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Category: Other
Updated: 30 Sep 2018
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Created byAleksa Sorgatz
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“Lady of Warka”
Uruk (Warka), Iraq
Limestone
Approx 8 inches high
3200 BCE
Sumerian“White Temple” of Anu on its ziggurat
Uruk (Warka), Iraq
Mud-brick
Approx. 40 feet high
3500 BCE
SumerianStele of Naram-Sin.
Limestone.
6.5 feet high.
2250 BCE
(Akkadian).Palette of King Narmer from Hierakonpolis
Slate
25” tall
3150 BCE
Egyptian
PredynasticThe Pyramids of Menkaure, Khafra, and Khufu The “Great Pyramids”
Limestone and granite
Giza
2500 BCE
Old KingdomSculpture of Khafra
from Giza
Diorite
5’6” high
2500 BCE
Old KingdomTomb of Ti, Saqqara.
2400
Egyptian
Old KingdomTi Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt
Painted limestone relief from the Tomb of Ti, Saqqara
About 45” high
2400 BCE
Egyptian
Old KingdomSculpture of Menkaure and His Wife
from Giza
Graywacke
4'7" high
2500 BCE
Egyptian
Old KingdomFunerary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
Deir el-Bahri
1460 BCE
Egyptian
New KingdomTemple of Ramses II
at Abu Simbel
1270 BCE
Egyptian
New KingdomFeasting and Entertainment
fragment of a wall painting from the Tomb of Nebamun
Thebes
35” high
1350 BCE
Egyptian
New KingdomThe Parthenon
Athens, Greece
Architects: Iktinos and Kallikrates
Marble
432 BCE
Greek
ClassicalFigures from the east pediment of the Parthenon
Birth of Athena
Artist: Pheidias
Marble
432 BCE
Greek
ClassicalBattle of the Lapiths vs. the Centaurs
Artist: Pheidias
South metopes of the Parthenon
4’6” tall
Marble
440 BCE
Greek
ClassicalEast frieze of the Parthenon
Peplos scene
Artist: Pheidias
Marble
432 BCE
Greek
ClassicalThe Great Altar of Zeus at Pergamon
Patronized by Eumenes II
Top: West front
160 BCE
Greek
HellenisticAthena and Alkyoneus, from the Gigantomachy (Gods vs. Giants) Frieze of the Great Altar of Zeus at Pergamon
Marble
160 BCE
Greek
HellenisticAugustus of Primaporta
Marble
6’8” high
Early 1st c. CE replica of a ca. 20 BCE original.
Ancient Roman
ImperialAra Pacis Augustae
Rome
Marble
10 BCE
Ancient Roman
ImperialAra Pacis Augustae.
South frieze: Procession with the imperial family
Height of frieze: 5’2”Mythological panel relief:
Tellus (Mother Earth)
5’3” high
10 BCEArch of Titus
Rome
Marble
81 CE
ImperialPassageway relief:
the spoils from the Temple in Jerusalem
Marble
6’8” highPassageway relief:
Titus riding in triumph
Marble
6’8” highColosseum (Flavian Amphitheater)
Rome
80 CE
Imperial
Begun by Vespasian, dedicated by Titus, completed by Domitian.The Pantheon
Rome
125 CE
Imperial
Built under the emperor Hadrian (r. 117-138 CE)Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius
Bronze
11’6” high
180 CE
ImperialBasilica of Maxentius
Rome
307 CE
ImperialThe Good Shepherd, from the Catacomb of Saints Peter and Marcellinus
Rome
4th c. CE.
Early Christian ArtSanta Maria Maggiore
Rome
440 CE
Example of a basilica-plan church
Early ChristianSanta Costanza
Rome
350 CE
Example of a central-plan church
(originally mausoleum of Constantia).
Early ChristianSarcophagus of Junius Bassus
Marble
4 ft. high, 8 ft. long.
359 CE
Early ChristianSaluting Protective Spirit
880 BCE
Near-Eastern
Neo-AssyrianFalse Door of Nykara
2400 BCE
Egyptian
Old KingdomThe Cleveland Krater
470
Greek
ClassicalAnavysos Kouros (Kroisos)
Marble
6’4” tall
530 BCE
Archaic
GreekAphrodite of Knidos
by Praxiteles
Marble
Roman copy after an original of
340-330 BCE
ClassicalPeriods
Sumerian Culture: from before 4000 BCE to ca. 2340 BCEAkkadian Empire: flourished 2350-2330 BCEEgyptian from 2649-1050Greek Art from 600-31Ancient Roman Art from 753 BC-337 ADEarly Christian Art from 1st-5th century
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