AP Art History Time

Pre-Dynastic - Ancient Egypt

2960 BCE

Palette of King Narmer, from Hierakonpolis, Egypt, Predynastic, ca. 3000-2920 BCE. Slate.
Characteristics- Linear, Symbolic, and Measured.

The Old Kingdom - Ancient Egpyt

2500 BCE

Great Pyramids, Gizeh, Egypt, Dynasty IV.
Characteristics - Complexity, Ingenuity, Cult-like obsession

The New Kingdom - Ancient Egypt

1400 BCE

Fowling scene, from the tomb of Nebamun, Thebes, Egypt, Dynasty XVII, ca. 1400-1350 BCE. Fresco on dry plaster.
Characteristics - Dynamic, Canon, Hierarchical

Amarna Period - Ancient Egypt

1350 BCE

Akhenaton, Nefertit, and three daughters, from Tell el-Amarna, Egypt, dynasty XVIII

The Archaic Period - Ancient Greece

530 BCE

Peplos Kore, from the Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 530 BCE. Marble.
Characteristics- Smiling, emotionless frontal design, and progress

Etruscan Art

480 BCE

Leopards, banqueters, and musicians, mural paintings in the Tomb of Leopards, Tarquinia, Italy, ca. 480-470 BCE.
Characteristics- Communicative, Memorializing, Adventurous

Classical Period - Ancient Greece

450 BCE

Polykleitos, Doryphoros (Spear Bearer), ca. 450-440 BCE. 6'11" high.
Characteristics- Idealism, Scientific, Pursuit of "Perfection"

Hellenistic Period - Ancient Greece

175 BCE

Altar of Zeus, ca.175 BCE.
Hellenistic- Emotional Realism, Narrative, conceptual

Republic Period - Ancient Rome

75 BCE

Temple of "Fortuna Virilis", Rome, Italy, ca. 75 BCE.
Characteristics- Culmination of Design, Appropriation, Continued Pursuit of Perfection.

Early Empire - Ancient Rome

70

Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater), Rome, Italy, ca. 70-80 CE.
Characeristics- Opulence, Worship, Public Art.

High Empire - Ancient Rome

125

Pantheon, Rome, Italy, 118-125 CE. Characteristics - Monuments, Power, and Realism.

Ancient Near East

250

Palace of Shapur I, Ctesiphon, Iraq, ca. 250 CE.
Characteristics - Monumental Projects, themes of Victory, and religious devotion.

Late Empire - Ancient Rome

315

Arch of Constantine, Rome, Italy, 312-315 CE. Characteristics - re-purposed, declining glory, conflicting.

Late Antiquity

351

Santa Costanza, Rome, Italy, ca. 337-351. Characteristics - christian, decorative, deferential.

Byzantine Art

537

Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople, Turkey, 532-537. Characteristics - adaptable, quality of art, decorative apses.

Hiberno-Saxon - Early Medieval Art

721

Sainth Matthew, "Lindisfarne Gospels", Northumrbia, England, ca. 698-721. Tempera on vellum. Characteristics - zoomorphic, perspective, colorful

Carolingian - Early Medieval Art

814

Equestrian portrait of Charlemagne, Metz, France, ninth century. Bronze. Characteristics - Extravagant, gilded, Classically inspired.

Mozarabic - Early Medieval Art

970

Emeterius, "Commentary on the Apocalypse", Tabara, Spain, 970. Tempera on Parchment. Characteristics - Muslim

Ottonian Art - Early Medieval Art

970

Crucifix Commissioned by Archbishop Gero for Cologne Cathedral, Cologne, Germany, ca. 970. Painted Wood. Characteristics - Devotional, progressive, "idealized"

Romanesque Art

1135

Gislebertus, Last Judgement, west tympanum of Saint-Lazare, Autun, France, ca. 1120-1135. Marble Characteristics - Fear of God, Divergent, Elevated.

Gothic Art

1194

Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France, begun 1134; rebuilt 1194
Characteristics- Complex, Exterior-Oriented, Ascension.

14th-Century Italian Art

1305

Giotto, "Lamentation", Arena Chapel (Cappella Scrovegni), Padua, Italy, ca. 1305. Fresco.
Characteristics - Illusionism, Chiaroscuro, Facial Individuality.

15th-Century Italian Art

1428

Masaccio, "Holy Trinity", Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy, ca. 1428. Fresco
Characteristics - Linear Perspective, rich use of color, foreshortening.

15th-Century Art in Northern Europe and Spain

1432

Jan van Eyck, "Ghent Altarpiece" (open), Saint Bavo Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium, 1432. Oil on wood.
Characteristics - Piety, Domesticity, Realism

The High Renaissance and Mannerism

1511

Raphael, Philosophy ("School of Athens"), Stanxa della Segnatura, Vatican Palace, Rome, Italy, 1509-1511. Fresco.
Characteristics - Observational Depiction, Realism, Vitality

Baroque Art

1656

Diego Velazquez, "Las Meninas (The Maids of Honor)", 1656. Oil on Canvas
Characteristics - Dramatic Light, Engaged Drama, Theatrical Air.

Art of the Late-18th to Mid-19th Century - Rococo

1766

Jean-Honore Fragonard, "The Swing", 1766. Oil on canvas.
Characteristics - Whimsy, Aristocracy, effervescent

Art of the Late-18th to Mid-19th Century - Neo-Classicism

1784

Lacques-Louis David, "Oath of the Horatii", 1784. Oil on canvas.
Characteristics - Rigid idealism, statement over emotion, Classically modeled.

Art of the Late-18th to Mid-19th Century - Romanticism

1819

Theodore Gericault, "Raft of the Medusa", 1818-1819. Oil on canvas.
Characteristics - Emotive Scenes, Political Statement, Dramatic Composition

Art of the Later 19th Century

1894

Henry Ossawa Tanner, "The Thankful Poor", 1894. Oil on Canvas
Characteristics - Observational, Objective, Artist has the power to create.

The Early 20th Century

1932

Otto Dix, "Der Krieg", 1929-1932. Oil and tempera on wood.
Characteristics - Political Poignancy, Artist's Expression, Philosophically Oriented.