Sound box, Bull-headed lyre from tomb 789 (Kings Grave)
Royal tomb, Ur (present-day Muqaiyir, Iraq)
Gardner's art through the ages: a global history, 13th, Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth, 2009 (9780495410553)
aerial view of northeastern facade with restored stairs
Seated statue of Gudea holding temple plan
Assyrian archers pursuing enemies, relief from the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II
Banquet scene, cylinder seal and its modern impression, from the tomb of Pu-abi (tomb 800)
Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria, fl. 668-627 B.C.
From the North Palace of Ashurbanipal, Nineveh
Reverse and Obverse Sides, Narmer Palette
Narmer, King of Egypt, fl. ca. 3100 B.C.
discovered at Kawm Al-Amar (Hieraconopolis), Egypt
Found near the tomb of Kai, Saqqara. High-ranking scribes could hope to be appointed to one of several houses of life, where they would copy, compile, study, and repair valuable sacred and scientific texts.
Akhenaton, from the Temple of Aton, Karnak
Detail, relieving triangle with confronting lions, Lion Gate
Musicians and dancers, Detail of a Fresco, Tomb of Nebamun
Detail of the Persian king Darius III, Battle of Issus
Roman mosaic copy of a painting by Philoxenos of Eretria, ca. 310 BCE
Aerial view looking southeast, The Acropolis
Founded 3rd century BCE, enlarged ca. 15050 BCE
Vaults, clerestory, and triforium of the choir, Amiens Cathedral
God as Architect of Universe, Old Testament
Folio 24 verso of the Belleville Breviary, from Paris, France.
The Triumph of the Name of Jesus and Fall of the Damned
Reconstruction of Temple Mount, Jerusalem
from Citadel of Sargon II, Khorsabad, Iraq
from Northwestern Palace of Ashurnasirpal II, Nimrud
Restoration Sketch of Grave Circle, Mycenae
from the North Wall of Room 5, West House
Frieze of an Expedition Town and Warships
View from Right Side, Bust of Queen Nefertiti
Nefertiti, Queen of Egypt, 14th cent. B.C.
From Akhenaten (modern Tell el-Amarna), Egyptian Museum 21300
Head of Athena, Detail, Pediment, Temple of Aphaia, Aegina
Art since 1900: modernism, antimodernism, postmodernism, London: Thames & Hudson, 2004 (9780500285343)
Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973. Demoiselles d'Avignon
Spatial Color Composition for an Exhibition
The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even