art history

Cave paintings - Lascaux, France

Paleolithic

Relief of Ashburnipal and the Queen

Mesopotamian

Mesopotamian City of Ur

Ziggurat

Mohenjo-Daro

Old Kingdom

Prehistory

Zoser (Djoser) Complex

Proto-pyramid

Stool - King Tut’s Tomb, New Kingdom

Swan motif with curved neck forms

Clerestory

This is where an upper portion of a wall contains windows for supplying light and natural air into the center of the building

Zoser (Djoser) Complex

Fluted Columns

Akhenaton

Mortuary of Queen Hatshepsut

Atlanid

Column in the form of a man

Caryatid

Column in the form of a woman

Colossi

Gigantic Statues

Hypostyle Hall

Chair from King Tut’s Tomb, New Kingdom

Curved, scooped form, Influences of Akhenaten

Bundled Papyrus Columns,  Mortuary of Thutmosis III

Temple of Amun-Re

Temple of Amun-Re

Lotus leaf capital

Minoan

Opisthodomos

Cella

Pronaos

Peristyle

Columns in Antis

Temple of Apollo Bassae

Folding stool - Greek

Okladias

Athens, Greece

The Parthenon

The Parthenon

Doric

Ionic

Corinthian

Temple of Athena Nike

1250 BCE

Lions Gate, Mycenae

Minoan Columns

Palace of Knossos

Vitruvian Scroll

Bead and Reel

Dentil

Egg and Dart

Anthemion and Palmette

Guilloche

Caryatids at the Erechtheion

Classical Greek

Klismos

Kline

Corbeled

Nimes, France

Maison Carree

Rome, Italy

Pantheon

Hadrian’s Villa

Insula

Roman “apartment block” housing

Baths of Caracalla

Cathedra

Sella Curulis

Roman Couch

Bisellium

Etruscan

Roman Empire

Greek

Roman

Aqueduct

Basilica

Greek

A

Voussoir

B

Keystone

C

Impost

A

Crown

B

Haunch

C

Spring

Tuscan

Composite

A

Bay

B

Central Nave

C

Side Aisle

A

Front Porch

B

Throne Room or Naos

C

Hearth

D

Pronaos or Vestibule

Rinceau

Acanthus Leaf with Rosette

Husk Garland