120   the starry night, vincent van gogh

AP Art History

  • 25,500 BCE

    Global Prehistory

    Global Prehistory
    Apollo 11 Stones
    Namibia
    c. 25,500 - 25,300 B.C.E.
    Charcoal on stone
  • 15,000 BCE

    Global Prehistory

    Global Prehistory
    Great Hall of the Bulls Cave paintings
    Lascaux, France. 15,000-13,000 B.C.E. Rock painting
  • 14,000 BCE

    Global Prehistory

    Global Prehistory
    Camelid sacrum
    Tequixquiac, Mexico, 14,000–7000 B.C.E., Bone
  • 6000 BCE

    Global Prehistory

    Global Prehistory
    Running Horned Woman
    Tassili n’Ajjer, Algeria
    6000 - 4000 B.C.E
    Pigment on rock
  • 4200 BCE

    Global Prehistory

    Global Prehistory
    Beaker with ibex motif
    Susa, Iran
    4200--3500 B.C.E.
    Painted terra-cotta
  • 4000 BCE

    Global Prehistory

    Global Prehistory
    Anthropomorphic stele
    Arabian Peninsula
    4th millennium B.C.E
    Sandstone
  • 3500 BCE

    Ancient Near East

    Ancient Near East
    White Temple and its ziggurat
    Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq)
    Sumerian
    c.3500-3000 B.C.E.
    Mud brick
  • 3300 BCE

    Global Prehistory

    Global Prehistory
    Jade Cong
    Liangzhu, China, 3300-2200 B.C.E., Carved jade
  • 3000 BCE

    Ancient Egypt

    Ancient Egypt
    Palette of Narmer
    Predynastic Egypt
    c.3000-2920 B.C.E.
    Greywacke
  • 2700 BCE

    Ancient Near East

    Ancient Near East
    Statues of votive figures
    From the Square Temple at Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq)
    Sumerian
    c.2700 B.C.E.
    Gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone
  • 2620 BCE

    Ancient Egypt

    Ancient Egypt
    Seated scribe
    Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty
    c.2620-2500 B.C.E.
    Painted limestone
  • 2600 BCE

    Ancient Near East

    Ancient Near East
    Standard of Ur from the Royal Tombs at Ur
    Modern Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq
    Sumerian
    c.2600-2400 B.C.E.
    Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone
  • 2550 BCE

    Ancient Egypt

    Ancient Egypt
    Great Pyramids and the Great Sphinx
    Giza, Egypt
    Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty
    c.2550-2490 B.C.E.
    Cut limestone
  • 2500 BCE

    Global Prehistory

    Global Prehistory
    Stonehenge
    Wiltshire, UK
    Neolithic Europe
    c.2500-1600 B.C.E
    Sandstone
  • 2490 BCE

    Ancient Egypt

    Ancient Egypt
    King Menkaura and queen
    Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty
    c.2490-2472 B.C.E.
    Greywacke
  • 1792 BCE

    Ancient Near East

    Ancient Near East
    The Code of Hammurabi
    Babylon (Modern Iran)
    Susian
    c.1792-1750 B.C.E.
    Basalt
  • 1550 BCE

    Ancient Egypt

    Ancient Egypt
    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
  • 1500 BCE

    Global Prehistory

    Global Prehistory
    Ambum Stone
    Enga Province, Papua New Guinea
    1500 B.C.E
    Greywacke
  • 1473 BCE

    Ancient Egypt

    Ancient Egypt
    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

    Ancient Egypt

    Ancient Egypt
    Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters
    New Kingdom (Amarna), 18th Dynasty
    c.1353-1335 B.C.E.
    Limestone
  • 1323 BCE

    Ancient Egypt

    Ancient Egypt
    Tutankhamun’s tomb, innermost coffin
    New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty
    c.1323 B.C.E.
    Gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones
  • 1275 BCE

    Ancient Egypt

    Ancient Egypt
    Last judgment of Hu-Nefer, from his tomb
    New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty
    c.1275 B.C.E.
    Painted papyrus scroll
  • 1200 BCE

    Global Prehistory

    Global Prehistory
    Tlatilco female figurine
    Central Mexico
    1200 - 900 B.C.E
    Ceramic
  • 1000 BCE

    Global Prehistory

    Global Prehistory
    Terra cotta fragment
    Solomon Islands, Reef Islands
    1000 B.C.E
    Terra cotta
  • 720 BCE

    Ancient Near East

    Ancient Near East
    Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II
    Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad, Iraq)
    Neo-Assyrian c.720-705 B.C.E.
    Alabaster
  • 600 BCE

    Ancient Greece

    Ancient Greece
    Archaic through Hellenistic Greek
    600 B.C.E. - 150 C.E.
    Plan
  • 530 BCE

    Ancient Greece

    Ancient Greece
    Anavysos Kouros
    Archaic Greek
    c.530 B.C.E.
    Marble with remnants of paint
  • 530 BCE

    Ancient Greece

    Ancient Greece
    Peplos Kore from the Acropolis
    Archaic Greek
    c.530 B.C.E.
    Marble, painted details
  • 520 BCE

    Ancient Near East

    Ancient Near East
    Audience Hall (apadana) of Darius and Xerxes
    Persepolis, Iran
    Persian
    c.520-465 B.C.E.
    Limestone
  • 520 BCE

    Etruscan Art

    Etruscan Art
    Sarcophagus of the Spouses
    Etruscan. c.520 B.C.E.
    Terracotta
  • 510 BCE

    Etruscan Art

    Etruscan Art
    Temple of Minerva (Veii, near Rome, Italy)
    Etruscan. c.510-500 B.C.E.
    Original temple of wood, mud brick, or tufa (volcanic rock)
  • 480 BCE

    Etruscan Art

    Etruscan Art
    Tomb of the Triclinium
    Tarquinia, Italy. Etruscan.
    c.480-470 B.C.E. Tufa and fresco
  • 460 BCE

    Ancient Greece

    Ancient Greece
    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

    Ancient Greece

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

    Ancient Greece

    Ancient Greece
    Parthenon
    Iktinos and Kallikrates
    c.447-410 B.C.E.
    Marble
  • 447 BCE

    Ancient Greece

    Ancient Greece
    Acropolis
    Iktinos and Kallikrates
    c.447-410 B.C.E.
    Marble
  • 410 BCE

    Ancient Greece

    Ancient Greece
    Grave Stele of Hegeso
    Attributed to Kallimachos
    c.410 B.C.E.
    Marble and paint
  • 190 BCE

    Ancient Greece

    Ancient Greece
    Winged Victory of Samothrace
    Hellenistic Greek
    c.190 B.C.E.
    Marble
  • 175 BCE

    Ancient Greece

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

    Ancient Greece

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