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ART F261X: World History of Art I

Prehistoric to Medieval Art

  • Museum Wings
    • Prehistoric Art (750,000 C-1st Century CE)
      • Paleolithic Art (750,000 C–10,000 BCE)
        • Lion-Human
        • Woman of Willendorf
        • Woman from Dolní Věstonice
        • Chauvet Cave
        • Lascaux Cave
        • Altamira Cave
        • Bison Reliefs
      • Neolithic Art (8,000BCE-2,000BCE)
        • Çatalhöyük
        • Stonehenge
        • Newgrange
        • Neolithic Pottery
        • Man and Woman from Cernavodâ
    • Art of the Ancient Near East
      • Sumeria
        • Anu Ziggurat and White Temple
        • Head of a Woman
        • Carved Vessel from Uruk
        • Votive Figures
        • Great Lyre with Bull’s Head
        • Cylinder Seals
      • Akkad, Ur, Lagash, and Babylon
        • Head of an Akkadian Ruler
        • Stele of Naram-Sin
        • Nanna Ziggurat
        • Votive Statue of Gudea
        • The Stele of Hammurabi
      • Assyria and Neo-Babylonia
        • Assurnasirpal II Killing Lions
        • Lamassu Figures
        • Assurbanipal and His Queen in the Garden
        • Ishtar Gate
      • Persia
        • Persepolis
        • Naqsh-e Rustam
        • Oxus Treasure
    • Art of Ancient Egypt
      • Early Dynastic Egypt
        • Predynastic Ceramics
        • Funerary Complex of King Djoser
        • The Palette of King Narmer
      • The Old Kingdom
        • The Great Pyramids
        • The Funerary Complex of Khafre
        • Menkaure and a Queen
        • Seated Scribe
        • Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt
      • The Middle Kingdom
        • Head of Senusret III
        • Rock-Cut Tombs at Beni Hasan
        • Funerary Stele
      • The New Kingdom
        • Temple of Amun at Karnak
        • Funerary Temple of Hatshepsut
        • Nebamun Hunting Birds in the Marshes
        • Akhenaten
        • Bust of Nefertiti
        • King Tutankhamun
        • Objects from Daily Life
        • Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel
        • Tomb of Nefertari
        • Books of the Dead
    • Art of the Ancient Aegean
      • The Cycladic Islands
      • Minoan Civilization
        • The Palace Complex at Knossos
        • Frescoes From Akrotiri
        • Kamares Ware
        • Rhytons
        • Snake Goddesses
        • Marine Style Ceramics
        • Metalsmithing
      • Mycenaean Culture
        • Mycenae
        • The Lion Gate
        • The Mask of Agamemnon
        • Treasury of Atreus
        • Mycenaean Ceramics
    • Art of Ancient Greece 900-323 BCE
      • The Geometric (Orientalizing) Period 900-600 BCE
        • Funerary Krater
        • Bronze Figurines
        • Orientalizing Ceramics
      • The Archaic Period 600-479 BCE
        • Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi
        • Temple of Aphaia, Aegina
        • Kouros Figures
        • Kore Figures
        • Exekias’s Ajax and Achilles Playing a Game
        • Euphronios and Euxitheos’s The Death of Sarpedon
      • The Classical Period 479-323 BCE
        • The Early Classical Period 479-450 BCE
          • Kritios Boy
          • Charioteer
          • Riace Warrior
          • Myron’s Discobolus
          • White-Ground Ceramic Painting
        • The High Classical Period 450-400 BCE
          • The Akropolis
          • The Parthenon
          • The Erechtheion
          • Temple of Athena Nike
          • The Athenian Agora
          • Polykleitos’ Spear Bearer (Doryphoros)
          • Grave Stele
        • The Late Classical Period 400-323 BCE
          • Praxiteles’ Aphrodite of Knidos
          • Lysippos’ Man Scraping Himself (Apoxyomenos)
          • Greek Wall Painting
      • The Hellenistic Period 323-31 BCE
        • Theater at Epidauros
        • Pergamon
        • The Laocoon
        • Sleeping Eros
        • The Nike of Samothrace
        • Old Woman
        • Aphrodite of Melos
    • Etruscan Art 900-500 BCE
      • Porta Augusta
      • Temple of Minerva
      • Tomb of the Reliefs
      • Tomb of the Triclinium
      • Cerveteri Sarcophagus
      • Sarcophagus of Larth Tetnies and Thanchvil Tarnai
      • Works in Bronze
      • Etruscan Ceramics
      • Etruscan Jewelry
      • Capitoline She-Wolf
    • Roman Art 509 BCE-476 CE
      • The Roman Republic 509-27 BCE
        • Portrait Sculpture
        • Aulus Metellus (The Orator)
        • Pont du Gard
        • Temple of Portunus
        • Tomb of the Scipios
      • The Early Empire 27 BCE-96 CE
        • Augustus of Primaporta
        • Ara Pacis Augustae
        • Gemma Augustae
        • Wall Painting
        • Pompeii
        • Villa of the Mysteries
        • Villa of Livia
        • Arch of Titus
        • The Colosseum
        • Imperial Portrait Sculpture
      • High Imperial Art 96-180 CE
        • Forum of Trajan
        • The Column of Trajan
        • The Pantheon
        • Hadrian’s Villa at Tivoli
        • Hadrian’s Wall
        • Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius
        • Commodus as Hercules
        • Mosaics
        • Sarcophogi
      • The Late Empire 180-476 CE
        • Baths of Caracalla
        • The Tetrarchy
        • Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine (Basilica Nova)
        • The Arch of Constantine
        • The Colossus of Constantine
    • Jewish and Early Christian Art
      • Jewish Art
        • Temple of Solomon
        • Cave of the Patriarchs
        • The Royal Complex at Herodium
        • Jewish Catacombs
        • Synagogue at Dura-Europos
        • Beit Alpha Synagogue
        • Coins
      • Early Christian Art
        • Christian Catacombs
        • Baptistery at Dura-Europos
        • Sculpture
        • Old Saint Peter’s Basilica
        • Church of Santa Sabina
        • Church of Santa Costanza
        • Sarcophagi
        • The Oratory of Galla Placidia
    • Byzantine Art
      • Early Byzantine Art
        • Hagia Sophia
        • Church of San Vitale
        • Monastery of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai
        • Illuminated Manuscripts
        • Metalwork
        • Ivory Panel with Archangel
        • Early Byzantine Icons
      • Middle Byzantine Art
        • Monastery Churches at Hosios Loukas
        • Cathedral of Santa Sophia in Kiev
        • Monastery Church of the Dormition at Daphni
        • The Cathedral of St. Mark in Venice
        • Harbaville Triptych
        • Illuminated Manuscripts
        • Middle Byzantine Icons
      • Late Byzantine Art
        • Pammakaristos Church
        • Andrei Rublev, Icon Painter
    • Early Medieval Art
    • Romanesque
    • Gothic Art
  • Course Documents
    • Syllabus
    • Introductory Video
    • Discussion Forum
    • Grant Proposals
    • Final Project
  • Student Projects

Altamira Cave

Altamira Cave

Altamira, Spain. c. 12,5000 BCE. Paint on limestone.

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