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"Apollo 11 Stone"

Artist: Unknown

Date: c. 25,000-25,300 BCE

Period/Culture: Middle Stone Age

Location: Huns Mountains in

Namibia, Africa

Materials: Charcoal on quartzite

stone

The stone is called the Apollo 11 because it was discovered the day Apollo 11 landed on the moon.It is a handheld flat stone slab with a feline, bovine and human like feature painted with charcoal. It believed that it was for the religion know as shamanism and for rituals

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White Temple Ziggurat

Artist: unknown

Date: c. 3500-3000 BCE

Location: Uruk, Iraq Materials: mud brick

Period/Culture: Ancient Near East

The temple was used for a focal point for the city and a place for central worship. The temple was dedicated to Anu the god of the sky, Sumerian's principle deity, as they believed that gods descended to the earth in high places. People who followed Religion would come here to worship their god.

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Temple Of Amun Re

Artist: unknown

Date: 2055-1070 BCE

Period/Culture: New Kingdom to Middle Kingdom, 18th-19th

Century

Location: Egypt

Materials: sandstone and mudbrick

The temple of Amun Re has a series of columns, and was one of the largest temples in the world with 61 acres and is one of the four main temple enclosures that make up the immense Karnak Temple Complex. The temple was used as a religious center for the god Amun-Re. Today this is is the largest of these that are open for the public

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Grave Stele of Hegeso

Artist: unknown

Date: 410 BCE

Period/Culture: High Classical

Greek

Location: Dipylon cemetary in

Athens

Materials: marble and paint

Hegeso is seated on a chair with her feet resting on an elaborate footstool. She holds an open pyxis and in her left hand and a jewelry piece. The stele is used as a grave marker,this art relates to religion becuase it relfects the imprtance of relgious practuces like honoring the death.

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Artist: Unknown (believed to be

Apollodorus of Damascus)

Date: 118-125 CE

Period/Culture: Imperial

Location: Rome, Italy

Materials: Concrete and marble veneer

The Pantheon is a former Roman temple and, since AD 609, a Catholic church in Rome,  It was used to worship many gods. The Inside brings in light that creates a divine sense of spirit.It relates to my theme because the worshiping of gods is a huge part of religion.

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Rottegen Pieta

Location:Germany

Artist: Unknown

Period: Middle Ages

Date: Late 1200's

Material:Wood

This piece is Carved from wood, with detailed crown of thorns, expressive figure of Virgin Mary. Pietas were used a devotional images for prayer and religious interaction. The Virgin cradles him and Christ is depicted as a tired and an overall human wreck after he has been crucified, he has streams of blood gushing from wounds. The Virgin Mary and Christ is a huge symbol in many relgions.

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The Great Mosque Of Cordoba

Artist unknown

Date: 785-786 CE

Period/Culture: Umayyad

Location: Cordoba, Spain Materials: stone masonry

The Great Mosque of Cordoba is a spacious hypostyle hall adorned with mosaics, Quranic inscriptions, and vibrant colors on its interior. It is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and located in the Spanish region of Andalusia. It serves as a testament to the enduring influence of the Umayyads in Cordoba. Originally a Roman temple, it was later converted into a church by the Visigoths in 572 CE.

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Merode AlterPiece

Artist: Robert Campin

Date: 1425

Period/Culture: Early Northern

Renaissance

Location: The Netherlands

Materials: oil on oak

This is a very detailed High realism art piece with lights and effects on objects. The central panel depicts archangel Gabriel approaching Mary, who sits reading. Campin was a very successful painter with apprentices and assistants. The Virgin Mary is a very well-known Christian story which is why this piece connects to the theme of religion.

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Calling of Saint Matthew

Artist: Caravaggio

Date: 1597-1601

Period/Culture: Italian Baroque

Location: Italy

Materials: oil on canvas

This painting was a staple for Carvagio as it showed a new form of lighting that many of the artists after his time followed. Light comes in from two sources creating a tenebroso effect. The painting depicts the story from the Gospel of Matthew. This fits into the theme of religion because it shows a saint in the work which many religions today believe in.