Title: Wall painting with three horses facing one another, Chauvet Cave. c. 30,000 BCE.
1Wall painting with three horses facing one
another, Chauvet Cave. c. 30,000 BCE.
2Venus of Willendorf. c. 25,00020,000 BCE. height
4 1/2 in.
3Basin. Majiayao culture, Majiayao phase, c.
30002700 BCE. diameter 11 in.
4Beaker with ibex, dogs, and long-necked birds. c.
50004000 BCE.
5Stonehenge. c. 2000 BCE.
6Worshippers and deities from the Abu Temple. c.
29002600 BCE. height of tallest figure 30 in.
7Stele of Hammurabi. c. 1760 BCE. height of stele
approximately 7 ft. height of relief 28 in.
8Assurnasirpal II Killing Lions, from the palace
complex of Assurnasirpal II. c. 850 BCE. height
approximately 39 in.
9Map of Ancient Mesopotamia, Babylonia, and
Egypt.
10Palette of King Narmer (front). c. 3000
BCE. height 25 in.
11Palette of King Narmer (back). c. 3000
BCE. height 25 in.
12King Khafre. c. 2530 BCE. height 66 1/8 in.
13Queen Nefertiti. c. 1365 BCE. height 19 5/8 in.
14Torso of a priest-king, from Mohenjo-daro.
Indus valley civilization, c. 200190 BCE. height
7 7/9 in.
15Five-eared ding with dragon pattern. c. 1200
BCE. height 48 in., diameter at mouth 32 3/4 in.
16Colossal head, from La Venta, Mexico. Olmec
culture, c. 900500 BCE. height 7 ft. 5 in.
17The Toreador fresco. c. 1500 BCE. Height,
including upper border, approximately 24 1/2 in.
18The Warrior Vase. Mycenae, c. 1200 BCE. Height
approximately 14 in.
19The City-States of Ancient Greece.
20The Acropolis today, viewed from the southwest,
Athens, Greece.
21Nike, from the balustrade of the Temple of Athena
Nike. c. 410407 BCE. height 42 in.
22Apoxyomenos (The Scraper). c. 350325 BCE. height
6 ft. 8 1/2 in.
23Nike of Samothrace. c. 190 BCE. height
approximately 8 ft.
24The Laocoön Group. Roman copy, perhaps after
Agesander, Athenodorus, and Polydorus of Rhodes.
First century CE.
25Portrait of a Boy. Early third century
BCE. height 9 in.
26She-Wolf. c. 500 BCE. height 33 1/2 in.
27The Roman Empire at Its Greatest Extent, c. 180
CE.
28Augustus of Primaporta. c. 20 BCE. height 6 ft. 8
in.
29The Arch of Titus. c. 81 CE. height 50 ft., width
44 ft. 4 in.
30Attributed to Apollodorus. Column of Trajan. 113
CE. height originally 128 ft., length of frieze
approximately 625 ft.
31Attributed to Apollodorus. Lower portion of the
Column of Trajan. 113 CE.
32Flying Horse Poised on One Leg on a Swallow. Late
Han dynasty, second century CE. height 13 1/2
in., length 17 3/4 in.
33Ritual Disc with Dragon Motif (Pi). Eastern Zhou
dynasty, Warring States period, fourththird
century BCE. diameter 6 1/2 in.
34Lady of Dai with Attendants. Han dynasty, after
168 BCE.
35The Great Stupa at Sanchi, view of the West
Gateway. Founded third century BCE, enlarged c.
15050 BCE. Shrine height 50 ft., diameter 105 ft.