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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

The Hellenistic Period 323-31 BCE

About the Period

The MET

Art of the Hellenistic Age and the Hellenistic Tradition

Selected Works

Theater at Epidauros

Pergamon

The Laocoön

Sleeping Eros

The Nike of Samothrace

Old Woman

Aphrodite of Melos

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