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ra of decorative motifs employed at some point in their cultural history the mycenaeans adopted the minoan goddesses and associated these goddesses with their sky god scholars believe that the greek pantheon of deities does not reflect mycenaean religion except for the goddesses and zeus these goddesses however are minoan in origin the mask of agamemnon the most iconic mycenaean artwork 1675 1600 bc gold height 25 cm width 27 cm weight 169 g national archaeological museum athens inlaid dagger 1550 1500 bc bronze silver gold and niello length 16 cm national archaeological museum athens 14 three female figures 1400 1300 bc terracotta heights 10 8 cm 10 8 cm and 10 5 cm metropolitan museum of art new york city two women and a child 1400 1300 bc ivory height 7 8 cm national archaeological museum athens 14 necklace 1400 1050 bc gilded terracotta diameter of the rosettes 2 7 cm with variations of circa 0 1 cm length of the pendant 3 7 cm metropolitan museum of art head of a warrior 1300 1200 bc ivory height 8 cm national archaeological museum athens 14 the lion gate built in circa 1250 bc an iconic mycenaean building stirrup jar with octopus circa 1200 1100 bc terracotta height 26 cm diameter 21 5 cm metropolitan museum of art persian edit main article persian art achaemenids achaemenid art includes frieze reliefs metalwork decoration of palaces glazed brick masonry fine craftsmanship masonry carpentry etc and gardening most survivals of court art are monumental sculptures above all the reliefs double animal headed persian column capitals and other sculptures of persepolis 15 although the persians took artists with their styles and techniques from all corners of their empire they produced not simply a combination of styles but a synthesis of a new unique persian style 16 cyrus the great in fact had an extensive ancient iranian heritage behind him the rich achaemenid gold work which inscriptions suggest may have been a specialty of the medes was for instance in the tradition of earlier sites there are a number of very fine pieces of jewellery or inlay in precious metal also mostly featuring animals and the oxus treasure has a wide selection of types small pieces typically in gold were sewn to clothing by the elite and a number of gold torcs have survived 15 relief from persepolis iran that represents people who carry bowls and amphoraes frieze of archers c 510 bc bricks from the palace of darius at susa louvre gold bracelet part of the oxus treasure 5th to 4th century bc gold width 11 6 cm british museum london column capital 5th to 4th century bc stone height 1 75 m from persepolis national museum of iran teheran phoenician edit main article phoenicia art phoenician art lacks unique characteristics that might distinguish it from its contemporaries this is due to its being highly influenced by foreign artistic cultures primarily egypt greece and assyria phoenicians who were taught on the banks of the nile and the euphrates gained a wide artistic experience and finally came to create their own art which was an amalgam of foreign models and perspectives 17 in an article from the new york times published on january 5 1879 phoenician art was described by the following he entered into other men s labors and made most of his heritage the sphinx of egypt became asiatic and its new form was transplanted to nineveh on the one side and to greece on the other the rosettes and other patterns of the babylonian cylinders were introduced into the handiwork of phoenicia and so passed on to the west while the hero of the ancient chaldean epic became first the tyrian melkarth and then the herakles of hellas decorative plaque which depicts a fighting of man and griffin 900 800 bc nimrud ivories cleveland museum of art ohio us oinochoe 800 700 bc terracotta height 24 1 cm metropolitan museum of art new york city face bead mid 4th 3rd century bc glass height 2 7 cm metropolitan museum of art earring from a pair each with four relief faces late 4th 3rd century bc gold overall 3 5 x 0 6 cm metropolitan museum of art roman edit main article roman art further information pompeian styles and roman wall painting 200 bc 79 ad the maison carrée in nîmes france one of the best conserved ancient roman temples photoed from two angles it is commonly said that roman art was derivative of greek and etruscan art indeed the villas of the wealthy romans unearthed in pompeii and herculaneum show a strong predilection for all things greek many of the most significant greek artworks survive by virtue of their roman interpretation and imitation roman artists sought to commemorate great events in the life of their state and to glorify their emperors as well as record the inner life of people and express ideas of beauty and nobility their busts and especially the images of individuals on gravestones are very expressive and lifelike finished with skill and panache in greece and rome wall painting was not considered high art the most prestigious form of art besides sculpture was panel painting i e tempera or encaustic painting on wooden panels unfortunately since wood is a perishable material only a very few examples of such paintings have survived namely the severan tondo from circa 200 ad a very routine official portrait from some provincial government office and the well known fayum mummy portraits all from roman egypt and almost certainly not of the highest contemporary quality the portraits were attached to burial mummies at the face from which almost all have now been detached they usually depict a single person showing the head or head and upper chest viewed frontally the background is always monochrome sometimes with decorative elements in terms of artistic tradition the images clearly derive more from greco roman traditions than egyptian ones they are remarkably realistic though variable in artistic quality and may indicate the similar art which was widespread elsewhere but did not survive a few portraits painted on glass and medals from the later empire have survived as have coin portraits some of which are considered very realistic as well pliny the younger complained of the declining state of roman portrait art the painting of portraits which used to transmit through the ages the accurate likenesses of people has entirely gone out indolence has destroyed the arts bronze statuette of a philosopher on a lamp stand late 1st century bc bronze overall 27 3 cm weight 2 9 kg metropolitan museum of art new york city augustus of prima porta circa 20 bc white marble height 2 06 m vatican museums vatican city restoration of a fresco from an ancient villa bedroom 50 40 bc dimensions of the room 265 4 x 334 x 583 9 cm metropolitan museum of art new york city altar with festoons circa 50 ad marble height 99 5 cm width 61 5 cm depth 47 cm louvre calyx krater with reliefs of maidens and dancing maenads 1st century ad pentelic marble height 80 7 cm metropolitan museum of art panoramic view of the pantheon rome built between 113 and 125 head of a goddess wearing a diadem 1st 2nd century marble height 23 cm metropolitan museum of art couch and footstool 1st 2nd century ad wood bone and glass couch 105 4 76 2 214 6 cm metropolitan museum of art sarcophagus with apollo minerva and the muses circa 200 ad from via appia antikensammlung berlin berlin sarcophagus with festoons 200 225 marble 134 6 x 223 5 cm metropolitan museum of art triumph of neptune standing on a chariot pulled by two sea horses mid 3rd century sousse archaeological museum tunisia the theseus mosaic 300 400 ad marble and limestone pebbles 4 1 x 4 2 m kunsthistorisches museum vienna austria central and south asia edit bactrian edit main article bactria margiana archaeological complex art the bactria margiana archaeological complex is the modern archaeological designation for a bronze age civilization of central asia dated to c 2300 1700 bc in present day northern afghanistan eastern turkmenistan southern uzbekistan and western tajikistan centred on the upper amu darya oxus river its sites were discovered and named by the soviet archaeologist viktor sarianidi 1976 citation needed monumental urban centres palaces and cultic buildings were uncovered notably at gonur depe in turkmenistan bmac materials have been found in the indus valley civilisation on the iranian plateau and in the persian gulf 18 finds within bmac sites provide further evidence of trade and cultural contacts they include an elamite type cylinder seal and a harappan seal stamped with an elephant and indus script found at gonur depe 19 the relationship between altyn depe and the indus valley seems to have been particularly strong among the finds there were two harappan seals and ivory objects the harappan settlement of shortugai in northern afghanistan on the banks of the amu darya probably served as a trading station 20 a famous type of bactrian artwork is the bactrian princesses a k a oxus ladies wearing large stylized dresses with puffed sleeves as well as headdresses that merge with the hair they embody the ranking goddess a character of the central asian mythology that plays a regulatory role pacifying the untamed forces these statuettes are made by combining and assembling materials of contrasting colours the preferred materials are chlorite or similar dark green stones a whitish limestone or mottled alabaster or marine shells from the indian ocean 21 the different elements of body and costume were carved separately and joined as in a puzzle by tenon and mortices glue axe with eagle headed demon animals late 3rd millennium early 2nd millennium bc gilt silver length 15 cm metropolitan museum of art new york city camel figurine late 3rd early 2nd millennium bc copper alloy 8 89 cm metropolitan museum of art monstrous male figure late 3rd early 2nd millennium bc chlorite calcite gold and iron height 10 1 cm metropolitan museum of art female figurine of the bactrian princess type 2500 1500 chlorite dress and headdress and limestone head hands and a leg height 13 33 cm los angeles county museum of art us indian edit main articles indian painting and indian sculpture the first sculptures in india date back to the indus valley civilization some 5 000 years ago when small stone carvings and bronze castings have been discovered later as hinduism buddhism and jainism developed further india produced some of the most intricate bronzes in the world as well as unrivaled temple carvings some in huge shrines such as the one at ellora the ajanta caves in maharashtra india are rock cut cave monuments dating back to the second century bc and containing paintings and sculpture considered to be masterpieces of both buddhist religious art and universal pictorial art 22 ceremonial vessel 2600 2450 bc terracotta with black paint 49 53 25 4 cm los angeles county museum of art us stamp seal and modern impression unicorn and incense burner 2600 1900 bc burnt steatite 3 8 3 8 1 cm metropolitan museum of art new york city the dancing girl 2400 1900 bc bronze height 10 8 cm national museum new delhi india the priest king 2400 1900 bc low fired steatite height 17 5 cm national museum of pakistan karachi head and chest of a lion circa 5th century sandstone height 61 cm width 35 6 cm museum of fine arts boston us seated buddha circa 475 sandstone height 1 6 m sarnath museum india chaumukha idol circa 600 sandstone 58 42 x 43 18 x 44 45 cm los angeles county museum of art bodhisattva padmapani 450 490 pigments on rock height circa 1 2 m ajanta caves india east asia edit chinese edit main articles chinese art bronze casting chinese ritual bronzes and sanxingdui further information shang dynasty and zhou dynasty prehistoric artwork such as painted pottery in neolithic china can be traced back to the yangshao culture and longshan culture of the yellow river valley during china s bronze age chinese of the ancient shang dynasty and zhou dynasty produced multitudes of artistic bronzeware vessels for practical purposes but also for religious ritual and geomancy the earliest surviving chinese paintings date to the warring states period and they were on silk as well as lacquerwares one of ancient china s most famous artistic relics remains the terracotta warriors an assembly of 8 099 individual and life size terracotta figures such as infantry horses with chariots and cavalry archers and military officers buried in the tomb of qin shi huang the first qin emperor in 210 bc this tradition was carried into the subsequent han dynasty although their tombs contained miniature versions of the soldiers in addition to domestic servants to serve rulers and nobility in the afterlife chinese art arguably shows more continuity between ancient and modern periods than that of any other civilization as even when foreign dynasties took the imperial throne they did not impose new cultural or religious habits and were relatively quickly assimilated standing statue of a king and shaman leader c 1200 1000 bc probably bronze total height 2 62 m sanxingdui museum guanghan sichuan province china houmuwu ding the largest ancient bronze ever found 1300 1046 bc bronze national museum of china beijing altar set late 11th century bc bronze overall table height 18 1 cm width 46 4 cm depth 89 9 cm metropolitan museum of art new york city one of the warriors of the terracotta army a famous collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of qin shi huang the first emperor of china golden jade clothes it is now in the hebei museum it is the highest standard funeral costume in the han dynasty japanese edit further information japanese art the eras of japanese art correspond to the locations of various governments the earliest known japanese artifacts are attributable to the aniu tribe who influenced the jōmon people and these eras came to be known as the jōmon and yayoi time periods before the yayoi invaded japan jimmu in 660 b c was the crowned emperor later came the haniwa of the kofun era then the asuka when buddhism reached japan from china religion influenced japanese art significantly for centuries thereafter 23 dogū 1000 300 bc earthenware with cord marked and incised decoration height 16 5 cm width 16 2 cm depth 7 9 cm metropolitan museum of art new york city jar circa 100 bc 100 ad burnished earthenware diameter 29 8 cm overall 19 cm cleveland museum of art cleveland ohio us dōtaku 100 200 ad cast bronze overall 97 8 x 48 9 cm cleveland museum of art the warrior in keiko armor 6th century haniwa terracotta tomb figurine height 130 5 cm tokyo national museum japan mesoamerica edit olmec edit main article olmecs art the ancient olmec bird vessel and bowl both ceramic and dating to circa 1000 bc as well as other ceramics are produced in kilns capable of exceeding approximately 900 c the only other prehistoric culture known to have achieved such high temperatures is that of ancient egypt 2 much olmec art is highly stylized and uses iconography reflective of the 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