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Undergraduate 1
03/09/2011
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Human Figure with Lion Head
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c. 30,000-28,000 BCE, Paleolithic Period. Mammoth Ivory
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Nude Woman (Venus of Willendorf)
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28,000-25,000 BCE, Paleolithic Period, Limestone.
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Man and Bison
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c. 15,000-13,000 BCE Paleolithc. Charcoal and various earth pigments. Lascaux, France.
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Stonehenge
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c. 2550-1660 BCE. Neolithic Period. Sarsen and bluestone. Salisbury, England.
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Standard of Ur
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c. 2600 BCE. Sumerian Period. Wood inlay with precious stone
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Ziggurat
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c. 2100 BCE. Sumerian Period. Mudbrick. Ur, Iraq. Commissioned by Ur-Nammu.
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The Law Code Stele of Hammurabi
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c. 1780 BCE Babylonian Period. Basalt.
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Lamassu
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c. 720-705 BCE. Assyrian Period. From the Citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin Limestone. Commissioned by Sargon II
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Ashurbanipal Hunting Lions
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645-640 BCE. Assyrian Period. Gypsum. North Palace, Nineveh.
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Palette of Narmer
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c. 3150-3125 BCE. Egyptian, Late Predynastic Period. Slate
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Pyramids of Giza
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c. 2601-2515 BCE. Egyptian, Old Kingdom Period, Sandstone. Giza, Egypt Pyramids of Khufu, Khafre, Menkaure
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Step Pyramid of Djoser
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c. 2630-2611 BCE. Egyptian, Old Kingdom Period. Limestone
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Seated Khafre
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c. 2520-2494 BCE. Egyptian, Old Kingdom Period. Diorite
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Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and Three Daughters
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1353-1335 BCE. Egyptian, Amarna Period. Limestone
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Menkaure and Wife
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c. 2490-2472 BCE. Egyptian, Old Kingdom, Graywacke.
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Geometric Krater
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c. 740 BCE. Greek, Geometric Period. Terracotta
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Achilles and Ajax playing a Dice game
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c. 540-530 BCE. Greek. Archaic Period. Terracotta
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Kouros
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c. 530 BCE, Greek, Archaic Period, Marble
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Doryphorus
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Polykleitos; (spear-bearer); c. 450 BCE. Greek, High Classical Period. Marble.
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Parthenon
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447-438 BCE, High Classical. Acropolis, Athens, Greece.
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Temple of Demeter
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c. 530 BCE. Greek, Archaic Period. Naxos Island, Greece.
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Salamis Stone
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c. 4th century BCE. Greek. High Classical Period. Limestone.
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Battle of Issus (Alexander Mosaic)
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Philoxenos of Eretria. c. 310 BCE. Mosaic. Greek, Late Classical Period. Commissoned by King Kassandra of Macedon. From House of the Faun, Pompeii, Italy.
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Capitoline Wolf
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c. 500 BCE. Etruscan Period. Bronze.
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Head of Partrician
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c. 75-50 BCE. Roman, Republican Period. Marble.
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Pompey the Great
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c. 50 BCE. Roman, Republican Period. Marble.
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Augustus of Primaporta
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c. 15 CE. Roman, Imperial Period. Marble. Discovered at the Palace of Livia Primaporta
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Aule Metele
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1st Century BCE. Etruscan Period. Bronze.
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Vespasian
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c. 69-79 CE. ROman, Imperial Period. Marble.
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Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater)
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72-80 CE. Roman, Imperial Period. Travertine and Concrete. Roman Forum, Rome. Commissioned by Vespasian
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Arch of Titus
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81 CE. Roman, Imperial Period. Pentelic and Cararra Marble over concrete. Forum, Rome. Commissioned by Domition
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Triumph of Titus
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from the Arch of Titus, 81 CE. Roman, Imperial Period. Marble. Commissioned by Domition
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Spoils of Jerusalem
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from the Arch of Titus, 81 CE. Roman, Imperial Period. Marble. Commissioned by Domition
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Apotheosis of Titus
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from the Arch of Titus, 81 CE. Roman, Imperial Period. Marble. Commissioned by Domition
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Pantheon
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125-128 CE. Roman, Imperial Period. Commissioned by Emperor Hadrian.
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Four Tetrarchs
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c. 305 CE. Roman, Late Imperial Period. Porphyry. San Marco, Venice.
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Arch of Constantine
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312-315 CE. Roman, Late Imperial. Forum, Rome.
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Old St. Peter's Basilica
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c. 320-327 CE. Roman, Early Christian Period. Rome, Italy. Commissioned by Emperor Constantine
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Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus
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c. 359 CE. Roman, Early Christian Period. Marble. Commissioned by Junius Bassus.
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Sacrifice of Issac
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from Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, c. 359 CE. Roman, Early Chrisitian Period. Marble Commissioned by Junius Bassus.
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Christ Enthroaned with Sts. Peter and Pau
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from Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, c. 359 CE. Roman, Early Christian Period. Marble. Commissioned by Junius Bassus.
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San Vitale
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526-547 CE. Byzantine Period. Ravenna, Italy. Commissioned by Justinian I.
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Emperor Justinian and Retinue
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from San Vitale, 526-547 CE. Byzantine Period. Ravenna, Italy. Commissioned by Justinian I.
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Theodora and Retinue
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from San Vitale, 526-547 CE. Byzantine Period. Ravenna Italy. Commissioned by Justinian I.
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Christ the Redeemer
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from San Vitale, 526-547 CE. Byzantine Period. Ravenna, Italy. Commissioned by Justinian I.
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Hagia Sophia
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Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus, 532-537 CE. Byzantine Period. Istanbul, Turkey. Commissioned by Justinian I.
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Theotokos (Virgin and Child with Sts. Theodore and George)
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c. 6th century CE. Byzantine. Encaustic on wood. From Monastery of St. Christian, Mount Sinai, Egypt.
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