A study of greatness in men /

"The lectures now somewhat expanded in print were prepared and given, in 1906, first as a public course and then repeated in the high schools [of Buffalo, N. Y.]"

Book of the Dead of Hunefer (Hw-nfr) sheet 3, Hunefer's judgement

Papyrus, Egypt, New Kingdom; H: 1 ft. 5 23/32 in.; painted papyrus

Pair of Eyes

Sculpture, Techniques, Greek; 1 1/2 in.x 2 1/64 in.; marble, frit, quartz, obisidan and bronze

Saint Michael the Archangel, half of a diptych

Ivory, Early Christian, 6C; 1 ft. 4 11/32 in.x 5 5/8 in.x 23/64 in.; carved ivory

Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, both sides

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, front, War side

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; 8 1/2 in. x 1 ft. 7 1/2 in8 1/2 in. x 1 ft. 7 1/2 in.; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, front, War side

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, rear, Aftermath of the Victorius Battle

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; 8 1/2 in. x 1 ft. 7 1/2 in.; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, rear, Aftermath of the Victorius Battle

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; 8 1/2 in. x 1 ft. 7 1/2 in.; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, rear, Aftermath of the Victorius Battle, left half

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, rear, Aftermath of the Victorius Battle, center: detail

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, rear, War side

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; 1 ft. 7 1/2 in. x 8 1/2 in.; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Study of a reclining male nude: Adam, from the Creation of Adam

Michelangelo Buonarrati; 7 19/32 in.x 10 13/64 in.; red chalk over stylus underdrawing on paper

Ten Examples of Female Physiognomy, The Flirt

Kitagawa Utamaro; 1 ft. 1 31/32 in.x 9 7/8 in. (image); woodcut with mica ground, oban

High-Ranking Courtesan” (Oiran), 1, from the series Five Shades of Ink in the Northern Quarter (Hokkoku goshiki-zumi)

Kitagawa Utamaro; 1 ft. 2 49/64 in.x 9 49/64 in.; woodcut, ink and color on paper