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Period
PreHistoric
 Paleolithic
 Neolithic
Names/Locations
Lascaux
Stonehenge
New Grange
Chauvet
Altamira
Catal Höyük, Turkey
Major Works of Art
Venus of Willendorf
Bison with Turned Head
Spotted Horses and Human
Hands
Hall of Bulls
Bird-Head
Catal Höyük
Deer Hunt
Landscape with Volcanic Eruption
New Grange Passage Grave
Stonehenge
Terms to Know
Archaeology
Cromlech
Henge
Megalith
Menhir
Mortise-and-tenon
Post-and-lintel
Shamanism
Composite view
Twisted Perspective
Ancient Near East
 Sumarian
 Babylonian
 Assyrian
 Persian
 Akkadian
Sumaria or Sumer
Babylonia
Assyria
Persia
Akkad
Ur
Lagash
Votive Statues
Standard of Ur
Bull Lyre
Victory Stele of Naram-Sin
Nanna Ziggurat
Votive Statue of Gudea
Stele of Hammurabi
Lamassu, Citadel of Sargon II
Ishtar Gate
Polytheistic
Monotheistic
Cuneiform
Pictograph
Ziggurat
Stylized
Hierarchical scale
Relief carving
Stele
Arcuated
Blind arcade
Tholos tomb
Epic of Gilgamesh
Egypt
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Giza
Imhotep
Beni Hasan
Saqquara
Valley of the Kings
Valley of the Queens
Hatshepsut
Abu Simbel
Palette of Narmer
Mastaba
Steppe Pyramid of Djoser
Bent Pyramid
Great Pyramids
Great Sphinx
Menkaure (Mycinerus) and a
Queen
Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
New Kingdom
Mastaba
Ka
Engaged column
Papyrus
Sarcophagus
Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
New Kingdom
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Karnak
Akhenaton
Aten
Ramses II
Ancient Aegean
Cyclades
Minos
Mycenae
Heinrich Schliemann
Sir Arthur Evans
Greece
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Polykleitos
Pliny the Elder
Pericles
Alexander the Great
Hippodomo
Praxiteles
Iktinos
Phidias
Corinth
Athens
Geometric
Orientalizing
Archaic
Classical
Hellenistic
Seated Scribe
Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt
Rock Cut Tombs
Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
Temple of Ramses II
Great Hall, Temple of Amun at
Karnak
Fowling Scene from Tomb of
Nebamun
Akhenaton
Bust of Nefertiti
Queen Tiy
Akhenaten and his Family
Mask of Tutankhamen
Sarcophagus of Tutankhamen
Female Figure (Cycladic)
Cycladic Harp Player
Palace at Knosses
Toreador Fresco (Bull Leaping)
Spring Fresco (Landscape with
Swallows)
Snake Goddess
Harvester Vase
Corbeled Gallery
Lion Gate
Treasury of Atreus
Funerary Mask
Sculpture:
Korous Statue
West Pediment, Temple of
Artemis
Calf Bearer
Peplos Kore
Gods and Giants, Siphnian
Treasury
Dying Warrior, Temple of Aphaia
Kritios Boy
Necropolis
Portico
Amarna Style
Hierarchy of Scale
Hypostyle Hall
Pharaoh
Pylon
Reserve column
Maat
Canon of Proportion
Clerestory
Fresco secco
idealized
Corbel Arch
Cyclopean Masonry
Fresco
Megaron
Repousse
Tholos Tomb
Ashlar Masonry
Polychromatic
Faience
Chryselephantine
Krater
Orientalizing
Archaic Style
Kouros
Kore
Prostyle temple
Amphiprostyle temple
Peristyle temple
Cella
Stylobate
Stereobate
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Delphi
Charioteer
Athena, Herakles and Atlas
Discus Thrower
Zeus or Poseidon
Spear Bearer (Doryphoros)
Three Goddesses
Nike Adjusting her Sandal
Grave Stele of Hegeso
Aphrodite of Knidos
Hermes and the Infant Dionysos
Scraper
Dying Gaul
Athena Battling Alkyoneos,
Pergamon Altar
Nike of Samothrace
Venus de Milo
Seated Boxer
Laocoon and His Sons
Pottery:
Francois Vase
Ajax and Achilles Playing Dice
(both)
Death of Sarpedon
Entablature
Frieze
Architrave
Metope
Capital
Shaft
Pediment
Base
Gigantomachy
Centauromachy
Contrapposto
Cannon of proportion
Anthropomorphic
x + 2y + 1
entasis
foreshortening
Tesserae mosaic
Amphitheater
Skene
Theatron
Stoa
Agora
Portico
Pebble Mosaic
Tesserae Mosaics
Doric
Ionic
Corinthian
Atlantids
Caryatids
Painting:
Battle of Issus
Column of Trajan
Roman concrete construction
Head of old man
Amphitheater at Pompeii
Caput mundi
apotheosis
Concrete
Patrician
Architecture:
The Parthenon
The Erectheion
Epidauros Theater
Pergamon Altar
Rome
 Republic
 Early Empire
 High Empire
Trajan
Hadrian
Antonines
Constantine
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Late Empire
Etruscan
 Geometric
 Orientalizing
 Classical
 Hellenistic
Marcus Aurelius
Julius Caesar
Augustus
Pompeii
Herculaneum
Nimes, France
Nero
Petra
Catacombs
Floorplan of a typical Roman
House
Atrium of the House of the Vettii
First Style Wall Painting
Dionysiac mystery frieze
Detail of a Third Style Wall
Painting
Fourth Style Wall Paintings
Portrait of husband and wife
Portrait of Augustus
Ara Pacis Augustae
Maison Carree
Pont du Gard, Nimes, France
Colosseum
Portrait bust of Flavian Woman
Pantheon
Al-Ahazneh, Petra, Jordan
Funerary relief of vegetable
vendor
Equesttrian statue of Marcus
Aurelius
Painted Portrait of Septimius
Severus & Family
Four Tetrarchs
Arch of Constantine
Colossal head of Constantine
Model of an Etruscan Temple
Tomb of the Seats and Shields
Tomb of the Leopards,
Tomb of the Augers
Apullu
Sarcophagus with reclining couple
Capitoline Wolf
Chimera of Arezzo
Sarcophagus of Lars Pulena
Aule Metele
Porta Marzia
Plebians
Tholos temple
Barrel vault
Buttress
Groin vault
Veristic
Cuirass
Tunnel vault
Velarium
Domus
Fauces
Atrium
Impluvium
Alae
Tablinum
Peristyle garden
Cubiculum
Pseudoperipteral temple
Rusticated
Occulus
Stucco
Terra cotta
Tumulus mound
Tholos tomb
Tufa limestone
Necropolis
Tinsevil
Cistae
Voussoirs
Pilasters
Charun
Vanth
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Ficoroni Cista
Orringatore (orator)
hegemony
Allegory
Basilica
Apse
Nave
Prefiguration
Catacombs
Orants
Loculi
Cubicula
Typology
Central Plan
Axial Plan/Longitudinal
Plan/Basilican Plan
Ambulatory
Head Clusters
Narthex
Lunette
Diptych
Triptych
Corpus juris civilis
Pendentive
Squinch
Exedrae
Clerestory
Choir
Chi-rho-iota
Mandorla
Icon
Iconoclasm
Iconoclast
Iconophile
Anastasis
Theotokos
Martyrium
Late Antiquity
Christ
Mary
St. John
David
Abraham
Jonah
Peter
Samuel
Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus
Synagogue at Dura Europos,
Syria
Samuel Anoints David
The Good Shepherd, the story of
Jonah and orants
Christ the Good Shepherd
Old St. Peter’s
Santa Costanza
The Parting of Abraham
Mausoleum of Galla Placidia
Christ as Good Shepherd
Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes
Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well
Suicide of Judas and Crucifixion
Byzantium
Theodosius I
Arcadius
Honorius
Justinian
Leo III
Bishop Maximianus
Empress Theodora
Empress Irene
Basil II
St. Michael the Archangel
Justinian as World Conquereor
Hagia Sophia
San Vitale
Justinian, Bishop Maximianus
and attendants
Theodora and Attendants
Saint Apollinaris
Transfiguration of Jesus
Virgin (Theotokos) and Child
between Saints Theodore and
George
Christ as Pantokrator
Lamentation over the dead Christ
Virgin (Theotokos) and Child
Anastasis
Three angels (Old Testament
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Islamic
Mohammed
Mecca
Medina
Cordoba
Dome of the Rock
The Great Mosque, Damascus
The Great Mosque, Cordoba
Friday Mosque, Isfahan
Ewer in the form of a bird
Mosque of Selim II
Imam Mosque tilework
Mihrab from the Madrasa Imami
Seduction of Yusef
Canteen with episodes from the
life of Christ
Early Medieval
Charlemagne
Benedict of Nursia
Cistercians
Otto I
Otto II
Otto III
Bishop Bernward
St. Matthew
Book of Durrow
Emeterius, the tower and
scriptorium of San Salvador de
Tabara colophon
St. Matthew, Coronation Gospels
Palatine Chapel
St. Matthew, Ebbo Gospels
Chi-Rho-Iota page from Book of
Kells
Equestrian Portrait of
Charlemagne
Doors with relief panels, St.
Michael’s
Christ Blessing Otto II and
Theophana
Crucifix commissioned by
Archbishop Gero for Cologne
Cathedral
Romanesque
St. James, Santiago de
Koran
Minbar
Mosque
Friday mosque
Qibla wall
Mihrab
Minaret
Maqsura
Iwan
Pyxis
Kufic
Madrasa complex
Cuerda secca
Muqarnas
Fibula
Cloisonné
Hiberno-Saxon
Insular art
Gospel book
Breviaries
Sacramentaries
Benedictionaries
Psalters
Carpet page
Colophon
Author portrait
Imago hominis
Mozarabic
Carolus Magnus
Carolingian
Ottonian
Westwork
Treaty of Verdun
Zoomorphic
Pilgrimage
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Compostela
Cluny III
Parts of a Church
Parts of a Portal
South Portal, Saint-Pierre,
Moissac
Pentecost and Mission of the
Apostles, La Madeleine
Last Judgement, Saint-Lazare
Complex at Pisa
Saint-Etienne, Caen, France
Baptismal Font from Notre Dame
Durham Cathedral
Bayeaux Tapestry
Gothic
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Early Gothic
High Gothic/Rayonnant
Late Gothic/Flamboyant
Perpendicular
Abbott Suger
Louis IX
Blanche of Castille
St. Denis
Virgin of Jeanne d’Evreux
Notre Dame (all images)
Virgin of Paris, Notre Dame
Arcade
Tribune
Clerestory
Aisles
Nave
Radiating chapels
Portal
Cruciform
Crossing square
Bays
Gallery
Cloister
Furta sacra
Pilgrimage church
Transept
Springing
Compound pier
Transverse arches
Historiated
Bestiaries
Tympanum
Voussoirs
Archivolts
Lintel
Trumeau
Jamb
Hall church
Rib vaults
Campanile
Baptistery
Tripartite
Choir
Ogee Arches
Lux nova
Pointed arch
Alternate support system
Triforium
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Chartres Cathedral
Royal Portal, Chartres
Old Testament Figures,Chartres
Stone Masons and Sculptors
Rose Window and lancets
Amiens Cathedral
Reims Cathedral
Annunciation and Visition, Reims
Salisbury Cathedral
Saint-Chapelle
Saint-Maclou
Nave Elevation chart
Cathedral Cut Away View
Blanche of Castile and Louis IX
Death of the Virgin, Strasbourg
Ekkehard and Uta
Röttgen Pita
Late Medieval Italy
Cimabue
Nicola Pisano
Giovanni Pisano
Giotto di Bondone
Simone Martini
Duccio
Pietro Lorenzetti
Ambrogio Lorenzetti
Clement VII
Urban VI
Martin V
Florence Cathedral
Palazzo Pubblico
Doge’s Palace
Madonna Enthroned, Cimabue
Madonna Enthroned, Giotto
Arena Chapel, Giotto
Lamentation, Giotto
Virgin and Child Enthroned with
Saints (Maesta), Duccio
Annunciation, Simone Martini
Birth of the Virgin, Pietro
Lorenzetti
Good Government in the City and
the Country, Ambrogio Lorenzetti
The Pisa Pulpit, Nicola Pisano
Lancet
Pinnacle
Flying buttress
Vaulting web
Diagonal rib
Transverse rib
Tracery
Rose Window
Oculus
Plate tracery
Bar tracry
Sexpartite vault
Colonette
Rayonnant style
Flamboyant style
Perpendicular style
Fan Vault
Craft guild
Ars de geometria
Moralized bible
Trefoil arches
Maniera greca
Allegory
Altarpiece
Campanile
International Gothic Style
Maesta
Predella
Tempera
Foreshortening
fresco
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South and Southeast Asia
Prince Siddhartha Guatama
Gupta Buddha
Vishnu
Shiva
Devi
Angkor Wat
China and Korea
First Emperor Qin
Xie He
Gu Kaizhi
Lady Feng
Fan Kuan
Lao Xi
Yangshao Culture
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Shang
Zhou
Qin
Han
Annunciation, The Pisa Pulpit,
Nicola Pisano
The Pisa Pulpit, Giovanni Pisano
Angkor Wat
The Great Stupa
Great Bath of Mohenjo-Daro
Vishnu lying on the Ocean
Shiva as Nataraja
Tori Busshi of the Shaka Buddha
Triad
Womb World and Diamond World
mandaras
Robed Male Figures, Mohenjodaro
Bodhisatta Padmapani
Mithuna reliefs, Vishvanatha
Temple
Boar Avatar of Vishnu Rescuing
the Earth
Vairocana Buddha
Ratha Temples
Life and Death of the Buddha,
Gandhara, Pakistan
Borobudur, Java, Indonesia
Daibutsuden
Meiping Vase
Maebyeong Vase
Standing Figure, Sanxingdui
Flying Horse
Travelers Among Mountains and
Streams
Funeral Banner
Indus art
The Vedas
Upanishads
Samara
Karma
Moksha (nirvana)
Eightfold Path
Four Noble Truths
Bodisattvas
Mudra
Dyana mudra
Dharmachakra
Stupa
Torana
Circumambulation
Mandala
Harmika
Yasti
Chaitya hall
Yakshis
Bodh Gaya
Abhaya gesture
Hinduism
Ratha
mithunas
Guang
Bi disk
Lacquer
Period of Dis Unity
Silk Road
Confucian ideals
Bean and strut architecture
Hanging scroll
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Tang
Song
Liao
Japan before 1333
Shaka
Amida
Lady Murasaki
Myoren
Kuya
Meditating Bodhisattva Maitreya
Lohans giving Alms to Beggars
Terra Cotta Army of First Emperor
Qin
Hand scroll
Album leaves
Daoism
Lalitasana pose
Junzi
Yin and Yang
Huizong
Celadon ware
Silla crowns
Meiping Vase
Pagoda
Lohan
Foguang Si Pagoda
Tomb of Emperor Nintoku
Night Attack on Sanjo Palace
The Guang Vessel
The Buddha of Four Directions
Genji Visits Murasaki from Tales
of Genji
Kuya Statue
Joman
Dotaku
Haniwa
Kami
Shinto
Mortise and tenon system
Chigi
Katusogi
Kondo
Pure Land
Kodo
Daibutsuden
Shingon
Tales of Genji
Hiragana
Yamato-e
Shogunate
Zen Buddhism
Kamokura