Ancient Mediterranean II Works of Art and Chapter Readings

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Athenian agora. Archaic through Hellenistic Greek. 600 B.C.E.–150 C.E. Plan.
Anavysos Kouros. Archaic Greek. c. 530 B.C.E. Marble with remnants of paint.
Peplos Kore from the Acropolis. Archaic Greek. c. 530 B.C.E. Marble, painted details.
Sarcophagus of the Spouses. Etruscan. c. 520 B.C.E. Terra cotta.
Audience Hall (apadana) of Darius and Xerxes. Persepolis, Iran. Persian. c. 520–465 B.C.E. Limestone.
Temple of Minerva (Veii, near Rome, Italy) and sculpture of Apollo. Master sculptor Vulca. c. 510–500 B.C.E. Original temple of wood, mud brick, or tufa (volcanic rock); terra cotta sculpture.
Tomb of the Triclinium. Tarquinia, Italy. Etruscan. c. 480–470 B.C.E. Tufa and fresco.
Niobides Krater. Anonymous vase painter of Classical Greece known as the Niobid Painter. c. 460–450 B.C.E. Clay, red- figure technique (white highlights).
Doryphoros (Spear Bearer). Polykleitos. Original 450–440 B.C.E. Roman copy (marble) of Greek original (bronze)
Acropolis. Parthenon and Pediment sculpture. Athens, Greece. Iktinos and Kallikrates. c. 447–410 B.C.E. Marble. Nike Adjusting Her Sandal. Plaque of the Ergastines. Temple of Athena Nike.
Grave stele of Hegeso. Attributed to Kallimachos. c. 410 B.C.E. Marble and paint.
Winged Victory of Samothrace. Hellenistic Greek. c. 190 B.C.E. Marble.
Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon. Asia Minor (present-day Turkey). Hellenistic Greek. c. 175 B.C.E. Marble (architecture and sculpture).
House of the Vettii. Pompeii, Italy. Imperial Roman. c. second century B.C.E.; rebuilt c. 62–79 C.E. Cut stone and fresco.
Alexander Mosaic from the House of Faun, Pompeii. Republican Roman. c. 100 B.C.E. Mosaic.
Seated boxer. Hellenistic Greek. c. 100 B.C.E. Bronze.
Head of a Roman patrician. Republican Roman. c. 75–50 B.C.E. Marble.
Augustus of Prima Porta. Imperial Roman. Early first century C.E. Marble.
Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater). Rome, Italy. Imperial Roman. 70–80 C.E. Stone and concrete.
Forum of Trajan. Rome, Italy. Apollodorus of Damascus. Forum and Trajan's Markets: 106–112 C.E.; Column of Trajan completed 113 C.E. Brick and concrete (architecture); marble (column).
.Pantheon. Imperial Roman. 118–125 C.E. Concrete with stone facing.

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