30 Masterpieces of the Ancient World

Behold great masterpieces of antiquity and prehistory in this visually rich course that travels around the world highlighting stunning works of art from ancient cultures.

• By This Professor
• 01: Where Do We Come From?
• 02: Ancient Cave Art-Chauvet, France
• 03: The Uruk Vase-Vision of an Ordered World
• 04: The Standard of Ur-Role of the King
• 05: "Ram Caught in a Thicket"
• 06: Great Ziggurat at Ur-Ancient Architecture
• 07: Victory Stela of Naram-Sin of Akkad
• 08: Neo-Assyrian Palace Reliefs
• 09: "Queen of the Night"-Babylonian Goddess
• 10: Ishtar Gate and Processional Way
• 11: The Ancient City of Persepolis
• 12: Palette of Narmer-The Conquering King
• 13: Statue of Khafre-Rebirth of a King
• 14: Tutankhamun's Mask
• 15: Tomb Painting of Nefertari
• 16: Kritios Boy-Idealized Athletic Youth
• 17: Discobolus-Motion in Sculpture
• 18: Parthenon Marbles-Metopes and Frieze
• 19: Greek Vase Painting-"Death of Sarpedon"
• 20: Aphrodite of Knidos
• 21: Laocoon-Three-Dimensional Narrative
• 22: Column of Trajan
• 23: Bronzes of Ancient China
• 24: Great Stupa at Sanchi
• 25: Borobudur-Ancient Buddhist Stupa
• 26: Colossal Olmec Heads
• 27: Sarcophagus Cover of Pakal at Palenque
• 28: Carved Stone Lintels of Yaxchilan
• 29: Teotihuacan-Temple of the Feathered Serpent
• 30: Colossal Stone Statue of Coatlicue
• 31: Aztec Calendar Stone
• 32: Moche Earspools-Miniature Masterpieces
• 33: Ancient Andean Ceramics
• 34: Ancient Andean Textiles
• 35: What Can We Learn from Ancient Art?
• 36: How Ancient Art Reverberates