-
25,500 BCE
Apollo 11 stones
Apollo 11 Stones
Namibia
c. 25,500 - 25,300 B.C.E.
Charcoal on stone -
15,000 BCE
Great Hall of the Bulls Cave paintings
Great Hall of the Bulls Cave paintings
Lascaux, France. 15,000-13,000 B.C.E. Rock painting -
14,000 BCE
Camelid sacrum
Tequixquiac, Mexico, 14,000–7000 B.C.E., Bone -
6000 BCE
Running Horned Woman
Tassili n’Ajjer, Algeria
6000 - 4000 B.C.E
Pigment on rock -
4200 BCE
Beaker with ibex motif
Susa, Iran
4200--3500 B.C.E.
Painted terra-cotta -
4000 BCE
Anthropomorphic stele
Arabian Peninsula
4th millennium B.C.E
Sandstone -
3300 BCE
Jade Cong
Liangzhu, China
3300-2200 B.C.E.
Carved jade -
3000 BCE
Palette of Narmer
Predynastic Egypt
c.3000-2920 B.C.E.
Greywacke -
2620 BCE
Seated scribe
Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty
c.2620-2500 B.C.E.
Painted limestone -
2550 BCE
Great Pyramids and the Great Sphinx
Giza, Egypt
Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty
c.2550-2490 B.C.E.
Cut limestone -
2500 BCE
Stonehenge
Wiltshire, UK
Neolithic Europe
c.2500-1600 B.C.E
Sandstone -
2490 BCE
King Menkaura and queen
Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty
c.2490-2472 B.C.E.
Greywacke -
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 -
1500 BCE
Ambum Stone
Enga Province, Papua New Guinea
1500 B.C.E
Greywacke -
1473 BCE
Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut And kneeling sculpture
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty
Near Luxor, Egypt
c.1473-1458 B.C.E.
Sandstone, partially covered into a rock cliff, and red granite -
1353 BCE
Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters
New Kingdom (Amarna), 18th Dynasty
c.1353-1335 B.C.E.
Limestone -
1323 BCE
Tutankhamun’s tomb, innermost coffin
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty
c.1323 B.C.E.
Gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones -
1275 BCE
Last judgment of Hu-Nefer, from his tomb
New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty
c.1275 B.C.E.
Painted papyrus scroll -
1200 BCE
Tlatilco female figurine
Central Mexico
1200 - 900 B.C.E
Ceramic -
1000 BCE
Terra cotta fragment
Solomon Islands, Reef Islands
1000 B.C.E
Terra cotta -
725 BCE
Yaxchilán Structure 33
Chiapas, Mexico. Maya
725 C.E.
Limestone (architectural complex) -
600 BCE
Athenian Agora
Archaic through Hellenistic Greek
600 B.C.E. - 150 C.E.
Plan -
530 BCE
Anavysos Kouros
Archaic Greek
c.530 B.C.E.
Marble with remnants of paint -
530 BCE
Peplos Kore from the Acropolis
Archaic Greek
c.530 B.C.E.
Marble, painted details -
520 BCE
Sarcophagus of the Spouses
Etruscan. c.520 B.C.E.
Terracotta -
510 BCE
Sculpture of Apollo, Veii
Master sculptor Vulca
Etruscan. c.510-500 B.C.E.
Terracotta -
510 BCE
Temple of Minerva (Veii, near Rome, Italy)
Etruscan. c.510-500 B.C.E.
Original temple of wood, mud brick, or tufa (volcanic rock) -
500 BCE
Plaque of the Ergastines
Parthenon (Phidias)
5th Century B.C.E.
Marble -
500 BCE
Helios, horses, and Dionysus (Heracles?)
East Pediment Sculpture, Parthenon (Phidias?)
5th Century B.C.E.
Marble -
480 BCE
Tomb of the Triclinium
Tarquinia, Italy. Etruscan.
c.480-470 B.C.E.
Tufa and fresco -
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 -
450 BCE
Doryphoros (Spear bearer)
Polykleitos
Original 450-440 B.C.E.
Roman copy (marble) of the Greek original (bronze) -
447 BCE
Parthenon
Iktinos and Kallikrates
c.447-410 B.C.E.
Marble -
427 BCE
Temple of Athena Nike
Kallikrates
c.427-424 B.C.E.
Marble -
427 BCE
Victory (Nike) adjusting her sandal
Temple of Athena Nike (Acropolis)
c.427-424 B.C.E.
Marble -
410 BCE
Grave Stele of Hegeso
Attributed to Kallimachos
c.410 B.C.E.
Marble and paint -
400 BCE
Petra, Jordan: Treasury and Great Temple
Nabataean Ptolemaic and Roman
c. 400 B.C.E - 100 C.E.
Cut rock -
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 -
221 BCE
Terra cotta warriors from mausoleum of the first Qin emperor of China
Qin Dynasty.
c. 221-209 B.C.E.
Painted terra cotta -
200 BCE
House of the Vettii
Pompeii, Italy
Imperial Roman
c. 2nd Century B.C.E.
Cut stone and fresco -
190 BCE
Winged Victory of Samothrace
Hellenistic Greek
c.190 B.C.E.
Marble -
180 BCE
Funeral banner of Lady Dai (Xin Zhui)
Han Dynasty, China
c. 180 B.C.E.
Painted silk -
175 BCE
Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon
Asia Minor (present-day Turkey). Hellenistic Greek.
c.175 B.C.E.
Marble -
175 BCE
Frieze of Athena from the Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at
Pergamon
Asia Minor (present-day Turkey). Hellenistic Greek.
c.175 B.C.E.
Marble -
100 BCE
Seated Boxer
Hellenistic Greek
C.100 B.C.E.
Bronze -
100 BCE
Alexander mosaic from the House of Faun, Pompeii
Republican Roman c.100 B.C.E.
Mosaic -
75 BCE
Head of a Roman patrician
Republican Roman
c.75-50 B.C.E.
Marble -
70
Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater)
Rome, Italy. Imperial Roman.
70-80 C.E.
Stone and concrete. -
100
Augustus of Prima Porta
Imperial Roman
Early 1st Century C.E.
Marble -
106
Forum of Trajan
Rome, Italy. Apollodorus of Damascus. Forum and markets.
c.106-112 C.E.
Brick and concrete. -
118
Pantheon
Imperial Roman. 118-125 C.E.
Concrete with stone facing. -
250
Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus
Late Imperial Roman. c.250 C.E.
Marble. -
400
Buddha
Bamiyan, Afghanistan
Gandharan
c. 400-800 C.E.
(destroyed in 2001)
Cut rock with plaster and polychrome paint -
447
Acropolis
Iktinos and Kallikrates
c.447-410 B.C.E.
Marble -
493
Longmen caves
Luoyang, China. Tang Dynasty.
493-1127 C.E.
Limestone -
500
Gold and jade crown
Three Kingdoms Period
Silla Kingdom, Korea
Fifth to sixth century C.E.
Metalwork -
631
The Kaaba
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 -
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 -
691
Dome of the Rock
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. -
700
Nan Madol
Pohnpei, Micronesia
Saudeleur Dynasty
c. 700-1600 C.E.
Basalt boulders and prismatic columns -
750
Borobudur Temple
Central Java, Indonesia
Sailendra Dynasty
c. 750-842 C.E.
Volcanic-stone masonry -
800
Angkor, the temple of Angkor Wat, and the city of Angkor Thom, Cambodia
Hindu, Angkor Dynasty
c. 800-1400 C.E. Stone masonry, sandstone -
800
Folio from a Qur’an
Arab, North Africa, or Near East
Abbasid. c. eighth to ninth-century C.E.
Ink, color, and gold on parchment -
930
Lakshmana Temple
Khajuraho, India. Hindu, Chandella Dynasty
c. 930-950 C.E. Sandstone -
968
Pyxis of al-Mughira
Umayyad
c. 968 C.E.
Ivory -
1000
Conical tower and circular wall of Great Zimbabwe
Southeastern Zimbabwe
Shona peoples
c. 1000-1400 C.E.
Coursed granite blocks -
1000
Travelers among Mountains and Streams
Fan Kuan
c. 1000 C.E.
Ink and colors on silk -
1066
Power figure (Nkisi n’kondi)
Kongo peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
1066 - 1067 CE
Wood and metal -
1100
Moai on platform (ahu)
Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
c. 1100-1600 C.E.
Volcanic tuff figures on basalt base -
1200
Great Mosque of Djenné
Mali
Founded c. 1200 C.E.; rebuilt 1906-1907
Adobe -
1250
Night Attack on the Sanjô Palace
Kamakura Period, Japan
c. 1250-1300 C.E.
Handscroll (ink and color on paper) -
1320
Basin (Baptistère de St. Louis)
Muhammad ibn al-Zain
c. 1320-1340 C.E.
Brass inlaid with gold and silver -
1330
Bahram Gur Fights the Karg, folio from the Great Il-Khanid Shahnama
Islamic
Persian, Il-Khanid
c. 1330-1340 C.E.
Ink and opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper -
1354
Alhambra
Granada, Spain. Nasrid Dynasty
1354-1391 C.E.
Whitewashed adobe stucco, wood, tile, paint, and gilding -
1400
Forbidden City
Beijing, China. Ming Dynasty.
15th century C.E. and later
Stone masonry, marble, brick, wood, and ceramic tile -
1465
Madonna and Child with Two Angels
Fra Filippo Lippi
c. 1465 C.E.
Tempera on wood -
1480
Ryoan-ji
Kyoto, Japan
Muromachi Period, Japan
c. 1480 C.E.; current design most likely dates to the 18th century
Rock garden -
1486
Birth of Venus
Sandro Botticelli
c. 1484-1486 C.E.
Tempera on canvas -
1498
Last Supper
Leonardo da Vinci
c. 1494-1498 C.E. Oil and tempera -
1500
Wall plaque, from Oba’s palace
Edo peoples, Benin (Nigeria)
16th century C.E.
Cast brass -
1500
Portrait of Sin Sukju (1417-1475)
imperial Bureau of Painting
c. 15th-century C.E.
Hanging scroll (ink and color on silk) -
1511
School of Athens
Raphael
c. 1509-1511 C.E. Fresco -
1528
Entombment of Christ
Jacopo da Pontormo
1525-1528 C.E.
Oil on wood -
1530
Allegory of Law and Grace
Lucas Cranach the Elder
c. 1530 C.E.
Woodcut and letterpress -
1539
The Ardabil Carpet
Maqsud of Kashan
1539-1540 C.E.
Silk and wool -
1540
City of Machu Picchu
Central highlands, Peru
Inka
c. 1450-1540 C.E.
Granite (architectural complex) -
1541
Sistine Chapel ceiling
Vatican City, Italy
Michelangelo
Ceiling frescoes: c. 1508-1512 C.E.
Altar frescoes: c. 1536-1541 C.E.
Fresco -
1541
Frontispiece of the Codex Mendoza
Viceroyalty of New Spain
c. 1541-1542 C.E.
Ink and color on paper -
1568
Mosque of Selim II
Edirne, Turkey
Sinan (architect)
1568-1575 C.E.
Brick and stone -
Angel with Arquebus, Asiel Timor Dei
Master of Calamarca (La Paz School)
c. 17th Century C.E.
Oil on canvas -
Calling of Saint Matthew
Caravaggio
c. 1597-1601 C.E.
Oil on canvas -
Taj Mahal
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 -
Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria
Rome, Italy
c. 1647-1652 C.E.
Stucco -
Las Meninas
Diego Velázquez
c. 1656 C.E.
Oil on canvas -
Woman Holding a Balance
Johannes Vermeer
c. 1664 C.E.
Oil on canvas -
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)
Ashanti peoples (south central Ghana)
c. 1700 C.E.
Gold over wood and cast-gold attachments -
‘Ahu ‘ula (feather cape)
Hawaiian
Late 18th century C.E.
Feathers and fiber -
Female deity
Nukuoro, Micronesia
c. 18th to 19th century C.E.
Wood -
Staff god
Rarotonga, Cook Islands, central Polynesia
Late 18th to early 19th century C.E.
Wood, tapa, fiber, and feathers -
Todai-ji
Nara, Japan
743 C.E.; rebuilt c. 1700
Wood with ceramic-tile roofing -
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
Ogata Korin
c. 1710-1716 C.E.
Ink, watercolor, and gold leaf on paper -
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
William Hogarth
c. 1743 C.E.
Oil on canvas -
Portrait of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Miguel Cabrera
c. 1750 C.E.
Oil on canvas -
Ndop (portrait figure) of King Mishe mishyaang mambul
Kuba peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
c. 1760-1780 C.E.
Wood -
The Swing
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
1767 C.E.
Oil on canvas -
Aka elephant mask
Bamileke (Cameroon, western grassfields region)
c. 19th to 20th century C.E.
Wood, woven raffia, cloth, and beads -
Lukasa (memory board)
Mbudye Society, Luba peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
c. 19th to 20th century C.E.
Wood, beads, and metal -
Ikenga
Igbo peoples (Nigeria)
c. 19th to 20th century C.E.
Wood -
Reliquary figure (byeri)
Fang peoples (southern Cameroon)
c. 19th to 20th century C.E.
Wood -
Navigation chart
Marshall Islands, Micronesia
19th to early 20th century C.E.
Wood and fiber -
Buk (mask)
Mid to late 19th Century
Torres Strait (islander People)
Maubiag Island
25 in
Turtle shell, wood, fiber, feathers, and shell -
Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as the Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
Katsushika Hokusai
1830-1833 C.E.
Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper -
Liberty Leading the People
Eugène Delacroix
1830 C.E.
Oil on canvas -
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
Gustave Courbet
1849 C.E. (destroyed in 1945)
Oil on canvas -
Hiapo (tapa)
Niue
c. 1850-1900 C.E.
Tapa or bark cloth, freehand painting -
Nadar Raising Photography to the Height of Art
Honoré Daumier
1862 C.E.
Lithograph -
The Saint-Lazare Station
Claude Monet
1877 C.E.
Oil on canvas -
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
Vincent van Gogh
1889 C.E.
Oil on canvas -
Tamati Waka Nene
Gottfried Lindauer
Maori (Nga-ti-toa tribe)
Auckland National Art Gallery
1890 C.E.
Oil on canvas
40.1’’ x 33.1’’ -
The Scream
Edvard Munch
1893 C.E.
Tempera and pastels on cardboard -
Bundu mask
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
Chokwe peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Late 19th to 20th century C.E.
Wood, fiber, pigment, and metal -
Portrait mask (Mblo)
Baule peoples (Côte d’Ivoire)
Early 20th century C.E.
Wood and pigment -
Malagan display and mask
New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
c. 20th century C.E.
Wood, pigment, fiber, and shell -
The Steerage
Alfred Stieglitz
1907 C.E.
Photogravure -
Veranda post of enthroned king and senior wife (Opo Ogoga)
Olowe of Ise (Yoruba peoples)
c. 1910-1914 C.E.
Wood and pigment -
Goldfish
Henri Matisse
1912 C.E.
Oil on canvas -
Presentation of Fijian mats and tapa cloths to Queen Elizabeth II
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
Artist unknown
Based on an oil painting by Liu Chunhua
c. 1969 C.E.
Color lithograph