The Encyclopedia of Visual Art: History of art

Anatolia ancient animals appear Archaic artists Assyria Athens became body British Museum bronze Bronze Age buildings carved century BC cities Classical color continued craftsmen Crete culture decoration designs detail earlier early east Egypt Egyptian especially Etruscan Europe evidence example eyes face figures followed gold Greece Greek hands head height History houses human important individual influence Italy ivory king Kingdom Knossos known late later lines living London materials metal Middle modeled monumental motifs Museum Mycenaean National Museum natural objects original ornaments painted Painter palace Paris particularly patterns perhaps period Persian pottery probably produced relief represented round royal scenes sculpture shape shown side similar sometimes standing statues stone style Sumerian technique temple tomb tradition University usually vases walls