Giotto, detail of the Vault of the Scrovegni Chapel, Padua
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Ceiling painting, Deir el-Bahari, Egypt. Temple of Hatschepsut. Luxor, Egypt.
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Starry ceiling in Queen Nefertari's tomb in Egypt's 'Valley of the Queens'
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The Great Gate of the Temple of Horus, Edfu, Egypt, circa 1862
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Olmec head, La Venta, Mexico, circa 1940
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Archibald Adams - Giant Buddha, Leshan, Sichuan, China, 1925
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Portal of the Sun, Tiahuanaco / Tiwanaku, Bolivia, circa 1877
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Bill Brandt
Stonehenge Under Snow, 1947
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The Head Groundsman at Stonehenge mowing the grass, 1955
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Skirted Adorers, Sumerian votive figures. Abu Temple at Tell Asmar, Iraq, gypsum marble, ca. 2,750-2,500 B.C.E
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Statuettes of Two Worshippers and female Sumerian statue from the Square Temple at Eshnunna in Sumer (now Tel Asmar, Iraq), ca. 2700 BCE.
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Pair of dancers bowing in reverence, Tang Dynasty, China (618 – 907 CE)
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Ekimmu, Sumerian vampire
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Sumerian Star Map or Planisphere, ca 650 BCE
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Whinnying Horse, Tang Dynasty China (618-907 CE) Height 19 inches (48.5 cm) Earthenware with pigments
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A green-glazed pottery figure of a dog, China, Eastern Han dynasty (ca. 25 BCE)
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Drakensberg Cave, San Rock Art, South Africa, ca. 500 BCE
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Rock art, Nswatugi Cave, Matopos National Park, Zimbabwe, ca 5,000 BCE
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‘Holy Ghost panel’ at Great Gallery, Horseshoe Canyon, Utah, USA. Probably dating from about 700 CE (the main figure is over 6 feet tall)
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“The Sorcerer”, Cave of the Trois-Frères, Ariège, France, ca 13,000 BCE.
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Paul Klee, Comedy, 1921, Watercolor and oil on paper support, 305 x 454 mm
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Hand-stencil rock art from Gua Tewet, Borneo, thought to be over 10,000 years old. Photo by Luc-Henri Fage
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Auguste Rodin, Studies of hands
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Shadow figures by Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese 歌川 広重), aka Andō Hiroshige 1797 – 1858
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William Harvey, Drawing of the Alhambra, pen & ink, india ink, watercolor and pencil, 1909
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Uchishiki, altar cloth, Japan, late 19th century
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Max Ernst, Rien ne va plus, 1973. Oil and collage on canvas
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Joan Miró, Woman in Front of the Sun, 1944
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Georgia O'Keeffe, Pond in the Woods, 1922
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Diagram of Heaven and Hell. Ottoman Empire, the Caucasus. 18th century
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Libra - from the Book of Wonders, Kitab al Bulhan, composite manuscript in Arabic, late 14th century C.E., Abd al-Hasan Al-Isfahani
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