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Roman, Portrait Bust of Cicero
Roman portrait busts took the realism of Greek art but emphasized the individual even more strongly, making the busts sometimes painfully faithful to the real-life model.
In this case the bust is meant to portray Cicero the late republican and orator as a man of principle and conviction.
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Prehistoric, "Woman from Willendorf"
These clay figures and others like them with exaggerated sexual features were probably used to bring fertility and used as charms to aid in childbirth. |
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Mesopotamian - "Soundbox of a Lyre"
This ornately decorated sound-box found in a Sumerian tomb was probably used in a funeral rite which involved the ritual sacrifice of its player.
From what little myths survive, it seems the Sumerian religion was very brutal and bloody. |
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| Egyptian - "Wall Paintings from the tomb of Nefertari" |
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| Classic Greek, The Parthenon |
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Classic Greek
Bronze Statue of a Warrior |
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Roman
Augustus of Primaporta |
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Roman - Early Christian
Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus |
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Roman - Byzantine
Mosaics of Justinian and Theodora |
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