Visual Arts Test 1

Pyramid of Khufu (Great Pyramid), Giza, granite/limestone, 26th C. BCE

Hatshepsut, Deir el-Bahri, red granite and paint, ruled c. 1479–1458 BCE

Book of the Dead for the Chantress of Amun, Nauny, paint/papyrus, c. 1050 BCE

Standing male worshiper, Square Temple, Eshnunna (Iraq), limestone/alabaster/shell/bitumen, c. 2900-2600 BCE

Kore from Chios, marble with paint, Akropolis, Athens, c. 510 BCE

Yakshi Bracket figure and relief, east torana, Great Stupa, Sanchi, stone, c. 150-50 BCE

Warrior, shipwreck near Riace (Italy), bronze/bone/glass/silver/copper, c. 460-450 BCE

Soldiers from the mausoleum of Shihuangdi, Lintong (China), earthenware, c. 210 BCE

Sasanian Wall Panel, Bird in Rondel, near Ctesiphon (Iraq), Persian, stucco, c. 6th C. CE

Great Stupa, Sanchi, India, founded 3rd C., enlarged c. 150-50 BCE

Pantheon, Rome, stone/concrete, 110-128 CE

Main Hall, Inner Shrine (Shinto), Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan, rebuilt every 20 years since 690 CE

Ishtar Gate, Nebuchadnezzar II’s Palace, Babylon (Iraq), glazed brick, c. 575 BC

Exterior view, Arch of Titus, Rome, concrete/marble/stone/wood, after 81 CE

Chichén Itzá, ball court, Maya Culture, Yucatán, Mexico, 9th -12th C. CE