Name: Running horned woman

Date: 6000-4000 B.C.E.

F: To describe a ceremonial tradition or to identify a religious significant figure

C: At this time, people knew little of their surrounding world, and relied on these religious deities to provide for their basic needs. It was found in a cave, so the artist(s) intended to protect the art which indicates it was valued.

Name: Last Judgement Page from the Book of The Dead of Hunefer

c. 1275 B.C.E., 19th Dynasty

This is his book that he owned for his afterlife. The detail that is shown in the page gives the idea that death is a very important time and that it should be honored and it is very special to them. Egyptians believed that when you were in the afterlife you had to measure your heart, in order to proceed, your heart must weigh no more or no less than a feather. Egyptians had a set and orderly way of life.

Name: Doryphoros (Spear-Bearer)

c. 450-440 B.C.E.

material: marble (roman copy) of Greek Bronze

Function: Depict a warrior with spartans ideal of body, possibly for a temple of Athena

Context: Originally found in athletic training facility in Pompeii, but is now in a museum in Naples

known for 'contraposto,' 'symmetria,' and chiastic relationship between body parts

Name: Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater)

c. 70-80 C.E.

Iconic symbol of Imperial Rome

- used for gladiatorial contents and public spectacles like executions and re-enactments

- It was later used for housing, quarters for a religious order, and a fortress