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...
Sculpture; Stelae; Portraits; Group portraits; Men; Kings; Rulers; Women; Queens; People associated with politics & government; Couples; Spouses; Fathers; Mothers; Families; Family; Children; Girls; Clothing & dress; Headgear; Headdresses;...
From Tell el-Armana, Egypt. "A sunken relief stele, perhaps from a private shrine, provides a rare look at this royal family. The style is familiar from the colossus of Akhenaton [from the temple of Aton, Karnak, Egypt, Dynasty XVIII, ca....
"From the 'King's Grave' at Ur comes a splendid lyre that, in its restored state, resembles the instrument depicted in the feast scene on the Standard of Ur [from Tomb 779]. A magnificent bull's head caps the instrument's sound box. It is...
Bales of cotton covering a large area in front of a large paddle boat or paddle steamer. In the foreground two African-American men sit on the bales. Other men are in the background. Title: 12479 - Cotton! Cotton! Cotton! Levee, New Orleans, La....
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).
From the "Egyptian Symbols" section of the "Art of Ancient Egypt" chapter (Chapter 3). Includes: White Crown of Upper Egypt; Red Crown of Lower Egypt (showing cobra and false beard); Double crown of unified Egypt; wedjat (eye of...
Seated portrait of actor Henry Stanford wearing a suit and tie. Born January 22, 1872 in Ramleh, Egypt, Stanford died February 18, 1921 in Great Kills, New York. He played the role of Jerry in "Peg O' My Heart" at Macauley's Theatre in...
Woodblock prints of, from top to bottom starting at left, and all signed "Hartwell": "Introduction," with camels, giraffes, lions, zebras, and vegetation; bearded man with turban in foreground, and man on horseback in...
From Gizeh, Egypt, Dynasty IV. "The seated statue of Khafre is one of a series of similar statues carved for the pharaoh's valley temple near the Great Sphinx. The stone is diorite, an exceptionally hard dark stone brought some 400 miles down...
Sculpture; Portraits; Women; Empresses; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; Upper class; Hairstyles
Figure 63. Front view of Figure 3. Livia. Cat. 64: Arsinoe. Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek 1444. (caption, p.77); Purchased in Egypt in 1896 but said to have been found the previous year in niches in the amphitheater of Arsinoe with busts of...
Distant view of New Albany below surrounded by water. Caption: Lower Albany or 'Egypt.' From 'Tuleus Knob' Jan'y 1882. Handwritten on back: Sketch of High Water from Knobs.
From the "Elements of Architecture: Mastaba to Pyramid" section of the "Art of Ancient Egypt" chapter (Chapter 3). Components highlighted are: mastaba (chapel, offering table, serdab with statue of ka, underground burial...
