9. Audience Hall of Darius and Xerxes, ceremonial complex, Persepolis
518 – c. 460 BCE
Persian
Stairway leading
to the Audience Hall
10. Details of reliefs from the
stairway leading to the
Audience Hall
Cappadocian Tribute-Bearers
Indian Tribute-Bearers
Babylonian Tribute-Bearers
Lydian Tribute-Bearers
11. Tell Asmar Votive Statues
From Eshnunna (modern-day Tell Asmar, Iraq)
c. 2900-2600 BCE
Sumerian
44. Example of damnatio memoriae
Portrait of Nero, reworked as a
Portrait of Vespasian
originally 64-68 CE
recarved shortly thereafter
Culture: Roman Imperial
55. Christ as the Good Shepherd, in the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia
56. Artists: Anthemius of Tralles & Isodorus of Miletus, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, 532-537 CE
Culture: Byzantine
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59. Church of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy
c. 520–547 CE
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60. Emperor Justinian and His Attendants
c. 546-548 CE
Culture: Byzantine
In Church of San Vitale
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Empress Theodora and her Attendants
c. 546-548 CE
Culture: Byzantine
In Church of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy
61. Icon of Christ Pantokrator
c. 500-550 CE
Culture: Byzantine
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