AP Art History

Global Prehistory

25,500 BCE

Apollo 11 Stones
Namibia
c. 25,500 - 25,300 B.C.E.
Charcoal on stone

Global Prehistory

15,000 BCE

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

Global Prehistory

14,000 BCE

Camelid sacrum
Tequixquiac, Mexico, 14,000–7000 B.C.E., Bone

Global Prehistory

6000 BCE

Running Horned Woman
Tassili n’Ajjer, Algeria
6000 - 4000 B.C.E
Pigment on rock

Global Prehistory

4200 BCE

Beaker with ibex motif
Susa, Iran
4200--3500 B.C.E.
Painted terra-cotta

Global Prehistory

4000 BCE

Anthropomorphic stele
Arabian Peninsula
4th millennium B.C.E
Sandstone

Ancient Near East

3500 BCE

White Temple and its ziggurat
Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq)
Sumerian
c.3500-3000 B.C.E.
Mud brick

Global Prehistory

3300 BCE

Jade Cong
Liangzhu, China, 3300-2200 B.C.E., Carved jade

Ancient Egypt

3000 BCE

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

Ancient Near East

2700 BCE

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

Ancient Egypt

2620 BCE

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

Ancient Near East

2600 BCE

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

Ancient Egypt

2550 BCE

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

Global Prehistory

2500 BCE

Stonehenge
Wiltshire, UK
Neolithic Europe
c.2500-1600 B.C.E
Sandstone

Ancient Egypt

2490 BCE

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

Ancient Near East

1792 BCE

The Code of Hammurabi
Babylon (Modern Iran)
Susian
c.1792-1750 B.C.E.
Basalt

Ancient Egypt

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

Global Prehistory

1500 BCE

Ambum Stone
Enga Province, Papua New Guinea
1500 B.C.E
Greywacke

Ancient Egypt

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

Ancient Egypt

1353 BCE

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

Ancient Egypt

1323 BCE

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

Ancient Egypt

1275 BCE

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

Global Prehistory

1200 BCE

Tlatilco female figurine
Central Mexico
1200 - 900 B.C.E
Ceramic

Global Prehistory

1000 BCE

Terra cotta fragment
Solomon Islands, Reef Islands
1000 B.C.E
Terra cotta

Ancient Near East

720 BCE

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

Ancient Greece

600 BCE

Archaic through Hellenistic Greek
600 B.C.E. - 150 C.E.
Plan

Ancient Greece

530 BCE

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

Ancient Greece

530 BCE

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

Ancient Near East

520 BCE

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

Etruscan Art

520 BCE

Sarcophagus of the Spouses
Etruscan. c.520 B.C.E.
Terracotta

Etruscan Art

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)

Etruscan Art

480 BCE

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

Ancient Greece

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

Ancient Greece

450 BCE

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

Ancient Greece

447 BCE

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

Ancient Greece

447 BCE

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

Ancient Greece

410 BCE

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

Ancient Greece

190 BCE

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

Ancient Greece

175 BCE

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

Ancient Greece

100 BCE

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