Art since 1900: modernism, antimodernism, postmodernism, London: Thames & Hudson, 2004 (9780500285343)
Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973. Demoiselles d'Avignon
Head of Athena, Detail, Pediment, Temple of Aphaia, Aegina
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
Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria, fl. 668-627 B.C.
Frieze of an Expedition Town and Warships
from the North Wall of Room 5, West House
Restoration Sketch of Grave Circle, Mycenae
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.
from Northwestern Palace of Ashurnasirpal II, Nimrud
from Citadel of Sargon II, Khorsabad, Iraq
Reconstruction of Temple Mount, Jerusalem
Gardner's art through the ages: a global history, 13th, Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth, 2009 (9780495410553)
The Triumph of the Name of Jesus and Fall of the Damned
Folio 24 verso of the Belleville Breviary, from Paris, France.
God as Architect of Universe, Old Testament
Vaults, clerestory, and triforium of the choir, Amiens Cathedral
Founded 3rd century BCE, enlarged ca. 15050 BCE
Aerial view looking southeast, The Acropolis
Detail of the Persian king Darius III, Battle of Issus
Roman mosaic copy of a painting by Philoxenos of Eretria, ca. 310 BCE
Musicians and dancers, Detail of a Fresco, Tomb of Nebamun
Detail, relieving triangle with confronting lions, Lion Gate
Akhenaton, from the Temple of Aton, Karnak
Reverse and Obverse Sides, Narmer Palette
Narmer, King of Egypt, fl. ca. 3100 B.C.
discovered at Kawm Al-Amar (Hieraconopolis), Egypt
From the North Palace of Ashurbanipal, Nineveh
Banquet scene, cylinder seal and its modern impression, from the tomb of Pu-abi (tomb 800)
Assyrian archers pursuing enemies, relief from the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II
Seated statue of Gudea holding temple plan
aerial view of northeastern facade with restored stairs
Sound box, Bull-headed lyre from tomb 789 (Kings Grave)
Royal tomb, Ur (present-day Muqaiyir, Iraq)
Bull-headed lyre from tomb 789 (Kings Grave)
Peace side, Standard of Ur, from tomb 779
Gallery leading to the main chamber of the passage grave.
Detail of a wall painting from Level III, Catal Hoyuk, Turkey.
Detail, Hammurabi and Shamash, Stele of Hammurabi