Egypt P: M/T: Sandstone partially carved into a rock cliff, and red granite F: DT: C: |
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N: Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters D: c. 1353 - 1135 B.C.E. P/S: New Kingdom (Amarna), 18th Dynasty A: Unknown OL: Predynastic Egypt P: Unknown M/T: Limestone F: Shows Akhenaton and his wife playing with their three daughters. DT: Stylized, Sunken relief sculpture, casual, relaxed C: Most pieces by rulers are about their power and how they have control. Akhenatons piece is so different because it shows the love for his family. |
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N: Tutankhamun's tomb, innermost coffin D: c. 1323 B.C.E. P/S: New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty A: Unknown OL: Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt P: Unknown M/T: Gold with large inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones F: Held three coffins that Tut would lay to rest in. DT: Shamanism, Polychrome C: There is an image that holds him at a god level because it was made of solid gold. |
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N: Last Judgement of Hu-Nefer, from his tomb (page from the Book of the Dead) D: c. 1275 B.C.E. P/S: New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty A: OL: P: M/T: Painted Papyrus Scroll F: DT: C: |
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N: Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II D: c. 720-705 B.C.E. P/S: Neo-Assyrian A: Assyrian people OL: Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad, Iraq) P: n/a M/T: Alabaster F: Served as guards in front of citadel DT: Monolithic sculptures, decorative, relief sculpture, composite view C: They were made to to protect the people of the Assyrian palace from outsiders |
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N: Athenian Agora D: 600 B.C.E - 150 C.E. P/S: Archaic through Hellenistic Greek A: Unknown OL: Athens, Greece P: Various Patrons M/T: Plan F: Began as an open space for farmers and artisans to display wares and turned into government building with a sacred spot (the acropolis) DT: Commercial, Civic, Social Life, Doric, Ionic C: Archaic through Hellenistic Period. Over time it was a public and private building. It had religious purposes. |
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N: Anavysos Kouros D: c. 530 B.C.E. P/S: Archaic Greek A: Unknown OL: Ancient Greece P: Aristocratic Family M/T: Marble with remnants of paint F: Served as a grave marker for son, Kroisos, of aristocratic family DT: Archaic, C: Life sized. Monument of the ideal male figure - youthful. It shows the advancement in Greek sculptures. |
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N: Peplos Kore from the Acropolis D: c. 530 B.C.E. P/S: Archaic Greek A: unknown OL: Acropolis P: unknown M/T: Marble, painted details F: Either offering to goddess Athena or may be goddess Artemis. Unknown because unsure of what she's wearing exactly or what she was holding. Possibly a figure that represent being ideal femininity. DT: Archaic C: Name came from clothes she's wearing. It's a small sculpture. Sphinx and horses decorated on clothing. |
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N: Sarcophagus of the Spouses D: c. 520 B.C.E. P/S: Etruscan A: OL: P: M/T: Terra Cotta F: DT: C: |
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N: Audience Hall (apadana) of Darius and Xerxes D: c. 520-465 B.C.E. P/S: Persian A: Darius and Xerxes OL: Persepolis, Iran P: Darius and Xernes M/T: Limestone F: audience hall, idealized social structures, great king received tribute from all nations DT: idealized, tribute C: oldest building phase of the city designed by Darius the Great and construction completed by Xerxes I |
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N: Temple of Minerva and sculpture of Apollo D: c. 510-500 B.C.E P/S: A: Master Sculptor Vulca OL: Veii, near Rome Italy P: M/T: original temple of wood, mud brick, or tufa (volcanic rock); Terra cotta sculpture F: DT: C: |
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N: Tomb of Triclinium D: c. 480-470 B.C.E P/S: Estruscan A: OL: Tarquinia, Italy P: M/T: Tufa and fresco F: DT: C: |
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N: Niobides Krater D: c. 460-450 B.C.E. P/S: Severe Style (Transition from Archaic to Classical) A: Anonymous vase painter of Classical Greece known as the Niobid Painter OL: Ancient Greece P: unknown M/T: Clay, red figure technique (white highlights) F: Calyx Crater used to mix wine and water. Shows terrible scene of Niobe's children getting killed by Artemis' children. Also shows Heracles. DT: Calyx Crater, Hubris, Various Ground Line C: Niobe would brag about how much greater her kids were compared to Artemis' children, so Artemis sent her kids down to kill Niobes. Believed to have been copying a wall painting by an artist known as Polygnotus. It may be an attempt to translate the wall painting onto the vase. |
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N: Doryphoros (Spear Bearer) D: Original 450-440 B.C.E. P/S: Transitions from Archaic to Classical (Very beginning of Classical) A: Polykleitos OL: O.G.- Greece P: Unknown M/T: Roman Copy (marble) of Greek Original (bronze) F: Shows perfect, ideal beauty of the human form, not a sculpture of an individual person. DT: Idealized C: Romans found inspiration in Greek Art. This piece was about mathematical precision of proportions of the body, showing the ideal, perfect figure. This is a piece that demonstrates the beginning of turning away from the stiff renderings of the Archaic period and the beginning of the transition into the Classical period. |
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N: Acropolis D: c. 447-424 B.C.E. P/S: Classical A: Iktinos and Kallikrates OL: Athens, Greece P: Pericles M/T: Marble F: Made to honor Athena DT: Symmetry, Doric, Ionic, Frieze, Wet Drapery, Polychromatic Decorations C: Shows excellence in workmanship. Symmetrical to show harmony. Very expensive. Several buildings. Phidias in charge of all sculptures in Parthenon |
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N: Grave Stele of Hegeso D: c. 410 B.C.E. P/S: High Classical Moment (Resurgence of funerary sculptures) A: Unknown OL: Athens P: Unknown M/T: marble and paint F: Grave Stone for Kallimachos DT: Relief Sculpture, C: Hegeso depicted opening a box given to her by her servant and examining a necklace. Shows domestic lifestyle even though in Athens women weren't allowed to be seen as citizens. Resembles Parthenon frieze. |
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N: Winged Victory (Nike) of Samothrace D: c. 190 B.C.E. (2nd century C.E.) P/S: Hellenistic Greek A: unknown OL: Found in sanctuary on island Samothrace, north of Aegean P: unknown M/T: Marble F: Shows Nike, messenger goddess that shares the news of victory DT: Wet drapery C: Has windswept energy full of motion and full of emotion. Resembles sculptures of Parthenon frieze. |
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N: Altar of Zeus and Athena (at Pergamon) D: c. 175 B.C.E. P/S: Hellenistic Greek A: Unknown OL: Asia Minor (present day Turkey) P: King Eumenes III M/T: Marble (architecture and sculpture) F: Shows battle between the giants and the gods and goddesses of mount Olympus. Gave the Greeks optimism that they could overcome any obstacle. DT: Frieze, Influx motion, heroism, sense of power, high relief, C: Shows sense of expressiveness and drama. Shows Athena at center, full of power and control. She is also being crowned by a winged Nike. Figures are shown coming from all directions. Zeus is also depicted as powerful and victorious. |
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N: House of Vettii D: c. Second Century B.C.E.; rebuilt c. 62-79 C.E. P/S: Imperial Roman A: OL: Pompeii, Italy P: M/T: Cut Stone and fresco F: DT: C: |
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N: Alexander Mosaic D: c. 100 B.C.E. P/S: Republican Roman A: N/A OL: House of Faun, Pompeii P: Citizen of Pompeii M/T: Mosaic F: DT: C: |
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N: Seated Boxer D: c. 100 B.C.E. P/S: Hellenistic Greek A: unknown OL: buried under Quirinial P: unknown M/T: Bronze F: Shows defeated boxer and gives the impression that the Greeks wanted to focus on pathos, instead of focusing on heroic, traditional subjects. DT: Lost-wax casting, pathos, C: Shows Greek advancement of changing from sculpting idealistic figures to realism. Rare to see a seated figure. |
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N: Head of a Roman Patrician D: c. 75-50 B.C.E. P/S: Republican Roman A: Unknown OL: Rome, Italy P: Roman Patrician M/T: Marble F: DT: C: |
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N: Augustus of Prima Porta D: Early First Century P/S: Imperial Roman C.E A: OL: P: Tiberious Caesar M/T: Marble F: DT: C: |
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N: Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater) D: 70-80 C.E P/S: Imperial Roman A: OL: Rome, Italy P: M/T: Stone and Concrete F: DT: C: |
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N: Forum of Trajan D: Forum and Markets 106-112 C.E.; Column completed 113 C.E. P/S: A: Apollodorus of Damascus OL: P: M/T: Brick and Concrete (architecture); marble (column) F: DT: C: |
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N: Pantheon D: 118-125 C.E. P/S: Imperial Roman A: OL: P: M/T: Concrete with stone facing F: DT: C: |
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N: Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus D: c. 250 C.E. P/S: Late Imperial Roman A: OL: P: M/T: Marble F: DT: C: |
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N: Catacomb of Priscilla D: c. 200-400 C.E. P/S: Late Antique Europe A: OL: Rome, Italy P: M/T: Excavated tufa and fresco F: DT: C: |
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N: Santa Sabina D: c. 422-432 C.E. P/S: Late Antique Europe A: OL: Rome, Italy P: M/T: Brick and stone, wooden roof F: DT: C: |
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N: Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well and Jacob Wrestling the Angel D: Early Sixth Century C.E. P/S: Early Byzantine Europe A: OL: Vienna Genesis P: M/T: Illuminated manuscripts (pigments on vellum) F: DT: C: |
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N: San Vitale D: c. 526-547 C.E. P/S: Early Byzantine Europe A: OL: Ravenna, Italy P: M/T: Brick, marble, and stone veneer;mosaic F: DT: C: |
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N: Hagia Sophia D: 532-537 C.E. P/S: A: Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus OL: Constantinople (Istanbul) P: M/T: Brick and ceramic elements with stone and mosaic veneer F: DT: C: |
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N: Merovingian looped fibula D: Mid-Sixth Century C.E. P/S: Early Medieval Europe A: OL: P: M/T: Silver gift worked in F: DT: C: |
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N: Virgin (Theotokos) and Child Between Saints Theodore and George D: Sixth or Early Seventh Century C.E P/S: Early Byzantine Europe A: OL: P: M/T: Encaustic on Wood F: DT: C: |
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N: Lindisfarne Gospels: St. Matthew, cross carpet page; St. Luke portrait page; St. Luke incipient page D: c. 700 C.E. P/S: Early Medieval (Hiberno Saxon) Europe A: OL: P: M/T: Illuminated Manuscript (ink, pigments, and gold on vellum) F: DT: C: |
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N: Great Mosque D: c. 785-786 C.E. P/S: A: Umayyad OL: Córdoba, Spain P: M/T: Stone Masonry F: DT: C: |
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N: Pyxis of al-Mughira D: c. 986 C.E. P/S: A: Ummayad OL: P: M/T: F: DT: C: |
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N: Church of Sainte-Foy D: Church: c. 1050-1130 C.E.; Reliquary of Saint Foy: ninth century C.E., w/ later additions P/S: Romanesque Europe A: OL: Conques, France P: M/T: Stone (architecture); stone and paint (tympanum); gold, silver, gemstones, and enamel over wood (reliquary) F: DT: C: |
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N: Bayeux Tapestry D: c. 1066-1080 C.E. P/S: Romanesque Europe (English or Norman) A: OL: P: M/T: Embroidery on Linen F: DT: C: |
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N: Charles Cathedral D: Original Construction: c. 1145-1155 C.E. Reconstruction: c. 1194-1220 C.E. P/S: Gothic Europe A: OL: Chartres, France P: M/T: Limestone, stained glass F: DT: C: |
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N: Dedication Page with Blanche of Castile and King Louis IX of France and Scenes from the Apocalypse, from a Bible moralisée D: c. 1226-1234 C.E. P/S: Gothic Europe A: OL: P: M/T: Illuminated manuscript (ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum) F: DT: C: |