front 1 ![]() | back 1 Great Nanna (Moon) Ziggurat at Ur, c. 2100 BC Ancient Sumerian Mastaba|Geometric Style|Monumentality|Symmetry |
front 2 ![]() | back 2 Votive statuettes from Tell Asmar, Iraq, c. 2900 BCE Ancient Sumerian Cuneiform|Geometric Style|Symmetry|Anthropomorphic |
front 3 ![]() | back 3 Stepped pyramid of King Djoser, Saqqara, Egypt, c. 2600 BCE Made by: Imhotep Ancient Egypt Hieroglyphics|Pharaoh|Geometric style|Monumentality|Symmetry|Mastaba| Sledges |
front 4 ![]() | back 4 Great Pyramids, Giza, Egypt, c. 2500 BCE Ancient Egypt Hieroglyphics|Pharaoh|Mastaba|Mortise & tenon|sledges|geometric style|Monumentality|symmetry |
front 5 ![]() | back 5 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 |
front 6 ![]() | back 6 Funerary krater from the Dipylon cemetery, Athens, c. 750 BCE Ancient Greece Geometric Period|Krater|Geometric style|Frieze|Symmetry|Humanism|Oikos |Demos|Anthropomorphic |
front 7 ![]() | back 7 New York kouros, c. 600 BCE Ancient Greece Archaic Period|Geometric style |Kouros| Symmetry|Humanism|Demos| Anthropomorphic |
front 8 ![]() | back 8 Kritios Boy, c. 470 BCE Ancient Greece ClassicalPeriod|Asymmetry|Contrapposto|Hubris|Humanism|Demos| Anthropomorphic|Monumentality |
front 9 ![]() | back 9 Charioteer of Delphi, c. 470 BCE Ancient Greece Classical Period|Asymmetry|Contrapposto|Lack of Hubris|Humanism|Anthropomorphic|Monumentality |
front 10 ![]() | back 10 Zeus of Artemision, c. 460 BCE Ancient Greece Classical Period|Asymmetry|Contrapposto|Hubris|Humanism|Monumentality |
front 11 ![]() | back 11 Discobolus (Discus Thrower), c. 450 BCE Made by: Myron Ancient Greece Classical Period|Monumentality|Asymmetry|Olympia+the olympic games|Contrapposto|Hubris|Humanism |
front 12 ![]() | back 12 Spear Bearer (Doryphorus), c. 440 BCE Made by: Polykleitos Ancient Greece Classical Period|Monumentality|Asymmetry|Gymnasium|Contrapposto| Hurbis|Humanism|Demos |
front 13 ![]() | back 13 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 |
front 14 ![]() | back 14 Plan of the Parthenon, 447-432 BCE Made by: Iktinos and Kallikrates Ancient Greece |
front 15 ![]() | back 15 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 |
front 16 ![]() | back 16 Grave marker (stele) of little girl with doves, c. 440 BCE Ancient Greece |
front 17 ![]() | back 17 Hegeso stele, c. 400 BCE Ancient Greece |
front 18 ![]() | back 18 Aphrodite of Cnidos, c. 350 BCE Made by: Praxiteles Ancient Greece |
front 19 ![]() | back 19 Dying Gaul, c. 220 BCE Ancient Greece |
front 20 ![]() | back 20 Gallic chief killing his wife and himself, Roman marble copy after original, c. 220 BCE Ancient Greece |
front 21 ![]() | back 21 Laocoon and his sons, 1st century C.E. Ancient Greece |
front 22 ![]() | back 22 Temple of Portunus, Rome, late 2nd century BCE Ancient Rome |
front 23 ![]() | back 23 Plans of Temple of Portunus, Rome, late 2nd century BCE Ancient Rome |
front 24 ![]() | back 24 Pont du Gard, Nîmes (France), late 1 st century BCE Ancient Rome |
front 25 ![]() | back 25 Colosseum, Rome, 80 CE Ancient Rome |
front 26 ![]() | back 26 Colosseum, Rome, 80 CE Ancient Rome |
front 27 ![]() | back 27 Pantheon, Rome, 125 CE Ancient Rome |
front 28 ![]() | back 28 Plans of Pantheon, Rome, 125 CE Ancient Rome |
front 29 ![]() | back 29 Plans of Pantheon, Rome, 125 CE Ancient Rome |
front 30 ![]() | back 30 Augustus from Primaporta, c. 20 BCE Ancient Rome |
front 31 ![]() | back 31 Portrait of Livia, Augustus’s wife, Pompeii, c. 20 BCE Ancient Rome |
front 32 ![]() | back 32 Severan Family, painted portrait, c. 200 C.E. |
front 33 ![]() | back 33 Ara Pacis Augustas (Altar of Augustan Peace), 13-9 B.C.E. |
front 34 ![]() | back 34 Arch of Titus, Rome, after 81 C.E. |
front 35 ![]() | back 35 The Good Shepherd, Catacomb of Callistus, Rome, 2nd century CE Early Christian |
front 36 ![]() | back 36 Orant Figure, Catacomb of Priscilla, Rome, 3 rd century CE Early Christian |
front 37 ![]() | back 37 Catacomb of Priscilla, Orant Figure, 3rd century CE |
front 38 ![]() | back 38 Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, Rome, c. 359 CE Early Christian |
front 39 ![]() | back 39 Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius c. 130 - 180 CE Museo di Conservatori Rome SIMILAR POSE TO CHRIST ENTRY INTO JERUSLEMS |
front 40 ![]() | back 40 (Reconstruction of) Old Saint Peter’s Basilica, Holy See, Italy, c. 325 CE Early Christian |
front 41 ![]() | back 41 Basilica of Santa Sabina, Rome, 422-432 CE Early Christian |
front 42 ![]() | back 42 Basilica of Santa Sabina, Rome, 422-432 CE Early Christian |
front 43 ![]() | back 43 Abba Garima Gospels III, Ethiopia, c. 370-590 CE Early Christian Written in: Ge'ez |
front 44 ![]() | back 44 Matthew Mark Luke John |
front 45 ![]() | back 45 Luke, from the Abba Garima Gospels, Ethiopia, 370-590 CE Early Christian |
front 46 ![]() | back 46 Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople, 532-537 CE Byzantine |
front 47 ![]() | back 47 Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople, 532-537 CE Byzantine |
front 48 ![]() | back 48 Mosaic of the Good Shepherd, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, Italy c. 425 CE Byzantine |
front 49 ![]() | back 49 San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, 546-548 CE Byzantine |
front 50 ![]() | back 50 Christ at the End of Time, San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, 546-548 CE Byzantine |
front 51 ![]() | back 51 Mosaic of Theodora, San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, 546-548 CE Byzantine |
front 52 ![]() | back 52 Mosaic of Justinian, San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, 546-548 CE Byzantine |
front 53 ![]() | back 53 The Ka‘ba, Mecca (Saudi Arabia), reconstructed many times since the 7th century Early Islamic |
front 54 ![]() | back 54 Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, 691–92 Early Islamic |
front 55 ![]() | back 55 Plan of the Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, 691–92 Early Islamic |
front 56 ![]() | back 56 Mosaic tile decoration, Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, 691-2 |
front 57 ![]() | back 57 Hypothetical plan and reconstruction of the house of Muhammad in Medina (Saudi Arabia), first built 622 Early Islamic |
front 58 ![]() | back 58 Great Mosque of Damascus (Syria), 706–15 Early Islamic |
front 59 ![]() | back 59 Plan of Great Mosque of Damascus (Syria), 706–15 Early Islamic |
front 60 ![]() | back 60 Mosaic tile decoration, Great Mosque of Damascus (Syria), 706-15 |