"Venus" of Willendorf, Austria

Paleolithic (30,000-10,000 BC)

animal facing left; charcol on stone

Paleolithic (30,000-10,000 BC)

Bison (one wounded?) at Altamira, Spain

Paleolithic (30,000-10,000 BC)

Hall of the Bulls at Lascaux, France

Paleolithic (30,000-10,000 BC)

rhinoceros, man and bison at Lascaux, France

Paleolithic (30,000-10,000 BC)

horses and negative handprints at Pech-Merle, France

Paleolithic (30,000-10,000 BC)

Animals at Chauvet Cave, Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, France

Paleolithic (30,000-10,000 BC)

woman holding a bison horn, from Laussel, France

Paleolithic (30,000-10,000 BC)

bison, from La Madeleine, France

Paleolithic (30,000-10,000 BC)

Clay Relief of Two Bison, Le Tuc d'Audoubert, France

Paleolithic (30,000-10,000 BC)

human with feline head, from Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany

Paleolithic (30,000-10,000 BC)

Çatal Höyük

Neolithic (8,000-3,000 BC)

Deer Hunt, Çatal Höyük

Neolithic (8,000-3,000 BC)

Landscape with volcanic eruption (?), Çatal Höyük

Neolithic (8,000-3,000 BC)

Wall and Tower at Jericho, Jordan

Neolithic (8,000-3,000 BC)

human figure from Ain Ghazal, Jordan

Neolithic (8,000-3,000 BC)

Hagar Qim, Malta

Neolithic (8,000-3,000 BC)

Stonehenge, southwest England

Neolithic (8,000-3,000 BC)

Tomb painting from Hierakonpolis

Predynastic & Old Kingdom

(ca. 3,000-2190 BC)

Palette of King Narmer

Predynastic & Old Kingdom

(ca. 3,000-2190 BC)

Hesire, from Saqqara, wood relief

Predynastic & Old Kindom

(ca. 3,000-2190 BC)

Mastaba Tombs

Predynastic & Old Kingdom

(ca. 3,000-2190 BC)

Stepped Pyramid and funerary precint of King Djoser, Saqqara, Imhotep

Pyramids, Gizeh

big: Khufu (ca. 2550 BC)

medium: Khafre (ca. 2500 BC)

small: Menkaure (ca. 2475 BC)

The Great Sphinx, Gizeh

(ca. 2500 BC)

Khafre, from Gizeh

Predynastic & Old Kingdom

(ca. 3000-2190 BC)

Menkaure and his wife, Khamerernebty

Predynastic & Old Kingdom

(ca. 3000-2190 BC)

Prince Rahotep and his wife, Nofret

Predynastic & Old Kingdom

(ca. 3000-2190)

Seated Scribe, Saqqara

Predynastic & Old Kingdom

(ca. 3000-2190 BC)

Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt, relief from the tomb of Ti, Saqqara

Predynastic & Old Kingdom

(ca. 3000-2190)

Cattle Fording a River, relief from tomb of Ti, Saqqara

Predynastic & Old Kindom

(ca. 3000-2190 BC)

Fragmentary head of Senusret III

Middle Kingdom (ca. 2040-1617 BC)

Rock-cut tombs, Beni Hasan

Middle Kingdom (ca. 2040-1674 BC)

(exterior)

Rock-cut tombs, Beni Hasan

Middle Kingdom (ca. 2040-1674 BC)

(interior)

Funerary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Deir el Bahri, Senmut

New Kingdom (ca. 1550-1070 BC)

Hatshepsut, from the upper court of her motuary temple, Dier el-Bahri

New Kingdom (ca. 1550-1070 BC)

Senmut with Princess Nefrura, Thebes

New Kingdom (ca. 1550-1070 BC)

Temple of Amen-Re, Karnak

New Kingdom (1550-1070 BC)

Temple complex of Amun-Mut-Khonsu, Luxor, begun by Amenhotep III, ca. 1350 BC, expanded by Ramses II, ca. 1275

Nebamun Hunting Birds from the Tomb of Nebamun, Thebes

New Kindom (ca. 1550-1070 BC)

Banquet scene from the Tomb of Nebamun, Thebes

New Kindom (ca. 1550-1070 BC)

Akhenaton (Amenhotep IV)

Amarna Period (ca. 1353-1335 BC)

Nefertiti

Amarna Period (ca. 1353-1335)

Queen Tiye

Amarna Period (ca. 1353-1335 BC)

Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughers

Amarna Period (ca. 1353-1335)

Mask from the Tomb of Tutankhamen

New Kingdom (ca. 1550-1070 BC)

Coffin from the Tomb of Tutenkhamen

New Kingdom (ca. 1550-1070 BC)

Painted chest with Tutankhamen hunting from the Tomb of Tutankhamen

New Kingdom (ca. 1550-1070 BC)

Jedgement of Hu-Nefer, painted, papyrus scroll

New Kindgom (ca. 1550-1070 BC)

Temple of Ramses II, Abu Simbel (exterior)

(ca. 1290-1224 BC)

Temple of Ramses II, Abu Simbel (interior)

(ca. 1290-1224 BC)

Menteumhet

(ca. 660-650 BC)

White Temple on Ziggurat, Uruk

Proliterate Period (ca. 3500-3000 BC)

Female Head (Inanna?), Uruk

Proliterate Period (ca. 3500-3000 BC)

Alabaster Vase (Warka Vase), depicts goddess Inanna, Uruk

Proliterate Period (ca. 3500-3000 BC)

Statuettes from Abu Temple, Eshnunna (Tell Asmar, Iraq)

Early Dynastic Period (ca. 3000-2340 BC)

Stele of the Vultures/Victory Stele of Eannatum, Girsu (Telloh, Iraq)

Early Dynastic Period (ca. 3000-2340 BC)

Harps and detal, From Royal Cemetery, Ur (Tell Muqayyar, Iraq)

Early Dynastic Period (ca. 3000-2340 BC)

Standard of Ur from Royal Cemetery at Ur

Early Dynastic Period (3000-2340 BC)

Stele of King Narman-Sin, From Susa

Akkadian Period (ca. 2340-2180 BC)

Head of Akkadian Ruler from Nineveh

Akkadian Period (2340-2180 BC)

Statue of Gudea from Girsu

Neo-Sumer and Babylon (ca. 2125-1750 BC)

Statue of Gudea, Girsu

Neo-Sumer and Babylon (ca. 2125-1750 BC)

Stele with Code of Hummurabi

Neo-Sumer and Babylon (ca. 2125-1750 BC)

Citadel of Sargon III, Dur Sharrukin (Khorsabad, Iraq)

Assyrian Period (ca. 1000-612 BC)

Sargon II Lamassu

Assyrian Period (ca. 1000-612 BC)

Releif from the Palace of King

Ashurnasipal II

Assyrian Period (ca. 1000-612 BC)

Glazed brick from the Palace of King Ashurnasipal II

Assyrian Period (ca. 1000-612)

Ishtar Gate at Babylon

Neo-Babylonian (605-559 BC)

Cycladic figure from Syros

Cycladic (ca. 2500 BC)

Lyre player from Keros

Cycladic (ca. 2500 BC)

Kamares Ware Jar from Phaistos

Minoan (ca. 1800-1400 BC)

Octopus Vase from Palaikastro

Minoan (ca. 1800-1400 BC)

Palace of Minos at Knossos

Minoan (ca. 1800-1400 BC)

Palace of Minos at Knossos (staircase and light well)

Minoan (ca. 1800-1400 BC)

La Parisienne (woman or goddess), fresco, from Palace of Minos at Knossos

Minoan (1800-1400 BC)

"Snake Goddess" from Knossos

Minoan (ca. 1800-1400 BC)

Young god(?), from Palaikastro

(ca. 1500 BC)

Bull Leaping Fresco from the Palace of Minos at Knossos

Minoan (ca. 1800-1400 BC)

Harvester Vase from Hagia Triada

Minoan (ca. 1800-1400 BC)

Landscape frescoes from Akrotiti, Thera

(ca. 1650 BC)

Citadel at Tiryns

Mycenaean (ca. 1600-1200 BC)

Lion Gate, Citaldel of Mycenae

Mycenaean (ca. 1600-1200 BC)

Megaron, Citadel of Mycenae

Mycenaean (ca. 1600-1200 BC)

Funeral Mask from Grave Circle A, Citadel of Mycenae

Mycenaean (ca. 1600-1200 BC)

Inlaid Dagger from Grave Circle A, Citadel at Mycenae

Mycenaean (ca. 1600-1200 BC)

Female Head (sphinx?), from Mycenae

Mycenaean (ca. 1600-1200 BC)

Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae

Mycenae (ca. 1600-1200 BC)

Warrior Vase from Mycenae

Mycenaean (ca. 1600-1200 BC)

Geometric Krater from Dipylon Cemetery, Athens

Geometric Period (800-700 BC)

Hero and Centaur

Geometric Period (800-700 BC)

Mantiklos Apollo from Thebes

Orientalizing (700-600 BC)

Corinthian black-figure amphora from Rhodes

Orientalizing Period (700-600 BC)

Temple A, Prinias, Crete

Orientalizing Period (700-600 BC)

Temple A, Prinias, Crete (floor plan)

Orientalizing Period (700-600 BC)

Lady of Auxerre, probably from Crete

Orientalizing Period (700-600 BC)

New York Kouros from Attica

Archaic (600-480 BC)

Kroisos (Anavysos Kouros)

Archaic (600-480 BC)

Calf-Bearer from the Acropolis

Archaic Period (600-480 BC)

Peplos Kore from the Acopolis

Archaic Period (600-480 BC)

Kore in Ionic dress from the Acropolis

Archaic Period (600-480 BC)

Plan of a greek peripteral temple

Archaic Period (600-480 BC)

Doric and Ionic Orders

Archaic Period (600-480 BC)

Temple of Hera I, Paestum, Italy

Temple of Hera I plan Paestum, Italy

Archaic (600-480 BC)

West Pediment of Temple of Artemis at Corfu (Gorgon (Medusa), Pegasus, Chrysaor)

Archaic (600-480 BC)

Treasury of the Siphnians, Delphi: Caryatid in pronaos; Ionic frieze of gigantomachy

Archaic Period (600-480 BC)

Temple of Aphaia, Aegina

west pediment (ca. 500-490 BC)

east pediment (ca. 490-480 BC)

Kleitias (painter) & Ergotimos (potter), Attic black-figure volute krater; the "François Vase"

Archaic (600-480 BC)

Exekias, Attic black-figure amphora; Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game, detail

Archaic (600-480 BC)

Andokides (painter), Attic bilingual amphora, Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game

Archaic (600-480 BC)

Eyphronios, Attic red-figure calyx krater, Herakles wrestling Antaios

Archaic Period (600-480 BC)

Kritios Boy, From the Acropolis, Athens

Greek 5th Century BC

Delphi Charioteer from the Sancutuary of Apollo, Delphi

Greek 5th Century BC

 Zeus from off Cape Artemision

Greek 5th Century BC

Myron. Diskobolos (Discous Thrower)

(ca. 450 BC)

Polykleitos, Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)

Greek 5th Century BC

Riace Bronzes, found in the sea off Riace, Italy

Greek 5th Century BC

Temple of Hera II, Paestum Italy

Greek 5th Century BC

Temple of Zeus at Olympia:

Libon of Elis (architect),

west pediment: chariot race between Peplos and Oinomaos

Greek 5th Century BC

Temple of Zeus at Olympia:

Libon of Elis (architect),

east pediment: Battle of Lapiths and Centaurs

Greek 5th Century BC

Parthenon (447-438 BC); sculpture completed in 432 BC

Iktinos & Kallikrates (arhchitects)

Phidias: sculptor and general supervisor of the Periclean building program.

Phidias, Athena Parthenos (cult image of Athena), reconstruction

Parthnon (sculpture completed in 432 BC)

West pediment: contest between Athena and Poseiden

Parthenon (447-438 BC; sculpture completed in 432 BC)

East Pediment: Birth of Athena

Parthenon (447-438 BC; sculpture completed in 432 BC)

Parthenon Metopes: battle scenes (Sack of Troy, Centauromachy, Amazonomachy, Gigantomachy)

Parthenon (447-438 BC; sculpure completed in 432 BC)

Ionic Frieze: Panthenaic Procession

Parthanon (447-438 BC; sculpure completed in 432 BC)

Propylaia (437-432 BC)

Mnesikles, architect

Erechtheion (421-405 BC)

Temple of Athena Nike (427-424 BC)

Kallikrates, architect (sculpted parapet, ca. 410 BC)

Grave stele of Hegeso, from Dipylon cemetery, Athens

Greek 5th Century BC

Achilles Painter, Attic white-ground lekythos, from Eretria, Greece; Warrior taking leave of his wife

Greek 5th Century

Niobid Painter, Attic red-figure calyx karter, from Orvieto, Italy; Artemis and Apollo slaying children of Niobe

Greek 5th Century BC

Phiale Painter, Attic white-gorund calyx krater, from Vulci, Italy; Hermes bringing infant Dionysos to Papposilenos

Greek 5th Century BC

Tomb of the Diver, Paestum, Italy

(ca. 480 BC)

The Corinthian Caplital, and the Corinthian Order

Greek 4th Century BC

Tholos at Delphi

Greek 4th Century BC

Monument of Lysikrates, Athens

Greek 4th Century BC

Theater, Epidauros, Polykleitos the Younger

Greek 4th Century

Aphrodite from Knidos, Praxitiles, Roman copy

Greek 4th Century

Hermes with the Infant Dionysus, Praxiteles Roman copy

(ca. 340 BC)

Grave stele of young hunter

Greek 4th Century BC

Apoxyomenos (Scraper), Lysippos, Roman Copy

Greek 4th Century BC

Weary Herakles (known as Farnes Harakles), Lysippos, Roman Copy

Greek 4th Century

Gnosis, Stag Hunt (pebble mosaic), from Pella, Greece

Greek 4th Cenury

Hades abducting Persephone, wall painting from tomb at Vergina

Greek 4th Century BC

The Alexander Mosaic (Battle of Issus?) from Pompeii. Copy of painting by Philoxenos of Eretria

(ca 100 BC)