Ancient Art

2. "Venus" of Willendorf (c. 15,000-10,000 B.C.)

3. Neolithic plastered skull, Jericho (7,000-6,000 B.C.)

4. Fertility Goddess, from Shrine A.ll.1, Catal Hnynk (

5. Palette of King Narmer (Egyptian, c. 3,100 B.C.)

6. Prince Rahotep and His Wife Nofret (Egyptian, c. 2,610 B.C.)

7. Funerary Temple of Hatshepsut (Egyptian, c. 1480 B.C.)

8. The Daughters of Akhenaten (Egyptian, c. 1365 B.C.)

9. Cover of the coffin of Tutankhamen (Egyptian, c. 1360 B.C.)

10. Female Head, from Uruk (Warka) (Sumerian, c. 3,500-3,000 B.C.)

11. Victory Stele of Naram-Sin (Sumerian, c. 2,300-2,200 B.C.)

12. Upper part of stele inscribed with the Law Code of Hammurabi (Babylonian, c. 1760 B.C.)

13. The Sack of the City of Hamanu by Ashurbanipal (Assyrian, 650 B.C.)

14. Ashurnasirpal II Killing Lions (Assyrian, c. 850 B.C.)

15. Darius and Xerxes Giving Audience (Persian, c. 490 B.C.)

16. "The Toreador Fresco" (Minoan, c. 1500 B.C.)

17. "Octopus Vase" (Minoan, c. 1500 B.C.)

18. "Harvester Vase" (Minoan, c. 1550-1500 B.C.)

19. The Lion Gate, Mycenae (Mycenaean, c. 1250 B.C.)

20. Dipylon Vase (Greek, geometric style, c. 8th century B.C.)

21. Standing Youth (Kouros) (Greek, Archaic, c. 600 B.C.)

22. Kroisos (Kouros from Anavysos) (Greek, Archaic, c. 525 B.C.)

23. Kore, from Chios (Greek, Archaic, c. 520 B.C.)

24. Dying Warrior, Aegina (Greek, Archaic, c. 490 B.C.)

25. Herakles, Aegina (Greek, Archaic, c. 490 B.C.)

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with heavenly bodies and natural forces. The most important gods were those associated with the Nile and agriculture, especially the sun and land gods seen as vital in the production of crops. Egyptian art developed toward the monumental and then back toward smaller works. The early burial platforms known as mastabas developed into the monumental pyramids, and later smaller pyramids were built all over Egypt. Smaller statuary and bas-reliefs gave way to huge structures such as the Valley of the Kings, and as political and economic changes came about, smaller works became more the norm. Egyptian reliefs show an interesting development. Egyptian reliefs, like other compositions executed on a flat surface, are closely linked to architecture and form a subordinate element to it. The nature of the carvings in the tombs is determined by the dimensions of the parts of the wall where they are placed. These works do not continue around corners to adjoining walls, and instead each wall is treated as a unit, with the last figures being turned inward to face the middle. Architecture in Egypt provided a setting for ritual and developed in accordance with the changes that took place in religious ideas; reliefs and paintings also deriv
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