The Four Tetrarchs, Venice c. 300 CE. Arch of Constantine, Rome, c. 312 – 15 CE.

The Four Tetrarchs, Venice c. 300 CE

Arch of Constantine, Rome, c. 312 – 15 CE

Icon of the Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints and Angels, encaustic on wood, 6th century

Empress Theodora and Attendants, mosaic, San Vitale, Ravenna, 548Emperor Justinian and Attendants, mosaic, San Vitale, Ravenna, 548

Bayeux Tapestryca. 1070 CE

Coronation of Harold

Otto III Enthroned, Liuthar Gospels, c. 1000

Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy, Conques, France, mid-11th to 12th century

Giselbertus, Last Judgment, tympanum relief, Cathedral of Saint-Lazare, Autun, France, c. 1140

Chartres Cathedral (Cathedral of Notre-Dame), Chartres, France, c. 1134-1220 (north tower 1507-1513)

Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, France, 1243-1248

Donatello, David, c. 1420, bronze, 5’2”,

Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper, Refectory of the Monastery of Santa Maria della Grazie, Milan, 1495-8, tempera and oil on plaster.

Raphael, School of Athens, Stanza della Segnatura, 1510-11, fresco

Michelangelo, David, 1501-4, marble, 13’5”