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