Palette of King Narmer
Ancient Mediterranean, Predynastic Egypt
Greywacke
King Menkaura and Queen
Ancient Mediterranean, Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty
Greywacke
The Code of Hammurabi
Ancient Mediterranean, Babylon (modern Iran), Susian
Basalt
Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and Three Daughters
Ancient Mediterranean, New Kingdom (Amarna), 18th Dynasty
Limestone
Tutankhamun’s Tomb
Ancient Mediterranean, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty
Gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones
Last Judgment of Hu-Nefer
Ancient Mediterranean, New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty
Painted papyrus scroll
Niobides Krater
Ancient Mediterranean, Classical Greece
Clay, red-figure technique (white highlights)
Alexander Mosaic
Ancient Mediterranean, Republican Roman
Mosaic
Augustus of Prima Porta
Ancient Mediterranean, Imperial Roman, Early 1st Century
Marble
Bayeux Tapestry
Early Europe & Colonial Americas, Romanesque Europe (English or Norman)
Embroidery on linen
School of Athens
Raphael
Fresco
Henri IV Receives the Portrait of Marie de’ Medici
Peter Paul Rubens
Oil on canvas
The Oath of the Horatii
Jacques-Louis David
Oil on canvas
George Washington
Jean-Antoine Houdon
Marble
Nadar Raising Photography to the Height of Art
Honore Daumier
Lithograph
Marilyn Diptych
Andy Warhol
Oil, acrylic, and silkscreen enamel on canvas
Moai on Platform (aahu)
The Pacific, Papa Nui (Easter Island)
Volcanic tuff figures on basalt base
‘Ahu ‘ula (feather cape)
The Pacific, Hawaiian, Late 18th century
Feathers and fiber
Ruler’s feather headdress
Indigenous Americas, Mexica (Aztec)
Feathers (quetzal and cotinga) and gold
Staff God, Rarotonga
The Pacific, Cook Islands, central Polynesia, Late 18th to early 19th century
Wood, tapa, fiber, and feathers
Transformation Mask
Indigenous Americas, Kwakwaka’wakw, Northwest coast of Canada
Wood, paint, and string
Wall Plaque, from Oba’s Palace
Africa, Edo peoples, Benin (Nigeria)
Cast brass
Golden Stool (Sika dwa kofi)
Ashanti peoples (south central Ghana)
Gold over wood and cast-gold attachments
Ndop (portrait figure) of King Mishi miShyaang maMbul
Kuba peoples (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Wood
Power Figure (Nkisi n’kondi)
Kongo peoples (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Wood and metal
Aka Elephant Mask
Bamileke (Cameroon, western grassfields region)
Wood, woven raffia, cloth, and beads
Veranda Post of Enthroned King and Senior Wife
Yoruba peoples (Olowe of Ise)
Wood and pigment
Bahram Gur Fights the Karg
Islamic; Persian, Il’Khanid
Ink and opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper
Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings
Bichitr
Watercolor, gold, and ink on paper
The Court of Gayumars
Sultan Muhammad
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Gold and Jade Crown
Three Kingdoms Period, Silla Kingdom, Korea
Metalwork
Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace
Kamakura Period, Japan
Handscroll (ink and color on paper)
Portrait of Sin Sukju
Imperial Bureau of Painting
Hanging scroll (ink and color on silk)
Nan Madol
Micronesia, Saudeleur Dynasty
Basalt boulders and prismatic columns
Forbidden City
Beijing, China, Ming Dynasty
Stone masonry, marble, brick, wood, and ceramic tile