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16,000 BCE
Altamira Cave (Paleolithic)
Discovered in northern Spain -
15,000 BCE
Lascaux Paintings (Paleolithic)
Prehistoric cave painting -
13,000 BCE
Kakadu Rock Paintings(Paleolithic)
Located in the Northern Territory of Australia, Kakadu National Park -
9000 BCE
Syrian Decorated grooved stone(Mesolithic)
basalt, discovered in Syria -
6500 BCE
Seated female(Mesolithic)
Halaf culture -
4800 BCE
Yangshao cordmarked amphora(Mesolithic)
Human faced –fish decorated bowl recovered at Banpo. -
3400 BCE
Ceramic Pot(Neolithic)
Depicts a religious or social event of Egyptian culture -
3200 BCE
Chinese Pottery(Neolithic)
Found in John Young Museum of Art -
3100 BCE
Neolithic Aegean Idol(Neolithic)
Early Greek culture, Marble -
3000 BCE
Hasanlu Gold Bowl(Bronze Age)
Culture began to commonly use the metal named -
3000 BCE
Inanna(Mesopotamian- Sumerian Art)
Inanna is an Earth and moon goddess; Female head from Uruk -
3000 BCE
Palette of King Narmer(Early Dynastic Art)
Shown in Hierakonpolis, Upper Egypt and gives off relief style -
2570 BCE
The Royal Acquaintances Memi and Sabu(Old Kingdom Art)
Medium consists of Limestone and paint -
2200 BCE
Head of an Akkadian Ruler(Akkadian Art)
Medium is Bronze. -
2090 BCE
Statue of Gudea(Neo-Sumerian Art)
Medium is Diorite. -
1900 BCE
Statuette of Hapidefai(Middle Kingdom Art)
Medium is Limestone and is seen in the Worcester Art Museum -
1600 BCE
Minoan Jug in Floral Style(Early Minoan Art)
shells and flowers were added to the vessel in relief -
1330 BCE
Akhenaten and his life under the Sun(Amarna Art)
Amarna art introduced a new form of art that contradicted what was known in the Egyptian culture -
1300 BCE
Portrait of Enemy(Early New Kingdom Art)
Excavated from Saqqarah and is shown inThe Matsuoka Museum of Art Collection -
1295 BCE
Shawabty of Ranefer(Late New Kingdom Art)
Medium is Bronze. -
1225 BCE
Mycenaean Sieve Jug(Mycenaean Art)
Terracotta medium -
1100 BCE
Loughnashade Trumpet(Iron Age)
Created in Chine, which the earliest civilization to produce cast iron -
1100 BCE
Sub-Mycenaean Pottery(Sub-Mycenaean)
No compas drawn lines or geometric shapes on the pottery -
1050 BCE
Elephant-shaped bronze zun(Shang Dynasty)
This Zun is a wine vessel in the shape of an elephant, Medium is bronze -
1030 BCE
Protogeometric Pottery(Proto-Geometric Art)
The geometric designs are based on circles, triangles, rectangles, zigzags and wave patterns. -
900 BCE
Geometric Pottery(Geometric Art)
Originated in Ancient Greece -
870 BCE
Stone-Reliefs(Mesopotamian- Assyrian)
Made of Gypsum alabaster -
867 BCE
Basil II the Macedonian(Macedonian art)
Miniature painting on parchment -
760 BCE
Statue of Khonsuiraa(Late Period Art)
Medium is bronze. -
700 BCE
Austrian Bronze Horse(Luristan Art)
Bronze medium and originated in Central Asia -
640 BCE
Ashurbanipal Hunting Lions(Assyrian Art)
Ashurbanipal slitting the throat of a lion from his chariot -
600 BCE
Kouros(Early Archaic)
Marble is the medium -
600 BCE
Scythian deer(Scythian Art)
Made out of gold and is now in St. Petersburg. -
585 BCE
Ishtar Gate(Neo-Babylonian Art)
Neo-Babylonian buildings were decorated with with images of animals with magical qualities -
580 BCE
Corinthian black figure jug(Orientalizing Phase)
fired three different times to produce the red and black colors -
550 BCE
Relief at Persepolis(Persian Empire)
Persian sculpture has survived mainly in the form of reliefs -
530 BCE
Kroisos
Marble medium -
480 BCE
Kritios Boy(Late Archaic)
Medium is composed of marble and stands 3 feet 10 inches tall -
460 BCE
Riace Warriors(Early Classical)
Medium is Bronze -
440 BCE
Doryphoros(High Classical)
Sculpture by Polykleitos -
350 BCE
Aphrodite of Knidos(Late Classical)
Created by the Praxitiles, and medium of marble -
323 BCE
Terracotta statuette(Early Hellenistic)
Medium is Terracotta and originates from Greek, Boeotian culture -
290 BCE
Head of Pharaoh(Ptolemaic Dynasty Art)
Seen in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Medium is Plaster. -
150 BCE
Laocoön and His Sons(Late Hellenistic)
The sculpture is staged during the Trojan War -
130 BCE
The Venus de Milo(High Hellenistic)
Was discovered at the Greek island of Milos -
75 BCE
Head of a Roman Patrician(Republican Art)
Medium is marble and located in Palazzo Torlonia, Rome -
9 BCE
Altar of Augustan Peace(Early Roman Empire Art)
Medium is marble and located in Museo dell'Ara Pacis, Rome -
60
Victory with Cornucopia(Julio-Claudian Art)
Medium is Bronze and is located in the Cleveland Museum of Art -
70
Portrait bust of a lady(Flavian Art)
Located in Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale -
250
LudovisiBattle Sarcophagus(Late Roman Empire)
Shows the Battle of the Romans and Barbarians in Rome -
800
Virgin Mary Plaque(Carolingian Art)
Medium is Ivory. -
1000
Romanesque Style Painting( Romanesque art)
The art was used by Early Catholic Christians who saw the importance of depicting the scenes of the bible -
1400
The School of Athens(Italian Renaissance)
Artist was Raphael; The Italian Renaissance was a rebirth of classical values in art, literature and philosophy -
1434
Arnolfini Portrait( Northern Renaissance)
Artist is Jan Van Eyck -
The Bermuda Group(American Colonial Art)
Family portraits were rare in early 18th century and showed you had money. -
Impressione, sole nascente(French Impressionism Art)
Artist is Claude Monet -
The Starry Night(Post Impressionism)
Artist is Vincent Van Gogh -
Twilight Over The Water(American Impressionism)
Oil on canvas -
The Scream(Post Impressionism)
Artist is Edvard Munch -
Street with Women(Expressionism)
Artist is Wassily Kandinsky. -
The Reservoir(Cubism)
Artist is Pablo Picasso. -
Brobas(Contemorary Art)
Artist is Warren Chang. -
Young Steel Workers(Social Realism)
Artist is Ivan Bevzenko -
Blue Shot Marilyn(Pop Art)
Artist is Andy Warhol.
