AP Art History Timeline

Paleolithic

Period: 40,000 BCE to 4000 BCE

"The Old Stone Age"
40,000 - 8,000 in the Near East
40,000 - 4,000 in Europe

Global Prehistory

25,000 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.
c. 15,000-13,000 B.C.E.
Rock painting

Global Prehistory

14,000 BCE

Camelid sacrum
Tequixquiac, Mexico
c. 14,000–7,000 B.C.E.
Bone

Neolithic

Period: 8000 BCE to 2000 BCE

"New Stone Age"
8,000 - 3,000 in the Near East
4,000 - 2,000 in Europe

Global Prehistory

6000 BCE

Running Horned Woman
Tassili n’Ajjer, Algeria
c. 6,000 - 4,000 B.C.E
Pigment on rock

Predynastic Egypt

Period: 5000 BCE to 2920 BCE

c. 5,000 - 2,920 B.C.E.

Global Prehistory

4200 BCE

Beaker with ibex motif
Susa, Iran
c. 4,200--3,500 B.C.E.
Painted terra-cotta

Global Prehistory

4000 BCE

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

Ancient Near Eastern Art

3500 BCE

White Temple and its ziggurat
Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq)
Sumerian
c.3,500-3,000 B.C.E.
Mud brick

Global Prehistory

3300 BCE

Jade Cong
Liangzhu, China
c. 3,300-2,200 B.C.E.
Carved jade

Ancient Egyptian

3000 BCE

Palette of Narmer
Predynastic Egypt
c.3,000-2,920 B.C.E.
Greywacke

Ancient Near Eastern Art

2700 BCE

Statues of votive figures
From the Square Temple at Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq)
Sumerian
c.2,700 B.C.E.
Gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone

Old Kingdom Egypt

Period: 2649 BCE to 2130 BCE

C. 2,649–2,130 B.C.E

Ancient Egyptian

2620 BCE

Seated scribe
Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty
c.2,620-2,500 B.C.E.
Painted limestone

Ancient Near Eastern Art

2600 BCE

Standard of Ur from the Royal Tombs at Ur
Modern Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq
Sumerian
c.2,600-2,400 B.C.E.
Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone

Ancient Egyptian

2550 BCE

Great Pyramids and the Great Sphinx
Giza, Egypt
Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty
c.2,550-2,490 B.C.E.
Cut limestone

Global Prehistory

2500 BCE

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

Ancient Egyptian

2490 BCE

King Menkaura and queen
Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty
c.2,490-2,472 B.C.E.
Greywacke

Ancient Near Eastern Art

1792 BCE

The Code of Hammurabi
Babylon (Modern Iran)
Susian
c.1,792-1,750 B.C.E.
Basalt

Ancient Egyptian

1550 BCE

Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall
New Kingdom, 18th & 19th Dynasties
Karnak, near Luxor, Egypt
Temple: c.1,550 B.C.E.
Hall: c.1,250 B.C.E.
Cut sandstone and mud brick

New Kingdom (Egypt)

Period: 1550 BCE to 1050 BCE

c. 1,550 - 1,070 B.C.E

Ancient Egyptian

1473 BCE

Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut
And kneeling sculpture
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty
Near Luxor, Egypt
c.1,473-1,458 B.C.E.
Sandstone, partially covered into a rock cliff, and red granite

Ancient Egyptian

1353 BCE

Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters
New Kingdom (Amarna), 18th Dynasty
c.1,353-1,335 B.C.E.
Limestone

The Armarna Period (Egypt)

Period: 1353 BCE to 1335 BCE

c. 1,353 - 1,335 B.C.E.

Ancient Egyptian

1323 BCE

Tutankhamun’s tomb, innermost coffin
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty
c.1,323 B.C.E.
Gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones

Ancient Egyptian

1275 BCE

Last judgment of Hu-Nefer, from his tomb
New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty
c.1,275 B.C.E.
Painted papyrus scroll

Global Prehistory

1200 BCE

Tlatilco female figurine
Central Mexico
c. 1,200 - 900 B.C.E
Ceramic

Global Prehistory

1000 BCE

Terra cotta fragment
Solomon Islands, Reef Islands
c. 1,000 B.C.E
Terra cotta

Ancient Near Eastern Art

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

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

Archaic Greek

Period: 600 BCE to 480 BCE

600-480 B.C.E

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 Eastern Art

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

Sculpture of Apollo, Veii
Master sculptor Vulca
Etruscan. c.510-500 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)

Republican Period

Period: 509 BCE to 27 BCE

509 B.C.E - 27 B.C.E

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)

Classical Greek

Period: 450 BCE to 400 BCE

450-400 B.C.E

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

447 BCE

Plaque of the Ergastines
Parthenon (Phidias)
5th Century B.C.E.
Marble

Ancient Greece

447 BCE

Helios, horses, and Dionysus (Heracles?)
East Pediment Sculpture, Parthenon (Phidias?)
5th Century B.C.E.
Marble

Ancient Greece

427 BCE

Temple of Athena Nike
Kallikrates
c.427-424 B.C.E.
Marble

Ancient Greece

427 BCE

Victory (Nike) adjusting her sandal
Temple of Athena Nike (Acropolis)
c.427-424 B.C.E.
Marble

Ancient Greece

410 BCE

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

Petra, Jordan: Treasury and Great Temple

400 BCE

Nabataean Ptolemaic and Roman
c. 400 B.C.E - 100 C.E.
Cut rock

Hellenistic Greek

Period: 320 BCE to 30 BCE

320-30 B.C.E

Buddhist Art

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

Asian Art

221 BCE

Terra cotta warriors from mausoleum of the first Qin emperor of China
Qin Dynasty.
c. 221-209 B.C.E.
Painted terra cotta

House of the Vettii

200 BCE

Pompeii, Italy
Imperial Roman
c. 2nd Century B.C.E.
Cut stone and fresco

Ancient Greece

190 BCE

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

Asian Art

180 BCE

Funeral banner of Lady Dai (Xin Zhui)
Han Dynasty, China
c. 180 B.C.E.
Painted silk

Ancient Greece

175 BCE

Frieze of Athena from the Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon
Asia Minor (present-day Turkey). Hellenistic Greek.
c.175 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

Alexander Mosaic from the House of Faun

100 BCE

Republican Roman c.100 B.C.E.
Mosaic

Ancient Greece

100 BCE

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

Head of a Roman Patrician

75 BCE

Republican Roman
c.75-50 B.C.E.
Marble

Imperial Roman

Period: 27 BCE to 200

27 B.C.E - 200 C.E.

Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater)

70

Rome, Italy.

Imperial Roman
70-80 C.E.
Stone and concrete

Augustus of Prima Porta

100

Imperial Roman
Early 1st Century C.E.
Marble

Forum of Trajan

106

Rome, Italy
Apollodorus of Damascus
Forum and markets
c.106-112 C.E.
Brick and concrete

Column of Trajan

113

Completed 113 C.E.
Marble

Pantheon

118

Imperial Roman
118-125 C.E.
Concrete with stone facing

Late Imperial Roman

Period: 193 to 237

193 C.E. - 237 C.E.

Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus

250

Late Imperial Roman
c.250 C.E.
Marble

Buddhist Art

400

Buddha
Bamiyan, Afghanistan
Gandharan
c. 400-800 C.E.
(destroyed in 2001)
Cut rock with plaster and polychrome paint

Art of Faith

Period: 400 to 1650

c. 400- 1650 C.E.

Asian Art

450

Gold and jade crown
Three Kingdoms Period
Silla Kingdom, Korea
Fifth to sixth century C.E.
Metalwork

Buddhist Art

493

Longmen caves
Luoyang, China. Tang Dynasty.
493-1127 C.E.
Limestone

Islamic Art and Architecture

631

The Kaaba
Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Islamic. Pre-Islamic monument
Rededicated by Muhammad in 631-632 C.E.
Multiple renovations
Granite masonry, covered with silk curtain and calligraphy in gold and silver-wrapped thread

Buddhist Art

641

Jowo Rinpoche, enshrined in the Jokhang Temple
Lhasa, Tibet. Yarlung Dynasty.
Believed to have been brought to Tibet in 641 C.E.
Gilt metals with semiprecious stones, pearls, and paint; various offerings

Islamic Art and Architecture

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.

Islamic Art and Architecture

700

Great Mosque (Masjid-e Jameh)
Isfahan, Iran. Islamic, Persian: Seljuk, Il-Khanid, Timurid and Safavid Dynasties
c. 700 C.E.; additions and restorations in the 14th, 18th & 20th centuries C.E.
Stone, brick, wood, plaster, and glazed ceramic tile

Art of the Pacific

700

Nan Madol
Pohnpei, Micronesia
Saudeleur Dynasty
c. 700-1600 C.E.
Basalt boulders and prismatic columns

Asian Art

743

Todai-ji
Nara, Japan
743 C.E.; rebuilt c. 1700
Wood with ceramic-tile roofing

Asian Art

749

Great Buddha (Daibutsu) from Todai-ji
Bronze
749 C.E.

Buddhist Art

750

Borobudur Temple
Central Java, Indonesia
Sailendra Dynasty
c. 750-842 C.E.
Volcanic-stone masonry

Islamic Art and Architecture

785

Great Mosque
Córdoba, Spain. Umayyad
c. 785-786 C.E.
Stone masonry

Hindu Art

800

Churning of the Ocean of Milk
Angkor Wat
Hindu, Angkor Dynasty
c. 800-1400 C.E.
Sandstone

Hindu Art

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

Hindu Art

800

Jayavarman VII as Buddha
Angkor Thom
Hindu, Angkor Dynasty
c. 800-1400 C.E.
Stone masonry, sandstone

Islamic Art and Architecture

850

Folio from a Qur’an
Arab, North Africa or Near East Abbasid.
c. eighth to ninth century C.E.
Ink, color, and gold on parchment

Hindu Art

930

Lakshmana Temple
Khajuraho, India. Hindu, Chandella Dynasty
c. 930-950 C.E.
Sandstone

Islamic Art and Architecture

968

Pyxis of al-Mughira
Umayyad
c. 968 C.E.
Ivory

African Art

1000

onical tower and circular wall of Great Zimbabwe
Southeastern Zimbabwe
Shona peoples
c. 1000-1400 C.E.
Coursed granite blocks

Asian Art

1000

Travelers among Mountains and Streams
Fan Kuan
c. 1000 C.E.
Ink and colors on silk

Hindu Art

1050

Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja)
Hindu
India (Tamil Nadu)
Chola Dynasty
c. 11th century C.E.
Cast bronze

Art of the Pacific

1100

Moai on platform (ahu)
Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
c. 1100-1600 C.E.
Volcanic tuff figures on basalt base

Islamic Art and Architecture

1200

Great Mosque of Djenné
Mali
Founded c. 1200 C.E.; rebuilt 1906-1907
Adobe

Asian Art

1200

Nio guardian statues
from Todai-ji
Various artists including sculptors Unkei and Keikei, as well as the Kei School
c. 1200 C.E.
Wood

Asian Art

1250

Night Attack on the Sanjô Palace
Kamakura Period, Japan
c. 1250-1300 C.E.
Handscroll (ink and color on paper)

Islamic Art and Architecture

1320

Basin (Baptistère de St. Louis)
Muhammad ibn al-Zain
c. 1320-1340 C.E.
Brass inlaid with gold and silver

Islamic Art and Architecture

1330

Bahram Gur Fights the Karg, folio from the Great Il-Khanid Shahnama
Islamic
Persian, Il-Khanid
c. 1330-1340 C.E.
Ink and opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper

Asian Art

1351

The David Vases
Yuan Dynasty, China
1351 C.E.
White porcelain with cobalt-blue underglaze

Islamic Art and Architecture

1354

Alhambra
Granada, Spain. Nasrid Dynasty
1354-1391 C.E.
Whitewashed adobe stucco, wood, tile, paint, and gilding

Asian Art

1400

Forbidden City
Beijing, China. Ming Dynasty.
15th century C.E. and later
Stone masonry, marble, brick, wood, and ceramic tile

Northern Renaissance

1434

The Arnolfini Portrait
Jan van Eyck
c. 1434 C.E.
Oil on wood

Florentine Renaissance

1460

David
Donatello
c. 1440-1460 C.E.
Bronze

Florentine Renaissance

1465

Madonna and Child with Two Angels
Fra Filippo Lippi
c. 1465 C.E.
Tempera on wood

Asian Art

1480

Portrait of Sin Sukju (1417-1475)
Imperial Bureau of Painting
c. 15th century C.E.
Hanging scroll (ink and color on silk)

Asian Art

1480

Ryoan-ji
Kyoto, Japan
Muromachi Period, Japan
c. 1480 C.E.; current design most likely dates to the 18th century
Rock garden

Florentine Renaissance

1486

Birth of Venus
Sandro Botticelli
c. 1484-1486 C.E.
Tempera on canvas

High Renaissance

1498

Last Supper
Leonardo da Vinci
c. 1494-1498 C.E. Oil and tempera

African Art

1500

Wall plaque, from Oba’s palace
Edo peoples, Benin (Nigeria)
16th century C.E.
Cast brass

Northern Renaissance

1504

Adam and Eve
Albrecht Dürer
1504 C.E.
Engraving

Islamic Art and Architecture

1522

The Court of Gayumars, folio from Shah Tahmasp’s Shahnama
Sultan Muhammad
c. 1522-1525 C.E.
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Mannerism

1528

Entombment of Christ
Jacopo da Pontormo
1525-1528 C.E.
Oil on wood

Late Renaissance

1538

Venus of Urbino
Titian
c. 1538 C.E. Oil on canvas

Islamic Art and Architecture

1539

The Ardabil Carpet
Maqsud of Kashan
1539-1540 C.E.
Silk and wool

High Renaissance

1541

Sistine Chapel ceiling
Vatican City, Italy
Michelangelo
Ceiling frescoes: c. 1508-1512 C.E.
Altar frescoes: c. 1536-1541 C.E.
Fresco

Late Renaissance/Mannerism

1541

The Last Judgment
Michelangelo
Sistine Chapel, 1536-1541 C.E.
Fresco

Cross Cultural Connections

1541

Frontispiece of the Codex Mendoza
Viceroyalty of New Spain
c. 1541-1542 C.E.
Ink and color on paper

Islamic Art and Architecture

1568

Mosque of Selim II
Edirne, Turkey
Sinan (architect)
1568-1575 C.E.
Brick and stone

Cross Cultural Connections

1600

Angel with Arquebus, Asiel Timor Dei
Master of Calamarca (La Paz School)
c. 17th Century C.E.
Oil on canvas

Southern Baroque

1601

Calling of Saint Matthew
Caravaggio
c. 1597-1601 C.E.
Oil on canvas

Islamic Art and Architecture

1620

Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings
Bichitr
c. 1620 C.E.
Watercolor, gold, and ink on paper

Southern and Northern Aristocratic Baroque

1625

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

Islamic Art and Architecture

1632

Taj Mahal
Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
Masons, marble workers, mosaicists, and decorators working under the supervision of Ustad Ahmad Lahori, architect of the emperor.
1632-1653 C.E.
Stone masonry and marble with inlay of precious and semiprecious stones; gardens

Southern Baroque

1646

San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
Rome, Italy
Francesco Borromini (architect)
1638-1646 C.E.
Stone and stucco

Southern Baroque

1652

Ecstasy of Saint Teresa
Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
c. 1647-1652 C.E.
Marble

Southern and Northern Aristocratic Baroque

1656

Las Meninas
Diego Velázquez
c. 1656 C.E.
Oil on canvas

Northern Bourgeois Baroque

1664

Woman Holding a Balance
Johannes Vermeer
c. 1664 C.E.
Oil on canvas

Southern and Northern Aristocratic Baroque

1669

The Palace at Versailles
Versailles, France
Louis Le Vau & Jules Hardouin-Mansart (architects)
Begun 1669 C.E.
Masonry, stone, wood, iron, and gold leaf (architecture)
Marble and bronze (sculpture)

Cross Cultural Connections

1697

Screen with the Siege of Belgrade and hunting scene
Circle of the González Family c. 1697-1701 C.E.
Tempera and resin on wood, shell inlay

Cross Cultural Connections

1698

The Virgin of Guadalupe
(Virgen de Guadalupe)
Miguel González
c. 1698 C.E.
Based on original Virgin of Guadalupe Basilica of Guadalupe, Mexico City
16th Century C.E.
Oil on canvas on wood, inlaid with mother-of-pearl

African Art

1700

Sika dwa kofi (Golden Stool)
Ashanti peoples (south central Ghana)
c. 1700 C.E.
Gold over wood and cast-gold attachments

Asian Art

1710

White and Red Plum Blossoms
Ogata Korin
c. 1710-1716 C.E.
Ink, watercolor, and gold leaf on paper

Northern Bourgeois Baroque

1711

Fruit and Insects
Rachel Ruysch

1711 C.E. Oil on wood

Cross Cultural Connections

1715

Spaniard and Indian Produce a Mestizo
Attributed to Juan Rodríguez Juárez c. 1715 C.E.
Oil on canvas

Rococo

1743

The Tête a Tête, from Marriage à la Mode
William Hogarth
c. 1743 C.E.
Oil on canvas

Art of the Pacific

1750

Female deity
Nukuoro, Micronesia
c. 18th to 19th century C.E.
Wood

Cross Cultural Connections

1750

Portrait of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Miguel Cabrera
c. 1750 C.E.
Oil on canvas

African Art

1760

Ndop (portrait figure) of King Mishe miShyaang maMbul
Kuba peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
c. 1760-1780 C.E.
Wood

The Enlightenment

1765

A Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery
Joseph Wright of Derby
c. 1763-1765 C.E.
Oil on canvas

Rococo

1767

The Swing
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
1767 C.E.
Oil on canvas

Art of the Pacific

1780

Staff god
Rarotonga, Cook Islands, central Polynesia
Late 18th to early 19th century C.E.
Wood, tapa, fiber, and feathers

Neoclassicism

1784

The Oath of the Horatii
Jacques-Louis David
1784 C.E.
Oil on canvas

Art of the Pacific

1790

‘Ahu ‘ula (feather cape)
Hawaiian
Late 18th century C.E.
Feathers and fiber

African Ritual Objects

1800

Aka elephant mask
Bamileke (Cameroon, western grassfields region)
c. 19th to 20th century C.E.
Wood, woven raffia, cloth, and beads

African Art

1800

Lukasa (memory board)
Mbudye Society, Luba peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
c. 19th to 20th century C.E.
Wood, beads, and metal

African Art

1800

Lukasa (memory board)
Mbudye Society, Luba peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
c. 19th to 20th century C.E.
Wood, beads, and metal

Neoclassicism

1809

Monticello
Virginia, U.S.
Thomas Jefferson (architect), 1768-1809 C.E.
Brick, glass, stone and wood

Romanticism

1823

Y no hai remedio (And There’s Nothing to be Done), from Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War), plate 15
Francisco de Goya
1810-1823 C.E. (published 1863)
Etching, drypoint, burin, and burnishing

Art of the Pacific

1830

Navigation chart
Marshall Islands, Micronesia
19th to early 20th century C.E.
Wood and fiber

Asian Art

1830

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

Romanticism

1836

The Oxbow
(View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm)
Thomas Cole
1836 C.E.

Oil on canvas

Photography

1837

Still Life in Studio
Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre
1837 C.E.
Daguerreotype

African Art

1840

Reliquary figure (byeri)
Fang peoples (southern Cameroon)
c. 19th to 20th century C.E.
Wood

Realism

1849

The Stone Breakers
Gustave Courbet
1849 C.E. (destroyed in 1945)
Oil on canvas

African Ritual Objects

1850

Bundu mask
Sande Society, Mende peoples (West African forests of Sierra Leone and Liberia)
19th to 20th century C.E.
Wood, cloth, and fiber

Art of the Pacific

1850

Hiapo (tapa)
Niue
c. 1850-1900 C.E.
Tapa or bark cloth, freehand painting

Art of the Pacific

1850

Buk (mask)
Mid to late 19th Century
Torres Strait (islander People)
Maubiag Island
25 in
Turtle shell, wood, fiber, feathers, and shell

Romanticism

1870

Palace of Westminster (House of Parliament)
London, England. Charles Barry and Augustus W.N. Pugin (architects)
1840-1870 C.E.
Limestone masonry and glass

Photography

1878

The Horse in Motion
Eadweard Muybridge
1878 C.E.
Albumen print

Cross Cultural Connections

1882

The Valley of Mexico from the Hillside of Santa Isabel
(El Valle de México desde el Cerro de Santa Isabel)
Jose María Velasco 1882 C.E.
Oil on canvas

African Ritual Objects

1890

Female (Pwo) mask
Chokwe peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Late 19th to 20th century C.E.
Wood, fiber, pigment, and metal

Art of the Pacific

1890

Tamati Waka Nene
Gottfried Lindauer
Maori (Nga-ti-toa tribe)
Auckland National Art Gallery
1890 C.E.
Oil on canvas
40.1’’ x 33.1’’

Realism

1895

The Burghers of Calais
Auguste Rodin
1884-1895 C.E.
Bronze

African Ritual Objects

1900

Portrait mask (Mblo)
Baule peoples (Côte d’Ivoire)
Early 20th century C.E.
Wood and pigment

African Art

1900

kenga (shrine figure)
Igbo peoples (Nigeria)
c. 19th to 20th century C.E.
Wood

Art of the Pacific

1900

Malagan display and mask
New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
c. 20th century C.E.
Wood, pigment, fiber, and shell

Photography

1907

The Steerage
Alfred Stieglitz
1907 C.E.
Photogravure

African Art

1910

Veranda post of enthroned king and senior wife (Opo Ogoga)
Olowe of Ise (Yoruba peoples)
c. 1910-1914 C.E.
Wood and pigment

Art of the Pacific

1953

Presentation of Fijian mats and tapa cloths to Queen Elizabeth II
Fiji, Polynesia.
1953 C.E.
Multimedia performance (costume; cosmetics, including scent; chant; movement; and pandanus fiber/hibiscus fiber mats), photographic documentation

Cross Cultural Connections

1969

Chairman Mao en Route to Anyuan
Artist unknown
Based on an oil painting by Liu Chunhua
c. 1969 C.E.
Color lithograph