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Apollo 11 stones Namibia, made with charcoal on stone.
Great Hall of the Bulls
Located in Lascaux, France, these are rock paintings.
Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine
Found in Tequixquiac, Mexico and is made of bone.
Running horned woman
Found in Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria and made with pigment on rock.
Beaker with ibex motifs
Found in Susa, Iran and made of painted terra cotta.
Anthropomorphic stele
From the Arabian Peninsula and made of sandstone.
Jade cong
From Liangzhu, China and made of carved jade.
Stonehenge
Located in Wiltshire, United Kingdom and made of sandstone.
The Ambum stone
Found in Ambum Valley, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea and made of greywacke.
Tlatilco female figurine
From Central Mexico, site of Tlatilco, and made of ceramic.
Terra cotta fragment
Lapita culture from the Reef Islands, Solomon Islands. Made of incised terra cotta.
White Temple and its ziggurat
Located in Uruk, Iraq, Sumerian culture, and made of mud brick.
Statues of votive figures, from the Square Temple at Eshnunna
Sumerian culture, made of gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone.
Standard of Ur from the Royal Tombs at Ur
Sumerian culture, made of wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone.
The Code of Hammurabi
Susian culture, made of basalt.
Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II
Neo-Assyrian culture, made of alabaster.
Audience Hall of Darius and Xerxes
Located in Persepolis, Iran, Persian culture, and made of limestone.
Palette of King Narmer
From Predynastic Egypt and made of greywacke.
Seated scribe
From Old Kingdom, Egypt and made of painted limestone.
Great Pyramids and Great Sphinx
Located in Giza, Egypt, Old Kingdom, and made of cut limestone.
King Menkaura and queen
From Old Kingdom, Egypt and made of greywacke.
Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall
Located in Karnak, Egypt, New Kingdom, and made of cut sandstone and mud brick.
Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut
Located near Luxor, Egypt, New Kingdom, and made of sandstone, partially carved into a rock cliff, and red granite statue.
Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and three daughters
From the Amarna period, Egypt and made of limestone.
Tutankhamun’s tomb, innermost coffin
From the New Kingdom, Egypt and made of gold with inlay of enamel and semi-precious stones.
Last judgment of Hunefer, from his tomb
From the New Kingdom and made of painted papyrus scroll.
Anavysos Kouros
Archaic Greek. Marble with remnants of paint.
Peplos Kore from the Acropolis
Archaic Greek. Marble, painted details.
Niobides Krater
Classical Greece. Clay, red-figure technique.
Doryphoros
Classical Greece. Sculptor: Polykleitos. Roman copy (marble) of Greek original (bronze).
The Parthenon
Athens, Greece. Classical Period. Architects: Iktinos and Kallikrates. Marble.
Helios, horses, and Dionysus
Classical Greece. Sculptor: Phidias. Material: Marble.
Plaque of the Ergastines
Classical Greece. Sculptor: Phidias. Material: Marble.
Temple of Athena Nike
Athens, Greece. Classical Period. Architects: Iktinos and Kallikrates. Material: Marble.
Nike Adjusting her Sandal
Classical Greece. Sculptor: Phidias. Material: Marble.
Grave stele of Hegeso
Classical Greece. Attributed to Kallimachos. Marble and paint.
Winged Victory of Samothrace
Hellenistic Greece. Marble.
Seated boxer
Hellenistic Greece. Bronze.
Great Altar of Zeus and Athena
Pergamon, Asia Minor. Hellenistic Greece. Marble.
Athena Battling the Giant
Hellenistic Greece. Marble
Sarcophagus of the Spouses
Etruscan. Terra cotta.
Temple of Minerva
Veii, Italy. Etruscan. wood, mud brick and tufa
Apollo from the Temple of Minerva
Etruscan. terra cotta
Tomb of the Triclinium
Etruscan. Tufa and fresco.
Alexander Mosaic
Republican Roman. Mosaic.
Head of a Roman patrician
Republican Roman. Marble.
House of the Vettii
Pompeii, Italy. Imperial Roman. Cut stone and fresco.
House of the Vettii frescoes
Imperial Roman. fresco
Augustus of Primaporta
Imperial Roman. Marble.
Colosseum
Rome, Italy. Imperial Roman. Stone and concrete.
Forum of Trajan
Rome, Italy. Imperial Roman. Architect: Apollodorus of Damascus. Brick, stone and concrete.
Basilica Ulpia from the Forum of Trajan
Rome, Italy. Imperial Roman. Architect: Apollodorus of Damascus. Brick, stone and concrete.
Trajan Markets
Rome, Italy. Imperial Roman. Apollodorus of Damascus. Brick and concrete.
Column of Trajan
Imperial Roman. Architect: Apollodorus of Damascus. marble.
Pantheon
Rome, Italy. Imperial Roman. Concrete with stone facing.
Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus
Late Imperial Roman. Marble.
Santa Sabina
Rome, Italy. Late Antique Europe. Brick and stone, wooden roof.
San Vitale
Ravenna, Italy. Byzantine Europe. Brick, marble, and stone veneer; mosaic
Justinian & Theodora mosaics of San Vitale
Byzantine Europe. mosaic
Hagia Sophia
Constantinople. Byzantine. Architects: Anthemius and Isidorus. Brick, ceramic, stone veneer and mosaic.
Lindisfarne Gospels
Medieval Europe. Illuminated manuscript
Golden Haggadah
Medieval Europe. Illuminated manuscript
Great Mosque
Córdoba, Spain. Islamic/Umayyad. Stone masonry.
Alhambra
Granada, Spain. Islamic/Nasrid. Whitewashed adobe stucco, wood, tile, paint, and gilding.
Mosque of Selimiye II
Edirne, Turkey. Islamic/Ottoman. Architect: Sinan. Brick and stone.
Church of Sainte-Foy
Conques, France. Romanesque Europe. Stone
Tympanum of Sainte-Foy
Conques, France. Romanesque Europe. stone and paint
Reliquary of Sainte-Foy
Romanesque Europe. gold, silver, gemstones, and enamel over wood
Bayeux Tapestry
Romanesque Europe. Embroidery on linen.
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, France. Gothic Europe. Limestone, stained glass.
Röttgen Pietà
Gothic Europe. Painted wood.
Arena Chapel, including Lamentation
Padua, Italy. Giotto. Brick and fresco.
Catacomb of Priscilla
Rome, Italy. Late Antique. Excavated tufa and fresco. Includes Greek Chapel, Orant fresco, and Good Shepherd fresco.
Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well from the Vienna Genesis
Early Byzantine. Illuminated manuscript (tempera, gold, and silver on purple vellum)
Jacob Wrestling the Angel, from the Vienna Genesis
Early Byzantine. Illuminated manuscript (tempera, gold, and silver on purple vellum)
Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George
Byzantine. Encaustic on wood
Merovingian looped fibulae
Early Medieval. Silver gilt worked in filigree, with inlays of garnets and other stones.
Pyxis of al-Mughira
Islamic / Umayyad Dynasty. Ivory
Royal Portal of Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, France. Gothic. Limestone
Our Lady of the beautiful window from Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, France. Gothic. stained glass
Dedication Page with Blanche of Castile and King Louis IX of France from the Bible moralisée
Gothic. Illuminated manuscript (ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum).
Scenes from the Apocalypse from the Bible moralisée
Gothic. Illuminated manuscript (ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum).
Pazzi Chapel
Florence, Italy. Architect: Brunelleschi. masonry
David
Artist: Donatello. bronze
Palazzo Rucellai
Florence, Italy. Architect: Alberti. masonry
Madonna and Child with Two Angels
Artist: Lippi. Materials: Tempera on wood
Birth of Venus
Artist: Botticelli. Materials: Tempera on canvas
Last Supper
Artist: Leonardo. Materials: Oil and tempera mural
Sistine Chapel Ceiling and Altar Frescoes
Vatican City. Artist: Michelangelo. fresco
The Flood
Artist: Michelangelo. material: fresco
Delphic Sibyl
Artist: Michelangelo. material: fresco
Last Judgement Altar Fresco
Artist: Michelangelo. Material: Fresco
School of Athens
Artist: Raphael. material: fresco
Entombment of Christ
Artist: Pontormo. Materials: Oil on wood
Venus of Urbino
Artist: Titian. material: Oil on canvas
Annunciation Triptych
Artist: Workshop of Campin. material: Oil on wood
The Arnolfini Portrait
Artist: van Eyck. material: Oil on wood
Adam and Eve
Artist: Dürer. material: engraving
Hunters in the Snow
Artist: Bruegel the Elder. material: Oil on wood
Last Judgement Altar Fresco
Sistine Chapel, Vatican City, Italy. Artist: Michelangelo, Material: Fresco, Style: Renaissance