Key Artworks and Periods in Ancient Egypt and Greece

A comprehensive set of flashcards covering key artworks and their historical contexts from the Ancient Egyptian and Greek periods.

Palette of King Narmer

An artifact from Egypt's Early Dynastic Period, dating c. 3135 B.C.

The Pyramids of Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure

Monumental structures from Egypt's Old Kingdom, built around 2600-2500 B.C.

Menkaure and a Queen

A sculpture from Egypt's Old Kingdom, dating c. 2500 B.C.

Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt

An artwork from Egypt's Old Kingdom, c. 2460 B.C.

Portrait of Sesostris III

A fragmentary sculpture from Egypt's Middle Kingdom, c. 1850 B.C.

Great Temple of Amun at Karnak

A significant temple complex from Egypt's New Kingdom, c. 1579-1075 B.C.

The Weighing of the Heart and Judgment of Osiris

A scene from the Book of the Dead of Hunefer, New Kingdom, c. 1285 B.C.

Queen Nefertiti

A famous bust from Egypt's New Kingdom, c. 1350 B.C.

Funerary Mask of Tutankhamun

An iconic funerary artifact from Egypt's New Kingdom, c. 1330 B.C.

Metropolitan Kouros

A statuary example from Athens, c. 600 B.C. representing the Archaic period.

Anavysos Kouros

Another example of a monumental figure from Athens, c. 525 B.C.

Doryphoros

A sculpture by Polykleitos, known as the Spearbearer, Roman copy from c. 450 B.C.

Discobolos

A work by Myron depicting a discus thrower, Roman copy after Greek original of c. 450 B.C.

The Parthenon

A temple on the Acropolis in Athens, built c. 440 B.C.

Athena Nike

A relief from the balustrade of the Temple of Athena Nike, c. 410 B.C.

Depictions of Sappho

Paintings on Greek ceramic vessels representing the poet, c. 500-400 B.C.

Peplos Kore

A statue from Athens, c. 525 B.C. representing a young woman.

Aphrodite of Knidos

A famous statue by Praxiteles, Roman marble copy after Greek original of c. 340 B.C.

The Laocoon Group

A Hellenistic sculpture depicting Laocoon and his sons, c. 100 B.C.

The Abduction of Persephone

Detail of wall painting in a Greek tomb, c. 340 B.C.

Head of a Roman Patrician

A portrait from the Republican Period, c. 75 B.C. known for its verism.

View of the Appian Way

An ancient road near Rome, Republican Period, begun 312 B.C.

Pont du Gard

An aqueduct in Nimes, France from the Republican Period, c. 75 B.C.

Temple of Fortuna Virilis

A Roman temple from the Republican Period, c. 125 B.C.

Portrait of a Roman General

A statue from the Republican Period, c. 50 B.C.

Augustus of Primaporta

A statue from the Imperial Period, c. 15 B.C., depicting the first Roman emperor.

Arch of Titus

A triumphal arch in Rome, Imperial Period, c. 80 A.D.

The Flavian Amphitheater (The Colosseum)

An iconic structure in Rome, completed in the Imperial period, 80 A.D.

Pantheon

A temple in Rome, completed in the Imperial Period, 128 A.D.

Traveling Musicians

A mosaic from Pompeii, Republican period, 2nd c. B.C.

Trajan Decius

A Roman emperor from the Imperial Period, c. 250 A.D.

Christ as the Good Shepherd

A catacomb painting in Rome, Late Imperial Period, c. 300 A.D.

Constantine the Great

A Roman emperor depicted in sculpture from Late Imperial Period, c. 325 A.D.