Egypt, Near East, Greek Art

Caves at Lascaux, France, fresco,

15,000 B.C.E., Upper Paleolithic

Rhinocerous, Wounded Man, and Bison, Cave Paintings, Lascaux,

France, Upper Paleolithic, 30-15,000 BCE

Woman of Willendorf,Austria 20,000 BCE

Painted Plaster Skull from Jericho, Neolithic, c. 1500 B.C.E

Plaster figures from Ain Ghazal, Jordan, Neolithic (c. 6500 B.C.E)

Stonehenge, Salisbury, England, c. 3000-2100 B.C.E. Neolithic

Ziggurat of Urnammu, Ur. Sumerian

Uruk Vase. Alabaster.

Sumerian (pre-3000 B.C.)

Statuettes from Abu Temple, Tell Asmar, Iraq, Gypsum, Sumerian

Standard of Ur, Royal Tomb, Ur, Wood inlaid with shell, limestone and lapis

lazuli, Sumerian

Sound box and Inlay panel from Harp, Royal Tomb, Ur, Wood,

Gold, lapis lazuli, shell inlay, Sumerian

Ram and Tree, Offering Stand,

Royal tomb, Ur, Wood, Gold, lapis

lazuli, Sumerian

Head of a Ruler

(called Sargon?),

Cast bronze,

Akkadian

Stele of Naram-Sin,

Limestone, Akkadian

Seated Gudea with Temple Plan.

Diorite, Lagash, Akkadian

Standing Gudea, Diorite,

Lagash, Akkadian

Stele of Hammurabi. Babylon,

Dioirte, Babylonian

Guardian Spirits from Citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin (Khorsdabad), Assyrian

Fugitives Crossing River, Nimrud. Limestone relief. Assyrian

Ashurnasirpal II Killing Lions, Nimrud. Limestone relief. Assyrian

The Dying Lioness. Nineveh, Limestone relief, Assyrian

Ishtar Gate. Babylon, Glazed Brick, Neo-Babylonian

Temple of Solomon, Jerusalem, reconstruction, rebuilt c. 530-450,

Ancient Israel

Processional stairway to Audience Hall of Darius and Xerxes, Persepolis, Persian.

Audience Hall of Darius and Xerxes, Persepolis, Persian

Bull Capital from

Audience Hall

(appadana) Persepolis,

Limestone, Persian

Darius and Xerxes Giving Audience, Persepolis,

Limestone relief, Persian

Portrait Panel of Hesy-ra.

Saqqara. Wood. Egypt,

Old Kingdom

Palette of King Narmer. Slate. Egyptian, Old Kingdom

Pyramid and funerary district of King Djoser. Imhotep

(architect). Saqqara. Egyptian, Old Kingdom.

The Great Pyramids of Menkaure, Khafra, and Khufu.

Giza. Egyptian, Old Kingdom. 2600-2500 BCE

The Great Sphinx of Khafra. Giza. Egyptian, Old Kingdom.

Portrait of King Khafra. Diorite. Egyptian, Old Kingdom

Menkaure and his Queen.

Slate. Egyptian,

Old Kingdom

Prince Rahotep and

his Wife Nofret.

Painted limestone.

Egyptian, Old Kingdom.

Seated Scribe.

Painted limestone.

Egyptian, Old Kingdom.

Bust of Vizier Ank-haf.

Painted limestone.

Egyptian, Old

Kingdom

Ti Watching

Hippopotamus Hunt.

Saqqara. Painted

limestone relief.

Egyptian, Old Kingdom.

Statue of Lady Senuwy.

Granite. Egyptian,

Midddle Kingdom.

Queen Hatshepsut.

Limestone.

Egyptian, New Kingdom.

Temple of Queen Hatshepsut. Deir-el Bahri.

Egyptian, New Kingdom.

Temple of Queen Hatshepsut. Deir-el Bahri.

Egyptian, New Kingdom.

Colossal Statue of

Akhenaten.

Sandstone.

Egyptian, New Kingdom.

Akhenaten and Nefertiti Adoring

Aten -- the Sundisc

Egyptian, New Kingdom

Akhenaten and Family . Limestone relief.

Egyptian, New Kingdom.

Mai and his Wife Urel. Tomb of Ramose, Thebes.

Limestone relief. Egyptian, New Kingdom.

Portrait of Nefertiti.

Painted limestone.

Egyptian, New Kingdom

The Daughters of Akhenaten. Wall Painting.

Egyptian, New Kingdom.

Coffin and funerary maskof Tutankhamen. Gold. Egyptian,

New Kingdom.

Seti I’s Campaigns, relief from Temple of Amun-Ra. Karnak.

Egyptian, New Kingdom

Temple of Amun-Ra. Luxor (Thebes).

Egyptian, New Kingdom.

Colonnade and Court of Amenhotep III Temple of Amun-Ra.

Luxor (Thebes).

Egyptian, New Kingdom

Colossi of Ramses II, from Temple of Ramses II. Abu Simbel.

Egyptian, New Kingdom.

Toreador fresco. Palace at Knossos, Crete. Minoan.

Murals in the Queens’s Megaron. Palace at Knossos, Crete.

Minoan.

Lions Gate. Citadel of Mycenae, Greece. Mycenaean.

Palace at Knossos.

Knossos, Crete. Minoan

(reconstruction,

staircase)

Mask of

Agamemmon,

from tomb,

Mycenae,

Greece.

Mycenaean.

Funerary

Vase.

Ceramic

krater.

Greek,

Geometric.

Eleusis Vase, with Blinding

of Polyphemus and

Gorgons.

Ceramic amphora.

Greek, Geometric

Kore. Limestone. Greek,

Geometric

Korus. Limestone.

Greek, Archaic.

Kroisos (Anavysos

Korus). Limestone.

Greek, Archaic

Kore in Dorian Peplos.

Marble. Greek, Archaic.

Calf Bearer.

Marble. Greek,

Archaic.

Psiax, Herakles

Struggling with the

Nemean Lion.

Ceramic amphora

(black figure).

Greek, Archaic

Exekias. Achilles and

Ajax Playing Dice.

Ceramic amphora

(black figure). Greek,

Archaic.

Exekias. Death of

Ajax. Ceramic

amphora (black

figure). Greek,

Archaic.

Exekias. Dionysis Sailing. Ceramic kylix. (black figure).

Greek, Archaic.

Euphronius. The Death of Sarpendon.

Ceramic Krater (red figure). Greek, Classical.

Douris, Eos and Memnon. Ceramic kylix (red figure).

Greek, Classical

Pan Painter. Death of Aktaion / Pan and Shepherd.

Ceramic bell krater

Altamura Painter. Scenes from Fall of Troy. Ceramic krater (red figure). Greek, Classical,

Foundry Painter, Scenes of a Symposium, Ceramic kylix (red figure). Greek, Classical

Kritios Boy. Marble.

Greek, Classical.

Zeus. Bronze, Greek, Classical

Myron. Discobulus

(Discus Thrower).

Roman copy of

bronze original Greek,

Classical

Polyclitus, Doryphorus (Spear Bearer). Marble. Roman copy of

bronze original. Greek, Classical

Riace Warrior A. Bronze.

Greek, Classical

Basilica (Temple of Hera I). Paestum, Italy. Greek, Archaic

Tempe of Hera II. Paestum, Italy. Greek, Classical

Medusa. West Pediment. from Temple of Artemis at Corfu.

Greek, Archaic

Reconstrcution of the

Treasury of the

Siphnians. Sanctuary of

Apollo at Delphi. Greek,

Archaic

Battle of Gods and Giants. Treasury of the Siphnians.

Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi. Greek, Archaic

Sectional View of Temple of Aphaia. Aegina. Greek, Classical

Dying Warrior, from east pediment of Temple ofAphaia,

Aegina. Marble. Greek, Classical

Herakles, from east pediment

of Temple of Aphaia, Aegina.

Marble. Greek, Classical

Temple of Zeus, East Pediment:

Race of Pelops and Oinomaos, treachery of Myrtilos.

Olympia, Greece. Greek, Classical

Temple of Zeus at Olympia East Pediment:

Race of Pelops and Oinomaos, treachery of Myrtilos.

Greek, Classical. Seer from East Pediment

Battle of Lapiths and Centaurs. from west pediment of Temple of Zeus

Olympia, Greece.Marble. Greek, Classical

Iktinos and Kallikrates. Parthenon. Akropolis, Athens. Greek,

Classical

Parthenon, 448-432 BCE

Architects: Ictinus and KalliKrates

Mnesikles. Propylaea. Temple of Athena Nike Akropolis,

Athens. Greek, Classical

Pheidias. Athena Parthenos.

Model of Colossal

Chryselephantine Cult Statue.

Parthenon.

Akropolis, Athens. Greek

Classical. c. 438 BCE

Dionysus (Herakles). East pediment, Parthenon. Akropolis,

Athens. Marble. Greek, Classical

The Three Godessses (Hestia, Dione, Aphrodite). East

pediment, Parthenon. Akropolis, Athens.

Marble. Greek, Classical

Lapith and Centaur. Metope from Parthenon. Akropolis,

Athens. Marble. Greek, Classical

Battle of Lapiths and Centaurs. From west pediment of Temple

of Zeus at Olympia. Marble. Greek, Classical.

Lapith and Centaur. Metope from Parthenon. Akropolis,

Athens. Marble. Greek, Classical

Horsemen. From Frieze of Parthenon. Akropolis, Athens.

Marble. Greek, Classical