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Art History

The Human Figure in Art HistoryVitruvian Man Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1487,

Italian Rennaissance

Cave painting of Hunter, 4000 B.C. - 2000 B.C.The oldest cave drawing are of animals, dating back to 32,000 BC

in the European countries of France, Spain and Germany

Akhenaton and His Queen Nefertiti, painted limestone sculpture, 1350? BC, Egyptian

Nike of Samothrace (also known as Winged Victory), Sculpted about 200 BC. Greek Sculpture,

Louvre Museum, Paris, France.

Ancient Roman Soldiers100 A.D., Rome, Italy

Saint George and the DragonMiddle Ages 1100 – 1300 A.D.

The School of Athens, detail of Plato and Aristotle by Italian Renaissance Artist, Raphael, 1508-1511 A.D.

Rembrandt von Rijn, Night Watch (1642) Dutch Baroque Art

The Musical Contest, Jean Honore Fragonard,Rococco, Oil on canvas, French Artist, 1754-1755

Jacques-Louis DavidNapoleon Crossing the St Bernard Pass c. 1801

Enlightenment Period, Vienna, Austria, Oil on canvas

The Thinker, Auguste Rodin 1880,Bronze Sculpture, Romantic Period, France

Claude Monet, The Stroll, Camille Monet and Her Son Jean, 1875, Oil, French Impressionist,

National Gallery of Art, Washington

Pablo Picasso, The Italian Girl, 1917, Oil,Cubism, Modern Art, Spain