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43 Cards in this Set
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Main Hall or Hall of the Bulls, Lascaux cave. Prehistoric (Paleolithic or Old Stone Age).
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Stonehenge, England. Prehistoric (Neolithic or New Stone Age). Post and lintel.
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Venus of Willendorf. Prehistoric (Paleolithic or Old Stone Age). Female fertility figurine.
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Palette of King Narmer. Egyptian. Palette, hieroglyphs.
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IMHOTEP. Step Pyramid of King Zoser, Saqqara. Egyptian.
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Great Pyramids, Giza. Egyptian.
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The Great Sphinx, Giza. Egyptian.
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Temple of Ramsses II, Abu Simbel. Egyptian.
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Ziggurat, Ur. Sumerian.
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Stele of Hammurabi. Babylonian. Cuneiform.
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Dying Lioness. Assyrian.
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EXEKIAS. The Suicide of Ajax. Archaic. Greek. Black-figure style.
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MAKRON. Paris Abducting Helen. Archaic. Greek. Red-figure style.
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Kouros (New York Kouros). Archaic. Greek. Closed-form sculpture, kouros.
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Anavysos Kouros. Archaic. Greek. Archaic smile.
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Peplos Kore. Archaic. Greek. Peplos, kore.
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ICTINUS and CALLICRATES. The Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens. Classical. Greek. Doric order, pediment.
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The Kritios Boy. Classical. Greek. Contrapposto.
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POLYCLITUS. Doryphorus (The Spear-Bearer). Classical. Greek. Idealized.
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LYSIPPUS. Apoxyomenos (The Scraper). Classical. Greek. Open-form sculpture.
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Dying Gaul. Hellenistic. Greek. Naturalistic.
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Laocoon and His Two Sons. Hellenistic. Greek.
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The Flavian Amphitheater, or Colosseum, Rome. Roman. Concrete, true arches, engaged columns.
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The Pantheon, Rome. Roman. Corinthian order, dome, drum, oculus.
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A Patrician Holding Portrait Heads of His Ancestors. Roman.
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Arch of Titus. Roman. Triumphal arch.
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Menorah Procession, detail from the Arch of Titus. Roman.
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West wall with Torah niche, Dura Europos. Judaism.
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Christ as the Good Shepherd. Early Christian. Christianity. Catacomb.
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Good Shepherd. Early Christian. Christianity.
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Floor plan of Old St. Peter's, Rome. Early Christian. Christianity. Basilica-plan church, nave, aisles, apse, transept.
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ANTHEMIUS OF TRALLES and ISIDORE OF MILETUS. Hagia Sophia (exterior), Istanbul (formerly Constantinople). Byzantine. Christianity.
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ANTHEMIUS OF TRALLES and ISIDORE OF MILETUS. Hagia Sophia (interior), Istanbul (formerly Constantinople). Byzantine. Christianity. Pendentives.
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ANTHEMIUS OF TRALLES and ISIDORE OF MILETUS. Hagia Sophia (plan), Istanbul (formerly Constantinople). Byzantine. Christianity. Central-plan church.
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St. Sernin (exterior), Toulouse, France. Romanesque. Christianity. Buttresses.
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St. Sernin (interior), Toulouse, France. Romanesque. Christianity. Barrel vault, rounded arches.
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Notre Dame (exterior), Paris. Flying buttresses. Gothic. Christianity.
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Chartres Cathedral (interior), nave. Gothic. Christianity. Pointed arches.
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Great Mosque and Minaret, Samarra, Iraq. Islam. Mosque, minaret, qibla.
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Great Mosque and Minaret (plan), Samarra, Iraq. Islam. Mosque, minaret, qibla.
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Shiva Nataraja. Hinduism.
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Great Stupa, Sanchi, India. Buddhism. Stupa.
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Seated Buddha. Buddhism.
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