Beginnings

Conceptual illustrations of where we start.
827 items in this gallery.See All Ancient Art
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Babylonian 3rd Millenium BC seal impression from Iraq
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Bronze mirrors from a tomb in Chikuzen province China;250-710 AD
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Wreath of death made of gold and glass from antiquity, end of 4th century B. C., Staatliche Antikensammlung, Munich, Upper Bavaria, Germany
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The world of birds, miniature from De Venatione, Greek treatise on hunting, manuscript, 11th Century.
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Disque Portant Des Signes Pictographiques Dont La Signification Est Inconnue - Disc With Pictographs C.1650 BC Greek Art(- ) Terra Cotta Archaeological Museum, Iraklion, Greece
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Saint Jerome, Saint Augustine and Saint Gregory the Great, miniature painted on Boethius Diptych, work in ivory, 5th Century. Detail.
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Daughters of Yaroslav the Wise (Anne of Kiev - left) by Anonymous / Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kiev / 11th century / Byzantium / Fresco / History /Medieval art
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Bracelet from Old Ryazan, Ancient Russian Art
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A Banquet in the Open Air; early 300s; Marble; glass; clay Unknown artist; Roman
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The table, miniature from De universo by Rabano Mauro, manuscript, Italy 11th Century.
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Prayer of a Deacon, miniature from the Exultet (Easter Proclamation) of Bari, manuscript, 11th Century.
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Servants And Musicians 1st Half Of 5th Century B.C. Roman Art Wall Painting Tomba dei Leopardi, Tarquinia, Italy
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Bracelet from Old Ryazan, Ancient Russian Art
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Fight between Cupid and Pan in presence of Silenos, fresco from Pompeii, Italy, Naples, Neapolitan National Archeological Museum
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fine arts, ancient world, Etruscans, painting, Achilles ambushing Troilus, fresco, Tomba dei Tori, Tarquinia, circa 550 BC,
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King Menkaura (Mycerinus) and queen From Giza; Menkaura Valley Temple Dynasty 4; reign of Menkaura; 2490-2472 BC Greywacke
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Jade pectoral with a representation of the Mayan Sun God Aj K'in or K'inich Ajaw. 600-900 AD. Chichen Itza, Yucatan Mexico
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Two lares pour wine from drinking horn into bucket, fresco from Pompeii, Italy, Naples, Neapolitan National Archeological Museum
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Page of the Book of Revelation by Saint Severo, 11th Century.
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King Ratchis, miniature from Codex legum Longobardorum (laws of the Lombards), Italy 11th Century.
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fine arts, islamic art, Persia, miniature, catafalque of Iskander, Tabriz, circa 1330, Freer Gallery, Washington DC,
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Saint Boris, Ancient Russian Art
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The apostles paying homage to Christ, miniature from the Atlantic Bible, manuscript, 11th Century. Detail.
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Saint Sophia by Ancient Russian frescos / Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kiev / 11th century / Russia / Fresco / Bible /Old Russian Art
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fine arts, China, Uyghur painting, demon with lamp, fresco, Bezeklik Monastary, 8th/9th century, Museum for Asian Art, Berlin,
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Fresco from the tomb of Nebamun, shows a pool in a garden that might have belonged to Nebamun. The pool is full of birds, lotus flowers and tilapia fish, while papyrus grows along the edge. Around the pool are palms, dom-palms, sycamore fig, mandrakes, and other bushes. Thebes, Egypt 18th Dynasty, around 1350 BC
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Indonesia, Java, Yogyakarta, stone carving at Borobudur
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The life of monks, miniature from De universo by Rabano Mauro, manuscript, Italy 11th Century.
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Wedding Tiara made from silver, enamel, glass, baroque pearls. From Tunisia, North Africa. Dated 11th Century
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Roman fresco panel from a painted wall: Ulysses resists the songs of the Sirens Roman, about AD 50-75 From Pompeii. Ulysses is tied to the mast of his ship. The Sirens perch on high rocks
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France, Midi-Pyrenees, Gers (32) Nogaro, Saint Nicolas collegial church, painting from 11th century
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SAPPHO (612-545 BC). Greek poet. Woman's portrait with a tablet and stylus identified as Sappho. Roman art. Fresco. ITALY. CAMPANIA. Naples. National Museum of Archaeology.
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Fresco depicting a warrior goddess carrying a griffin. From Athens. Dated 1250 BC
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Giustiniani Tomb, detail from the interior showing a dancing figure. Tarquinia (Lazio). Etruscan civilization, 5th Century BC.
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Healing of the paralytic, fresco, Basilica of San Saba, Rome. Italy, 8th-9th century.
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Mexico, stele representing birth of Quetzalcoatl from Xochicalco, painted stone
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Statues of Gauls or Celts in oak, dating from around 200 BC, France, Europe
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Bronze statue of a young man In ancient Greece and Rome. Roman version of an earlier Greek statue. It is made of polished bronze. The eyes are silvered and the irises and pupils would have been of glass or semi-precious stone. 1st century BC, from Ziphteh, (Tell Atrib) in the Nile Delta, Egypt
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Decorated ostrich eggshell from the Ur cemetery. Dated 2600 BC
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Ancient Roman statue of the Nile at the Palazzo Senatorio, in Piazza del Campidoglio, Rome, Italy
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Relief from a Greek (Minoan) Rhyton of steatite, Hagia Triada, ca. 1700 B.C.
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Mayan carvings representing human skulls
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Miniature from the Madrid Skylitzes by Anonymous / Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid/ 11th-12th century/ Byzantium/ Watercolour on parchment/ Medieval art/ History
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Carvings on Temple of Quetzalcoatl
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Fresco from the Fantiga church of Santa Maria Castle, Ocaña, Spain. Dated 12th Century
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Mayan terracotta vase depicting a king or ruler on a throne covered by a jaguar skin. From Peten, Yucatan, Mexico. 600-900 AD
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Royal game board , found by Leonard Woolley in the Royal Cemetery at Ur, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BC. inlay of shell, red limestone and lapis lazuli
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Saddle Cover, Ancient Altaian, Pazyryk Burial Mounds
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Mayan, calcified stone panel, with bas relief depicting a jaguar eating a heart. From the Great Palace at Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
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Mayan stone disk monument from Tonina, s a pre-Columbian archaeological site and ruined city of the Maya civilization. located in what is now the Mexican state of Chiapas, 600-900 BC
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