World Images, the Best of Online Art
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Hellenic art - the art from the Greek culture from 1100 B.C. to 100 B.C.
 
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The Entrance of Alexander the Great

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Cleopatra

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Hieroglyphics - used by the ancient Egyptians, a system of writing which used symbols (hieroglyphs) rather than letters or words
 
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Hieroglyphics II

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Egyptian Hieroglyphics Decorate the Wall

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History painting - painting of scenes from the past.
 
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Civil War Soldiers

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Washington Crossing the Delaware, c.1851

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Horizon line - in a painting, a level line where land or water ends and the sky begins. Vanishing points, where two parallel lines appear to converge, are typically located on this line. A horizon line is used to attain the perspective of depth.
 
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Rural Landscape II

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Landscape Perspectives

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