Ancient Decorative Reliefs

Images of ancient wall reliefs and frescoes, showcasing intricate designs and historical narratives from various cultures and periods.

Ancient Aztec carving of eagle. Templo Mayor Museum, Mexico City, Mexico.

Zodiac ceiling, Hathor Temple, Dendera, 30 BC. EGYPT.

Cambodia - Bas-reliefs of the Battle of Kurukshetra at the west side of the third gallery in the temple of Angkor Wat. The temple complexes of Angkor ('city') were the heart of the Khmer empire which flourished from the 9th to the 13th century and today are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Siem Reap province, northwest Cambodia.

Abruzzo, L'Aquila, Bominaco, S. Pellegrino, Oratory, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

Falconara Marittima, località Castelferretti (Italia, Marche - provincia di Ancona), chiesa di Santa Maria della Misericordia. Parete destra, (veduta dall'altare), San Michele Arcangelo, affreschi metà del XV secolo (1450-55), Maestro di Castelferretti (Giambono di Corrado da Ragusa)

Artwork by an anonymous artist depicting a weapon trophy arranged over an arch, executed in feather with brown and yellow washes and glued components.

Ancient Aztec carving of eagle. Templo Mayor Museum, Mexico City, Mexico.

Egypt. Abydos. Temple of Seti I. New Kingdom. 19th Dynasty. Relief with original polychrome. Detail of The Pharaoh with god Ra-Horakhty (Horus in the Horizon), 1292-1189 BC.

The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III (858-824 BC). Assyrian, from Nimrud. Made of fine-grain Black limestone streaked with white. It records the king's campaigns, and tributes given to him.

ALIZAR O MAMPERLAN TOLEDANO DE CUERDA SECA -DECORACION EN MANGANESO - SIGLO XVI. Location: TALLER DEL MORO. Toledo. SPAIN.

Medusa-head mosaic laid over an earlier mosaic, 3rd century. Artist: Unknown

relief relief, Emirate of Cordoba period - Almohad, 9th - 13th centuries, Museu Municipal de Ciutadella, Bastió de sa Font, Ciutadella, Menorca,Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 21724367

Mexico, Oaxaca, Original paint preserved on the interior walls at the Musuem of Oaxacan Cultures

A photograph taken of the Festival Hall of Thutmose III (Akh-menu) is an ancient shrine in Luxor (Thebes), Egypt. It is located at the heart of the Precinct of Amun-Re, in the Karnak Temple Complex. The Hall is situated at the end of the Middle Kingdom court. It was initially built to celebrate the Jubilee (Heb-Sed) of the 18th dynasty Pharaoh, Thutmose III, and later became used as part of the annual Opet Festival. circa 1425 BC

ARTE EGIPCIO. Relieve de CLEOPATRA VII FILOPATOR (69-30 a. C), que se halla en el exterior de uno de los templos de la antigua ciudad de Dendera. Dendera. Egipto.

PINTURA POMPEYANA - COBRA JUNTO A SIMBOLOS DE LOS MAGOS ADIVINOS DEL FUTURO. Location: CASA AMORINI DORATI. POMPEII. ITALIA.

Walls of Valencia city where flew the flag of king James i the Conqueror for the first time on September 28, 1238. Mural painting from the 14th century. Alcan~iz Castle. Teruel Province. Aragon. Spain.

PINTURA GOTICA-PECADOS CAPITALES Y VIRTUDES. Location: MONASTERIO DE SAN JULIAN. MORAIME. A CORUÑA. SPAIN.

VICTORIA PORTANDO UNA CORONA - ALBANEGA NOROESTE DE LA SALA CENTRAL DEL CASTILLO DE QUSEIR AMRA - SIGLO VIII - PINTURA OMEYA. Location: CASTILLO. QUSEIR AMRA. VICTORIA ALADA-ESCULTURA.

Various subjects of archaeological interest Mosaic floor near the Damascus Gate. Sect. I. Armenian from the 7th century A.D. 1920, Jerusalem, Israel

blur in iran persepolis the old ruins historical destination monuments and ruin

Detail of arabic carvings of Patio de la Acequiain the Alhambra of Granada in Andalusia, Spain

Poster invitation for a venatio. Reliefs on a panel with scenes from the circus games with animals (venatio) at Serdica: fights between animals, and between men and animals (bestiarii). Left: Venus and Cybele probably depict the association between the games and the spring day of the Great Mother of the Gods. Marble. First half of the 4th century. Serdica (Sofia), Bulgaria. National Archaeological Museum. Sofia. Bulgaria.

Hotei and Two Chinese Boys, 16th century, Unknown Japanese, 9 1/4 × 18 1/2 in. (23.5 × 46.99 cm) (image)15 1/2 × 21 5/8 in. (39.37 × 54.93 cm) (mount, inner mount)45 1/4 × 22 7/8 in. (114.94 × 58.1 cm) (mount, without roller), Ink on paper, Japan, 16th century

relief, Emirate of Cordoba period - Almohad, 9th - 13th centuries, Museu Municipal de Ciutadella,. Bastió de sa Font, Ciutadella, Menorca,Spain.

Painting on wall, Raghurajpur called artist village, famous for making Patta Chitras, Jagannathpuri, Bhubaneswar, Orissa , India Copyright: xRxModi/DinodiaxPhotox

Frieze decorated with putti and coats of arms, detached fresco, Piazza Velasca, Milan, Lombardy, Italy. Detail.

remains of mural painting, Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

Puerta medieval de madera tallada con motivos geométricos y florales clásicos.

DETALLE DE LA DECORACION DE LA MESA DE ALTAR ROMANICA - S XI. Location: BASILICA DE SAINT SERNIN. TOULOUSE. France.

Anonymous / 'Annunciation'. Ca. 1600. Grey-brown wash, Pencil, Mauve ink, Grey-brown ink on yellow paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Ramses IX (KV 6), Third passage, detail of the frescoed ceiling representing ""The Egyptian Amduat: The Book of the Hidden Chamber""

BATEA DE MADERA LACADA- DET COLONO ESPAÑOL RODEADO DE ANGELES INDIGENAS-ARTE MEXICANO-S XVIII. Location: MUSEO DE AMERICA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Sculptural relief of the facade of the monastery of Sant Pau del Camp, 9th-12th century, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Tumba de Ahmose, hijo de Ebana (EK-5). Elkab, Egipto.

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Saint-Nectaire. Ancient wall mural showcasing architectural elements in the church, Puy de Dome, Auvergne-Rhones-Alpes, France, Europe

England, Kent, Lullingstone Roman Villa, Detail of Mosaic Flooring Showing The Roman God Jupiter Abducting Princess Europa while Disguised as a Bull

Cambodia, Siem Reap. Traditional crafts for sale, wood sculpture.

Allegory of Good Government, by Lorenzetti Ambrogio, 1338 - 1340, 14th Century, fresco. Italy, Tuscany, Siena, Palazzo Pubblico, Sala della Pace. Detail of Concord dress: garment decorative stole: tippet: peplos trims gems: precious stones embroideries plane rope inscription Gothic types.

Anonymous / 'Window soffit. The Hermitage of the Vera Cruz de Maderuelo'. XII century. Fresco painting on mural transferred to canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Egypt - Cairo - Ancient Memphis (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1979). Saqqara. Necropolis. Private funerary mastaba of Kagemni. Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty. Great Hall. Relief of fishing scene

The Last Judgement from Santa Maria de Taüll. Date/Period: After 1123. Mural painting. Fresco transferred to canvas. Height: 4,260 mm (13.97 ft); Width: 4,490 mm (14.73 ft). Author: UNKNOWN.

Southern Palestine. Mosaic of female figure at Beit Jibrin 1900, Israel, Bet Guvrin

Keystone with the effigy of Alfonso V, 15th century, originally in the convent of San Francisco de Beja, Evora Museum, Evora, Alentejo, Portugal, Europe.

A photograph taken of the Festival Hall of Thutmose III (Akh-menu) is an ancient shrine in Luxor (Thebes), Egypt. It is located at the heart of the Precinct of Amun-Re, in the Karnak Temple Complex. The Hall is situated at the end of the Middle Kingdom court. It was initially built to celebrate the Jubilee (Heb-Sed) of the 18th dynasty Pharaoh, Thutmose III, and later became used as part of the annual Opet Festival. circa 1425 BC

Valencia, Spain, Europe Marble water fountain with figure heads as spouts

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Ramses IX, mural paintings representing Book of Caverns in funerary room

Paul-Albert Baudouin (1844-1931). "Messidor and the study of the peristyle, interior garden, small palace". Fresco. 1909-1910. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 99859-2 Year 1900, beautiful time, painted decor, fresco, 20th XXth XX 20th 20th 20th century

FRESCOS OMEYAS EN EL INTERIOR DEL CASTILLO DE QUSEIR AMRA - SIGLO VIII. Location: CASTILLO. QUSEIR AMRA.

USA, Arizona, Scottsdale. Close-up of beading and painted Native American on horse.

Detail from the Hunter's Palette an Ancient Egyptian cosmetic palette showing a complex iconographic lion hunt. Dated 3100 BC

TECHO DEL ABSIDE BOVEDA APUNTADA CON PINTURA. Location: MARIENKIRCHE. Terrassa. Barcelona. SPAIN.

Northern side apse from Sant Esteve d'Andorra. Date/Period: Ca. 1200-1210. Mural painting. Fresco transferred to canvas. Height: 34,000 mm (37.18 yd); Width: 18,000 mm (19.68 yd). Author: UNKNOWN.

Offering Bearer, Pyramid Temple of Senwosret I ca. 1961-1917 B.C. Middle Kingdom Unknown Copyist. Offering Bearer, Pyramid Temple of Senwosret I. Unknown Copyist member of the MMA Egyptian Expedition. ca. 1961-1917 B.C.. Tempera on paper. Middle Kingdom. From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht South. Dynasty 12

PINTURAS DEL SALON - SIGLO XIV. Location: CASTILLO DE LOS CALATRAVOS. Alcaniz. TERUEL. SPAIN.

Fragment tuniki - dolny lewy róg z dekoracyjnymi wstawkami. warsztat egipski, workshop

Lazio Roma Riofreddo Oratorio dell'Annunziata3. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Two exterior views of romanesque church, and three interior views of nave and altar. Remaining views of frescoes. General Notes: There are three color prints and matching negatives assigned H-numbers 34, 35, 36. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

ARTE GRIEGO. EPOCA ARCAICA. GRECIA. FRONTON conocido como "LA APOTEOSIS DE HERACLES" que representa a ZEUS RECIBIENDO A HERACLES, RODEADO POR ATENEA Y OTRAS DIVINIDADES. Procede de un templo de la Acropólis, hoy desaparecido. Realizado en toba con restos de policromía, data de principios-mediados del siglo VI a. C. Detalle de ZEUS. Museo de la Acrópolis. ATENAS.

ALDABA (LLAMADOR). Location: HOSPITAL TAVERA-HOSPITAL DE SAN JUAN BAUTISTA. Toledo. SPAIN.

Honorary decree for the ergastinai, the young girls who wove the peplos for the statue of the goddess Athena. 103-102 BC. Acropolis Museum. Athens. Greece.

Staircase, detail of stucco marble on the inverted landing

One Hundred Children at Play, 1100s-1200s. Tradition of Su Hanchen (Chinese, active c. 1101-1125), tradition of Wang Juzhen (Chinese). Album leaf, ink and color on silk; image: 28.7 x 31.2 cm (11 5/16 x 12 5/16 in.); with mat: 33.3 x 40.5 cm (13 1/8 x 15 15/16 in.).

Italy, Lombardy, Clusone, Town Hall (1400) frescoes on the facade

Clock face, close up.

Altar from Santa Maria de Taüll. Date/Period: Ca. 1123. Painting. Fresco transferred to canvas. Height: 980 mm (38.58 in); Width: 1,755 mm (69.09 in). Author: UNKNOWN.

Fragment of a carved relief depicting the boot of a soldier from Nineveh, Iraq. Dated 627 BC

Roman mosaic of the Triumph of Bacchus. Detail. It depicts the God on a chariot pulled by two tigers, next to a winged Victory and a Satyr. The procession is headed by a dancing Maenad (only partially preserved), followed by Pan with the nebris, guiding the beasts by pulling on the reins. Next to the tigers, a Maenad with an ivy crown and a torch and a girl. 2nd century AD. Marble. From Caesaraugusta (Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain). National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.

Dishes, prepared for a banquet- gazelle, fowl, vegetables and fruit. Sousse. Roman Mosaic. 2nd- 4th cent. AD. TUNISIA.

Woodcut by Hans Springinklee around 1520 showing a detailed section of the Habsburg family tree, carved on a wooden stick with genealogical symbols and decorative elements.

capital with lions, Chapter house, 12th century,, Monastery of Santa María de Carracedo, Carracedo del Monasterio, El Bierzo region, Castile and Leon, Spain.

Glazed brick guardsman from a frieze showing a row of royal guards. 521-500 BC; From the palace at Susa, Iran.

Pompeii, Italy, An ancient Roman restaurant called Thermopolium in the city of Pompeii, Southern Italy

Oceanus and Tethys Mosaic at Gaziantep Archaeology Museum, Gaziantep (Antep), Turkey

Frescoed wall, inner courtyard, Ambras Castle, Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria, 16th century.

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Sheikh 'Abd al-Qurna, Tomb of royal scribe Userhat, Burial chamber, Mural paintings, Hunting scene

Victor Hugo (1802-1885), French writer. Chinese lounge, decor from Juliette Drouet's house in Guernsey. Southwest wall. Polychrome engraved wood. 1857-1864. Paris, house of Victor Hugo. 77436-7 Art craftsmanship, arts decoratives, serious wood, Chinese cabinet, chinoiserie, oriental influence, orientalism, wooden panel, Chinese living room, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engraving

Victor Hugo (1802-1885), French writer. Chinese lounge, decor from Juliette Drouet's house in Guernsey. Southwest wall. Polychrome engraved wood. 1857-1864. Paris, house of Victor Hugo. 77436-7 Art craftsmanship, arts decoratives, serious wood, Chinese cabinet, chinoiserie, oriental influence, orientalism, wooden panel, Chinese living room, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century, engraving

Dragon column, Yixing, Jiangsu Province, China

seis piezas con bajorelieves clásicos,.

Cividale.

Marble mosaic floor of Siena Cathedral, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Two serpent are moving towards a basket which has a crescent moon symbol on it. North wall. The Sacrarium. Temple Isis. Pompeii. Italy. National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Italy.

Falconer from Sant Joan de Boí. Date/Period: Ca. 1100. Mural painting. Fresco transferred to canvas. Height: 1,400 mm (55.11 in); Width: 1,390 mm (54.72 in). Author: UNKNOWN.

SILLERIA BAJA DE LA CATEDRAL DE TOLEDO - TOMA DEL REINO DE GRANADA - LOJA - SIGLO XV - GOTICO ESPAÑOL. Author: Rodrigo Aleman. Location: CATEDRAL-CORO BAJO. Toledo. SPAIN. FERNANDO EL CATOLICO (1452-1516) FERNANDO II ARAGO. FERNANDO II DE ARAGON (1452/1516) REY CATOLICO.

Martyrdom of St. Sebastian, by Castello Giovanni Battista known as il Bergamasco o il Genovese, 16th Century, canvas,

Czech Republic, Interior ceiling paintings at Houska Castle

Arch Keystone ca. 1130-40 Catalan. Arch Keystone. Catalan. ca. 1130-40. Marble. Made in present-day France. Sculpture-Architectural

wall paintings, historical 16th-17th centuries, , Church of the Archangel Michael, 15th-16th century ,Binarowa, Malopolska, Carpathians, Poland.

(Detail) relief from the Apadana, large hypostyle great audience hall at Persepolis. Persepolis was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (ca. 550330 BC). It is situated 60 km northeast of the city of Shiraz in Fars Province, Iran.

Mosaico de Neptuno, siglos II-III, procedente de la villa romana de la Salut. Museu de Historia de Sabadell.

Beautiful colorful fresco of a yellow snake, a peacock, and a woman's bust in a Pompeian villa, Southern Italy

Stabia, Italy, Beautiful Roman wall paintings in the archaeological excavation Villa Arianna, Southern Italy

Votive relief made from pentelic marble found in Eleusis.

Milliarium. 3rd century AD. Inscription: restoration conducted by Publius Portus on the road Tarragona-LLeida, 254 AD. Spain. National Archaeological Museum. Tarragona. Catalonia, Spain.

DETALLE DEL ANGEL TURIFERARIO - PINTURA MURAL DE LA ERMITA DE LA VERA CRUZ DE MADERUELO - SIGLO XII - ROMANICO ESPAÑOL. Author: ANONYMOUS. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Minori (TheRites). Artist: Tosa School, Japanese

Byzantine Art. Greece. Frescoes from the Monastery of St. Andrew in Mesovouni Volimes. Anonymous. 17th century. Byzantine Museum. Zante. Ionian Islands.

MEDALLON CERAMICO CON FORMA DE SOL DE LA BOVEDA DE LA SALA HIPOSTILA DEL PARQUE GÜELL - 1890-1914. Author: ANTONIO GAUDI. Location: PARQUE GÜELL. Barcelona. SPAIN.

Victor Hugo (1802-1885), French writer. Chinese lounge, decor from Juliette Drouet's house in Guernsey. West wall. Golden trainer and monkey (detail of a decorative panel). Polychrome engraved wood. 1857-1864. Paris, house of Victor Hugo. 79153-4 Art crafts, arts decoratives, serious wood, Chinese cabinet, chinoiserie, wood engraving, oriental influence, orientalism, wooden panel, porcelain, Chinese living room, statuette, 19th XIX 19th 19th 19th 19th century

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