AP Art History Timeline Project

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  • 2700 BCE

    Statues of votive figures

    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
  • 2500 BCE

    Stonehenge

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

    King Menkaura and queen

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

    The Code of Hammurabi

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

    Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall

    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
  • 1353 BCE

    Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters

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

    Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II

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

    Anavysos Kouros

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

    Sarcophagus of the Spouses

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

    Audience Hall (apadana) of Darius and Xerxes

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

    Niobides Krater

    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

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

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

    Petra, Jordan: Treasury and Great Temple

    Petra, Jordan: Treasury and Great Temple
    Nabataean Ptolemaic and Roman
    c. 400 B.C.E - 100 C.E.
    Cut rock
  • 330 BCE

    Hermes and the Infant Dionysus

    Hermes and the Infant Dionysus
    Praxiteles
    c.330 B.C.E.
    Marble
  • 260 BCE

    Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus

    Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus
    Late Imperial Roman. c.250 C.E.
    Marble.
  • 250 BCE

    Apollo 11 Stones

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

    Winged Victory of Samothrace

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

    Head of a Roman patrician

    Head of a Roman patrician
    Republican Roman
    c.75-50 B.C.E.
    Marble
  • 2 BCE

    House of the Vettii

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