Archaic Greek Kouros As mentioned in the video from the series How Art Made the World, a critical moment in the history of Greek was the creation of monumental sculpture. This occurred around the year 600 BCE.

The Pantheon is the Roman monument with the greatest number of records: the best preserved, with the biggest brick dome in the history of architecture and is considered the forerunner of all modern places of worship. It is the most copied and imitated of all ancient works.

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