Designed and Maintained by Dr. Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe Professor, Department of Art History, Sweet Briar College, Virginia RESOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF ART HISTORY Online since October 24, 1995 Part 1 Prehistoric Art THIS PAGE Prehistoric Art: General Paleolithic Mesolithic Neolithic Venus of Willendorf Stonehenge SITE INDEX Contents Page PREHISTORIC ART Ancient Near East Ancient Egypt Ancient Greece Ancient Rome Art in Early Europe A ...

Attributes in Iconography In Greek art, the gods were often depicted with certain attributes or motifs by which they could be identified. This is a brief list for easy reference and is not meant to be definitive. Aphrodite sceptre mirror - image Apollo cithara - a stringed instrument lyre - a stringed instrument tripod - a three legged stool - image bow - shared with Artemis fawn - shared with Artemis Ares often depicted as warrior Artemis bow fawn ...

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Ancient Art The arts of the ancient Mediterranean world of Egypt, Greece, and Rome, as well as the ancient Near East and Islam, are well represented in the Department of Ancient Art. The scope of the collection is broad in both time and geography; it exhibits a range that includes prehistoric objects from the caves of Mount Carmel in Israel to gold artifacts from the Bronze Age in Ireland. Virtually every artistic medium is represented including pottery, stone, glass, textile, and metal ...

Places of interest in Greece Attica Acropolis of Athens | Acropolis Museum | National Museum | Central Greece Delphi Crete Knossos | Phaestos | Gortys | Gournia Cyclades Akrotiri in Santorini | Delos Peloponnese Epidavros | Mycenae | Olympia Thessalia Meteora 1995 - 2004 Dilos Holiday World

"Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids" is the first major, comprehensive exhibition of Old Kingdom art. It includes approximately 250 objects from more than thirty museums in Egypt, Europe, and North America; forty-one are presented in this Web feature. Read more about the Old Kingdom, ca. 2650–ca. 2150 B.C., in the introduction or explore the individual works by selecting one of the following themes: Home | Works of Art | Permanent Collection | Features ...

Over One Hundred Million Pages Served Thank You for Visiting EAWC Why Study Ancient World Cultures? An Essay by Bill Hemminger The question that initiates this program is a broad one: Why study ancient cultures? You might feel that the question is moot: students do study and will study ancient cultures; such study is an expected part of a tradition of intellectual development. The response to the why of the initial question is a matter of tradit ...

GLASS THROUGHOUT HISTORY Since the early ages of ancient civilizations, glass as a material has had an important place in human life. It has been utilized in many different forms ; from jewellery to weaponry and lately industry. During its 4500 years long journey, since its first invention, the quality, the chemical as well as the composition and the decoration of glass has changed dramatically. Glass; the transparent, semi-transparent or sometimes opaque solid material is made of s ...

Milestones in Classic Hollywood/American Films www.filmsite.org & www.greatestfilms.org Site Description: Since mid-1996, this site, composed of thousands of pages, has been an award-winning, unique resource for classic film buffs and all who are interested in films. Includes interpretive and detailed plot synopses, review commentary, an unparalleled wealth of film reference material, and historical background for hundreds of classic Hollywood/American ...

Milestones in Classic Hollywood/American Films www.filmsite.org & www.greatestfilms.org Site Description: Since mid-1996, this site, composed of thousands of pages, has been an award-winning, unique resource for classic film buffs and all who are interested in films. Includes interpretive and detailed plot synopses, review commentary, an unparalleled wealth of film reference material, and historical background for hundreds of classic Hollywood/American ...

Milestones in Classic Hollywood/American Films www.filmsite.org & www.greatestfilms.org Site Description: Since mid-1996, this site, composed of thousands of pages, has been an award-winning, unique resource for classic film buffs and all who are interested in films. Includes interpretive and detailed plot synopses, review commentary, an unparalleled wealth of film reference material, and historical background for hundreds of classic Hollywood/American ...

Milestones in Classic Hollywood/American Films www.filmsite.org & www.greatestfilms.org Site Description: Since mid-1996, this site, composed of thousands of pages, has been an award-winning, unique resource for classic film buffs and all who are interested in films. Includes interpretive and detailed plot synopses, review commentary, an unparalleled wealth of film reference material, and historical background for hundreds of classic Hollywood/American ...

. Mesopotamia 9000 - 500 B.C B.C.HISTORYCULTURE Early Farming Communities 9000-5000 9000Beginning cultivation of wild wheat and barley and domestication of dogs and sheep; inaugurating of change from food gathering to food producing culture - Karim Shahir in Zagros foothills. 7000At Jarmo, oldest known permanent settlement: crude mud houses, wheat grown from seed, herds of goats, sheep, and pigs. 6000Migration of northern farmers settle in region from Babylon to Persian Gulf.Hassuna cu ...

Explore mythology and art with information about the classic stories of heroes and gods...from the myths of ancient Greece and Rome, to the legends of the Celts. Mythography also presents resources and reference materials about mythology - including recommended books, and lexicons that explain Greek, Roman, and Celtic terms and words. Share your views about mythology on the message forum! Search Mythography For best results, use lower case queries in Altavista's syn ...

| what's new | announcements | public programs | | website information & statistics | copyrights & permissions | comments | | website navigational aid | THE NIPPUR EXPEDITION NIPPUR - SACRED CITY OF ENLIL SUPREME GOD OF SUMER AND AKKAD MESOPOTAMIAN CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE Ubaid 5000-3500 B.C. Uruk 3500-3100 B.C. Jemdet Nasr 3100-2900 B.C. Early Dynastic I-III 2900-2350 B.C. Akkadian 2350-2100 B.C. Ur III 2100-2000 B.C. Isin-Larsa 2000-1800 B.C. Old Bab ...

| what's new | announcements | public programs | | website information & statistics | copyrights & permissions | comments | | website navigational aid | THE ORIENTAL INSTITUTE MUSEUM VIRTUAL MUSEUM - WHAT'S NEW!!! TECHNICAL INFORMATION: How We Created The Virtual Museum PLEASE NOTE: The Virtual Museum offers a tour through the Oriental Institute Museum galleries as they appeared prior to being closed for a major renovation and expansion project in 1996. The New Egypt ...

Chronological Chart Predynastic Period: c. 4000-3000 BC Badarian Culture Amratian (Naqada I) Culture Gerzean (Naqada II) Culture Early Dynastic Period: c. 3100-2686 BC Dynasty I Dynasty II Old Kingdom: c. 2686-2135 BC Dynasties III-VIII First Intermediate Period: c. 2135-2040 BC Dynasties IX-X Middle Kingdom: c. 2040-1786 BC Dynasties XI-(early) XIII Second Intermediate Period: c. 1786-1558 BC Dynasty XIV Dynasties XV-XVI (Hyksos) Dynasty XVII (Theban) New ...

Glossary Term: Greek Much of Western European art has a strong link to ancient Greece. Greek artists used narratives, or stories, and made many portraits and other representational subjects. Greek architecture is famous for its temples. These temples were often only big enough to house a cult statue and were not meant to be places for large gatherings of people. A typical Greek temple had a long, inner chamber surrounded by columns. There were three main types of columns: the simple Doric, t ...

TITLE PAGE FOREWORDRichard Warch PREFACECarol L. Lawton ESSAYS The Production of Ancient CoinsJere M. Wickens Greek Coinage and the PolisCarol L. Lawton Hellenistic Coin PortraitsCarol L. Lawton Roman Coins and Roman HistoryDaniel J. Taylor The Development of the Byzantine SolidusMichael T. Orr CATALOGUE The Greek City-States, Their Colonies, and Neighbors The Hellenistic Age The Roman World The Byzantine Empire GLOSSARY The coin depicted above is No. 17 in the catalogue, tetradrachm of Syracuse, C. 410 B.C. Obverse: facing head of Arethusa. All contents copyright (c) 1996. Lawrence University All rights reserved.

Welcome to The Metropolitan Museum of Art's online exploration of the art of ancient Egypt. Selected works of art from the Museum's extensive Egyptian art collection have been brought together to form a dynamic and content-rich resource for educators, students, and general viewers. This resource has been created to provide an understanding of ancient Egyptian art and its central role in Egyptian civilization. It is primarily organized around three Themes–" ...

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Works of Art Permanent Collection Ancient Near Eastern Art Search Entire Site Works of Art The Met Store Membership Visitor Information Calendar Special Exhibitions Press Room Advanced Search Collection Highlights See one hundred specially selected works of art. Gallery Location in Museum Find out where the galleries are located. Introduction to Ancient Near Eastern Art Read about the curatorial department and its permanent co ...

Works of Art Permanent Collection Egyptian Art Search Entire Site Works of Art The Met Store Membership Visitor Information Calendar Special Exhibitions Press Room Advanced Search Collection Highlights See fifty specially selected works of art. Gallery Location in Museum Find out where the galleries are located. Introduction to Egyptian Art Read about the curatorial department and its permanent collection. Publications ...

Works of Art Permanent Collection Greek and Roman Art Search Entire Site Works of Art The Met Store Membership Visitor Information Calendar Special Exhibitions Press Room Advanced Search Collection Highlights See fifty specially selected works of art. Building from Within Learn about the final phase of the reinstallation of the Greek and Roman collections. Introduction to Greek and Roman Art Read about the curatorial departmen ...

"The witness of the times... the messenger of antiquity" - Cicero 33,000 Years of Watercolour As the senior archeologist at the dig, he holds the newly unearthed collection of photographs in trembling hands. Ancient and crumbling from age, the photos show him objects which are unfamiliar to his eyes, and at which he can make only wild and obscure guesses... The year is 17,000 AD and the dusty photographs which have just seen the light of day dep ...

Classics 42: Mythology Slide Lectures Slides Lecture 1: Cosmogony and Succession of Divine Rulers Slides Lecture II: The Tantalids in Archaeology and Art Slides Lecture III: Athens and the Family of Aegeus Slides Lecture IV: Perseus in Art Slides Lecture V: Woodcuts and Engravings of Ovid's Metamorphoses (from UVM Rare Book Collection, continued in Art Lecture VII) Slides Lecture VI: Dionysus, Heroes, Chthonians & Satyrs in Art Slides Lecture VII: Woodcuts and Engravings of Ovid's Me ...

Mike Morwood's World Rock Art Links2Go Rock Art Key Resource Undergraduate and post-graduate courses on rock art are taught both internally and externally in the Dept. of Arch. and Pal.UNE. Course enquiries should be directed to our Administrative Assistant. Other enquiries to : Dr. Mike Morwood. Updated: 18 June 2002 You are visitor number since Tuesday Sept 7, 1999 Visitors : June 96 - May 98 = 4,655 June 98 - Sept 99 = 4,314 ...

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