Ap Art History

Apollo 11 Stones

25,500 BCE

Namibia, Africa
25,500-25,300 B.C.E
Charcoal on stone

Pre Historic

Period: 25,000 BCE to 1000 BCE

Great Hall of Bulls

15,000 BCE

Lascaux, France
Paleolithic Europe
15,000-13,000 B.C.E
Rock Painting

Camelid Sacrum

14,000 BCE

Tequixquiac, Mexico
14,000-7,000 B.C.E
Bone

Running Horned Woman

6000 BCE

Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria
6,000-4,000 B.C.E
Pigment on Rock

Beaker with Ibex Motifs

4200 BCE

Susa, Iran
4,200-3,500 B.C.E
Painted terra cotta

Anthropomorphic Stele

4000 BCE

Arabian Peninsula
4,000 B.C.E
Sandstone

Jade Cong

3300 BCE

Liangzhu, China
3,300-2,200 B.C.E
Carved Jade (stone)

Palette of Narmer

3000 BCE

Palette of Narmer
Predynastic Egypt
c.3000-2920 B.C.E.
Greywacke

Egyptian Art

Period: 3000 BCE to 1400 BCE

Seated Scribe

2620 BCE

Seated scribe
Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty
c.2620-2500 B.C.E.
Painted limestone

Great Pyramids and the Great Sphinx

2550 BCE

Great Pyramids and the Great Sphinx
Giza, Egypt
Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty
c.2550-2490 B.C.E.
Cut limestone

Stonehenge

2500 BCE

Wiltshire, UK
Neolithic Europe
2,500-1,600 B.C.E
Sandstone

King Menkura and Queen

2490 BCE

King Menkaura and queen
Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty
c.2490-2472 B.C.E.
Greywacke

Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall

1550 BCE

Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall
New Kingdom, 18th & 19th Dynasties
Karnak, near Luxor, Egypt
Temple: c.1550 B.C.E.
Hall: c.1250 B.C.E.
Cut sandstone and mud brick

The Abum Stone

1500 BCE

Ambum Valley, Enga Province
Papus, New Guinea
1,500 B.C.E
Greywacke

Asian Art

Period: 1500 BCE to 1850

The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatsheput

1473 BCE

The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatsheput
Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty
Near Luxor, Egypt
c.1473-1458 B.C.E.
Sandstone, partially covered into a rock cliff, and red granite

Kneeling sculpture of Hatshepsut

1473 BCE

Kneeling sculpture of Hatshepsut
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty
Near Luxor, Egypt
c.1473-1458 B.C.E.
red granite

Akhenaton, Nefertiti and three daughters

1335 BCE

Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters
New Kingdom (Amarna), 18th Dynasty
c.1353-1335 B.C.E.
Limestone

Tutankhamun's tomb

1323 BCE

Tutankhamun's tomb, innermost coffin
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty
c.1323 B.C.E.
Gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones

Last judgment of Hu-Nefer, from his tomb

1275 BCE

Last judgment of Hu-Nefer, from his tomb
New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty
c.1275 B.C.E.
Painted papyrus scroll

Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall

1250 BCE

Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall
New Kingdom, 18th & 19th Dynasties
Karnak, near Luxor, Egypt
Temple: c.1550 B.C.E.
Hall: c.1250 B.C.E.
Cut sandstone and mud brick

Tlatilco Female Figurine

1200 BCE

Central Mexico, site of Tlatilco
1,200-900 B.C.E
Ceramic

Terra Cotta Fragment

1000 BCE

Lapita Solomon Islands
1,000 B.C.E
Terra Cotta

Athenian agora

600 BCE

Athenian agora
Archiac through Hellenistic Greek.
600 B.C.E.-150 C.E.
Plan

Anavysos Kouros

530 BCE

Anavysos Kouros
Archaic Greek
c.530 B.C.E.
Marble with remnants of paint

Peplos Kore from the Acropolis

530 BCE

Peplos Kore from the Acropolis
Archaic Greek
c.530 B.C.E.
Marble, painted details

Helios, horses, and Dionysus (Heracles?)

500 BCE

Helios, horses, and Dionysus (Heracles?)
East Pediment Sculpture, Parthenon (Phidias?)
5th Century B.C.E.
Marble

Plaque of the Ergustines

500 BCE

Plaque of the Ergustines
Parthenon (Phidias)
5th Century B.C.E.
Marble

Niobides Krater

460 BCE

Niobides Krater
Anonymous vase painter of Classical Greece known as the Niobid Painter.
c.460-450 B.C.E.
Clay, red figure technique

Doryphoros (Spear bearer)

450 BCE

Doryphoros (Spear bearer)
Polykleitos
Original 450-440 B.C.E.
Roman copy (marble) of the Greek original (bronze)

Acropolis plan

447 BCE

Acropolis plan
Iktinos and Kallikrates
c.447-410 B.C.E.
Marble

Parthenon

447 BCE

Parthenon
Iktinos and Kallikrates
c.447-410 B.C.E.
Marble

Victory (Nike) adjusting her sandal

427 BCE

Victory (Nike) adjusting her sandal
Temple of Athena Nike (Acropolis)
c.427-424 B.C.E.
Marble

Temple of Athena Nike

427 BCE

Temple of Athena Nike
c.427-424 B.C.E.
Marble

Grave Stele of Hegeso

410 BCE

Grave Stele of Hegeso
Attributed to Kallimachos
c.410 B.C.E.
Marble and paint

Great Stupa at Sanchi

300 BCE

Great Stupa at Sanchi
Madhya Pradesh, India
Buddhist; Maurya, late Sunga Dynasty
c. 300 B.C.E.-100 C.E. Stone masonry, sandstone on dome

Buddhist and Hindu art

Period: 300 BCE to 1400

Terra cotta warriors from mausoleum of the first Qin emperor of China

209 BCE

Qin Dynasty.
c. 221-209 B.C.E.
Painted terra cotta

Chavín de Huántar

200 BCE

Chavín de Huántar
Northern highlands, Peru
Chavín
900-200 B.C.E.
Stone (architectural complex)

Winged Victory of Samothrace

190 BCE

Winged Victory of Samothrace
Hellenistic Greek
c.190 B.C.E.
Marble

Seated Boxer

100 BCE

Seated Boxer
Hellenistic Greek
C.100 B.C.E.
Bronze

Alexander mosaic from the House of Faun, Pompeii

100 BCE

Alexander mosaic from the House of Faun, Pompeii
Republican Roman
c.100 B.C.E.
Mosaic

Head of a Roman patrician

75 BCE

Head of a Roman patrician
Republican Roman
c.75-50 B.C.E.
Marble

Rome art

Period: 75 BCE to 250

Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater)

70

Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater)
Rome, Italy. Imperial Roman.
70-80 C.E.Stone and concrete.

Augustus of Prima Porta

100

Augustus of Prima Porta
Imperial Roman
Early 1st Century C.E.
Marble

Great Stupa at Sanchi

100

Great Stupa at Sanchi
Madhya Pradesh, India
Buddhist; Maurya, late Sunga Dynasty
c. 300 B.C.E.-100 C.E. Stone masonry, sandstone on dome

Forum of Trajan

106

Forum of Trajan
Rome, Italy.
Apollodorus of Damascus.
Forum and markets.
c.106-112 C.E.
Brick and concrete.

Forum of Trajan - Markets.

106

Forum of Trajan - Markets.
Rome, Italy.
Apollodorus of Damascus.
c.106-112 C.E.
Brick and concrete.

Column of Trajan

113

Column of Trajan
Apollodorus of Damascus
Completed 113 C.E.
Marble

Pantheon

118

Pantheon
Imperial Roman.
118-125 C.E.
Concrete with stone facing.

Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon

175

Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon
Asia Minor (present-day Turkey). Hellenistic Greek.
c.175 B.C.E.
Marble

Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon

175

Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon
Asia Minor (present-day Turkey). Hellenistic Greek.
c.175 B.C.E.
Marble

Funeral banner of Lady Dai (Xin Zhui)

180

Han Dynasty, China
c. 180 B.C.E.
Painted silk

House of the Vettii

200

House of the Vettii
Pompeii, Italy
Imperial Roman
c. 2nd Century B.C.E.
Cut stone and fresco

Catacomb of Priscilla

200

Rome, Italy.
Late Antique Europe.
c.200-400 C.E.
Excavated tufa and fresco

Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus

250

Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus
Late Imperial Roman.
c.250 C.E.
Marble.

Buddha

400

Buddha
Bamiyan, Afghanistan
Gandharan
c. 400-800 C.E.
(destroyed in 2001)
Cut rock with plaster and polychrome paint

Santa Sabrina

432

Rome, Italy. Late Antique Europe.
c.422-432 C.E. Brick and stone, wooden roof

Longmen caves

493

Longmen caves
Luoyang, China. Tang Dynasty.
493-1127 C.E.
Limestone

Hagia Sophia

537

Constantinople (Istanbul)
Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus.
532-537 C.E.
Brick and ceramic elements with stone and mosaic veneer

San Vitale

547

Ravenna, Italy. Early Byzantine Europe.
c.526-547 C.E. Brick, marble, and stone veneer

Vienna Genesis

600

Early Byzantine Europe.
Early 6th Century C.E.
Illuminated manuscript (tempera, gold, and silver on purple vellum)

Jacob Wrestling the Angel, from the Vienna Genesis

600

Early Byzantine Europe.
Early 6th Century C.E.
Illuminated manuscript (tempera, gold, and silver on purple vellum)

Greek Art

Period: 600 to 100 BCE

The Kabba

632

Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Islamic. Pre-Islamic monument
Rededicated by Muhammad in 631-632 C.E. Multiple renovations
Granite masonry, covered with silk curtain and calligraphy in gold and silver-wrapped thread

Jowo Rinpoche

641

Jowo Rinpoche, enshrined in the Jokhang Temple
Lhasa, Tibet. Yarlung Dynasty.
Believed to have been brought to Tibet in 641 C.E.
Gilt metals with semiprecious stones, pearls, and paint; various offerings

Jowo Rinpoche

641

Jowo Rinpoche, enshrined in the Jokhang Temple
Lhasa, Tibet. Yarlung Dynasty.
Believed to have been brought to Tibet in 641 C.E.
Gilt metals with semiprecious stones, pearls, and paint; various offerings

Merovingian looped fibulae

650

Early medieval Europe
Mid-6th century C.E.
Silver gilt worked in filigree, with inlays of garnets and other stones

Dome of The Rock

692

Jerusalem. Islamic. Umayyad.
691-692 C.E., with multiple renovations
Stone masonry and wooden roof decorated with glazed ceramic tile, mosaics, and gilt aluminum and bronze dome.

Great Mosque (Masjid-e Jameh)

700

Isfahan, Iran. Islamic, Persian: Seljuk, Il-Khanid, Timurid and Safavid Dynasties
c. 700 C.E.; additions and restorations in the 14th, 18th & 20th centuries C.E.
Stone, brick, wood, plaster, and glazed ceramic tile

Nan Madol

700

Pohnpei, Micronesia
Saudeleur Dynasty
c. 700-1600 C.E.
Basalt boulders and prismatic columns

Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George

700

Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George
Early Byzantine Europe.
6th or early 7th Century C.E.
Encaustic on wood

Lindisfarne Gospels

700

St. Matthew, cross carpet page
Early medieval (Hiberno-Saxon) Europe
c. 700 C.E.
Illuminated manuscript (ink, pigments, and gold on vellum)

St. Luke incipit page

700

Lindisfarne Gospels
St. Luke incipit page
Early medieval (Hiberno-Saxon) Europe
c. 700 C.E.
Illuminated manuscript (ink, pigments, and gold on vellum)

Lindisfarne Gospels

700

Lindisfarne Gospels
St. Luke portrait page
Early medieval (Hiberno-Saxon) Europe
c. 700 C.E.
Illuminated manuscript (ink, pigments, and gold on vellum)

Yaxchilán

725

Yaxchilán
Structure 40
Chiapas, Mexico. Maya
725 C.E.
Limestone (architectural complex)

Todai-ji

743

Nara, Japan
743 C.E.; rebuilt c. 1700
Wood with ceramic-tile roofing

Great Buddha (Daibutsu) from Todai-ji

743

Bronze

Borobudur Temple

750

Borobudur Temple
Central Java, Indonesia
Sailendra Dynasty
c. 750-842 C.E.
Volcanic-stone masonry

Great Mosque (Cordoba)

786

Córdoba, Spain. Umayyad
c. 785-786 C.E.
Stone masonry

Churning of the Ocean of Milk

800

Churning of the Ocean of Milk
Angkor Wat
Hindu, Angkor Dynasty
c. 800-1400 C.E.
Sandstone

The temple of Angkor Wat

800

The temple of Angkor Wat
Cambodia
Hindu, Angkor Dynasty
c. 800-1400 C.E. Stone masonry, sandstone

South gate of Angkor Thom

800

South gate of Angkor Thom
Hindu, Angkor Dynasty
c. 800-1400 C.E.
Sandstone

Jayavarman VII as Buddha

800

Jayavarman VII as Buddha
Angkor Thom
Hindu, Angkor Dynasty
c. 800-1400 C.E. Stone masonry, sandstone

Folio from a Qur'an

900

Arab, North Africa or Near East
Abbasid. c. eighth to ninth century C.E.
Ink, color, and gold on parchment

Reliquary of Sainte-Foy

900

Church of Sainte-Foy
Conques, France
Romanesque Europe
9th century C.E., with later additions
Gold, silver, gemstones, and enamel over wood

Lakshmana Temple

930

Lakshmana Temple
Khajuraho, India. Hindu, Chandella Dynasty
c. 930-950 C.E. Sandstone

Pyxis of al-Mughira

968

Umayyad
c. 968 C.E.
Ivory

Travelers among Mountains and Streams

1000

Fan Kuan
c. 1000 C.E.
Ink and colors on silk

Great Serpent Mound

1070

Great Serpent Mound
Adams County, southern Ohio.
Mississippian (Eastern Woodlands)
c. 1070 C.E. Earthwork/effigy mound.

Bayeux Tapestry (Cavalry attack)

1080

Romanesque Europe (English or Norman). c. 1066-1080 C.E.
Embroidery on linen

Bayeux Tapestry (First meal)

1080

Romanesque Europe (English or Norman). c. 1066-1080 C.E.
Embroidery on linen

Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja)

1100

Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja)
Hindu
India (Tamil Nadu)
Chola Dynasty
c. 11th century C.E.
Cast bronze

Moai on platform (ahu)

1100

Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
c. 1100-1600 C.E.
Volcanic tuff figures on basalt base

Longmen caves

1127

Luoyang, China. Tang Dynasty.
493-1127 C.E.
Limestone

Church of Sainte-Foy

1130

Conques, France
Romanesque Europe
c. 1050-1130 C.E.
Stone

The Last Judgement (tympanum)

1130

The Last Judgement (tympanum)
Church of Sainte-Foy. Conques, France
Romanesque Europe. c. 1050-1130 C.E.
Stone and paint

Great Mosque of Djenné

1200

Mali
Founded c. 1200 C.E.; rebuilt 1906-1907
Adobe

Great Mosque of Djenné

1200

Mali
Founded c. 1200 C.E.; rebuilt 1906-1907
Adobe

Nio guardian statues from Todai-ji

1200

Various artists including sculptors Unkei and Keikei, as well as the Kei School
c. 1200 C.E.
Wood

Chartres Cathedral

1220

Chartres, France. Gothic Europe.
Original construction: c. 1145-1155 C.E. Reconstructed: c. 1194-1220 C.E.
Limestone, stained glass

Dedication Page with Blanche of Castile and King Louis IX of France & Scenes from the Apocalypse from Bibles

1245

moralisées
Gothic Europe
c. 1225-1245 C.E.
Illuminated manuscript (ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum)

Night Attack on the Sanjô Palace

1250

Kamakura Period, Japan
c. 1250-1300 C.E.
Handscroll (ink and color on paper)

Mesa Verde cliff dwellings

1300

Mesa Verde cliff dwellings
Montezuma County. Colorado
Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi)
450-1300 C.E. Sandstone

Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel

1303

Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel
Padua, Italy. Unknown architect.
c. 1303 C.E. Brick

Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel

1305

Padua, Italy.
Giotto di Bondone
c. 1305 C.E.
Fresco

Golden Haggadah

1320

Late Medieval Spain
c. 1320 C.E.
Illuminated manuscript (pigments and gold leaf on vellum)

röttgen Pietà

1325

röttgen Pietà
Late Medieval Europe
c. 1300-1325 C.E.
Painted wood

Bahram Gur Fights the Karg, folio from the Great Il-Khanid

1340

Shahnama
Islamic
Persian, Il-Khanid
c. 1330-1340 C.E.
Ink and opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper

Basin (Baptistère de St. Louis)

1340

Basin (Baptistère de St. Louis)
Muhammad ibn al-Zain
c. 1320-1340 C.E.
Brass inlaid with gold and silver

The David Vases

1351

Yuan Dynasty, China
1351 C.E.
White porcelain with cobalt-blue underglaze

Alhambra

1391

Granada, Spain. Nasrid Dynasty
1354-1391 C.E.
Whitewashed adobe stucco, wood, tile, paint, and gilding

Conical tower and circular wall of Great Zimbabwe

1400

Southeastern Zimbabwe
Shona peoples
c. 1000-1400 C.E.
Coursed granite blocks

Forbidden City

1400

Beijing, China. Ming Dynasty.
15th century C.E. and later
Stone masonry, marble, brick, wood, and ceramic tile

Portrait of Sin Sukju (1417-1475)

1400

Imperial Bureau of Painting
c. 15th century C.E.
Hanging scroll (ink and color on silk)

Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece)

1432

Workshop of Robert Campin
1427-1432 C.E. Oil on wood

The Arnolfini Portrait

1434

Jan van Eyck
c. 1434 C.E.
Oil on wood

City of Cusco

1440

City of Cusco
Central highlands, Peru
Inka
c. 1440 C.E.

Andesite

Palazzo Rucellai

1450

Palazzo Rucellai
Florence, Italy
Leon Battista Alberti (architect)
c. 1450 C.E.
Stone, masonry

David

1460

Donatello
c. 1440-1460 C.E.
Bronze

Pazzi Chapel

1461

Basilica di Santa Croce
Florence, Italy
Filippo Brunelleschi (architect)
c. 1429-1461 C.E.
Masonry

Madonna and Child with Two Angels

1465

Fra Filippo Lippi
c. 1465 C.E.
Tempera on wood

Ryoan-ji

1480

Kyoto, Japan
Muromachi Period, Japan
c. 1480 C.E.; current design most likely dates to the 18th century
Rock garden

Birth of Venus

1486

\Sandro Botticelli
c. 1484-1486 C.E. Tempera on canva

Last Supper

1498

Leonardo da Vinci
c. 1494-1498 C.E. Oil and tempera

Wall plaque, from Oba's palace

1500

Edo peoples, Benin (Nigeria)
16th century C.E.
Cast brass

Adam and Eve

1504

Adam and Eve
Albrecht Dürer
1504 C.E.
Engraving

School of Athens

1511

School of Athens
Raphael
c. 1509-1511 C.E. Fresco

the Flood (The Deluge)

1512

Sistine Chapel Michelangelo
c. 1508-1512 C.E. Fresco

Sistine Chapel ceiling

1512

Vatican City, Italy
Michelangelo
Ceiling frescoes: c. 1508-1512 C.E.
Altar frescoes: c. 1536-1541 C.E.
Fresco

The Delphic Sibyl

1512

Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo
c. 1508-1512 C.E.

Fresco

isenheim altarpiece

1516

Matthias Grünewald
c. 1512-1516 C.E.
Oil on wood

Templo Mayor (Main Temple)

1520

Templo Mayor (Main Temple)
Tenochtitlan (modern Mexico City, Mexico)
Mexica (Aztec)
1375-1520 C.E. Stone.

The Coyolxauhqui Stone

1520

The Coyolxauhqui Stone
Templo Mayor (Main Temple)
Tenochtitlan
(modern Mexico City, Mexico)
Mexica (Aztec)
1375-1520 C.E. Volcanic stone.

Calendar Stone

1520

Templo Mayor (Main Temple)
Tenochtitlan
(modern Mexico City, Mexico)
Mexica (Aztec)
1375-1520 C.E. Basalt.

Ruler’s feather headdress

1520

(probably of Motecuhzoma II)
Mexica (Aztec)
1428-1520 C.E.

Feathers (quetzal and cotinga) and gold.

The Court of Gayumars, folio from Shah Tahmasp's Shahnama

1525

Sultan Muhammad
c. 1522-1525 C.E.
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Entombment of Christ

1528

\
Jacopo da Pontormo
1525-1528 C.E.
Oil on wood

Entombment of Christ

1528

Jacopo da Pontormo
1525-1528 C.E.
Oil on wood

Allegory of Law and Grace

1530

Lucas Cranach the Elder
c. 1530 C.E.
Woodcut and letterpress

Maize cobs

1533

Maize cobs
Inka
c. 1440-1533 C.E.

Sheet metal/repoussé, metal alloys.

Venus of Urbino

1538

Titian
c. 1538 C.E. Oil on canvas

The Ardabil Carpet

1540

Maqsud of Kashan
1530-1540 C.E.
Silk and wool

City of Machu Picchu

1540

City of Machu Picchu
Central highlands, Peru
Inka
c. 1450-1540 C.E.

Granite (architectural complex).

All-T’oqapu tunic

1540

Inka
1450-1540 C.E.

Camelid fiber and cotton.

The Last Judgment

1541

Michelangelo
Sistine Chapel, 1536-1541 C.E.
Fresco

Frontispiece of the Codex Mendoza

1542

Frontispiece of the Codex Mendoza
Viceroyalty of New Spain
c. 1541-1542 C.E.
Ink and color on paper

Hunters in the Snow

1565

Pieter Bruegel the Elder
1565 C.E. Oil on wood

Mosque of Selim II

1575

Edirne, Turkey
Sinan (architect)
1568-1575 C.E.
Brick and stone

Il Gesù

1584

, Rome, Italy; Giacomo da Vignola (architect); Giacomo della Porta, facade (architect); Church: 16th Century C.E.; Facade: 1568-1584 C.E.
Brick, marble, stucco

Angel with Arquebus, Asiel Timor Dei

1600

Angel with Arquebus, Asiel Timor Dei
Master of Calamarca (La Paz School)
c. 17th Century C.E.
Oil on canvas

Africa and Pacific

Period: 1600 to 1900

Calling of Saint Matthew

1601

Caravaggio
c. 1597-1601 C.E.
Oil on canvas

Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings Bichitr

1620

c. 1620 C.E.
Watercolor, gold, and ink on pape

Henry IV Receives the Portrait of Marie de’ Medici, from the Marie de’ Medici Cycle

1625

Peter Paul Rubens
1621-1625 C.E.
Oil on canvas

Self-Portrait with Saskia

1636

Self-Portrait with Saskia
Rembrandt van Rijn
1636 C.E.
Etching

San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane

1646

Rome, Italy
Francesco Borromini (architect)
1638-1646 C.E.
Stone and stucco

Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria

1652

Rome, Italy
c. 1647-1652 C.E.
Stucco

Ecstasy of Saint Teresa

1652

Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
c. 1647-1652 C.E.
Marble

Taj Mahal

1653

Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
Masons, marble workers, mosaicists, and decorators working under the supervision of Ustad Ahmad Lahori, architect of the emperor. 1632-1653 C.E.
Stone masonry and marble with inlay of precious and semiprecious stones; gardens

Las Meninas

1656

Diego Velázquez
c. 1656 C.E.
Oil on canvas

Woman Holding a Balance

1664

Woman Holding a Balance
Johannes Vermeer
c. 1664 C.E.
Oil on canvas

Versailles, France

1669

The Palace at Versailles Louis Le Vau & Jules Hardouin-Mansart (architects)
Begun 1669 C.E.
Masonry, stone, wood, iron, and gold leaf (architecture)
Marble and bronze (sculpture)

Triumph of the Name of Jesus

1679

Il Gesù
Giovanni Battista Gaulli
Ceiling fresco and stucco figures
c. 1676-1679 C.E.
Fresco and stucco

The Virgin of Guadalupe

1698

The Virgin of Guadalupe
(Virgen de Guadalupe)
Miguel González
c. 1698 C.E.
Based on original Virgin of Guadalupe Basilica of Guadalupe, Mexico City
16th Century C.E.
Oil on canvas on wood, inlaid with mother-of-pearl

Sika dwa kofi (Golden Stool)

1700

Ashanti peoples (south central Ghana)
c. 1700 C.E.
Gold over wood and cast-gold attachments

Screen with the Siege of Belgrade and hunting scene

1701

Screen with the Siege of Belgrade and hunting scene
Circle of the González Family c. 1697-1701 C.E.
Tempera and resin on wood, shell inlay

White and Red Plum Blossoms

1710

Ogata Korin
c. 1710-1716 C.E.
Ink, watercolor, and gold leaf on paper

Fruit and Insects

1711

Rachel Ruysch

1711 C.E. Oil on wood

Spaniard and Indian Produce a Mestizo

1715

Spaniard and Indian Produce a Mestizo
Attributed to Juan Rodríguez Juárez c. 1715 C.E.
Oil on canvas

The Tête a Tête, from Marriage à la Mode

1743

William Hogarth
c. 1743 C.E.
Oil on canvas

porait of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

1750

Portrait of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Miguel Cabrera
c. 1750 C.E.
Oil on canvas

A Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery

1765

Joseph Wright of Derby
c. 1763-1765 C.E.
Oil on canvas

The Swing

1767

Jean-Honoré Fragonard
1767 C.E.
Oil on canvas

Ndop (portrait figure) of King Mishe miShyaang maMbul Kuba peoples

1780

(Democratic Republic of the Congo)
c. 1760-1780 C.E.
Wood

The Oath of the Horatii

1784

The Oath of the Horatii
Jacques-Louis David
1784 C.E.
Oil on canvas

Portrait

1790

-Portrait
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
1790 C.E.
Oil on canvas

George Washington

1792

George Washington
Jean-Antoine Houdon
1788-1792 C.E.
Marble

Bundu mask

1800

Sande Society, Mende peoples (West African forests of Sierra Leone and Liberia)
19th to 20th century C.E.
Wood, cloth, and fiber

Female (Pwo) mask

1800

Chokwe peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Late 19th to 20th century C.E.
Wood, fiber, pigment, and metal

Reliquary figure (byeri)

1800

Fang peoples (southern Cameroon)
c. 19th to 20th century C.E.
Wood

Aka elephant mask

1800

Bamileke (Cameroon, western grassfields region)
c. 19th to 20th century C.E.
Wood, woven raffia, cloth, and beads

Lukasa (memory board)

1800

Mbudye Society, Luba peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
c. 19th to 20th century C.E.
Wood, beads, and metal

Power figure (Nkisi n'kondi)

1800

Kongo peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
c. late 19th century C.E.
Wood and metal

Ikenga (shrine figure)

1800

Igbo peoples (Nigeria)
c. 19th to 20th century C.E.
Wood

Navigation chart

1800

Marshall Islands, Micronesia
19th to early 20th century C.E.
Wood and fiber

Female deity

1800

Nukuoro, Micronesia
c. 18th to 19th century C.E.
Wood

Black-on-black ceramic vessel

1800

Black-on-black ceramic vessel
Maria Martínez & Julian Martínez
Tewa, Puebloan
San Ildefonso Pueblo
New Mexico
c. mid-20th Century C.E.
Blackware ceramic

Transformation mask

1800

Transformation mask
Kwakwaka’wakw, Northwest coast of Canada.
Late 19th Century C.E.

Wood, paint, and string.

Monticello

1809

Virginia, U.S.
Thomas Jefferson (architect), 1768-1809 C.E.
Brick, glass, stone and wood

La Grande Odalisque

1814

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
1814 C.E.
Oil on canvas

Y no hai remedio (And There’s Nothing to be Done), from Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War

1823

Y no hai remedio (And There’s Nothing to be Done), from Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War), plate 15
Francisco de Goya
1810-1823 C.E. (published 1863)
Etching, drypoint, burin, and burnishing

Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as the Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji

1830

Katsushika Hokusai
1830-1833 C.E.
Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Liberty Leading the People

1830

Liberty Leading the People
Eugène Delacroix
1830 C.E.
Oil on canvas

The Oxbow

1836

(View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm)
Thomas Cole
1836 C.E. Oil on canvas

Olympia

1836

Olympia
Édouard Manet
1863 C.E.
Oil on canvas

Still Life in Studio

1837

Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre
1837 C.E.
Daguerreotype

Slave Ship (Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On)

1840

Slave Ship
(Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On)
Joseph Mallord William Turner
1840 C.E.
Oil on canvas

The Stone Breakers

1849

The Stone Breakers
Gustave Courbet
1849 C.E. (destroyed in 1945)
Oil on canvas

Staff god

1850

Rarotonga, Cook Islands, central Polynesia
Late 18th to early 19th century C.E.
Wood, tapa, fiber, and feathers

Buk (mask)

1850

Torres Strait
Mid- to late 19th century C.E.
Turtle shell, wood, fiber, feathers, and shell

Hiapo (tapa)

1850

Niue
c. 1850-1900 C.E.
Tapa or bark cloth, freehand painting

'Ahu 'ula (feather cape

1850

Hawaiian
Late 18th century C.E.
Feathers and fiber

Bandolier bag

1850

Bandolier bag
Lenape
(Delaware tribe, Eastern Woodlands)
c. 1850 C.E.
Beadwork on leather

Nadar Raising Photography to the Height of Art

1862

Nadar Raising Photography to the Height of Art
Honoré Daumier
1862 C.E.
Lithograph

Palace of Westminster (House of Parliament)

1870

Palace of Westminster (House of Parliament)
London, England. Charles Barry and Augustus W.N. Pugin (architects)
1840-1870 C.E.
Limestone masonry and glass

The Saint-Lazare Station

1877

The Saint-Lazare Station
Claude Monet
1877 C.E.
Oil on canvas

The Horse in Motion

1878

The Horse in Motion
Eadweard Muybridge
1878 C.E.
Albumen print

The Valley of Mexico from the Hillside of Santa Isabel

1882

The Valley of Mexico from the Hillside of Santa Isabel
(El Valle de México desde el Cerro de Santa Isabel)
Jose María Velasco 1882 C.E.
Oil on canvas

The Starry Night

1889

The Starry Night
Vincent van Gogh
1889 C.E.
Oil on canvas

Tamati Waka Nene

1890

Gottfried Lindauer
1890 C.E.
Oil on canvas

the Coiffure

1891

the Coiffure
Mary Cassatt
1890-1891 C.E.
Drypoint and aquatint

The Scream

1893

The Scream
Edvard Munch
1893 C.E.
Tempera and pastels on cardboard

the Burghers of Calais

1895

he Burghers of Calais
Auguste Rodin
1884-1895 C.E.
Bronze

Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?

1898

Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?
Paul Gauguin
1897-1898 C.E.
Oil on canvas

Portrait mask (Mblo)

1900

Baule peoples (Côte d'Ivoire)
Early 20th century C.E.
Wood and pigment

Malagan display and mask

1900

New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
c. 20th century C.E.
Wood, pigment, fiber, and shell

Painted elk hide

1900

Attributed to Cotsiogo (Cadzi Cody)
Eastern Shoshone
Wind River Reservation
Wyoming
c. 1890-1900 C.E.
Painted elk hide

Mont Sainte-Victoire

1904

Mont Sainte-Victoire
Paul Cézanne
1902-1904 C.E.
Oil on canvas

The Steerage

1907

Alfred Stieglitz
1907 C.E.
Photogravure

The Kiss

1908

The Kiss
Gustav Klimt
1907-1908 C.E.
Oil and gold leaf on canvas

The Kiss

1908

The Kiss
Constantin Brancusi
Original 1907-1908 C.E.
Stone

Goldfish

1912

Goldfish
Henri Matisse
1912 C.E.
Oil on canvas

Improvisation 28 (second version)

1912

Improvisation 28 (second version)
Vassily Kandinsky
1912 C.E. Oil on canvas

Veranda post of enthroned king and senior wife (Opo Ogoga)

1914

Olowe of Ise (Yoruba peoples)
c. 1910-1914 C.E.
Wood and pigment

Self-Portrait as a Soldier

1915

Self-Portrait as a Soldier
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
1915 C.E.
Oil on canvas

Memorial Sheet for Karl Liebknecht

1920

Memorial Sheet for Karl Liebknecht
Käthe Kollwitz
1919-1920 C.E.
Woodcut

Presentation of Fijian mats and tapa cloths to Queen Elizabeth II

1953

Fiji, Polynesia. 1953 C.E.
Multimedia performance (costume; cosmetics, including scent; chant; movement; and pandanus fiber/hibiscus fiber mats), photographic documentation

Chairman Mao en Route to Anyuan

1969

Chairman Mao en Route to Anyuan
Artist unknown
Based on an oil painting by Liu Chunhua
c. 1969 C.E.
Color lithograph

The Swing (after Fragonard)

2001

The Swing (after Fragonard)
Yinka Shonibare
2001 C.E.
Mixed media installation

Gold and jade crown

5000

Three Kingdoms Period
Silla Kingdom, Korea
Fifth to sixth century C.E.
Metalwork