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Chapter 1: The Birth Of Art Through Sacred Art
ART 1/PREHISTORIC THROUGH GOTHIC ART

Chapter 1: The Birth of Art

1-5 Nude Woman (The Venus of Willendorf), 28,000-25,000 B.C.

1-6 Woman Holding a Bison Horn, from Laussel 25,000-20,000 B.C.

1-7 Two Bison, 15,000-10,000 B.C.

1-9 Bison, detail of cave at Altamira, 12,000-1,000 B.C.

1-10 Spotted Horses and Negative Hand Prints, cave at Pech-Merle, 22,000 B.C.

1-11 Hall of Bulls, Left wall, 15,000-13,000 B.C.

1-14 Stone Tower, Jericho, 8,000-7,000 B.C.

1-15 Human Figure from Ain Ghazal, Jordan, ca. 6750-6250

1-16 Catal Huyuk, ca.6,000 B.C.

1-18 Landscape, Catal Huyuk, ca.6150 B.C.

1-20 Stonehenge, ca. 2250-1600 B.C.

Chapter 2: The Art of Ancient Near East

2-1 Hammurabi and Shamash, detail Stele of Hammurabi, Susa, Iran, ca. 1780 B.C.

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2-3 Reconstruction drawing of White Temple and ziggurat, Uruk, Iraq, ca. 3200-3000 B.C.

2-4 Female Head (Inanna) from Uruk (Warka) 3,200-3000


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