Understanding Art, 7th ed.

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Chapter 12 : The Art of the Ancients

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Plate 4 — Jea-0010
Title: Stonehenge
Creator(s):
Date: c2600 BCE - c2100 BCE
View: General view: sarsen circle & trilithons, from NNW
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: c2600 BCE - c2100 BCE
Plate 6 — Jii-0589
Title: Standing male worshipers
Creator(s):
Date: 2750?2600 BCE
View: Total from front center View shows three statuettes of worshippers, including 62.70.2
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: 2750?2600 BCE
Plate 7 — Jii-0656
Title: Victory Stele of Naram-Sin
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 2254-2218 BCE
View: Total from front center
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 2254-2218 BCE
Plate 8 — Jii-0648
Title: Law Code of Hammurabi, king of Babylon
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1792-1750 BCE
View: Detail; upper part with Hammurabi appearing before seated Shamash, god of the sun and of justice
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1792-1750 BCE
Plate 10 — Jic-0100
Title: Capital with kneeling bull protomes and double volutes
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 510 BCE
View: Total from front left
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 510 BCE
Plate 11 — Jec-0076
Title: Palette of Narmer
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 3000-2920 BCE
View: back view with king smiting enemy
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 3000-2920 BCE
Plate 11 — Jec-0075
Title: Palette of Narmer
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 3000-2920 BCE
View: front view with well
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 3000-2920 BCE
Plate 12 — Jec-0021
Title: Khafre (Chephren)
Creator(s):
Date: 2530-2494 BCE
View: Total
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: 2530-2494 BCE
Plate 13 — Jea-0004
Title: Great Pyramids of Giza: Khufu (Cheops, ca.2600-2550 BC), Khafre (Chefren, ca.2575-2525 BC) and Menkaure (Mycerinus, ca.2525-2475 BC)
Creator(s):
Date: 2551-2472 BCE
View: view fr S: Menkaure, Khafre, Khufu, with smaller pyramids of queens
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: 2551-2472 BCE
Plate 14 — Jea-0005
Title: Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
Creator(s): Senmut
Date: ca. 1479-1458 BCE
View: Elevated view fr ENE of ramps & terraces of Hatshepsut's Temple in its dramatic setting
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1479-1458 BCE
Plate 16 — Jec-0027
Title: Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV), Colossal Pillar Statue from Temple of Ahmen-Ra
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1355-1335 BCE
View: Total from front
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1355-1335 BCE
Plate 18 — Jec-0035
Title: Tutankhamun's Ceremonial Chair
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1323 BCE
View: Overall view in glass case
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1323 BCE
Plate 19 — Jgc-1014
Title: Cycladic (Spedos-type) Figure
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 2400 BCE
View: Total from front
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 2400 BCE
Plate 19 — Jgc-1015
Title: Cycladic (Spedos-type) Figure
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 2400 BCE
View: half-length detail from right center
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 2400 BCE
Plate 20 — Jgc-0984
Title: The Fresco of the Bull-leapers
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1500 BCE
View: Total
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1500 BCE
Plate 21 — Jgc-0910
Title: Kamares style Beaked Jug
Creator(s):
View: Total from front left
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Plate 22 — Jca-0008
Title: Palace of Minos at Knossos
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1550-1520 BCE
View: Grand Staircase of the E Wing, upper level: Hall of the Royal Guard (1994)
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1550-1520 BCE
Plate 23 — Jga-0077
Title: Lion Gate, Mycenae
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1250 BCE
View: Closer view of lions and heavy lintel
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1250 BCE
Plate 25 — Jgc-1210
Title: Funerary Mask
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1600-1500 BCE
View: Total from front center
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1600-1500 BCE

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