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04/04/2016

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Ja[image]de Cong
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3300-2200 B.C.E, Located in Liangzhu China. Carved jade. Circles represent earth.Stone workers employed jade to make prestigious, beautifully polished versions of utilitarian stone tools, such as axes, and also to make implements with possible ceremonial or protective functions.
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Audience Hall of Darius and Xerxes.[image]
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520-465 B.C.E Limestone.Persepolis, Iran. Show victory & power over Persian empire. Built from successors of Cyrus and Darius I.
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Athenian Agora[image]
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600 BCE-150 CE Served as a market place to the civilians of the time. Archaic through Hellenistic Greek.
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Seated Boxer [image]
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100 BCE bronze. Possible depiction of athlete of the time in an ideal human form. Possibly showing defeat.
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Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus [image]
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250 CE a.k.a Via Tiburtina Sarcophagus. It is densely populated.example of the battle scenes favored in Roman art.Named for its first modern owner, Ludovico Ludovisi.
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Mosque of Selim II[image]
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Edirine,Turkey. 1568-1575 CE Brick & stone. Ottoman imperial mosque commissioned by Sultan Selim II.There is an octagonal supporting system created by eight pillars.
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Pazzi Chapel [image]
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1429-1461 CE Florence, Italy.Chapel serves as Santa Croces chapter house. Rectangular grey stone. Pazzis family's gift to the church of Santa Croce in Croce.
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E[image]ntombment of Christ
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1525-1528 CE.Made by Caravaggio for the second chapel on the right in Santa Maria in Vallicella
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Improvisation 28 [image]
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1912 CE Oil on Canvas. Kadinsky. To show artists frustration. Analogy with war.
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Pisupo Lau Afe [image]
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1994 Mixed Media& corned beef cans. to show impact of global trade & comments on imported commodity becoming a large part of polynesian customs of feasting & giving. Recycling
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