Images (p. 665)

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Sistine Chapel Ceiling by Michelangelo

The frescoed ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, Rome. The ceiling was created between 1508 and 1512 CE by the Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo (1475-1564 CE) and shows the story of Genesis from the Creation to the Great...

Image by Sarah E. Bond

Grave Stele of a Young Girl, Melisto

Stele showing a girl holding a doll in one hand and a bird in the other, which she seems to be offering with a gentle smile to the small dog jumping up to greet her, c. 340 BCE. Harvard Art Museums.

Image by The Trustees of the British Museum

Amphora with Warrior and Dog

Attic amphora depicting the departure of a warrior, found at Vulci, attributed to the Dikaios Painter, 510-500 BCE. In the centre, a young warrior stands facing a bearded archer in Phrygian costume, who looks down as if in grief. At his...

Image by The Trustees of the British Museum

Dog-Headed Rhyton

Red-figured pottery rhyton terminating in a dog's head depicting Eros seated on a rock to the right looking towards the left holding a bunch of grapes in his right hand and in his left a wreath from which hangs a taenia, in the field is flowers...

Image by Mitch Barrie

Cave Canem, Dog Mosaic

Cave Canem ("Beware of dog"), Roman mosaic at the House of the Tragic Poet, Pompeii, Italy.

Image by Ben Lawson

Dog, Pompeii

A cast of a dog from Pompeii. The dog was trapped in the ash flows of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE.

Image by Carole Raddato

Hunting Dog Mosaic

Detail of the Lod Mosaic: a rabbit eating grapes and a Lakonian hunting dog wearing a harness. The mosaic is believed to belong to a large and well-appointed Roman house in Lod, Israel, c. 300 CE.

Image by Robin Dawes

Roman Guard Dog Mosaic

Cave Canem - Beware of dog - sign from Pompeii Guard dog mosaics were a frequent feature of the entryways to houses in Pompeii. Archaeological Museum of Naples