Prehistoric Art

Left: Prehistoric EuropeRight: Left section of the “Lion Panel”, Chauvet Cave,Vallon Pont d’Arc,

Ardeche gorge, France, 31,000-21,000 BC (1.3)

Spotted Horse from Pech-Merle 22,000-15,000 BC

Pech-Merle cave

Altamira Cave, Altamira, Spain

Left: Prehistoric Europe Right: Map of Lascaux, 15,000-13,000 BC

Top: Map of LascauxBottom: Hall of the Bulls, Lascaux

Man with bird’s head, rhinoceros, and disemboweled bison, Lascaux

Left: Hall of the Bulls, LascauxRight: A Reindeer from Lascaux

Left: Bison (femaleness) from Altamira 12,000-11,000 BC Right: Spotted Horse (Maleness) from Pech-Merle

Right: “Chinese” Horse, and geometric symbol, Lascaux cave, France, c. 13,000 BC (14.1)

Left: Bison Spear Thrower, La Madeleine, ca. 12,000 BCRight: “Venus” of Willendorf, ca. 23,000 BC, limestone, height 4 3/8 in.

(14.2)

Left: “Venus” of Willendorf, side view

Right: “Venus” of Laussel, ca. 25,000-

20,000 BC

Left: Tower of JerichoRight: Skull with plaster features, from Jericho

Left: Reconstruction of Catal Huyuk 6000-5900 BC Right: Goddess giving birth, 6500-5700 BC

City with Volcanic Eruption in the Background

Near Eastern Art

Map of the Ancient Near East

White temple and ziggurat, Uruk ca. 3200-3000 BCLeft: Plan

Right: side view

Ziggurat at Ur c. 2100 BC (modern reconstruction) (14.4)

Left: Head of the Goddess Inanna, from UrukRight: Alabaster Vase (the “Warka Vase”) from Uruk

Both 3500-3000 BC

Left: Tell Asmar Figurines from the Abu Temple, ca. 2700 BCRight: close-up of face of one figurine

Standard of Ur from Royal Cemetery c. 2600 BC (both sides)

Bull-headed lyre, from Royal Cemetery at Ur c. 2600 BC

Details of Bull-headed lyre

Head of an Akkadian Ruler (perhaps Sargon I or his grandson Naram-Sin) from Nineveh c. 2250-2200 BC (14.6)

Victory Stele of Naram-Sin, 2254-2218 BC

Gudea, ruler of Sumer, c. 2100 BC

Left: Plan of the Citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin Right: The Lamassu, c. 720-705 BC (14.7)

City attacked with battering ram and archers pursuing enemies, from the Palace of King Ashurnasirpal II, Nimrud

Ashurbanipal II hunting Lions, Nineveh, c. 645-640 BC (14.8)