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ART F261X: World History of Art I

Prehistoric to Medieval Art

  • Museum Wings
    • Prehistoric Art
      • Paleolithic Art
        • Lion-Human
        • Woman of Willendorf
        • Woman from Dolní Věstonice
        • Chauvet Cave
        • Lascaux Cave
        • Altamira Cave
        • Bison Reliefs
      • Neolithic Art
        • 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
      • The Geometric (Orientalizing) Period
        • Funerary Krater
        • Bronze Figurines
        • Orientalizing Ceramics
      • The Archaic Period
        • 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
        • The Early Classical Period
          • Kritios Boy
          • Charioteer
          • Riace Warrior
          • Myron’s Discobolus
          • White-Ground Ceramic Painting
        • The High Classical Period
          • The Akropolis
          • The Parthenon
          • The Erechtheion
          • Temple of Athena Nike
          • The Athenian Agora
          • Polykleitos’ Spear Bearer (Doryphoros)
          • Grave Stele
        • The Late Classical Period
          • Praxiteles’ Aphrodite of Knidos
          • Lysippos’ Man Scraping Himself (Apoxyomenos)
          • Greek Wall Painting
      • The Hellenistic Period
        • Theater at Epidauros
        • Pergamon
        • The Laocoon
        • Sleeping Eros
        • The Nike of Samothrace
        • Old Woman
        • Aphrodite of Melos
    • Etruscan Art
      • 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
      • The Roman Republic
        • Portrait Sculpture
        • Aulus Metellus (The Orator)
        • Pont du Gard
        • Temple of Portunus
        • Tomb of the Scipios
      • The Early Empire
        • 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
        • 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
        • 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
  • Schedule
    • Week 1
    • Week 2
    • Week 3
    • Week 4
    • Week 5
    • Week 6
  • Student Projects

The Laocoon

Laocoön and His Sons

Sculpted by Agesander of Rhodes, Athenodoros of Rhodes, and Polydorus of Rhodes. 1st century BCE. Marble, height 6′ 10″ (2.1 meters). Musei Vaticani, Museo Pio Clementino, Cortile Ottagano, Rome.

 

 

Khan Academy Video

Laocoon and His Sons

 

Vatican Museum Article

Laocoon

 

Greco-Roman Mythology Website

Laocoon and His Sons

 

The Guardian

Is the Laocoön a Fake by Michelangelo?

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