Art History as Civic Engagement

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Results from MY World survey led by The United Nations (as of June 2015).

Khafre Enthroned, Old Kingdom, Egypt, c. 2520–2494 BCE.

Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt, Old Kingdom, Egypt, c. 2450–2359 BCE.

Nefertiti and Akhenaton, Egypt, c. 1353-1336 BCE.

Stele of Hammurabi, c. 1792-1750 BCE.

Stele of Hammurabi, c. 1792-1750 BCE.

Thomas Hudson Jones, Hammurabi, US House of

Representatives Chamber, 1950.

Polykleitos, Doryphoros (Spear Bearer), Roman copy of 440 BCE Greek original.

Khafre Enthroned, Old Kingdom, Egypt,

c. 2520–2494 BCE.

Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, Charlottesville, VA, 1769-1809.

Parthenon, 448-432BC(Classical Greek Temple).

Pantheon, Rome, c. 118-128 CE(Ancient Roman Temple).

Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, Charlottesville, VA, 1769-1809

(Neoclassical Architecture).

The White House, Washington DC. Brooklyn Courthouse.

New York City Post Office.

Portrait Bust of a Man, Republican Rome, 1st century BCE.

Augustus of Primaporta, Roman, 63 BCE–14 CE.