-
25,500 BCE
Apollo 11 Stones
Namibia
25,500 - 25,300
Charcoal on Stone -
14,000 BCE
Camelid Sacrum
Tequixquiac, Mexico
14,000–7000 B.C.E.
Bone -
3500 BCE
White Temple and its ziggurat
Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq)
Sumerian
c.3500-3000 B.C.E.
Mud brick -
3300 BCE
Jade Cong
Liangzhu, China
3300-2200 B.C.E
Carved jade -
3000 BCE
Palette of Narmer Predynastic Egypt
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 -
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 -
2500 BCE
Stone Henge
Wiltshire, UK
Neolithic Europe
c.2500-1600 B.C.E
Sandstone -
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 -
1000 BCE
Terracotta Fragment
Solomon Islands, Reef Islands
1000 B.C.E
Terra cotta -
530 BCE
Peplos Kore from the Acropolis
Archaic Greek
c.530 B.C.E.
Marble, painted details -
520 BCE
Audience Hall (Apadana) of Darius and Xerxes Persepolis
Persepolis, Iran
Persian
c.520-465 B.C.E.
Limestone -
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) -
480 BCE
Tomb of the Triclinium
Tarquinia, Italy. Etruscan.
c.480-470 B.C.E
Tufa and fresco -
447 BCE
Parthenon
Iktinos and Kallikrates
c.447-410 B.C.E.
Marble -
447 BCE
Acropolis
Iktinos and Kallikrates
c.447-410 B.C.E.
Marble -
427 BCE
Victory (Nike) adjusting her sandal
Temple of Athena Nike (Acropolis)
c.427-424 B.C.E.
Marble -
300 BCE
House of the Vettii
Pompeii, Italy
Imperial Roman
c. 2nd Century B.C.E.
Cut stone and fresco -
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 -
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 -
75 BCE
Head of a Roman patrician
Republican Roman
c.75-50 B.C.E.
Marble -
100
Petra, Jordan: Treasury and Great Temple
Nabataean Ptolemaic and Roman
c. 400 B.C.E - 100 C.E.
Cut rock -
106
Forum of Trajan Rome
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. -
150
Athenian Agora
Archaic through Hellenistic Greek
600 B.C.E. - 150 C.E.
Plan -
400
Gold and jade crown
Three Kingdoms Period
Silla Kingdom, Korea
Fifth to sixth century C.E.
Metalwork -
493
Longmen caves
Luoyang, China. Tang Dynasty.
493-1127 C.E.
Limestone -
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. -
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
Jayavarman VII as Buddha
Angkor Thom
Hindu, Angkor Dynasty
c. 800-1400 C.E. Stone masonry, sandstone -
1200
Nio guardian statues
Todai-ji
Various artists including sculptors Unkei and Keikei, as well as the Kei School
c. 1200 C.E.
Wood -
1320
Basin (Baptistère de St. Louis)
Muhammad ibn al-Zain
c. 1320-1340 C.E.
Brass inlaid with gold and silver -
1351
The David Vases
Yuan Dynasty, China
1351 C.E.
White porcelain with cobalt-blue underglaze -
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 -
1508
Sistine Chapel ceiling
Vatican City, Italy
Michelangelo
Ceiling frescoes: c. 1508-1512 C.E.
Altar frescoes: c. 1536-1541 C.E.
Fresco -
1512
Isenheim altarpiece
Matthias Grünewald
c. 1512-1516 C.E.
Oil on wood -
1525
Entombment of Christ
Jacopo da Pontormo
1525-1528 C.E.
Oil on wood -
1538
Venus of Urbino
Titian
c. 1538 C.E. Oil on canvas -
1539
The Ardabil Carpet
Maqsud of Kashan
1539-1540 C.E.
Silk and wool -
1542
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 -
Calling of Saint Matthew
Caravaggio
c. 1597-1601 C.E.
Oil on canvas -
Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings Bichitr c. 1620 C.E. Watercolor, gold, and ink on paper
Bichitr
c. 1620 C.E.
Watercolor, gold, and ink on paper -
Henry IV Receives the Portrait of Marie de’ Medici, from the Marie de’ Medici Cycle
Peter Paul Rubens
1621-1625 C.E.
Oil on canvas
Southern Renaissance -
Staff God
Rarotonga, Cook Islands, central Polynesia
Late 18th to early 19th century C.E.
Wood, tapa, fiber, and feathers -
‘Ahu ‘ula (feather cape)
Hawaiian
Late 18th century C.E.
Feathers and fiber -
Angel with Arquebus, Asiel Timor Dei
Master of Calamarca (La Paz School)
c. 17th Century C.E.
Oil on canvas -
A Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery
Joseph Wright of Derby c. 1763-1765 C.E.
Oil on canvas
Enlightenment -
The Swing
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
1767 C.E.
Oil on canvas
Rococo -
The Oath of the Horatii
Jacques-Louis David
1784 C.E.
Oil on canvas
Neo classicism -
Navigation chart
Marshall Islands, Micronesia
19th to early 20th century C.E.
Wood and fiber -
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
Romanticism -
The Stone Breakers
Gustave Courbet
1849 C.E. (destroyed in 1945)
Oil on canvas
Realism -
Aka elephant mask
Bamileke (Cameroon, western grassfields region)
c. 19th to 20th century C.E.
Wood, woven raffia, cloth, and beads -
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
Photography -
Veranda post of enthroned king and senior wife (Opo Ogoga) Olowe of Ise (Yoruba peoples) c. 1910-1914 C.E. Wood and pigment
Olowe of Ise (Yoruba peoples)
c. 1910-1914 C.E.
Wood and pigment -
Ndop (portrait figure) of King Mishe
Kuba peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
c. 1760-1780 C.E.
Wood