Terracotta head of a woman

Terracotta head of a woman

Period:HellenisticDate:3rd–2nd century B.C.Culture:Greek, South Italian, TarentineMedium:TerracottaDimensions:H. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm)Classification:TerracottasCredit Line:Rogers Fund, 1923Accession Number:23.160.95

Since fine, hard stone such as marble was not readily available, Tarentine artists used terracotta for large-scale figures of high quality. The work to which this extraordinary head originally belonged may have been associated with a goddess, perhaps Aphrodite. Among the thousands of clay vases and figures found at Tarentum, subjects pertaining to the life of women, and specifically marriage, are prevalent.

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/251428

Terracotta head of a woman, probably a sphinx

Terracotta head of a woman, probably a sphinx

Period:ArchaicDate:1st quarter of the 5th century B.C.Culture:GreekMedium:TerracottaDimensions:H. 8 1/8 in. (20.7 cm)Classification:TerracottasCredit Line:Rogers Fund, 1947Accession Number:47.100.3

Terracotta sculpture of large scale and high quality is rare in Greek art of the mainland as against that of southern Italy, for example. The proportions and the break at the neck suggest that this exceptionally fine head belonged to a sphinx, possibly the akroterion of a small building. (Akroteria decorated the apex and corners of roofs.) Of particular interest also is the way polychromy is used for such details as the earrings and the headband.

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/254589

Terracotta head of a woman

Terracotta head of a woman
Period:HellenisticDate:3rd–2nd century B.C.Culture:Egyptian (?)Medium:TerracottaDimensions:H. 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm)Classification:TerracottasCredit Line:Gift of F. W. Rhinelander, 1898Accession Number:98.8.34
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/246746

Bronze helmet of South Italian-Corinthian type

Bronze helmet of South Italian-Corinthian type

Period:Late Classical or HellenisticDate:mid-4th–mid-3rd century B.C.Culture:GreekMedium:bronzeDimensions:H. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm) width 7 7/8 in. (20 cm) depth 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm)Classification:BronzesCredit Line:Bequest of Bill Blass, 2002Accession Number:2003.407.5

These helmets represent South Italian adaptations of the Greek type known as Corinthian. The general shape is more open at the bottom, and the articulation of the face includes marked ridges above the eyes and at the "hairline." The example with the plume holder (2003.407.4) also has lightly traced ornament and the figure of a horse.

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/257637

Head with elephant spoils

Head with elephant spoils
Period:HellenisticDate:3rd century B.C.Culture:Greek, EgyptMedium:BronzeDimensions:Overall: 2 x 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (5.1 x 4.4 x 4.4 cm)Classification:BronzesCredit Line:Rogers Fund, 1955Accession Number:55.11.12
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/254826

Roma

samos

Painted pottery

Painted pottery is one of the highlights of Meroitic arts and crafts

Meroe

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt//nubia/mpottery.html

Painted pottery

Painted pottery is one of the highlights of Meroitic arts and crafts.

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt//nubia/mpottery.html

"The excavations at Corinth in 1898

Archaeologists of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens - Published in: Rufus B. Richardson. "The excavations at Corinth in 1898: Preliminary report." American Journal of Archaeology, vol. 2, no. 3-4 (May-August 1898), pp. 233-236.
Original caption: "Corinth in 1898: General view of excavations"
2- Excavation area at Corinth in 1905."

mummy cover

This mummy cover represents the extreme of wealth in Roman Egypt. The professionally crafted, gilded, and inlaid mummy cartonnage represents a woman whose life and death were spent in luxury.

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/to_live_forever/

Seated Wadjet.

Seated Wadjet.

From Egypt. Late Period, Dynasty 26 to Dynasty 31, 664–332 B.C.E.

Bronze,

201⁄2 x 47⁄8 x 91⁄2 in. (52.1 × 12.4 × 24.1 cm).

Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/touring/divine_felines

Efebo de Subiaco

Roma, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme. Efebo de Subiaco.

Nacimiento de Afrodita, relieve principal del Trono Ludovisi (Palacio Altemps, Roma).

Nacimiento de Afrodita, relieve principal del Trono Ludovisi (Palacio Altemps, Roma).

Ostracon from late New Kingdom Deir el-Medina showing a nursing woman

Ostracon from late New Kingdom Deir el-Medina showing a nursing woman (IFAO 2344). After Vandier d’Abbadie 1937: pl. 53. - See more at: http://www.worldhistory.biz/ancient-history/53012-early-transitions.html#sthash.KjWBdsHS.dpuf

Catalogue des ostraca figurés de Deir el Médineh

Catalogue des ostraca figurés de Deir el Médineh

VANDIER D'ABBADIE Jeanne

Pintura del jardín de la villa de Livia

Pintura del jardín de la villa de Livia

Harald Mielsch: Römische Wandmalerei, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2001.

Rom, Villa der Livia in Primaporta, Gartenraum

Painting from the Wardian tomb, depicting a saqia (sakkiyeh)

Painting from the Wardian tomb, depicting a saqia (sakkiyeh) or water wheel driven by two oxen. Reputedly developed by scientists at the famous Library of Alexandria, the device utilised gears to convert the circular motion of the animals into rotation of the vertically positioned water wheel. Country of Origin: Egypt Culture: Ancient Egyptian. Date/Period: Roman Period, probably mid 2nd C AD. Place of Origin: Alexandria. Material Size: Plaster, pigments. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ Graeco-Roman Museum, Alexandria, Egypt. Location: 83.

Statue of Narundi

Statue of Narundi wearing the kaunakes, with Elamite and Akkadian inscriptions. Limestone, reign of Puzur-Inshushinak, ca. 2100 BC. From the Acropolis at Susa.

Choga Zanbil

Choga Zanbil

Las ruinas de la Ciudad Santa del reino de Élam

Sketch of a crane, a vulture, and a basenji

Sketch of a crane, a vulture, and a basenji. Artists often used such drawings on limestone fragments to practice their designs. Country of Origin: Egypt. Culture: Ancient Egyptian. Date/Period: New Kingdom. Place of Origin: Thebes, Valley of the Kings. Material Size: Ink on Limestone, h = 18 cm. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ Egyptian Museum, Cairo . Location: 90.

Human head figurin

Human head figurin made of kaolin, Chogha Zanbil, late 2nd mil BC. National Museum of Iran.

Portrait bust of Augustus

Portrait bust of Augustus. Country of Origin: Egypt. Culture: Ancient Egyptian. Date/Period: Graeco-Roman Period. Place of Origin: Alexandria. Material Size: Marble. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ Graeco-Roman Museum, Alexandria, Egypt. Location: 83.

Economic tablet with numeric signs and Proto-Elamite script.

Economic tablet with numeric signs and Proto-Elamite script. Clay accounting tokens, Uruk period. From the Tell of the Acropolis in Susa.

statue

Photo was taken of the object, which is kept in Paris. The object was excavated from Iran in 1904 at the Acropolis of Susa. The object stands 3 inches tall

Tiles from the mortuary temple of Ramesses III

Tiles from the mortuary temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu depicting lapwings with human arms raised in an attitude of adoration. Country of Origin: Egypt. Culture: Ancient Egyptian. Date/Period: New Kingdom, XIXth Dynasty. Place of Origin: Thebes, temple of Medinet Habu. Material Size: Faience, glass inlay l = 21.5 cm. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ Egyptian Museum, Cairo . Location: 36.

Striding figure with ibex horns,

Striding figure with ibex horns, a raptor skin draped around the shoulders, and upturned boots

Period:Proto-ElamiteDate:ca. 3000 B.C.Geography:Mesopotamia or IranCulture:Proto-ElamiteMedium:Copper alloyDimensions:H. 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.) W. 5.4 cm ( 2 1/8 in.)Classification:Metalwork-SculptureCredit Line:Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2007Accession Number:2007.280

This solid-cast sculpture is one of a pair of nearly identical images of a hero or a demon wearing the upturned boots associated with highland regions, his power enhanced by the mighty horns of the ibex on his head and the body and wings of a bird of prey draped around his shoulders. It was created at the time the first cities emerged in ancient Sumer. A new world view conceived of human figures in realistic terms, through accurate proportions and highly modeled forms with distinctive features - here, the triple belt and beard that define divine beings and royalty. The blending of human and animal forms to visualize the supernatural world and perhaps to express shamanistic beliefs, however, is more characteristic of the contemporary arts of Proto-Elamite Iran, where a remarkable tradition of metalworking developed during this period.

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/331619

Detail of one of six panels from the mastaba of Hesire

Detail of one of six panels from the mastaba of Hesire, a high official of King Zoser who was Chief of Dentists and Physicians as well as holding other titles. Detail of hieroglyphs. Country of Origin: Egypt. Culture: Ancient Egyptian. Date/Period: 3rd dynasty c.2700-2600 BC. Place of Origin: Saqqara. Material Size: Wood 115cms high. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ Egyptian Museum, Cairo . Location: 55.

Compartmented pendant with a bull's head

Compartmented pendant with a bull's head

Period:Proto-ElamiteDate:ca. 3100–2900 B.C.Geography:Southwestern IranCulture:Proto-ElamiteMedium:SilverDimensions:2.68 x 4.33 in. (6.81 x 11 cm)Classification:Metalwork-OrnamentsCredit Line:Gift of Norbert Schimmel Trust, 1989Accession Number:1989.281.23a, b

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/327412

Reliefs in the tomb of Ankhmahor at Saqqara

Reliefs in the tomb of Ankhmahor at Saqqara. A scene on the left of the upper register depicts a manicurist or possibly a masseur tending the right hand of a seated customer. Detail. Country of Origin: Egypt. Culture: Ancient Egyptian. Date/Period: 6th dynasty c.2345-2181 BC. Place of Origin: Saqqara. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ . Location: 54.

Antelope pendant

Antelope pendant

Period:Proto-ElamiteDate:ca. 3100–2900 B.C.Geography:Southwestern IranCulture:Proto-ElamiteMedium:SilverDimensions:4.02 in. (10.21 cm)Classification:Metalwork-Ornaments

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/324030

Vessel in the form of a boar

Vessel in the form of a boar

Period:Proto-ElamiteDate:ca. 3100–2900 B.C.Geography:Southwestern IranCulture:Proto-ElamiteMedium:Ceramic, paintDimensions:5.71 in. (14.5 cm

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/326617