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| 2523496790 | Woman of Willendorf | Prehistoric (Paleolithic). 28,000-21,000 BCE. Limestone. Austria. (symbol of fertility) |  | 0 |
| 2523496791 | Venus of Brassempouy | Prehistoric (Upper Paleolithic). 22,000 BCE. Ivory. (bust with first realistic depiction of face) |  | 1 |
| 2523496792 | Caves at Altamira | Prehistoric (Upper Paleolithic). 12,500 BCE. Limestone. Spain. (bison) |  | 2 |
| 2523496793 | Lascaux Caves | Prehistoric (Paleolithic). 15,000 BCE. Limestone. Southern France. (cows, bulls, horses, deer) |  | 3 |
| 2523496794 | Chauvet Cave | Prehistoric (Upper Paleolithic). Oldest cave. |  | 4 |
| 2523496795 | Stonehenge | Prehistoric (Neolithic). 21,000 BCE. Stone. Wiltshire, England. (burial site, post and lintels, mortise and tennon, cromlech: menhir and megalith) |  | 5 |
| 2523496796 | Ziggurat of Ur | Ancient Near Eastern (Sumer). 2100 BCE. Mud Brick. Ur, Iraq. (for moon god Nanna, had temple at top) |  | 6 |
| 2523496797 | Stele of Naram Sin | Ancient Near Eastern (Akkadian). 2254-2218 BCE. Sandstone. Louvre, Paris. (Depicted victory over Lullubi, blessed by gods but accomplished by Naram Sin wearing crown of divinity). |  | 7 |
| 2523496798 | Votive of Gudea | Ancient Near Eastern (Neo-Sumerian). 2141-2122 BCE. Diorite. (Depicts ancient Mesopotamian leader in worship) |  | 8 |
| 2523496799 | Stele of Hammurabi | Ancient Near Eastern (Babylonian). 1780 BCE. Basalt. Louvre, Paris. (earliest written law code: 300 law entries, sun god Shamash hands Hammurabi a rope, a ring, a rod) |  | 9 |
| 2523496800 | Narmer Palette | Egyptian (Early Dynastic, Dynasty 1). 3000 BCE. Mudstone. Hierakonpolis. (Narmer wears crown of Upper Egypt and bull's tail (strength) triumphing over foes and holds rope around head with papyrus (lower egypt) HoS. Horus:falcon god. barefoot:sacred ground. 3 registers on back side and used to make makeup). |  | 10 |
| 2523496801 | Stepped Pyramid of Djoser | Egyptian (Old Kingdom, Dynasty 3). 2630-2575 BCE. Created by Imhotep. Sandstone. Saqqara. (6 unequal steps: stairway to heavens? solid, except burial chamber below grounds believed ka inhabited it) |  | 11 |
| 2523496802 | Human-headed Winged Bull | Ancient Near Eastern (Assyrian). 721-705 BCE. (Protective spirit guarding throne room) |  | 12 |
| 2523496803 | Seated Scribe | Old Kingdom Egypt Dynasty 5. 2450-2325 BCE. Limestone, Louvre. (realistic/lifelike, red ochre, eyes are crystal more engaging) |  | 13 |
| 2523496804 | Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut | New Kingdom Egypt Dynasty 12. 1473-1458 BCE. Deir el-Bahri. (temple is coordinated with cliffs surrounding it, celebrates achievement of a woman) |  | 14 |
| 2523496805 | Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel | New Kingdom Egypt Dynasty 19. 1279-1213 BCE. Rock Cut tomb. (4 statues of Ramses II carved in situ w/small statues of Nefertari, sun god is visible) |  | 15 |
| 2523496806 | Coffin/Death Mask of Tutankhamen | New Kingdom Egypt Dynasty 18. 1332-1322 BCE. Mask: Gold enamel with stones. Coffin: Gold inlaid with glass and stones. Lapis Lazuli. (discovered by Howard Carter in 1922. Tut found inside with 143 objects.) |  | 16 |
| 2523496807 | Cycladic Figurines | Aegean (Cycladic). 2500 BCE. Marble. Athens. Both small, geometric shapes. Male: always doing something. EX: harpist, idea of harpist than depiction, holds harp. Female: outnumber male figurines, nude, found in graves, Idea > depiction. pelvic triangle & meant to lie on back |  | 17 |
| 2523496808 | Palace at Knossos | Aegean (Minoan). 1700-1400 BCE. Crete. stone, wood, paint. Columns: wood, mostly painted red. megaton design with black capitals. (meant for meeting place) |  | 18 |
| 2523496809 | Snake Goddess | Aegean (Minoan) 1600 BCE. Faience. Crete. Thin waist, exposed chest, layered ruffled skirt and apron and wide eyed (lol like sumerians) holds snakes and cat on head. |  | 19 |
| 2523496810 | Bull Leaping (Toreador Fresco) | Aegean (Minoan) 1550-1450 BCE. Crete. Wall Painting from Palace at Knossos (reconstructed). Geometric border, typical clothing and pinched waist, ORGANIC shapes. asserted manhood. men depicted darker. no ground or straight lines. |  | 20 |
| 2523496811 | Harvester Vase | Aegean (Minoan) 1650-1450 BCE. Steatite. Rowdy scene of men marching to drum, not orderly but overlapping. Much emotion not idealized. EX of rhyton (poured liquids during religions ceremonies) |  | 21 |
| 2523496812 | Octopus Jar | Aegean (Minoan) 1500-1450 BCE. Ceramic. Crete. Organic shape, as if flask was made for octopus' tentacles. very graceful and harmonious with sea creatures and energy of natural forms. |  | 22 |
| 2523496813 | Funerary Mask aka "Death Mask of Agamemnon" | Aegean (Mycenaean) 1600 BCE. Gold. Athens. REPOUSSE (punched from back, opposite of chasing). Probably altered (mustache was not Mycenaean)found in 1876 in royal shaft. Had curlycue ears and slit eyes. | 23 | |
| 2523496814 | Warrior Vase | TRANSITION PIECE. Aegean (Mycenaean) 1300-1100 BCE. Ceramic. Woman bid farewell to men going to war, unemotional, more symbolic (woman's raised arm) Very different than Harvester Vase. Greek-styled spears, nonrealistic. |  | 24 |
| 2523496815 | Dying Warrior | Greek (Archaic Period) 500-480 BCE. From Temple of Aphaia at Aegina. Marble. West: 500-480, statue has archaic smile, idealized form, little sense of struggle/pain. East: 490-489, twisted body, realistic, more emotion and sense of pain. Attempt to evoke Pathos by the depiction of the ideaaof dying warrior (west). |  | 25 |
| 2523496816 | Kouros | Greek (archaic) . 600 BCE. Marble. (General representation, grave marker, rigid like egyptian, nude with freed arms and legs (not attached to body). knotted hair with eyes wide open, shoulders broader than hips. idealized). |  | 26 |
| 2523496817 | Anavysos Kouros | Greek (archaic) 530 BCE. Marble with paint. hands clenched, nude, SLIGHT Archaic smile, freed, more lifelike/proportionate, round not rigid, eyes open and large. still a "type" | | 27 |
| 2523496818 | "Peplos" Kore | Greek (Archaic) 530 BCE. Marble. From Acropolis (remember calf bearer too, 560 bCE) Rounded body, clothed woman, accurate anatomy with archaic smile, type rather than specific. knotted hair |  | 28 |
| 2523496819 | "Kritios" Boy | Greek (Classical) TRANSITIONAL. 480 BCE, Athens, Marble. Contrapposto, hair and eyes suggest archaic (knotted and large) suggested archaic smile, with blank look, angle.d |  | 29 |
| 2523496820 | Aphrodite of Knidos | Greek (Late Classical) 350-340 BCE. Made by Praxiteles (Marble copy). Contrapposto. first depiction of a woman nude. (Aphrodite is bathing:humanizing gods) Suggests S-Curve. Transitional to Hellenistic. assembled from different copies |  | 30 |
| 2523496821 | Apollo from Veii | Etruscan. 510-500 BCE. Terra-Cotta. Pediment-peak statue. more energetic (stride forward) clothed, Greek Archaic Smile |  | 31 |
| 2523496822 | Tomb of the Triclinium | Etruscan 480-470 BCE. Painted. AKA Tomb of the Leopards. From Tarqinia. Depicts Celebration with high energy. Geometric pattern. |  | 32 |
| 2523496823 | Reclining Couple on a Sarcophagus | Etruscan. 520 BCE. Terra Cotta. from Cerveteri. Very welcoming/engaging, welcome you in, robs held wine or good. More focus on upper body than legs. |  | 33 |
| 2523496824 | The Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater) | Roman. 72-80 CE. Rome. Concrete core in Brick covered in a limestone known as travertine. Rows of arches on top of each other with engaged columns: Tuscan, Ionic, Corinthian, Flattened Corinthian. with barrel and groin vaults. Used for violent sports. |  | 34 |
| 2523496825 | The Pantheon | Roman. 118-125 CE. Rome. Dedicated to gods of ROme. Marcus Agrippa apparently built it. Round AND Square. contains porch with Corinthian capitals. |  | 35 |
| 2523496826 | Column of Trajan | Roman. 113-116 CE. Marble. Covered n reliefs commemorating Trajan's victory over Dacians. |  | 36 |
| 2523496827 | Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus | Christian. Marble 359 CE. Rome. Christ is enthroned in this. Seen as Philosopher. Rome baptized on deathbed.Depict Adam and Eve being exiled from Paradise which is a parallel to the enthronement symbolizing Jesus' redemption |  | 37 |
| 2523496828 | Old St. Peter's | Christian. Built in 320 (after Christianity became accepted) CE Torn Down 1600 CE. Axially planned. Symbolized Christianity's Victory over paganism. Simple outside, fancy inside. glass mosaics wit wooden coffered ceiling. |  | 38 |
| 2523496829 | Sutton Hoo Ship Burial | Early Medieval (Saxon) 600-650 CE. gold garnet enamel. purse cover and shoulder clasp. depicts abstract designs based on animals: animal style. interlacing, cloisonne (labor intensive, sign of high status) |  | 39 |
| 2523496830 | Lindesfarne Gospels | Early Medieval (hiberno saxon) 700 CE. tempura on vellum St. Matthew depiction. Angel is symbol of matthew. man behind curtain is possibly moses or Christ or divine intervention from God. Byzantine-like. St. Matthew is labeled, Angel's hand is covered. flattened linear elements and unrealistic cloth. gospel writing pose as if a burden. |  | 40 |
| 2523496831 | Head of a Roman Patrician | Ancient Rome. (Republic). 75-50 BCE. Marble. Otricoli, Italy. Depicting wealthy land owners of Rome. |  | 41 |
| 2523496832 | Augustus Primaporta | Ancient Rome (Early Empire). copy of bronze original. Done in Greek style. Portrayed as a god and a general. c. 20 BCE. Marble. |  | 42 |
| 2523496833 | Santa Sabina | Late Antiquity (Constantine). 422-432. Rome, Italy. (follows basilica plan) |  | 43 |
| 2523496834 | Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well | Late Antiquity. Early 16th century. Tempera gold and silver. manuscript. |  | 44 |
| 2523496835 | Great Stupa | South[east] Asia. 3rd century BCE. Sanchi, India. |  | 45 |
| 2523496836 | Sainte-Foy | Romanesque. 11th century. Gold leaf, silver, wood. |  | 46 |
| 2523496837 | Bayeux Tapestry | Holy Roman Empire. embroidered. |  | 47 |
| 2523496838 | Chartes Cathedral | Gothic. 1145-1155. Chartes, France. |  | 48 |
| 2523496839 | Rottgen Pieta | Gothic. 14th c. Painted wood. German. |  | 49 |
| 2523496840 | Giotto's Lamentation | Late Medieval. 1305. Fresco. Chiaroscura. |  | 50 |
| 2523496841 | Arnolfini Wedding | Italian Gothic. 1434. Jan Van Eyck. Oil on Canvas. |  | 51 |
| 2523496842 | David | Italian Gothic. 1430. Donatello. Bronze. (possibly represents Donatello's sexuality) |  | 52 |
| 2523496843 | Madonna with Child and Two Angels | Italian Gothic. 1457-1460. Filippo Lippi. Oil on Canvas. Florence, Italy. |  | 53 |
| 2523496844 | Birth of Venus | Italian Gothic. 1486. Botticelli. Oil on Canvas. (commissioned by Medici's) |  | 54 |
| 2523496845 | Last Supper | Northern European Ren. 1498. Da Vinci. |  | 55 |
| 2523496846 | The Fall of Man (Adam&Eve) | Northern European Ren. 1504. Duhrer. Engraving. |  | 56 |
| 2523496847 | School of Athens | Northern European Ren. 1509. Raphael. Oil on Canvas. |  | 57 |
| 2523496848 | Venus of Urbino | Northern European Ren. 1538. Titian. OIl on Canvas. |  | 58 |
| 2523496849 | Isenheim Altar Piece | Northern European Ren. 1510. Grunewald. Carved Wood. |  | 59 |
| 2523496850 | Law and Grace | Northern European. 1530. Cranach. Woodcut. |  | 60 |
| 2523496851 | Hunters in the Snow | Northern European. 1565. Bruegel the Elder. Oil on Wood. |  | 61 |
| 2523496852 | Ecstasy of Saint Theresa | Baroque. 1645. Bernini. Marble. Rome |  | 62 |
| 2523496853 | Las Meninas | Baroque. 1656. Diego Velazquez. Oil on Canvas. |  | 63 |
| 2523496854 | The Calling of St. Matthew | Baroque. 1599. Caravaggio. Oil on Canvas |  | 64 |
| 2523496855 | Frontis Piece of the Codex Mendoza | Baroque. 1541. Pigment on Paper. Spain | 65 | |
| 2523496856 | Self Portrait with Saskia | Baroque N. Europe. 1636. Remembrandt. etching. |  | 66 |
| 2523496857 | Woman Holding a Balance | Baroque N. Europe. 1664. Vermeer. Oil on Canvas. |  | 67 |
| 2523496858 | The Swing | Neo-Classicism. 1767. Fragoniard. Oil on Canvas. |  | 68 |
| 2523496859 | The Philosopher Giving a Lecture at the Orrery | Neo-Classicism. 1763. Joseph Wright of Derby. Oil on canvas. |  | 69 |
| 2523496860 | Self Portrait | Neo-Classicism. 1790. Elizabeth Vigee LeBrun. Oil on canvas. | 70 | |
| 2523496861 | The Oath of the Horati | Neo-Classicism. 1784. David. Oil on canvas. |  | 71 |
| 2523496862 | George Washington | Neo-Classicism. 1788-1792. Houdon. Marble. |  | 72 |
| 2523496863 | Thomas Jefferson's Monticello | Neo-Classicism. 1770-1806. Thomas Jefferson. Virginia. |  | 73 |
| 2523496864 | La Grande Odalisque | Romanticism. 1814. Ingres. Oil on canvas. |  | 74 |
| 2523496865 | Liberty Leading the People | Romanticism. 1830. Delacroix. Oil on canvas. |  | 75 |
| 2523496866 | The Slave Ship | Romanticism. 1840. William Turner. Oil on canvas. |  | 76 |
| 2523496867 | The Oxbow | Romanticism. 1836. Thomas Cole. Oil on canvas. |  | 77 |
| 2523496868 | The Stonebreakers | Realism. 1849. Gustave Courbet.Oil on canvas. |  | 78 |
| 2523496869 | Still Life in Studio | Realism. 1837. Daguerre. Daguerre-otype. |  | 79 |
| 2523496870 | Olympia | Realism. 1863. Eduoard Manet. Oil on canvas. |  | 80 |
| 2523496871 | Nadar Raising Photography to the Height of Art | Realism. 1862. Daumier. lithograph. |  | 81 |
| 2523496872 | Horse Galloping | Realism. 1878. Muybridge. Photograph. |  | 82 |
| 2523496873 | La Gare Saint-Lazare | Realism. 1877. Monet. Oil on canvas. |  | 83 |
| 2523496874 | Starry Night | Post Impressionism. 1889. Van Gogh. Oil on canvas |  | 84 |
| 2523496875 | The Coiffure Study | Post Impressionism. 1891. Mary Cassatt. Aquatint on paper. | 85 | |
| 2523496876 | Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? | Post Impressionism. 1897. Paul Gaugin. |  | 86 |
| 2523496877 | Mount St. Victoire | Post Impressionism. 1902-1904. Cezanne. |  | 87 |
| 2523496878 | The Scream | Post Impressionism. 1893. Munch. Tempera and pastel on cardboard. |  | 88 |
| 2523496879 | Les Demoiselles d'Avignon | Modernism. 1907. Pablo Picasso. Oil on canvas |  | 89 |
| 2523496880 | Portuguese | Modernism. 1911. George Braque. Oil on Canvas. |  | 90 |
| 2523496881 | The Fountain | Modernism. 1917. Duchamp. Found object. |  | 91 |
| 2523496882 | The Steerage | 1907. Alfred Stieglitz. Photograph. |  | 92 |
| 2523496883 | The Kiss | 1907. Gustav Klimt. Oil on canvas with gold leaf. |  | 93 |
| 2523496884 | The Kiss | 1907. Brancusi. Limestone. |  | 94 |
| 2523496885 | Goldfish | 1912. Matisse. Oil on canvas. |  | 95 |
| 2523496886 | Improvisation | 1912. Kandinsky. Oil on canvas. |  | 96 |
| 2523496887 | Self Portrait as a Soldier | 1915. Kirchner. Oil on canvas. |  | 97 |
| 2523496888 | Memorial sheet for Karl Liebknecht | 1919. Kathe Kollwitz. Woodcut. |  | 98 |
| 2523496889 | Composition with red blue and yellow | 1930. Mondrian. Oil on canvas. |  | 99 |
