Cave Painting of a Horse
Prehistoric Artist ~ c. 15,000-13,000 BC ~ Lascaux, France ~ 11' long ~ Mineral based paints
Uruk Vase
Ancient Sumerian Artists ~ 3300-3000 BC ~ Iraq Museum ~ Baghdad, Iraq ~ 36'' tall ~ carved alabaster
Palette of Narmer
Ancient Egyptian Artists ~ c. 3000-2900 BC ~ Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt ~ 25'' tall ~ carved mudstone
Stonehenge
Prehistoric Artists ~ 2750-1500 BC ~ Wiltshire, England ~ 106' in diameter ~ gray sandstone
Great Pyramids
Ancient Egyptian Artists ~ c. 2551-2472 BC ~ Giza, Egypt ~ 480' high ~ cut stone
Triad of Menkaure
Ancient Egyptian Artists ~ 2490-2472 BC ~ Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt ~ 37'' tall ~ dark sandstone
Death Mask of Tutankhamun
Ancient Egyptian Artists ~ c. 1323 BC ~ Egyptian Museum, Cairo ~ 21'' tall ~ gold, glass, precious stones
Toreador Fresco
Ancient Aegean Artists ~ c. 1450-1400 BC ~ Knossos, Crete ~ 30'' tall ~ Fresco
Krater
Ancient Greek artists ~ c. 750-700 BC ~ Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC ~ 48'' tall ~ painted baked clay
Kouros Statue
Ancient Greek Artists ~ c. 600 BC ~ Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC ~ 6' tall ~ marble
Statue of the "Doryphoros
by Polykleitos ~ c. 450-440 BC ~ Archaeological Museum ~ Naples, Italy ~ 7' tall ~ marble
Statue of the "Discobolus
by Myron ~ c. 450 BC ~ Museo Nazionale Romano ~ Rome, Italy ~ 5' tall ~ marble
The Parthenon
Iktinos and Kallikrates ~ 447-438 BC ~ Athens, Greece ~ marble ~ columns = 35 ft tall
Augustus of Primaporta
Ancient Roman Artists ~ c. 25 ~ Vatican Museum ~ marble ~ 6' 8''
The Colosseum
Commissioned by Emperor Vespasian ~ c. 70-80 ~ Rome, Italy ~ concrete, marble, brick, travertine ~ 160 ft high
The Pantheon
Built during the reign of Emperor Hadrian ~ 118-125 ~ Rome, Italy ~ Concrete, marble, brick ~ Dome 140 ft in diameter