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From Lascaux to Warhol


Prehistoric Art that Made the World Think Again
 


The Great Hall
c.15,330-15,050 BC
Lascaux Caves


The Pharaoh's Curse
 

Anonymous, Egyptian
Tutankhamen Anointed by His Wife
1355-1342 BC



Fertile Beginnings
 


Anonymous, Greek
Bull-Leaping
с. 1500 ВС
Fresco

The Etruscans and melodic beginnings


Anonymous, probably Greek
Flute Players
480—450 ВC

Pompeii


Anonymous, Roman
A Baker and His Wife
1st century AD


"Upon this Rock I Will Build My Church"
 


Anonymous, Late Roman
Christ and St Peter
4th century
Mosaic


From Brothel to Court
 


Anonymous, Byzantine
Empress Theodora and Her Attendants

c. AD 547

The end of the world and an artwork for posterity


Anonymous
Man, Lion, Bull and Eagle
с. 800


Anonymous, Italian
The Death of St Benedict
11th century




see collection:  Bayeux Tapestry

 


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Ambrogio Lorenzetti
The Effects of Good and Bad Government in the Town
Detail

 


NIKOLAUS WURMSER
The Emperor Charles IV Consigning Relics to a Reliquary
1356







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Sandro Botticelli


Anonymous
The Lady and the Unicorn









Michelangelo


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