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30 Masterpieces of the Ancient World

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Behold great masterpieces of antiquity and prehistory in this visually rich course that travels around the world highlighting stunning works of art from ancient cultures.

Syllabus

  • 01: Where Do We Come From?
  • 02: Ancient Cave Art-Chauvet, France
  • 03: The Uruk Vase-Vision of an Ordered World
  • 04: The Standard of Ur-Role of the King
  • 05: “Ram Caught in a Thicket”
  • 06: Great Ziggurat at Ur-Ancient Architecture
  • 07: Victory Stela of Naram-Sin of Akkad
  • 08: Neo-Assyrian Palace Reliefs
  • 09: “Queen of the Night” -Babylonian Goddess
  • 10: Ishtar Gate and Processional Way
  • 11: The Ancient City of Persepolis
  • 12: Palette of Narmer-The Conquering King
  • 13: Statue of Khafre-Rebirth of a King
  • 14: Tutankhamun's Mask
  • 15: Tomb Painting of Nefertari
  • 16: Kritios Boy-Idealized Athletic Youth
  • 17: Discobolus-Motion in Sculpture
  • 18: Parthenon Marbles-Metopes and Frieze
  • 19: Greek Vase Painting- “Death of Sarpedon”
  • 20: Aphrodite of Knidos
  • 21: Laocoon-Three-Dimensional Narrative
  • 22: Column of Trajan
  • 23: Bronzes of Ancient China
  • 24: Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • 25: Borobudur-Ancient Buddhist Stupa
  • 26: Colossal Olmec Heads
  • 27: Sarcophagus Cover of Pakal at Palenque
  • 28: Carved Stone Lintels of Yaxchilan
  • 29: Teotihuacan-Temple of the Feathered Serpent
  • 30: Colossal Stone Statue of Coatlicue
  • 31: Aztec Calendar Stone
  • 32: Moche Earspools-Miniature Masterpieces
  • 33: Ancient Andean Ceramics
  • 34: Ancient Andean Textiles
  • 35: What Can We Learn from Ancient Art?
  • 36: How Ancient Art Reverberates
  • By This Professor

Taught by

Diana K. McDonald

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