Gardner's Art Through the Ages, 12th ed.

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Chapter 2 : The Rise of Civilization: the Art of the Ancient Near East

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Plate 5 — 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-0671
Title: Stele of vultures
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 2450-2330 BCE
View: Soldiers with spears and shields
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 2450-2330 BCE
Plate 13 — 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 15 — Jii-0667
Title: Seated Statue of Gudea Holding Temple Plan from Girsu
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 2100 BCE
View: Total from front left
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 2100 BCE
Plate 16 — Jii-0646
Title: Law Code of Hammurabi, king of Babylon
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1792-1750 BCE
View: Total from front center
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1792-1750 BCE
Plate 18 — Dva-0248
Title: Lion Gate
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1400 BCE
View: General view
Vendor: Davis Art Images
Date: ca. 1400 BCE
Plate 19 — Jii-0664
Title: Statue of Queen Napirasu, wife of King Untash-Napirisha
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1340-1300 BCE
View: Total from front center
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1340-1300 BCE
Plate 21 — Jii-0640
Title: Winged human-headed bulls
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 721-705 BCE
View: Total of left bull from front
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 721-705 BCE
Plate 25 — Dva-0365
Title: Ishtar Gate [restored]
Creator(s):
Date: c575 BCE
View: General view
Vendor: Davis Art Images
Date: c575 BCE
Plate 26 — Jia-2005
Title: Site of Persepolis
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 515-331 BCE
View: Overall view of the site
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 515-331 BCE
Plate 27 — Jia-2020
Title: Apadana (Audience Hall), Persepolis
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 521-465 BCE
View: center detail from double stairway leading up to Audience Hall with marching figures in low relief
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 521-465 BCE
Plate 29 — Jii-0565
Title: Head of a King, probably Shapur II
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 310-379
View: Total from front center
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 310-379
Plate 30 — Jia-2002
Title: Achaemenian Tombs and Sasanian Bas-Reliefs, including Triumph of Shapur I
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 241?272 (reign of Shapur I)
View: Close detail Shapur I Triumphing Over the Emperors Philippus the Arab and Valerian (in 259)
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 241?272 (reign of Shapur I)

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