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Subject Index (G)

• Gabon, See Africa, Central Africa
• Gambia, See Africa, Western and Central Sudan
• Games
• Ganesha, See Figure, Deity, Hindu, Ganesha
• Garden
• Gelatin silver print, See Photograph, Gelatin silver print
• Genre Scenes
• Central and North Asia
• East Asia
• Europe
• North America
• South and Southeast Asia
• George, See Figure, Saint, George
• Georgia, Republic of, See West Asia, Anatolia and the Caucasus
• Georgian, See American Art, Colonial Art, Georgian
• Germany, See Europe, Central Europe (including Germany)
• Gesso, See Ceramic, Europe
• Ghana, See Africa, Guinea Coast
• Gibraltar, See Europe, British Isles; Europe, Iberian Peninsula
• Gilt Bronze, See Metalwork, Gilt Bronze
• Glass, See Also Stained Glass
• Africa (including Egypt)
• East Asia
• Europe
• North America
• South and Southeast Asia
• West Asia
• Goat, See Animal, Hoofed
• Gods, See Figure, Deity
• Gold, See Metalwork, Gold
• Gothic Art, See Medieval Art, Gothic Art
• Gothic Revivalism, See American Art, Nineteenth Century, Gothic Revivalism; European Art in the Nineteenth Century, Gothic Revivalism
• Gouache, See Painting, Gouache; Drawing, Gouache
• Grand Piano, See Musical Instrument, Keyboard
• Granite, See Stone, Granite
• Graphite, See Drawing, Graphite
• Grave, See Funerary Art
• Great Britain and Ireland, See Europe, British Isles
• Greece, See Europe, Balkan Peninsula (including Greece)
• Greek and Roman Art
• Greece
• Archaic
• Attic
• Black–Figure
• Classical
• Cycladic
• Cypriot
• Geometric
• Hellenistic
• Minoan
• Mycaenean
• Red–figure
• White–ground
• Halstatt Period
• Rome
• Early Imperial
• Antonine
• Flavian
• Hadrianic
• Julio–Claudian
• Augustan
• Trajanic
• Etruscan
• Late Imperial
• Mid–Imperial
• Severan
• Republican
• Greenstone, See Stone, Miscellaneous
• Griffin, See Animal, Mythological, Griffin
• Guam, See Oceania, Micronesia
• Guatemala, See Americas, Maya Area; Americas, Central America
• Guilds
• Guinea, See Africa, Central Africa; Africa, Guinea Coast; Africa, Western and Central Sudan
• Guinea Coast, See Africa, Guinea Coast
• Guitar, See Musical Instrument, Stringed
• Gum bichromate print, See Photograph, Gum bichromate print
• Gun, See Arms and Armor, Firearm