The Visual Arts: A History, 6th ed.

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Chapter 2 : The Early Civilizations

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Plate 1 — Jic-1055
Title: Bushel (beaker) with ibex motifs
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 4200-3500 BCE
View: Total
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 4200-3500 BCE
Plate 3 — Jic-1067
Title: Cylinder Seal with Imprint
Creator(s):
Date: 2400-2200 BC, Akkad Period
View:
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: 2400-2200 BC, Akkad Period
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 10 — 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 11 — Jic-0840
Title: Seated Statue of Gudea
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 2150?2100 BCE
View: Total from front left
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 2150?2100 BCE
Plate 14 — 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 15 — Jic-0843
Title: Head of a ruler
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 2300?2000 BCE
View: Total from front
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 2300?2000 BCE
Plate 27 — Jec-0159
Title: Serpent King Stele
Creator(s):
View: View of top portion with serpent and falcon
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Plate 28 — Jea-0003
Title: Funerary Complex and Stepped Pyramid of Zoser (Djoser)
Creator(s): Imhotep
Date: 2630-2611 BCE
View: Heb Set (heb-sed) Festival Court with Stepped Pyramid of Zoser
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: 2630-2611 BCE
Plate 29 — Jea-0111
Title: Funerary Complex and Stepped Pyramid of Zoser (Djoser)
Creator(s): Imhotep
Date: 2630-2611 BCE
View: Limestone precinct wall with bastions and 14 imitation closed gates. The single genuine entrance in the south-eastern corner leads into an entrance colonnade.
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: 2630-2611 BCE
Plate 33 — Jea-0017
Title: Great Sphinx
Creator(s):
Date: c2570 BCE - c2544 BCE
View: View from SSE, quasi-total with pyramid of Khufu (face in profile)
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: c2570 BCE - c2544 BCE
Plate 35 — Jec-0023
Title: Seated Scribe
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 2620-2500 BCE
View: Total
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 2620-2500 BCE
Plate 36 — Jec-0053
Title: Rahotep and His Wife Nofret
Creator(s):
Date: 2575-2551 BCE
View: Total
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: 2575-2551 BCE
Plate 45 — 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 47 — 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 49 — Jgc-0973
Title: The Hagia Triada Sarcophagus
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1400 BCE
View: Overall view of the second long side, with figures holding offerings and instruments
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1400 BCE
Plate 50 — Jgc-0925
Title: Snake Goddess
Creator(s):
Date: 1600-1580 BCE
View: Total
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: 1600-1580 BCE
Plate 52 — Jgc-0919
Title: The Bull's Head Rhyton
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1550-1500 BCE
View: Total from right
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1550-1500 BCE
Plate 53 — Jgc-0938
Title: The Harvester's Vase
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1550-1500 BCE
View: harvesters with open mouths
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1550-1500 BCE
Plate 54 — Jgc-1214
Title: Vaphio Cups [pair]
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1500 BCE
View: Cup 1: Bull being trapped and snared
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1500 BCE
Plate 57 — Jga-0076
Title: Lion Gate, Mycenae
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1250 BCE
View: The Lion Gate with Cyclopeian walls. Exterior view
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1250 BCE
Plate 58 — Jga-0518
Title: The so-called 'Treasury of Atreus,' located SW of Citadel
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1300-1250 BCE
View: Total view of Tholos entry beneath earth mound, at end of long dromos, view W.
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1300-1250 BCE
Plate 60 — 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
Plate a — 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 b — 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

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