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Period: 50,000 BCE to 2000 BCE
Prehistoric
This is art before the written record.
There is three other time periods inside of prehistoric.
-Paleolithic(Old stone) 50,000-8,000 BCE
-Mesolithic(Middle stone) 8,000-6/4,000 BCE
-Neolithic(New stone) 6/4,000-2000 BCE -
25,500 BCE
Apollo 11
Apollo 11
Namibia
25,500-25,300 BCE
Charcoal on stone -
15,000 BCE
Great Hall of the Bulls
Lascaux, France
15,000-13,000 BCE
Rock painting -
14,000 BCE
Camelid Sacrum in the shape of a Canine
Tequixquiac, central mexico
14,000-7,000 BCE
bone -
6000 BCE
Running Horned Women
Algeria
6,000-4,000 BCE
Pigment of rock -
Period: 5000 BCE to 1070 BCE
Egypt
Predynastic 5000-3100 BCE
Early Dynastic 3100-2649 BCE
Old Kingdom 2649-2150 BCE
Middle Kingdom 1991-1700 BCE
New Kingdom 1550-1070 BCE -
4200 BCE
Beaker with Ibex Motifs
Susa Iran
4,200-3,500BCE
Painted terra cotta -
4000 BCE
Anthropomorphic Stele
Arabian Peninsula
Fourth millennium BCE
sandstone
92x21 cm -
3500 BCE
White temple and Ziggurat
Uruk(modern Warka, Iraq)
Sumerian
3,500-3,000 BCE
Mud brick
17.5 x 22.3 m (temple) -
3300 BCE
Jade cong
Liangzhu, China
3,300-2,200 BCE
Carved Jade -
3000 BCE
Palette of King Narmer
3,000-2920 BCE
Predynastic Egypt
Greywacke
2'1" high -
Period: 2800 BCE to 331 BCE
Ancient Near East
Sumerian 2,800-2,300 BCE
Akkadian 2,300-2,100 BCE
Neo-Sumerian 2,100-1,800 BCE
Babylonian 1,800-1,600 BCE
Assyria 1,300-612 BCE
Neo-Babylonian 612-539 BCE
Persia 539-331 BCE -
2700 BCE
Statues of votive figures
Sumerian
Modern Tell Asmar, Iraq
2,700 BCE
Gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone
12" x 5" x 4" -
2620 BCE
Seated Scribe
Saqqara, Egypt
Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty
2,620-2500 BCE
Painted limestone
53 cm high
44 cm width -
2600 BCE
Standard of Ur
Sumerian
Modern Tell el-Muqayyar,Iraq
2,600-2,400 BCE
Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone
8.5" x 19.5" -
2550 BCE
Great Pyramids (Menekaura, Khafre, Khufu) and the Great Sphinx
Giza, Egypt
Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty
2,550-2490 BCE
Cut limestone
755' each side
481' tall for largest pyramid -
2500 BCE
Stonehenge
Wiltshire, UK
2,500-1,600 BCE
Sandstone -
2490 BCE
King Menkaura and Queen
Fourth Dynasty
2,490-2472
Greywacke -
1792 BCE
Code of Hammurabi
Babylon(Modern Iran)
Susian
1,792-1,750 BCE
Basalt
7'5" x 1' 10" -
1494 BCE
Last supper
Leonardo da vinci
1494-1498 CE
oil and tempera -
1473 BCE
Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut and Kneeling Statue of Hatshepsut
18th dynasty
1,473-1,458 BCE
Sandstone -
1353 BCE
Akhenaton Nefertiti and Three Daughters
18th dynasty
1353-1335 BCE
limestone -
1323 BCE
Tutankhamun’s inner most Coffin
18th dynasty
1323 BCE
Gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones -
1275 BCE
Last Judgement of Hu-Nefer
19th dynasty
1275 BCE
Painted papyrus scroll -
1250 BCE
Temple of Amun Re and Hypostyle Hall
18th and 19th dynasties
Temple 1550 BCE
Hall 1250 BCE
Cut sandstone and mud brick -
1200 BCE
Tlatilco Female Figurine
Central Mexico site of tlatilco
1,200-900 BCE
Ceramic
9.5 cm high -
1066 BCE
Bayeux Tapestry
1066-1080 CE
Embroidery on linen -
1000 BCE
Terra cotta fragment
Lapita, Solomon Islands, Reef Islands
1000 BCE
Incised terra cotta -
968 BCE
Pyxis of Al Mughira
Umayyad
968
Ivory -
785 BCE
Great Mosque Cordoba
Umayyad
785-786
Stone masonry -
720 BCE
Lamassu from Sargon ll
Neo-Assyrian
Dur Sharrukin (Modern Khorsabad, Iraq)
720-705 BCE
Alabaster
14' -
700 BCE
Great mosque Isfahan
Iran
700
Addition and restoration in the 14th, 18th, and 20th century
Stone brick wood and plaster and glazed ceramic tile -
700 BCE
Lindisfarne gospels
700 CE
Illuminated manuscript (ink pigments and gold on vellum) -
691 BCE
Dome of the Rock
Umayyad
691-692
Stone masonry and wooden roof decorated with glazed ceramic tile, mosaics and gilt aluminum and bronze dome -
650 BCE
Merovingian Looped Fibulae
Mid sixth century
Silver gilt worked in ligree with inlays of garnets and other stones -
631 BCE
Kaaba
Granite masonry covered with silk curtain and calligraphy in gold and silver wrapped thread -
609 BCE
Folio from a Qur'an
Eighth to ninth century
Ink and color and gold and silver -
600 BCE
Athenian Agora
Archaic through Hellenistic Greek
600 BCE-15CE
plan -
600 BCE
Virgin (Theotokos) and the Child between the Saints Theodore and George
Sixth or early seventh century CE
Encaustic on wood -
532 BCE
Hagia Sophia
532-537
Brick and ceramic elements with stone and mosaic veneer -
530 BCE
Peplos Kore from the Acropolis
Archaic greek
530 BCE
Marble painted details -
530 BCE
Anavysos Kouros
Archaic greek
530 BCE
Marble with remnants -
526 BCE
San Vitale
526-547
Brick marble and stone veneer mosaic -
520 BCE
Audience Hall of Darius and Xerxes
Persepolis, Iran
Persian
520-465 BCE
Limestone -
520 BCE
Sarcophagus of the Spouses
520 BCE
Terra cotta -
510 BCE
Temple of Minerva
510-500 BCE
Original temple of wood mud brick or tufa -
510 BCE
Temple of Minerva Sculpture of Apollo
510-500 BCE
Original temple of wood mud brick or tufa -
500 BCE
Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well and Jacob Wrestling the Angel
Early sixth century ce
Illuminated manuscript(tempera, gold, and silver on purple vellum) -
460 BCE
Niobides Krater
460 -450 BCE
clay , red-gure technique -
450 BCE
Doryphoros (spear bearer)
Polykleitos
Original 450-440 BCE
Roman copy-marble
Greek original-bronze -
447 BCE
Acropolis (parthenon)
Greece
447-410 BCE
marble -
430 BCE
Tomb of Triclinium
430-470 BCE
Tufa and fresco -
410 BCE
Grave stele of Hegeso
410 BCE
Marble and paint -
190 BCE
Winged Victory of Samothrace
Hellenistic greek
190 BCE
marble -
145 BCE
Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon
Hellenistic greek
145 BCE
marble -
100 BCE
Seated boxer
Hellenistic creek
100 BCE
bronze -
100 BCE
Alexander Mosaic
Pompeii
100 BCE
mosaic -
80 BCE
Colosseum
70-80 CE
Stone and concrete -
79 BCE
House of Vetti
Pompeii
Second century BCE
Rebuilt 62-79
Cut stone and fresco -
75 BCE
Head of Roman Patrician
75-50 BCE
marble -
67 BCE
Augustus of Primaporta
Early 1st century CE
marble -
112
Forum of Trajan
106-112 CE
Column completed 113 CE
Brick and concrete (architecture)
Marble (column) -
118
Pantheon
118-125 CE
Concrete and stone facing -
200
Catacomb of Priscilla
200-400
Excavated tufa and fresco -
250
ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus
250 CE
marble -
400
Petra Jordan Treasury and Great Temple
400 BCE- 100 CE
Cut rock -
422
Santa Sabina
422-432
Brick and stone, wooden roof -
Jan 19, 1050
Church of Sainte Foy
Conques france
1050-1130 -
Jan 19, 1100
Madonna enthroned with angels and prophets
1100-1300 -
Jan 19, 1145
Chartres cathedral
Chartres france
1145-1155
reconstructed 1194-1220
limestone and stained glass -
Jan 19, 1225
Dedication page with blanche of castile and king louis IX of france
1225-1245
Illuminated manuscript (ink tempera and gold leaf on vellum) -
Jan 19, 1300
Rottgen pieta
1300-1325
Painted wood -
Jan 19, 1303
Arena (scrovegni) chapel
Padua Italy
Giotto di bondone (artist)
1303(chapel)
1305 (fresco)
Brick (architecture)
fresco -
Jan 19, 1320
Golden haggadah
1320
Illuminated manuscript (pigments and gold leaf on vellum) -
Jan 9, 1330
Bahram Gur fights the Karg
1330-1340
Ink and opaque water color, gold and silver on paper -
Nov 28, 1354
Alhambra
Granada, Spain
Nasrid dynasty
1354-1391
Whitewashed adobe stucco wood tile paint and gilding -
Jan 19, 1426
Virgin and child and angels
1426
Masaccio -
Jan 19, 1427
Annunciation triptych, merode altarpiece
Workshop of robert campin
1427-1432
Oil on wood -
Jan 19, 1429
Pazzi chapel
Florence, Italy
Filippo brunelleschi (architect)
1429-1461
Masonry -
Jan 19, 1434
Arnolfini portrait
Jan van eyck
1434
oil on wood` -
Jan 19, 1440
David
Donatello
1440-1460
bronze -
Jan 19, 1440
David
Donatello
1440-1460
bronze -
Jan 19, 1450
Palazzo rucellai
Florence italy
Leon battista alberti (architect
1450
Stone masonry -
Jan 19, 1465
Madonna and child with two angels
Fra filippo lippi
1465
Tempera on wood -
Jan 19, 1484
Birth of venus
Botticelli
1484-1486
Tempera on canvas -
Dec 28, 1500
Ambum stone
Ambum Valley, Enga Provence, Papua New Guinea
1500 CE
Greywacke
20 cm high -
Jan 19, 1504
Adam and Eve
Albrecht durer
1504
engraving -
Jan 19, 1508
Sistine chapel, ceiling and altar wall frescoes
Vatican city,italy
Michelangelo
Ceiling frescoes:1508-1512
Altar frescoes:1536-1541
fresco -
Jan 19, 1512
Isenheim altarpiece
Matthias frauenwald
1512-1516
Oil on wood -
Jan 19, 1525
Entombment of Christ
Jacopo da pontormo
1525-1528
Oil on wood -
Jan 19, 1530
Allegory of Law and Grace
Lucas Cranach the Elder
1530
Woodcut and letterpress -
Jan 19, 1538
Venus of urbino
Titian
1538
Oil on canvas -
Jan 19, 1565
Hunters in the snow
Peter bruegel
1565
Oil on wood -
Jan 9, 1568
Mosque of Selim ii
Edirne turkey
sinan(architect)
1568-1575
Brick and stone -
Calling of Saint Matthew
Caravaggio
1597-1601
Oil on canvas -
Henri iv receives the portrait
Peter paul rubens
1621-1625
Oil on canvas -
Self portrait with Saskia
Rembrandt van rijn
1636
etching -
San Carlo Alle Quattro Fontane
Rome, italy
Francesco borromini (architect)
1638-1646
Stone and stucco -
Ecstasy of Saint Teresa
Cornaro chapel, church of santa maria della vittoria
Rome italy
Gian lorenzo bernini
1647-1652
Marble (sculpture)
Stucco and gilt bronze (chapel) -
Les Meninas
Diego velazquez
1656
Oil on canvas -
Women holding a balance
Johannes vermeer
1664
Oil on canvas -
Versailles
France
Louis le vau and jules hardouin mansart (architects)
1669
Masonry stone wood iron and gold leaf(architecture)
Marble and bronze (sculpture)
gardens -
II gesu, including triumph of name of jesus ceiling fresco
rome , Italy
Giacomo da vignola ,plan (architect)
Giacomo della porta facade (architect)
Giovanni battista gaulli ceiling fresco (artist)
16th century
Facade 1568-1584
Fresco and stucco gures 1676-1679
Brick marble fresco and stucco -
Fruit and Insects
Rachel Ruysch
1711
Oil on wood -
The Tete a Tete
William hogarth
1743
Oil on canvas -
A Philosopher giving a Lecture on the Orrery
Joseph wright of derby
1763-1765
Oil on canvas -
The Swing
Jean honore fragonard
1767
Oil on canvas -
Monticello
Virginia, us
Thomas jefferson (architect)
1768-1809
Brick glass stone and wood -
The Oath of the Horatii
jacques -louis david
1784
Oil on canvas -
George Washington
Jean antoine houdon
1788-1792
marble -
Church of sainte foy reliquary
Ninth century CE
stone (architecture)
Stone and paint (tympanum)
Gold silver gemstones and enamel over wood (reliquary) -
Y no hay remedio
Francisco de goya
1810-1823
Etching drypoint burin and burnishing -
La Grande Odalisque
Jean-auguste-dominique ingres
1814
oil on canvas -
Liberty Leading the People
Eugene delacroix
1830
Oil on canvas -
The Oxbow
Thomas cole
1836
Oil on canvas -
Slave ship
Joseph mallord william turner
1840
Oil on canvas -
Palace of Westminster
London england
Charles barry and augustus W.N. pugin (architects)
1840-1870
Limestone masonry and glass -
The Stone Breakers
Gustave courbet
1849 (destroyed in 1945)
Oil on canvas -
Nadar Raising Photography to the Height of Art
Honore daumier
1862
lithograph -
Olympia
Edouard Manet
1863
Oil on canvas -
Great mosque of Djenne
Founded 1200
Rebuilt 1906-1097
adobe