30 Masterpieces of the Ancient World

30 Masterpieces of the Ancient World

Series from 2013

Series from 2013

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Genres: Special Interest

Thousands of years before Picasso or Gauguin put brush to canvas, artists all over the world were creating works of stunning opulence, realism, and drama--always with a clear purpose.

Ancient art history expert Diana Krumholz McDonald whisks you around the globe in search of the greatest art ever created and to deliver insight into the fascinating cultures that produced them.

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Where Do We Come From?

Ancient Cave Art-Chauvet, France

The Uruk Vase-Vision of an Ordered World

The Standard of Ur-Role of the King

Ram Caught in a Thicket

Great Ziggurat at Ur-Ancient Architecture

Victory Stela of Naram-Sin of Akkad

Neo-Assyrian Palace Reliefs

Queen of the Night-Babylonian Goddess

Ishtar Gate and Processional Way

The Ancient City of Persepolis

Palette of Narmer-The Conquering King

Statue of Khafre-Rebirth of a King

Tutankhamun's Mask

Tomb Painting of Nefertari

Kritios Boy-Idealized Athletic Youth

Discobolus-Motion in Sculpture

Parthenon Marbles-Metopes and Frieze

Greek Vase Painting-Death of Sarpedon

Aphrodite of Knidos

Laocoön--Three-Dimensional Narrative

Column of Trajan

Bronzes of Ancient China

Great Stupa at Sanchi

Borobudur-Ancient Buddhist Stupa