Sculpture; Figurines; Human body; Heads (Anatomy); Animals; Lions
"One of the earliest sculptures discovered to date is an extraordinary ivory statuette, which may be as old as 30,000 BCE, from a cave at Hohlenstein-Stadel in Germany. Carved out of mammoth ivory and nearly a foot tall - a truly huge image...
From Hierakonpolis, Egypt. "In Predynastic times, Egypt was divided geographically and politically into Upper Egypt (the southern, upstream part of the Nile Valley), a narrow tract of grassland that encouraged hunting, and Lower (northern)...
Architecture; Buildings; Religious facilities; Mosaics; Mosaic pavements; Floors; Fantasy; Leisure; Recreation; Hunting; Fishing; Landscapes (Representations); Islands; Plants; Trees; Shrubs; Bodies of water; Rivers; Bays (Bodies of water); Men;...
Now heavily restored; "This is the so-called Nile Mosaic, which dates from around 100 BC and shows a Hellenistic adaptation of an old Egyptian motif. It was probably copied in Praeneste from a prototype created in Alexandria." (Excerpt,...
Above: "Reconstruction drawing of the hunting scene in the Tomb of Philip (drawing by G. Miltsakakis)." Below: "The façade of the large unrobbed Macedonian tomb (the Tomb of Philip) offered a simple, yet at the same time distinctive...
From the "Elements of Architecture: Column and Colonnade" section of the "Art of Ancient Egypt" chapter (Chapter 3). Elements included: capital; shaft; base; capital (double bull).
Paintings; Oil paintings; Abstract paintings; Abstract works; Colors; Mental states; Spiritual life; Paradise; End of the world; Prophecy; Biblical events; Animals; Horses; Horseback riding; Riding; Sitting
Excerpts from catalog entry, p.344: Öl auf Leinwand, 97.5 x 131.2 cm; Bez. u.r.: Kandinsky 1910; The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Die große Endfassung der Komposition II, 1910, 200 x 275 cm (im Zweiten Weltkrieg zerstört) wurde auf...
