Great Nanna (Moon) Ziggurat at Ur, c. 2100 BC
Ancient Sumerian
Mastaba|Geometric Style|Monumentality|Symmetry
Votive statuettes from Tell Asmar, Iraq, c. 2900 BCE
Ancient Sumerian
Cuneiform|Geometric Style|Symmetry|Anthropomorphic
Stepped pyramid of King Djoser, Saqqara, Egypt, c. 2600 BCE
Made by: Imhotep
Ancient Egypt
Hieroglyphics|Pharaoh|Geometric style|Monumentality|Symmetry|Mastaba| Sledges
Great Pyramids, Giza, Egypt, c. 2500 BCE
Ancient Egypt
Hieroglyphics|Pharaoh|Mastaba|Mortise & tenon|sledges|geometric style|Monumentality|symmetry
Inner Coffin and Mask of Tutankhamen, from his tomb in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, c. 1323 BCE
Ancient Egypt
Hieroglyphics|Pharaoh|Mastaba|Geometric style|Monumentality|Symmetry| Humanism|Anthropomorphic
Funerary krater from the Dipylon cemetery, Athens, c. 750 BCE
Ancient Greece
Geometric Period|Krater|Geometric style|Frieze|Symmetry|Humanism|Oikos |Demos|Anthropomorphic
New York kouros, c. 600 BCE
Ancient Greece
Archaic Period|Geometric style |Kouros| Symmetry|Humanism|Demos| Anthropomorphic
Kritios Boy, c. 470 BCE
Ancient Greece
ClassicalPeriod|Asymmetry|Contrapposto|Hubris|Humanism|Demos| Anthropomorphic|Monumentality
Charioteer of Delphi, c. 470 BCE
Ancient Greece
Classical Period|Asymmetry|Contrapposto|Lack of Hubris|Humanism|Anthropomorphic|Monumentality
Zeus of Artemision, c. 460 BCE
Ancient Greece
Classical Period|Asymmetry|Contrapposto|Hubris|Humanism|Monumentality
Discobolus (Discus Thrower), c. 450 BCE
Made by: Myron
Ancient Greece
Classical Period|Monumentality|Asymmetry|Olympia+the olympic games|Contrapposto|Hubris|Humanism
Spear Bearer (Doryphorus), c. 440 BCE
Made by: Polykleitos
Ancient Greece
Classical Period|Monumentality|Asymmetry|Gymnasium|Contrapposto| Hurbis|Humanism|Demos
Parthenon, Athens, 447-432 BCE
Made by: Iktinos and Kallikrates
Ancient Greece
Classical Period|Frieze|Monumentality|Symmetry|Contrapposto|Hubris| Humanism|Acropolis|Agors|Polis|Doric+Ionic|anthropomorphic|pediment
Plan of the Parthenon, 447-432 BCE
Made by: Iktinos and Kallikrates
Ancient Greece
Reconstruction of gold and ivory statue of Athena Parthenos, after Pheidus, 438 B.C.E.
Ancient Greece
Classical Period|Monumentality|Asymmetry|Contrapposto|Hubris| Humanism|Acroplis
Grave marker (stele) of little girl with doves, c. 440 BCE
Ancient Greece
Hegeso stele, c. 400 BCE
Ancient Greece
Aphrodite of Cnidos, c. 350 BCE
Made by: Praxiteles
Ancient Greece
Dying Gaul, c. 220 BCE
Ancient Greece
Gallic chief killing his wife and himself, Roman marble copy after original, c. 220 BCE
Ancient Greece
Laocoon and his sons, 1st century C.E.
Ancient Greece
Temple of Portunus, Rome, late 2nd century BCE
Ancient Rome
Plans of Temple of Portunus, Rome, late 2nd century BCE
Ancient Rome
Pont du Gard, Nîmes (France), late 1 st century BCE
Ancient Rome
Colosseum, Rome, 80 CE
Ancient Rome
Colosseum, Rome, 80 CE
Ancient Rome
Pantheon, Rome, 125 CE
Ancient Rome
Plans of Pantheon, Rome, 125 CE
Ancient Rome
Plans of Pantheon, Rome, 125 CE
Ancient Rome
Augustus from Primaporta, c. 20 BCE
Ancient Rome
Portrait of Livia, Augustus’s wife, Pompeii, c. 20 BCE
Ancient Rome
Severan Family, painted portrait, c. 200 C.E.
Ara Pacis Augustas (Altar of Augustan Peace), 13-9 B.C.E.
Arch of Titus, Rome, after 81 C.E.
The Good Shepherd, Catacomb of Callistus, Rome, 2nd century CE
Early Christian
Orant Figure, Catacomb of Priscilla, Rome, 3 rd century CE
Early Christian
Catacomb of Priscilla, Orant Figure, 3rd century CE
Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, Rome, c. 359 CE
Early Christian
Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius c. 130 - 180 CE Museo di Conservatori Rome
SIMILAR POSE TO CHRIST ENTRY INTO JERUSLEMS
(Reconstruction of) Old Saint Peter’s Basilica, Holy See, Italy, c. 325 CE
Early Christian
Basilica of Santa Sabina, Rome, 422-432 CE
Early Christian
Basilica of Santa Sabina, Rome, 422-432 CE
Early Christian
Abba Garima Gospels III, Ethiopia, c. 370-590 CE
Early Christian
Written in: Ge'ez
Matthew Mark
Luke John
Luke, from the Abba Garima Gospels, Ethiopia, 370-590 CE
Early Christian
Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople, 532-537 CE
Byzantine
Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople, 532-537 CE
Byzantine
Mosaic of the Good Shepherd, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, Italy c. 425 CE
Byzantine
San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, 546-548 CE
Byzantine
Christ at the End of Time, San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, 546-548 CE
Byzantine
Mosaic of Theodora, San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, 546-548 CE
Byzantine
Mosaic of Justinian, San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, 546-548 CE
Byzantine
The Ka‘ba, Mecca (Saudi Arabia), reconstructed many times since the 7th century
Early Islamic
Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, 691–92
Early Islamic
Plan of the Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, 691–92
Early Islamic
Mosaic tile decoration, Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, 691-2
Hypothetical plan and reconstruction of the house of Muhammad in Medina (Saudi Arabia), first built 622 Early Islamic
Great Mosque of Damascus (Syria), 706–15
Early Islamic
Plan of Great Mosque of Damascus (Syria), 706–15
Early Islamic
Mosaic tile decoration, Great Mosque of Damascus (Syria), 706-15