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Namibia. 25,500-25,300
bce charcoal on stone
Great Hall of the Bulls
Lascaux, France Paleolithic
Europe 15,000 to 13000 bce
rock painting
Camelid sacrum in the
shape of a canine
tequixquiac central mexico
14,000 to 7000 bce bone
Running horned
woman. Tassili n'Ajjer,
Algeria. 6000-4000 bce
Pigment on rock
Anthropomorphic stele.
Arabian Peninsula.
fourth millennium bce
sandstone
The Code of
Hammurabi. Babylon.
Susian. c. 1792-1750 bce
basalt
Temple of AMun-Re and Hypostyle
Hall. Karnak, near Luxor, Egypt, New
Kingdom 18th and 19 dynasties.
Temple: c. 1550 bce hall: c. 1250 bce
cut sandstone and mud brick
Morturary temple of
Hatshepsut. Near Luxor, Egypt.
New Kingdom, 18th dynasty. c.
1473-1458 bce partially carved
into a rock cliff and red granite
Anavysos Kouros.
Archaic Greek. c. 530
bce marble with
remnants of paint
Peplos kore. Archaic
Greek. c. 530 bce.
Marble, painted details
Sarcophagus of the
Spouses. Etruscan, c.
520 bce terra cotta
Temple of Minerva
Acropolis, Athens,
Greece. Iktinos and
Kallicrates. c. 447-410
bce. Marble
Helios, horses, and
Dionysus....Acropolis
Temple of Athena
Nike...Acropolis
Plaque of the
Ergastines....Acropolis
Grave stele of Hegeso.
Attributed to
Kallimachos. c. 410 bce.
marble and paint
Winged Victory of
Samothrace. Hellenistic
Greek. c. 190 bce.
marble
Great Altar of Zeus and Athena
at Pergamon. Asia
Minor..present
Turkey...Hellenistic Greek. c. 175
bce. marble
Athena...Altar of
Pergamon
Colosseum (Flavian
Amphitheater). Rome, Italy.
Imperial Roman. 70-80 ce.
stone and concrete
Forum of Trajan. Rome, Italy.
Apollodorus of Damascus.
Forum and markets: 106-112 ce.
column completed 113 ce. brick
and concrete....
Column of
Trajan.....Marble
Pantheon. Imperial
Roman. 118-125 ce.
Concrete with stone
facing.
Pantheon interior
Ludovisi Battle
Sarcophagus. Late
Imperial Roman. c. 250
ce. Marble
Catacomb of Priscilla Rome,
Italy. Late Antique Europe.
c. 200-400 ce excavated
tufa and fresco
Santa Sabina. Rome, Italy.
Late ANtique Eruope. c.
422-432 ce brick and stone,
wooden roof
Saninte-Foy tympanum
Bayeux Tapestry.
Romanesque. c. 10661080 ce. embroidery on
linens
Chartres Cathedral. Chartres,
France. Gothic. original
construction c. 1145-1155 ce.
.....limestone, stain glass
Interior of Chartres
Cathedral
Lamentation....Scrovegni
Chapel. Giotto. fresco
Golden Haggadah (The
Plagues of Egypt)
Medieval Spain. 1320
Illuminated manscript.
Alhambra. Granada,
Spain. Nasrid Dynasty.
1354-1391 whitewashed
adobe
Court of Lions.
Alhambra. Granada,
Spain
Hall of Sisters.
ALhambra
Alhambra plan
Merode altarpiece.
Workshop of Robert
Campin. 1427-1432 Oil
on wood
Palazzo Rucellai.
Florence, Italy. Alberti.
1450 masonry
Madonna and Child with
Two Angels. Fra filippo
Lippi 1465 Tempera on
wood
Isenheim altarpiece.
open
Entombment of Christ.
Pontormo. 1525-1528.
oil on wood
Mosque of Selim II
Woman Holding a
Balance. Vermeer. 1664.
oil on canvas
The palace of Versailles.
Versailles, France. Louis Le Vau
and Jules Hardouin-Mansart.
Begun 1669.
'
Hall of Mirrors.
Versailles
Screen with the Siege of
Belgrade and hunting scene.
Circle of the Gonzalez Family.
1697-1701. Tempera and resin
on wood, shell inlay
The Virgin of Guadalupe (Virgen
de Guadalupe) Miguel Gonzalez.
1698 based on original virgin of
Guadalupe oil on canvas on
wood, inlay of mother of pearl
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La Grande Odalisque.
Ingres. 1814. oil on
canvas
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Palace of Westminster.
London, England. Barry and
Pugin. 1840-1870. Limestone
masonry and glass
Mont Sainte-Victoire.
Cezanne. 1902-1904. oil
on canvas.
Les Demoiselles
d'Avignon. Picasso.
1907. oil on canvas
Improvisation 28.
Kandinsky. 1912. oil on
canvas
Self portrait as a soldier.
Kirchner. 1915. oil on
canvas
Object, Meret
Oppenheim. 1936. fur
covered cup, saucer,
and spoon
Fallingwater. Pennsylvania.
Frank Lloyd Wright. 1936-39.
Reinforced concrete,
sandstone, steel, and glass
Fountain. Duchamp.
1950. Readymade
glazed sanitary china
with black paint
Woman, I. Willem de
Kooning. 1950-1952. Oil
on canvas
Seagram Building. New York
City. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
and Philip Johnson. 1954-1958.
Steel frame with glass curtain
wall and bronze.
...
nose ornament.....chavin
de huantar
Yaxchilan. Chiapas,
Mexico. Maya. 725 ce.
Limestone
Lintel, yaxchilan
Templo Mayor.
Tenochtitlan. Mexico.
Aztec. 1375-1520. ce.
stone
The coyolxauhqui stone,
volcanic stone. aztec
Olmec-style mask
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Great Mosque of
Djenne. Mali. founded
1200 ce. adobe
Wall plaque, from Oba's
palace. Edo peo;les,
Benin. 16th century. cast
brass.
Sika dwa kofi. Ashanti
peoples. 1700 ce. gold
over wood and cast gold
attachments
Buddha. Bamiyan,
Afghanistan. Gandharan. 400800 ce. cut rock with plaster
and polychrome
paint.....destroyed in 2001
Buddha Borobudur
temple
Angor, the temple of Angkor
Wat, and the city of Angkor
Thom, Cambodia. Hindu, Angkor
Dynasty. 800-1400 ce. stone
masonry, sandstone
Jayavarman VII as
Buddha....Angkor Wat
Lakshmana Temple .
Khajuraho, India, Hindu,
Chandella Dynasty. 930950 ce. sandstone
Travelers among
Mountains and Streams.
Fan Kuan. c 1000 ce. ink
and colors on silk
Shiva as Lord of Dance
(Nataraja) HIndu; India,
Chola Dynasty. 11th
century ce. cast bronze
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