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Made by Polykleitos, is one of the best known Greek sculptures of the Classical Era in Western Art.
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Greece. Small-scale devotional panel paintings, usually depicting Christ, the Virgin Mary or the Saints.
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Temple of Veio in Portonaccio. Figurative sculpture made from stone, terracotta
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Greek Orthodox patriarchal basilica, later an imperial mosque, and now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey
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Ireland. Contain the text of Psalms 30:10 to 105:13 in Latin, written by St. Columba.
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Schelklingen, Germany, Has a perforated protrusion, which may have allowed its owner to wear it as an amulet
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Former Benedictine monastery in Cluny, Saône-et-Loire, France.
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Catholic cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France
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Japan. Japanese painting exhibits synthesis and competition between native Japanese aesthetics and the adaptation of imported ideas, mainly from Chinese painting which was especially influential at a number of points
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Is a fresco by the Italian Early Renaissance artist Masaccio on the walls of the Brancacci Chapel in the church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Florence.
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Jan Van Eyck. It comprises an altarpiece of 12 panels, these wings are painted on both sides, giving two very distinct views depending on whether they are open or closed.
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Designed by Filippo Brunellesci, is on the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, Italy.
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Made by Donatello. It depicts David with an enigmatic smile, posed with his foot on Goliath's severed head just after defeating the giant. The youth is completely naked, apart from a laurel-topped hat and boots, bearing the sword of Goliath.
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Rome. Showing the Trojan priest Laocoön and his sons Antiphantes and Thymbraeus being attacked by sea serpents. Artists: Athenodoros of Rhodes, Polydorus of Rhodes, Agesander of Rhodes
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Michelangelo, executed on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. It is a depiction of the Second Coming of Christ and the final and eternal judgment by God of all humanity. The souls of humans rise and descend to their fates, as judged by Christ surrounded by prominent saints.
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Catherine the Great founded the museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia. One of the largest and oldest museums in the world.
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German author and actor Alois Senefelder invented a method of printing originally based on the principle that oil and water do not mix.
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Vinccent Van Gogh,
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Andrea Mantegna, It portrays the body Christ supine on a marble slab. He is watched over by the Virgin Mary and Saint John whose cut-off profile is behind the Virgin Mary, who are weeping for his death.
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Ancient Persians conquer Mesopotamia
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A dying pagan asks Saint Remi for
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Rome, The Ascension of Jesus is the Christian teaching found in the New Testament that the resurrected Jesus was taken up to Heaven in his resurrected body, in the presence of eleven of his apostles
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Necropolis of Monterozzi. Nobility who commissioned tomb paintings to celebrate their passage into the after-life.
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Obese female oolitic limestone sculpture, Austria
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Many believe that the hand over her womb signifies the act of womanhood and could also be resting on the faint outline of a child.
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France. Chauvet is the earliest known example of Stone Age cave paintings
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Carved out of mammoth ivory and nearly a foot tall
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England. Probably functioned as an astronomical observatory and solar calendar.
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First writing system
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China. Chinese believe that jade represents purity, beauty, longevity, even immortality.
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Ain Ghazal. Jordan. Painted and inlaid with bitumen.
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Turkey. Composed entirely of domestic buildings, with no obvious public buildings. While some of the larger ones have rather ornate murals, these rooms' purpose remains unclear
