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The Ancient Mediteranian discusses the art of civilitzations in that region between c. 5000 B.C.E. - 400 C.E. The Great Pyramids at Giza, the Parthenon in Athens, the Colosseum in Rome, and more. The book when printed will have 665 pages

ArtHumanities
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SmartHistory of Art
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Contents· 259 sections
  1. 01: Nabataean
  2. 1.01: Petra- The rose red city of the Nabataeans
  3. 1.02: Petra- urban metropolis
  4. 1.03: Petra- rock-cut facades
  5. 1.04: Petra- UNESCO Siq Project
  6. 02: Etruscan
  7. 2.01: The Etruscans an introduction
  8. 2.02: Bucchero
  9. 2.03: Temple of Minerva and the sculpture of Apollo (Veii)
  10. 2.04: Apulu (Apollo of Veii)
  11. 2.05: Sarcophagus of the Spouses (Louvre)
  12. 2.06: Sarcophagus of the Spouses (Rome)
  13. 2.07: Tomb of the Triclinium
  14. 2.08: The Francois Tomb
  15. 2.09: Tomb of the Reliefs
  16. 2.10: Chimera of Arezzo
  17. 2.11: Mars of Todi
  18. 2.12: Aule Metele (Arringatore)
  19. 2.13: Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia (from UNESCO NHK)
  20. 03: Ancient Rome I
  21. 3.01: Beginners guide- Ancient Rome
  22. 3.1.01: Introduction to ancient Rome
  23. 3.1.02: Introduction to ancient Roman art
  24. 3.1.03: Ancient Rome
  25. 3.1.04: Romes history in four faces at The Met
  26. 3.1.05: Damnatio memoriaeRoman sanctions against memory
  27. 3.1.06: Roman funeral rituals and social status- The Amiternum tomb and the tomb of the Haterii
  28. 3.02: Beginner guides to Roman architecture
  29. 3.2.01: An introduction to ancient Roman architecture
  30. 3.2.02: Italo-Roman building techniques
  31. 3.2.03: Roman Domestic architecture- the Domus
  32. 3.2.04: Roman domestic architecture- the villa
  33. 3.2.05: Roman domestic architecture- the insula
  34. 3.2.06: Forum Romanum (The Roman Forum)
  35. 3.2.07: Imperial fora
  36. 3.03: Roman art archaeology and museums
  37. 3.3.01: Digging through time
  38. 3.3.02: Seizure of Looted Antiquities Illuminates What Museums Want Hidden
  39. 3.3.03: Looting collecting and exhibiting- the Bubon bronzes
  40. 3.04: Pompeii
  41. 3.4.01: Pompeii an introduction
  42. 3.4.02: The rediscovery of Pompeii and the other cities of Vesuvius
  43. 3.05: Wall Painting
  44. 3.5.01: Roman wall painting styles
  45. 3.5.02: Painted Garden Villa of Livia
  46. 3.5.03: Still Life with Peaches
  47. 3.5.04: Pompeii- House of the Vettii
  48. 3.5.05: Dionysiac frieze Villa of Mysteries Pompeii
  49. 04: Ancient Rome II
  50. 4.01: Roman Republic
  51. 4.1.01: Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus Rome
  52. 4.1.02: Temple of Portunus Rome
  53. 4.1.03: Maison Carree
  54. 4.1.04: Capitoline She-wolf
  55. 4.1.05: Capitoline Brutus
  56. 4.1.06: Tomb of the Scipios and the sarcophagus of Scipio Barbatus
  57. 4.1.07: Veristic male portrait
  58. 4.1.08: Head of a Roman Patrician
  59. 4.02: Early Empire
  60. 4.2.01: Augustus of Primaporta
  61. 4.2.02: Ara Pacis
  62. 4.2.03: Gemma Augustea
  63. 4.2.04: The art of gem carving
  64. 4.2.05: Preparations for a Sacrifice
  65. 4.2.06: Portrait of Vespasian
  66. 4.2.07: The Colosseum
  67. 4.2.08: The Arch of Titus
  68. 4.2.09: The Spoils of Jerusalem Arch of Titus
  69. 4.2.10: Silver shekel of the Second Jewish Revolt
  70. 4.2.11: Portrait Bust of a Flavian Woman (Fonseca Bust)
  71. 4.2.12: The Forum and Markets of Trajan
  72. 4.2.13: Column of Trajan
  73. 05: Ancient Rome III
  74. 5.01: Middle Empire
  75. 5.1.01: The Pantheon (Rome)
  76. 5.1.02: Bronze head from a statue of the Emperor Hadrian
  77. 5.1.03: A virtual tour of Hadrians Villa
  78. 5.1.04: Hadrian- The imperial palace Tivoli
  79. 5.1.05: Maritime Theatre at Hadrians Villa
  80. 5.1.06: Romes layered history the Castel SantAngelo
  81. 5.1.07: Pair of Centaurs Fighting Cats of Prey from Hadrians Villa
  82. 5.1.08: Hadrian- Building the wall
  83. 5.1.09: Medea Sarcophagus
  84. 5.1.10: Equestrian Sculpture of Marcus Aurelius
  85. 5.1.11: The importance of the archaeological findspot- The Lullingstone Busts
  86. 5.1.12: The Arch of Septimius Severus portal to ancient Rome
  87. 5.1.13: The Severan Tondo- damnatio memoriae in ancient Rome
  88. 5.1.14: Severan marble plan (Forma Urbis Romae)
  89. 5.1.15: Battle of the Romans and Barbarians (Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus)
  90. 5.02: Late Empire
  91. 5.2.01: Trebonianus Gallus emperor or athlete Rethinking a modern attribution
  92. 5.2.02: Portraits of the Four Tetrarchs
  93. 5.2.03: Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine
  94. 5.2.04: The Colossus of Constantine
  95. 5.2.05: Arch of Constantine Rome
  96. 5.2.06: The Symmachi Panel
  97. 06: Palmyra
  98. 6.01: Palmyra- the modern destruction of an ancient city
  99. 6.02: Temple of Bel Palmyra
  100. 6.03: Palmyrene Funerary Portraiture
  101. 6.04: Temple of Baalshamin Palmyra
  102. 07: Ancient Near East
  103. 7.01: Sumerian
  104. 7.1.01: Sumer an introduction
  105. 7.1.02: White Temple and ziggurat Uruk
  106. 7.1.03: Archaeological reconstructions
  107. 7.1.04: Warka Vase
  108. 7.1.05: Standing Male Worshipper (Tell Asmar)
  109. 7.1.06: Perforated Relief of Ur-Nanshe
  110. 7.1.07: Cylinder seals
  111. 7.1.08: Standard of Ur
  112. 7.1.09: New Page
  113. 7.1.10: New Page
  114. 7.02: Akkadian
  115. 7.2.01: Akkad an introduction
  116. 7.2.02: Victory Stele of Naram-Sin
  117. 7.2.03: Cylinder seal with a modern impression
  118. 7.03: Neo-Sumerian Ur III
  119. 7.3.01: Seated Gudea holding temple plan
  120. 7.3.02: Ziggurat of Ur
  121. 7.04: Babylonian
  122. 7.4.01: Babylonia an introduction
  123. 7.4.02: Visiting Babylon
  124. 7.4.03: The Babylonian mind
  125. 7.4.04: Law Code Stele of King Hammurabi
  126. 7.4.05: The Ishtar Gate and Neo-Babylonian art and architecture
  127. 7.4.06: Towers of Babel
  128. 7.4.07: Kassite art- Unfinished Kudurru
  129. 7.05: Assyrian
  130. 7.5.01: Assyria an introduction
  131. 7.5.02: Assyrian Sculpture
  132. 7.5.03: Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II
  133. 7.5.04: Ashurbanipal Hunting Lions
  134. 7.5.05: The palace decoration of Ashurbanipal
  135. 7.5.06: Assyria vs Elam- The battle of Til Tuba
  136. 7.06: Persian
  137. 7.6.01: Ancient Persia an introduction
  138. 7.6.02: The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia
  139. 7.6.03: Capital of a column from the audience hall of the palace of Darius I Susa
  140. 7.6.04: Persepolis- The Audience Hall of Darius and Xerxes
  141. 08: Ancient Egypt
  142. 8.01: Beginners guide- Ancient Egypt
  143. 8.1.01: Ancient Egypt an introduction
  144. 8.1.02: Ancient Egyptian art
  145. 8.1.03: Materials and techniques in ancient Egyptian art
  146. 8.1.04: The mummification process
  147. 8.02: Predynastic and Old Kingdom
  148. 8.2.01: Palette of King Narmer
  149. 8.2.02: The Great Pyramids of Giza
  150. 8.2.03: Pyramid of Khufu
  151. 8.2.04: Pyramid of Khafre and the Great Sphinx
  152. 8.2.05: Pyramid of Menkaure
  153. 8.2.06: King Menkaure (Mycerinus) and queen
  154. 8.2.07: The Seated Scribe
  155. 8.03: Middle and New Kingdom
  156. 8.3.01: Temple of Amun-Re and the Hypostyle Hall Karnak
  157. 8.3.02: Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
  158. 8.3.03: Standing Hippopotamus
  159. 8.3.04: Mortuary Temple and Large Kneeling Statue of Hatshepsut
  160. 8.3.05: The tomb-chapel of Nebamun
  161. 8.3.06: Paintings from the Tomb-chapel of Nebamun
  162. 8.3.07: A bottle and a toy- Objects from daily life
  163. 8.3.08: House Altar depicting Akhenaten Nefertiti and Three of their Daughters
  164. 8.3.09: Portrait Head of Queen Tiye
  165. 8.3.10: Thutmose Model Bust of Queen Nefertiti
  166. 8.3.11: Tutankhamuns tomb (innermost coffin and death mask)
  167. 8.3.12: Head of Tutankhamun
  168. 8.3.13: Hunefers Judgement in the presence of Osiris
  169. 8.04: Ptolemaic
  170. 8.4.01: Egyptian mummy portraits
  171. 8.4.02: Faiyum mummy portraits
  172. 8.4.03: Decoding the Rosetta Stone
  173. 8.4.04: Multilingualism along the Nile
  174. 8.4.05: The Rosetta Stone
  175. 09: Ancient Aegean
  176. 9.01: Cycladic
  177. 9.1.01: Male Harp Player from Keros
  178. 9.1.02: Akrotiri Thera
  179. 9.02: Minoan
  180. 9.2.01: The Palace at Knossos (Crete)
  181. 9.2.02: Kamares Ware Jug
  182. 9.2.03: Snake Goddess
  183. 9.2.04: Bulls Head Rhyton
  184. 9.2.05: Harvester Vase
  185. 9.2.06: Octopus vase
  186. 9.2.07: Statuette of a Male Figure (The Palaikastro Kouros)
  187. 9.2.08: Hagia Triada sarcophagus
  188. 9.2.09: Bull-leaping fresco from the palace of Knossos
  189. 9.2.10: Minoan woman or goddess from the palace of Knossos (La Parisienne)
  190. 9.03: Mycenaean art
  191. 9.3.01: The Palace and Grave Circle A
  192. 9.3.02: Mask of Agamemnon
  193. 9.3.03: The Treasury of Atreus
  194. 9.3.04: Lion Gate
  195. 10: Ancient Greece
  196. 10.01: A beginners guide- Ancient Greece
  197. 10.1.01: Ancient Greece an introduction
  198. 10.1.02: Introduction to ancient Greek art
  199. 10.1.03: Contrapposto explained
  200. 10.1.04: Introduction to ancient Greek architecture
  201. 10.1.05: Greek architectural orders
  202. 10.1.06: Black Figures in Classical Greek Art
  203. 10.1.07: Olympic games
  204. 10.02: Pottery
  205. 10.2.01: Greek Vase-Painting an introduction
  206. 10.2.02: Ancient Greek vase production and the black-figure technique
  207. 10.2.03: Making Greek vases
  208. 10.2.04: Dipylon Amphora
  209. 10.2.05: Terracotta Krater
  210. 10.2.06: Eleusis Amphora
  211. 10.2.07: Sophilos- a new direction in Greek pottery
  212. 10.2.08: Exekias Attic black figure amphora with Ajax and Achilles playing a game
  213. 10.2.09: Euphronios Sarpedon Krater
  214. 10.2.10: Euthymides Three Revelers
  215. 10.2.11: Niobid Krater
  216. 10.03: Daedalic and Archaic
  217. 10.3.01: Lady of Auxerre
  218. 10.3.02: Marble statue of a kouros (New York Kouros)
  219. 10.3.03: Anavysos Kouros
  220. 10.3.04: Peplos Kore
  221. 10.3.05: Ancient Greek Temples at Paestum
  222. 10.3.06: Sanctuary of Apollo Delphi
  223. 10.3.07: Siphnian Treasury Delphi
  224. 10.04: Early Classical
  225. 10.4.01: East and West Pediments from the Temple of Aphaia Aegina
  226. 10.4.02: Kritios Boy
  227. 10.4.03: Charioteer of Delphi
  228. 10.4.04: Artemision Zeus or Poseidon
  229. 10.4.05: Riace Warriors
  230. 10.05: Classical
  231. 10.5.01: Polykleitos Doryphoros (Spear-Bearer)
  232. 10.5.02: Myron Discobolus (Discus Thrower)
  233. 10.5.03: The Athenian Agora and the experiment in democracy
  234. 10.5.04: The Parthenon Athens
  235. 10.5.05: Phidias Parthenon sculpture (pediments metopes and frieze)
  236. 10.5.06: Who owns the Parthenon sculptures
  237. 10.5.07: Egyptian blue on the Parthenon sculptures
  238. 10.5.08: Plaque of the Ergastines
  239. 10.5.09: The Erechtheion
  240. 10.5.10: Caryatid and Ionic Column from the Erechtheion
  241. 10.5.11: Temple of Athena Nike on the Athenian Acropolis
  242. 10.5.12: Nike Adjusting Her Sandal Temple of Athena Nike Acropolis Athens
  243. 10.5.13: Grave stele of Hegeso
  244. 10.06: Late Classical
  245. 10.6.01: The Antikythera Youth
  246. 10.6.02: How an ancient Greek bronze ended up in the Vatican
  247. 10.6.03: 5.6.3 -Lysippos Apoxyomenos (Scraper)
  248. 10.6.04: Lysippos Apoxyomenos (Scraper)
  249. 10.6.05: Capitoline Venus (copy of the Aphrodite of Knidos)
  250. 10.6.06: The Alexander Sarcophagus
  251. 10.07: Hellenistic
  252. 10.7.01: Barberini Faun
  253. 10.7.02: Dying Gaul and Ludovisi Gaul
  254. 10.7.03: Bronze statue of Eros sleeping
  255. 10.7.04: Nike (Winged Victory) of Samothrace
  256. 10.7.05: The Pergamon Altar
  257. 10.7.06: Apollonius Boxer at Rest (or The Seated Boxer)
  258. 10.7.07: Alexander Mosaic from the House of the Faun Pompeii
  259. 10.7.08: Athanadoros Hagesandros and Polydoros of Rhodes Laocoon and his Sons