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"Kirby's Perspective" [Satire on False Perspective], frontispiece.
Engravings; Intaglio prints; Prints; Frontispieces; Illustrations; Pamphlets; Satires (Visual works); Perspective; Processes & techniques; Errors; Men; Women; Fishermen; Passengers; Adults; Standing; Sitting; Shooting; Hunting; Fishing;...
Joshua Kirby's edition of Dr. Brook Taylor's Method of Perspective.
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Apotheosis of Caesar, "Belvedere Altar."
Sculpture; Altars; Propaganda; Men; Women; Children; Boys; Youth; Families; Rulers; Dictators; Consuls; Government officials; People associated with politics & government; Upper class; Myths; Legends; Gods; Clothing & dress; Gestures;...
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Apotheosis of Caesar, "Belvedere Altar."
Sculpture; Altars; Propaganda; Men; Women; Children; Boys; Youth; Families; Rulers; Dictators; Consuls; Government officials; People associated with politics & government; Upper class; Myths; Legends; Gods; Clothing & dress; Gestures;...
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Arch of Constantine, Rome, Italy, central passageway, Liberator Urbis, originally Trajan battling Dacians from the Great Trajanic Frieze.
Architecture; Monuments; Monuments & memorials; Arches; Memorial arches; Architectural elements; Passageways; Friezes (Ornamental bands); Sculpture; Architectural sculpture; Architectural decorations & ornaments; Storytelling; Campaigns...
Liberator Urbis (liberator of the city).
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Arch of Constantine, Rome, Italy, tondo, allegorical depiction of Sun with quadriga.
Architecture; Monuments; Monuments & memorials; Arches; Memorial arches; Emperors; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; Victories; War; Campaigns & battles; Facades; Architectural elements; Structural elements;...
"The triumphal Arch of Constantine was erected next to the Colosseum in AD 315 to commemorate Constantine's victory over Maxentius three years earlier." (p.149)
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Attic bilingual (black-figure and red-figure) amphora, Herakles driving a bull.
Sculpture; Pottery; Vases; Containers; Myths; Legends; Fictitious characters; Men; Heroes; Clothing & dress; Hides & skins; Arms & armament; Torches; Cattle; Bulls; Animals; Locomotion; Human locomotion; Animal locomotion; Trees;...
From Andokides' workshop.
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Augustus of Primaporta, front view.
Sculpture; Portraits; Men; Emperors; Rulers; Upper class; People associated with politics & government; People associated with military activities; Military officers; Military personnel; Standing; Gestures; Hairstyles; Clothing & dress;...
"Augustus in Armor, found in Primaporta" (caption)
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Babylon, Ishtar Gate and throne room wall.
Architecture; Architectural elements; Architectural decorations & ornaments; Gates; City walls; Walls; Arches; Battlements; Towers; Animals; Wild cats; Lions; Bulls; Cattle; Locomotion; Animal locomotion; Symbols; Trees; Plants; Patterns...
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Basilica Ulpia, Forum of Trajan, Rome, Italy, reconstructed cross-section, with Column of Trajan on left.
Architecture; Forums; Buildings; Basilicas; Social & civic facilities; Reconstructions; Sections; Conjectural works; Illustrations; Drawings; Architectural drawings; Structural drawings; Structural systems drawings; Interiors; Architectural...
"The form of the upper levels of the structure are much debated by scholars and have been reconstructed here after the work of James Packer." (caption, p.235); "It's total length was about 170 metres. [...] The building was 60 metres...
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Battle of Alexander [at Issus], detail, lower right corner.
Paintings; Oil paintings; Storytelling; Campaigns & battles; War; Warfare; Military life; Military maneuvers; Military mobilizations; Fighting; Victories; Battlefields; Details; Men; People associated with military activities; Military...
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Battle of Alexander [at Issus], detail, right center.
Paintings; Oil paintings; Storytelling; Campaigns & battles; Battlefields; War; Warfare; Military life; Military maneuvers; Military mobilizations; Fighting; Victories; Details; Aerial views; Bird's-eye views; Seas; Bodies of water; Mountains;...
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Bonaparte Crossing the Saint-Bernard Pass [ Napoleon at the St. Bernard Pass].
Paintings; Oil paintings; Portrait paintings; Portraits; Men; Emperors; Rulers; Upper class; People associated with politics & government; Adults; Military officers; Military personnel; People associated with military activities; Soldiers;...
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Circus scenes, mosaic.
Mosaics; Sports; Recreation; Games; Entertainment; Performances; Hunting; Big game hunting; Animal attacks; Animal behavior; Animal treatment; Homicides; Fighting; Death; Wounds & injuries; Blood; Men; Athletes; People associated with...
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Circus scenes, mosaic.
Mosaics; Sports; Recreation; Games; Entertainment; Performances; Hunting; Big game hunting; Animal attacks; Animal behavior; Animal treatment; Homicides; Fighting; Death; Wounds & injuries; Blood; Men; Athletes; People associated with...
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Colosseum, Rome, Italy, vomitorium, reconstruction.
Architecture; Amphitheaters; Theaters; Open-air theaters; Stadiums; Sports & recreation facilities; Social & civic facilities; Cultural facilities; Buildings; Circular buildings; Sports; Recreation; Games; Entertainment; Gladiators;...
Based on a drawing by Lanciano and Carpano (caption, p.197); “The Colosseum was begun by Vespasian in the 70s AD on the site of the lake of Nero’s Domus Aurea, and was financed from the spoils of the sack of Jerusalem in AD 70. It was dedicated...
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Column of Antoninus Pius, Rome, Italy, pedestal, Decursio.
Architecture; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Monuments; Monuments & memorials; Funerary facilities; Columns; Emperors; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; Upper class; Pedestals; Architectural sculpture; Architectural...
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Effects of Good Government in the City and in the Country, Peaceful Country, fresco detail, Sala della Pace, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, Italy.
Paintings; Landscape paintings; Murals; Buildings; City & town halls; Government facilities; Social & civic facilities; Storytelling; Allegories; Allegorical paintings; Political issues; Politics & government; Municipal government;...
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Eleusis amphora.
Sculpture; Pottery; Containers; Urns; Death & burial; Vases; Friezes (Ornamental bands); Storytelling; Myths; Legends; Men; Women; Goddesses; People associated with religion; Heroes; Supernatural beings; Fictitious characters; Locomotion;...
Protoattic amphora.
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Florence Cathedral, baptistery, Florence, Italy, Sacrifice of Isaac, competition panel for east doors.
Sculpture; Metalwork; Competition entries; Storytelling; Biblical events; Christianity; Sacrifices; Homicides; Locomotion; Human locomotion; Gestures; People associated with religion; Men; Families; Nudes; Genitals; Muscles; Backs (Anatomy);...
Gilded bronze relief.
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Francois Vase, (from top) Kalydonian boar hunt; funeral games for Patroklos; marriage of Peleus and Thetis; ambush of Troilos [Troy].
Sculpture; Pottery; Vases; Containers; Storytelling; Myths; Legends; Friezes (Ornamental bands); Marriage; Weddings; Celebrations; Rites & ceremonies; Funeral rites & ceremonies; Memorial rites & ceremonies; Campaigns & battles;...
Attic black-figure volute krater.
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

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