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Pont du Gard, near Nimes, France, 1st C BCE. Section: Political Power The Visual Arts p. 190 |
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Painted beaker, from Susa, Iran, c. 5000-4000 BCE. 11.25ins (28.5cm) high. Louvre, Paris. Section: Political Power The Visual Arts p. 41 |
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Vitory stele of Naramsin, c. 2300-2200 BCE. Pink sandstone, about 6ft 8ins (2.03m) high. Louvre, Paris.
Section: Political Power The Visual Arts p. 46 |
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Stele of Hammurabi, from Susa, Iran, c. 1760 BCE. Basalt, 7ft 4ins (2.24m) high. Louvre, Paris.
Section: Political Power The Visual Arts p. 48 |
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Palette of Narmer, from Hierakonpolis, Egypt, c. 3200 BCE. Slate, 25ins (63.5cm) high. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
Sections: Political Power, Alphabets and Communication The Visual Arts p. 54 |
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Menkaure (Mycerinus) and his queen, from Menkaure Valley Temple, Giza, c. 2600 BCE. Grey Wacke, 4ft 8ins (1.42m) high. Harvard University - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition.
Section: Political Power The Visual Arts p. 60 |
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Scribe, from Kai Tomb, Saqqara, Egypt, c. 2600 BCE. Painted limestone, 21ins (53.3cm) high. Louvre, Paris.
Section: Political Power The Visual Arts p. 60 |
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| Necropolis, Giza, Egypt (pyramid tombs of Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure) 2550-2470 BCE. Section: Political Power |
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Altar of the Augustan Peace (Ara Pacis Augustae). 13-9 BCE. Marble, outer wall c. 34ft 5ins x 38ft x 23 ft (10.5 x 11.6 x 7m). Rome.
Section: Political Power The Visual Arts p. 199 |
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| Augustus of Primaporta, early 1st c CE. Marble, 6ft 8ins (2.03) high. Vatican Museums, Rome. Sections: Political Power, History and Appropriation The Visual Arts p. 197 |
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Eugene Delacroix, The 28th July: Liberty Leading the People, 1830. Oil on canvas, 8ft 6ins x 10ft 7ins (2.59 x 3.25m). Louvre, Paris.
Section: Political Power The Visual Arts p. 650 |
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| Colosseum, Rome, c. 70-82 CE. Section: Political Power The Visual Arts p. 191 |
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