art history timeline

  • 25,000 BCE

    Venus of Willendorf

    Venus of Willendorf
    Fertility or Mother Goddesses: earliest artifacts of fertility come from the Paleolithic and Neolithic eras, depict women as fleshy and swollen in the breasts, thighs, and tummy
  • Period: 25,000 BCE to 10,000 BCE

    Paleolithic Era

    Old Stone Age
  • 15,000 BCE

    Hall of Bulls

    Hall of Bulls
    Lascaux, France
  • 12,000 BCE

    Bison with Turned Head

    Bison with Turned Head
    Musée National de Préhistoire, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil, France.
  • Period: 10,000 BCE to 8000 BCE

    Mesolithic Era

    Middle Stone Age
  • Period: 8000 BCE to 2000 BCE

    Neolithic Era

  • 7500 BCE

    Ancient houses at Çatal Hüyük, Anatolia, Turkey

    Ancient houses at Çatal Hüyük, Anatolia, Turkey
    Ancient houses at Çatal Hüyük, Anatolia, Turkey
  • 6000 BCE

    African Rock Painting

    African Rock Painting
    Tassili N’Ajjer, Algeria
  • 4000 BCE

    Newgrange Burials

    Newgrange Burials
  • 3000 BCE

    Great Pyramids of Giza

    Great Pyramids of Giza
  • Period: 2650 BCE to 2631 BCE

    Stepped Pyramid Of Djoser and Tomb of complex

    Egypt
  • 2500 BCE

    Idol from Amorgos

    Idol from Amorgos
    2,500-2,300 BCE Greece
  • 2000 BCE

    Stonehenge

    Stonehenge
    Wiltshire, England
  • 2000 BCE

    Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut

    Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
  • 2000 BCE

    Coffin of Tutankhamun

    Coffin of Tutankhamun
  • 1550 BCE

    Mask of Agememnon

    Mask of Agememnon
  • 1400 BCE

    Tacuinum Sanitatis

    Tacuinum Sanitatis
  • 1323 BCE

    Tutankhamun's Mask

    Tutankhamun's Mask
  • 1113 BCE

    Angkor Wat, Central Temple Complex

    Angkor Wat, Central Temple Complex
    Cambodia (1113-1150)
  • Period: 1046 BCE to 221 BCE

    Zhou Dynasty

  • 1000 BCE

    Drum, Dong Son Civilization

    Drum, Dong Son Civilization
    Dong Son Civilization
  • 1000 BCE

    Sarcophagus with Reclining Couple

    Sarcophagus with Reclining Couple
  • 1000 BCE

    Royal Profile

    Royal Profile
  • 1000 BCE

    Banqueters and Musicians

    Banqueters and Musicians
  • 750 BCE

    Shield Jaguar and Lady Xoc

    Shield Jaguar and Lady Xoc
    Classic Maya from a palace at Yaxchilan, Chiapas, Mexico
  • Period: 650 BCE to 500 BCE

    Greek Archaic Period

  • 600 BCE

    Three-Legged Ting

    Three-Legged Ting
    Zhou Dynasty, China
  • Period: 600 BCE to 480 BCE

    Archaic Period

  • 520 BCE

    Women at the Fountain House

    Women at the Fountain House
  • 518 BCE

    Persepolis

    Persepolis
    Persepolis, Iran
  • 501 BCE

    Seated Buddha

    Seated Buddha
    Uttar Pradesh, late fifth-early sixth century
  • Period: 500 BCE to 326 BCE

    Greek Classical Period

  • Period: 495 BCE to 429 BCE

    Pericles

    Acropolus Athens
  • 490 BCE

    Douris Red Figure Kylix

    Douris Red Figure Kylix
  • 330 BCE

    The Marathon Boy

    The Marathon Boy
  • 300 BCE

    Great Stupa

    Great Stupa
    Sanchi India, 3rd century BCE(201 -300)
  • 250 BCE

    Lion Capital

    Lion Capital
    Sarnath, India
  • 250 BCE

    Kidder Figurekidd

    Kidder Figurekidd
    Guatemala, 250 BCE - 100 CE
  • 245 BCE

    Synaogogue at Dura-Europos

    Synaogogue at Dura-Europos
    Syria, 245-256 CE
  • 237 BCE

    First Hypostyle Hall

    First Hypostyle Hall
    Horus Temple at Edfu, Egypt (237-257 BCE)
  • Period: 200 BCE to 200

    Han Dynasty

  • 190 BCE

    Unswept House

    Unswept House
    Mosaic from the Emperor Hadrians Villa at Tivoli (Sosus of Pergamon)
  • 175 BCE

    Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius

    Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius
    Capitoline Hill, Rome
  • 150 BCE

    Pyramid of the Sun

    Pyramid of the Sun
    Teoihuacán, Mexico (begun before 150 CE)
  • 100 BCE

    Oil Lamp with Love Making Scene

    Oil Lamp with Love Making Scene
    Roman, 1st century BCE
  • 27 BCE

    Funerary Relief of a Roman Circus Official

    Funerary Relief of a Roman Circus Official
  • 25

    Tomb Model of a House

    Tomb Model of a House
    Han Dynasty, China
  • 50

    Initiation Rites of Dionyso

    Initiation Rites of Dionyso
    Pompeii Italy- 50 CE
  • 50

    Royal Tomb of Sipan

    Royal Tomb of Sipan
  • 62

    House of Julius Polybius

    House of Julius Polybius
    Pompeii, Italy
  • 100

    Markets of Trajan

    Markets of Trajan
    Rome
  • 118

    Pantheon

    Pantheon
    Rome, 118-125
  • 237

    Great Pylon of the Horus Temple at Edfu

    Great Pylon of the Horus Temple at Edfu
    Egypt (237-257 BCE)
  • 300

    Catacomb of Sts. Peter and Marcellinus ceiling painting

    Catacomb of Sts. Peter and Marcellinus ceiling painting
  • Period: 400 to 1400

    The Middle Ages and the Benedictine Order

    Design wasn’t a primary concern back then
  • 401

    Grave Stele of Hegeso

    Grave Stele of Hegeso
    Most likely sculpted by Calimachus. (401-410 BCE)
  • Period: 527 to 726

    Early Byzantine Style

  • 600

    Shrine to Vairocana Buddha

    Shrine to Vairocana Buddha
    Longmen, Luoyang (600-650)
  • 687

    Dome of the Rock

    Dome of the Rock
    Jerusalem (687-692)
  • 900

    El Castillo

    El Castillo
    9th-10th Century
  • Period: 990 to 1051

    Bi Sheng

    Used clay to form letters, baked in over to make it hard.
  • 1000

    Kandarya Mahadeva Temple Carving

    Kandarya Mahadeva Temple Carving
    India
  • 1000

    Moche Pot Depicting a Woman Giving Birth Assisted by Midwives

    Moche Pot Depicting a Woman Giving Birth Assisted by Midwives
    Peru, 1000-1250
  • 1000

    Zen Stone Garden

    Zen Stone Garden
    Daitokuji
  • 1050

    Relief Carving

    Relief Carving
    Second Half of the 10th Century
  • 1100

    Pueblo Bonito

    Pueblo Bonito
    Pueblo Bonito is Spanish for "beautiful town." It is the largest great house in Chaco Culture National Historical Park and was built by Ancestral Puebloans.
  • 1185

    Detail of Deesis Mosaic

    Detail of Deesis Mosaic
    Hagia, Sophia (1185-1204)
  • Period: 1185 to 1333

    Zen Stone Garden

  • 1200

    Dogon Cliff Dwellings with Granaries

    Dogon Cliff Dwellings with Granaries
    Mali, 13th Century
  • Period: 1206 to 1368

    Yuan Dynasty

  • 1220

    Chartres Cathedral

    Chartres Cathedral
    Chartres, France.(1145-1170) (exterior--> 1194-1220)
  • 1230

    Reliquary Arm

    Reliquary Arm
    Made in Meuse Valley, South Netherlands
  • 1250

    Moche Pottery Depicting Sexual Intercourse

    Moche Pottery Depicting Sexual Intercourse
    Peru, 1000-1250
  • 1300

    Lotus and waterbirds

    Lotus and waterbirds
    Unidentified Artist, Yuan dynasty
  • 1300

    Six Persimmons

    Six Persimmons
    Mu-Qi
  • Period: 1300 to

    Royal Profile

    Egypt
  • 1321

    Dante Alighieri Mask

    Dante Alighieri Mask
  • Period: 1368 to

    Ming Dynasty

  • Period: 1400 to

    The Renaissance

  • 1401

    Sacrifice of Isaac

    Sacrifice of Isaac
    Lorenzo Ghiberti (1401-1402)
  • 1420

    Temple of Heaven

    Temple of Heaven
    Beijing. (begun 1420, restored in 1754)
  • Period: 1425 to 1509

    Shen Zhou

    Chinese painter
  • 1427

    The Expulsion from Paradise

    The Expulsion from Paradise
    Masaccio
  • 1430

    Silver Representation of a Maize Plant

    Silver Representation of a Maize Plant
    Peru, Inca
  • 1432

    Virgin and Child Enthroned

    Virgin and Child Enthroned
    Rogier Van Der Weyden, 1432-1433
  • 1434

    Wedding Portrait

    Wedding Portrait
    Jan Van Eyck
  • 1434

    Aztec Marriage Couple

    Aztec Marriage Couple
    Codex Mendoza, Mexico
  • 1434

    Emerald Buddha

    Emerald Buddha
    Thailand
  • 1436

    Lucca Madonna

    Lucca Madonna
    Jan van Eyck
  • 1436

    Lucca Madonna

    Lucca Madonna
    Jan Van Eyck
  • 1465

    Portrait of Federico da Montefeltro

    Portrait of Federico da Montefeltro
    Duke of Urbino and his Wife Battista Sforza, painted by Piero della Francesca
  • 1470

    Playing Chess with Death Fresco

    Playing Chess with Death Fresco
    Painted by Albertus Pictor
    Täby Church, Sweden
  • Period: 1475 to 1564

    Michaelangelo

    Michaelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
  • 1480

    Madonna and Child

    Madonna and Child
    Carlo Crivelli (tempera and gold leaf on wood)
  • 1482

    Birth of Venus

    Birth of Venus
    Sandro Botticelli’s
  • 1495

    Last Supper

    Last Supper
    Leonardo Da Vinci
  • 1500

    Saltcellar

    Saltcellar
    The discovery of West African ivory transformed African-Portuguese trading in 15th and 16th centuries.
  • 1500

    Monumental Head of Buddha

    Monumental Head of Buddha
    15th Century (Thailand, Asia)
  • 1501

    Mandala of Cakrasamvara

    Mandala of Cakrasamvara
    Tibet, 16th Century(1501-1600)
  • 1505

    Madonna of the Meadow

    Madonna of the Meadow
    Rapael (Italy)
  • 1508

    Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

    Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
    The Vatican, Rome (1508-1512)
  • 1509

    Madonna of Loreto

    Madonna of Loreto
    Raphael, 1509-1510
  • 1510

    The Issenheim Altarpiece

    The Issenheim Altarpiece
    Germany, Matthias Grünewald(1510-1515)
  • 1513

    Knight, Death and the Devil

    Knight, Death and the Devil
    Albrecht Durer
  • 1519

    Chapel of Henry VII

    Chapel of Henry VII
    This Chapel was the last great masterpiece of English medieval architecture and is the burial place of 15 kings and queens.
  • 1526

    Adam and Eve

    Adam and Eve
    Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1526
  • 1530

    Recumbent Female Nude Figure

    Recumbent Female Nude Figure
    Rosso Fiorentino, red chalk drawing
  • 1538

    Venus of Urbino

    Venus of Urbino
    Titian, 1538
    This painting was based on an earlier painting by Giorgione and is often pinpointed as the beginning of art's most controversial images.
  • 1547

    Le Transi de Rene de Chalon

    Le Transi de Rene de Chalon
    This is displayed in the Saint-Étienne church in Bar-le-duc, France. This is a statue of a prince that at one point had actually held his dried heart in his outstretched hand.
  • 1552

    Palladio Villa Rotonda

    Palladio Villa Rotonda
    Renaissance villa outside Vincenza, Italy. Designed by Andrea Palladio.
  • 1562

    The Triumph of Death

    The Triumph of Death
    Pieter Bruegel the Elder
  • 1563

    Vegetables in Bowl

    Vegetables in Bowl
    Guiseppe Archimboldo
  • 1567

    The Peasant Wedding

    The Peasant Wedding
    Pieter Bruegel the Elder
  • Period: to

    Artemisia Gentileschi

    Italian Artist
  • Pietà

    Pietà
    Michelangelo (1598-1599)
  • Scribe and Painter at Work

    Scribe and Painter at Work
    from the Hadiqat Al-Haqiqat
  • Potala Palace

    Potala Palace
    Lhasa, Tibet
  • Period: to

    Baroque Era

  • Still Life with Quince, Cabbage, Melon and Cucumber

    Still Life with Quince, Cabbage, Melon and Cucumber
    Juan Sanchez Cotan(1602-1603)
  • Masjid-i-Shah

    Masjid-i-Shah
    Isfahan, Iran (1612-1637)
  • Still Life with Dead Game, Fruits and Vegetable in a Market

    Still Life with Dead Game, Fruits and Vegetable in a Market
    Frans Snyders
  • Judith Slaying Holofernes

    Judith Slaying Holofernes
    Baroque artist, Artemisia Gentileschi, 1614-1620
  • Venus and Adonis

    Venus and Adonis
    Peter Paul Rubens(Mid 1630s)
  • Taj Mahal

    Taj Mahal
    (1632-1652)
  • Period: to

    Sir Isaac Newton

  • A Table of Desserts

    A Table of Desserts
    Jan Davidsz de Heem
    A meal full of symbolism that he had explored while in Leyden.
  • The Night Watch

    The Night Watch
    Painting that depicted the Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq and the Lieutenant Wilhelm can Ruytenburgh. Painted by Rembrandt.
  • Cornaro Chapel with the Ecstasy of St. Teresa

    Cornaro Chapel with the Ecstasy of St. Teresa
    Glanlorezo Bernini (1645-1652)
  • Deathbed portrait of Christian IV, King of Denmark

    Deathbed portrait of Christian IV, King of Denmark
    Painted by Bernt Hilwaerts. Christian IV died in his bed after wounds inflicted from battle. This was customary to portray deceased members of the royal family.
  • The Milkmaid

    The Milkmaid
    Johannes Vermeer (1657-1658)
  • Self Portrait

    Self Portrait
    Rembrandt von Rijn painted at least 40 self portraits.
  • The Dissolute Household

    The Dissolute Household
    Jan Steen (1663-1664)
  • Badshahi Mosque

    Badshahi Mosque
    1672-1674 (Lahore, Pakistan)
  • Hall of Mirrors

    Hall of Mirrors
    Versailles, France
  • Meenakshi Amman Temple

    Meenakshi Amman Temple
    Madurai, India (17th Century)
  • Period: to

    Colonial Era

  • Palace of Versailles

    Palace of Versailles
    This Palace was completed in 1710 and restored to a royal place in 1722.
  • Cathedral of Dubrovnik

    Cathedral of Dubrovnik
    Andrea Buffalini(Dubrovnik, Croatia)
  • Period: to

    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  • Mr. and Mrs. Andrews

    Mr. and Mrs. Andrews
    Thomas Gainsborough
  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • Period: to

    Bangkok Period

    Thailand
  • Radha and Krishna in the Grove

    Radha and Krishna in the Grove
    Kangra School
  • Period: to

    Michel Eugène

  • Period: to

    Louis Daguerre

    Invented Daguerrotypes.
    “I have seized the light – I have arrested its flight!”
  • A Pair of Lovers

    A Pair of Lovers
    Kitagawa Utamaro
  • The Death of Marat

    The Death of Marat
    Jacques Louis David. Painting of the murdered French revolutionary leader, Jean-Paul Marat.
  • DAVID, Jacques-Louis Self Portrait

    DAVID, Jacques-Louis Self Portrait
    Painted himself to appear younger, as he got older.
  • House of Death

    House of Death
    William Blake
  • Gheordez Prayer Rug

    Gheordez Prayer Rug
    Utilized by Muslims for prayer
  • Summer Robe for Lady

    Summer Robe for Lady
    19th Century. Qing dynasty
  • Dogon Primordial Couple

    Dogon Primordial Couple
    Mali, Africa: 19th-20th century
    Wood Sculpture from the Dogon Peoples.
  • Period: to

    Henry Fox Talbot

    Invented Calotypes/Talbotypes
  • La Grand Odalisque

    La Grand Odalisque
    Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, 1814
    Neoclassical painting.
  • The Raft of the Medusa

    The Raft of the Medusa
    Théodore Géricault drew his inspiration for this painting from the story of two survivors on a French Royal Navy frigate, called the Medusa.
  • Fransisco de Goya

    Fransisco de Goya
    Self-Portrait with Doctor Arrieta. Goya painted himself truthfully, knowing that death was coming for him.
  • The Sea near Brighton

    The Sea near Brighton
    John Constable. Nature is the most sublime object. Nature is so much bigger and more important than any of our individual lives.
  • Willam Blake Mask

    Willam Blake Mask
    J.S Deville
  • Period: to

    Ogden Rood

  • Arc de Triomphe

    Arc de Triomphe
    (1806-1836) This piece was commissioned by Napoleon to honor the dead.
  • Self-Portrait

    Self-Portrait
    Eugéne Delacroix
  • The Desperate Man

    The Desperate Man
    Gustave Courbet. Self Portrait
  • Shoki the Demon Queller

    Shoki the Demon Queller
    Utagwa Kunisada (1849-1853) This piece is a color woodcut showing "Shoki the Demon Queller."
  • Olympia

    Olympia
    Edouard Manet
  • Period: to

    Albert Henry Munsell

  • Wearing a Blanket

    Wearing a Blanket
    Navajo
  • The Harvest of Death

    The Harvest of Death
    Union dead on the battlefirled at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Photographed by Timothy H. O'Sullivan
  • Woman with a Parrot

    Woman with a Parrot
    Gustave Courbet. This piece was appreciated by a younger audience but was rejected by critics for the provocative pose.
  • Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1

    Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1
    James McNeill Whistler. A portrait of his mother.
  • The Gross Clinic

    The Gross Clinic
    Thomas Eakins
  • The Sick Husband

    The Sick Husband
    Vassily Maximov
  • At the Miliners

    At the Miliners
    Edgar Degas
  • Bar at the Folies-Bergére

    Bar at the Folies-Bergére
    Édouard Manet.
  • Te Mana o Turanga

    Te Mana o Turanga
    Raharuhi Rupkupo and others
  • The Potato Eaters

    The Potato Eaters
    Vincent Van Gogh
  • Self-Portrait

    Self-Portrait
    Vincent Van Gogh, Paris, Autumn of 1886
  • Self-Portrait with a Japanese Print

    Self-Portrait with a Japanese Print
    Vincent Van Gogh, December 1887
  • Woman in a Coffeehouse

    Woman in a Coffeehouse
    Paul Gauguin
  • They Did Not Expect Him

    They Did Not Expect Him
    Ilya Repin
  • Period: to

    Josef Albers

  • Portrait of Mme. Ginoux

    Portrait of Mme. Ginoux
    Vincent Van Gogh
  • Portrait of Artist's Mother

    Portrait of Artist's Mother
    Marie Cassatt, 1889-1890
  • Paul Gauguin

    Paul Gauguin
    Self-Portrait. Painted himself with a halo, apples and serpant.
  • L'Inconnue de la Seine

    L'Inconnue de la Seine
    Unidentified young girl's death mask.
  • Period: to

    Man Ray

    American Visual Artist.
  • At the Moulin Rouge

    At the Moulin Rouge
    Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1892-1895)
  • The Three Stages of Woman (Sphinx)

    The Three Stages of Woman (Sphinx)
    Edvard Munch
  • The Basket of Apples

    The Basket of Apples
    Paul Cézanne
  • Formalism

    Formalism First Appeared in England
  • Bowl

    Bowl
    Julian and Maria Martinez
  • The Printmakers Workshop

    19th Century
  • Standing Female Figure

    Standing Female Figure
    Mali, Africa. 19th-20th century
  • Ashanti Akua’ba Doll

    Ashanti Akua’ba Doll
    Ghana Africa- 20th century
  • Victorian Postmortem Photography

    Victorian Postmortem Photography
    Photographs taken after a loved one has already passed.
  • Period: to

    Early and Mid 19th Century

    Painting, sculpture, and architecture in Western Industrialized Nations (fine arts)
  • Mount Sainte-Victoire

    Mount Sainte-Victoire
    Paul Cézanne (1902-1906)
  • Two Marquesans

    Two Marquesans
    Paul Gauguin
  • Woman with Dead Child

    Woman with Dead Child
    Käthe Kollwitz
  • The Sullivan Center

    The Sullivan Center
    Formally known as the, "Carson Pirie Scott building,"
    Architect: Louis Sullivan
  • Gertrude Stein

    Gertrude Stein
    Pablo Picasso
  • Grand Mosque

    Grand Mosque
    Djenne, Mali (1906-1907)
  • Les Demoiselles d’Avignon

    Les Demoiselles d’Avignon
    Pablo Picasso
  • He Who is Without Sin

    He Who is Without Sin
    Vasili Polenov
  • Death and the Maiden

    Death and the Maiden
    Marianne Stokes
  • Period: to

    Futurist Movement

    1910-late 1920s
  • Tote Mutter (Dead Mother)

    Tote Mutter (Dead Mother)
    Egon Schiele
  • Jüngster Tag

    Jüngster Tag
    (Last Judgement) Wassily Kandinsky
  • Nude Descending a Staircase (No.2)

    Nude Descending a Staircase (No.2)
    Marcel Duchamp
  • Period: to

    World War 1

  • The Last Futurist Exhibition of Painting 0.10 (Zero Ten)

    The Last Futurist Exhibition of Painting 0.10 (Zero Ten)
    Kazimir Malevich
  • Comical Repast (Banquet of the Starved)

    Comical Repast (Banquet of the Starved)
    James Ensor (1917-1918)
  • Mina Loy

    Mina Loy
    Man Ray
  • Cut with the Dada Kitchen Knife through the Last Weimar Beer-Belly Cultural Epoch in Germany

    Cut with the Dada Kitchen Knife through the Last Weimar Beer-Belly Cultural Epoch in Germany
    Hannah Hoch (1919-1920)
  • Monument to the Third International

    Monument to the Third International
    Vladimir Tatlin: 1919-1920
  • They're Biting

    They're Biting
    Paul Klee
  • Joseph Stella and Marcel Duchamp

    Joseph Stella and Marcel Duchamp
    Man Ray
  • Grey Line with Lavender and Yellow

    Grey Line with Lavender and Yellow
    Georgia O’Keeffe
  • Torso of a Young Man

    Torso of a Young Man
    Constantin Brancusi
  • Dia de Los Muertos

    Dia de Los Muertos
    Diego Rivera
  • Yellow Calla

    Yellow Calla
    Georgia O'Keeffe
  • The Treachery of Images

    The Treachery of Images
    Rene Magritte
  • Artichoke Halved

    Artichoke Halved
    Edward Weston
  • Crime Scene Photography

    Crime Scene Photography
    Wee Gee (Arthur Fellig)
    New York, New York
    1930-1950
  • Object (Fur-covered cup, saucer, and spoon)

    Object (Fur-covered cup, saucer, and spoon)
    Meret Oppenheim
  • Falling Water

    Falling Water
    Frank Lloyd Wright. Designed for the Kaufmann family.
  • Migrant Mother with Three Children

    Migrant Mother with Three Children
    Dorothea Lange
  • The Weeping Women

    The Weeping Women
    Pablo Picasso
  • Death Series

    Death Series
    Käthe Kollwitz. This was a series of nine lithographs that presented death with an emphasis on women and children.
  • The Two Fridas

    The Two Fridas
    Frida Kahlo
  • Period: to

    World War 2

  • The Beautiful Bird Revealing the Unknown to a Pair of Lovers

    The Beautiful Bird Revealing the Unknown to a Pair of Lovers
    Joan Miro
  • Nighthawks

    Nighthawks
    Edward Hopper
  • Freedom from Want

    Freedom from Want
    Norman Rockwell
  • Mexican Muralist Movement

    Mexican Muralist Movement
  • Tree of Life

    Tree of Life
    Henry Matisse (1950-1951) Located in Matisse's chapel, Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence
  • Le Corbusier

    Le Corbusier
    Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamps, France(1950-1955)
  • Flag

    Flag
    Jasper Johns (1954-1955)
  • Crucifixion(Corpus Hypercubus)

    Crucifixion(Corpus Hypercubus)
    Salvador Dalí
  • Relocate Destroy, In Memory of Native Americans, In Memory of Jews

    Relocate Destroy, In Memory of Native Americans, In Memory of Jews
    Hock E Aye VI Edgar Heap of Birds 1954
  • Suzy's Sun

    Suzy's Sun
    Joseph Cornell
  • The Seventh Seal

    The Seventh Seal
    Film, Ingmar Bergman
  • Blue Veil

    Blue Veil
    Morris Louis
  • Seagram Building

    Seagram Building
    Skyscraper in New York City. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe assisted by Philip Johnson
  • Ignorance = Fear / Silence = Death

    Ignorance = Fear / Silence = Death
    Keith Haring 1958-1990
  • Mémoires

    Mémoires
    Book by Guy Debord
  • Untitled: 8th International Istanbul Biennial

    Untitled: 8th International Istanbul Biennial
    Doris Salcedo, Columbia
  • Panel of the Independence

    Panel of the Independence
    Juan O'Gorman
  • Prose Poems

    Prose Poems
    Daniel Spoerri
  • Anthropometry of the Blue Period (ANT 82)

    Anthropometry of the Blue Period (ANT 82)
    Yves Klein, 1960
  • Throne of the Third Heaven

    Throne of the Third Heaven
    James Hampton
  • Walking Man

    Walking Man
    Alberto Giacometti
  • First Landing Jump

    First Landing Jump
    Robert Rauschenberg
  • Dieter Roth

    Literaturwurst(1961-1974)
  • Campbells Soup Cans

    Campbells Soup Cans
    Andy Warhol
  • Floor Burger

    Floor Burger
    Claes Oldenburger
  • Make a Salad

    Make a Salad
    Allison Knowles
  • Souriez Rue Froide

    Souriez Rue Froide
    Asger Jorn
  • Pie Counter

    Pie Counter
    Wayne Thiebaud
  • Kichka's Breakfast I

    Kichka's Breakfast I
    Daniel Spoerri
  • Twelve Electric Chairs

    Twelve Electric Chairs
    Andy Warhol
  • Video Cameras Accessible to Public

  • Triomphe de Moules I

    Triomphe de Moules I
    The Triumph of Mussels. Marcel Broodthaers
  • One and Three Chairs

    One and Three Chairs
    Joseph Kosuth
  • Today

    Today
    On Kawara. From 1966-2012, Kawara painted one "date painting," every day. By the end of this project, he had nearly 3,000 works in this series.
  • Habitat, located in Canada

    Habitat, located in Canada
    Safdie
  • Marilyn Monroe

    Marilyn Monroe
    Andy Warhol
  • Abra III

    Abra III
    Frank Stella
  • Mirror Image I

    Mirror Image I
    Louise Nevelson. Painted wood.
  • Eden

    Eden
    Hélio Oiticica
  • Bent Propeller

    Bent Propeller
    Alexander Calder
  • Crinkly

    Crinkly
    Alexander Calder
  • Fall 1, Los Angeles

    Fall 1, Los Angeles
    Bas Jan Ader
  • Fall 2, Amsterdam

    Fall 2, Amsterdam
    Bas Jan Ader
  • Pregnant Woman

    Pregnant Woman
    Alice Neel
  • Running Fence

    Running Fence
    Christo and Jeanne-Claude (1972-1976)
  • Pablo Picasso

    Pablo Picasso
    Self Portrait
  • The Holy Mountain

    The Holy Mountain
    Alejandro Jodorowsky.
  • Theaster Gates

    Theaster Gates
    Gates is an urban planner, potter and artist. He transforms materials in urban neighborhoods into vessels of opportunity for the community. He was born in Chicago in 1973.
  • The Dinner Party, USA

    The Dinner Party, USA
    Judy Chicago
  • S.O.S Starification Object Series

    S.O.S Starification Object Series
    Hannah Wilke, 1974-1982
    Gelatin silver prints with chewing gum sculptures.
  • Cube and Four Panels

    Cube and Four Panels
    Ronald W Davis
  • Piazza d'Italia, New Orleans

    Piazza d'Italia, New Orleans
    Charles Moore. Postmodern architecture.
  • Interior Scroll

    Interior Scroll
    Carolee Schneeman | Performance
  • In Search of the Miraculous

    In Search of the Miraculous
    "In Search of the Miraculous," was a three part piece. The first was a nighttime walk to the sea, the next was the Atlantic crossing and the last was a nighttime walk in Amsterdam. Sadly, Bas Jan Ader disappeared at sea and was not able to finish this project.
  • Period: to

    Modernism and Post-Modernism

    We're here :D
  • Las Tres Marías

    Las Tres Marías
    Judith Baca
  • Silueta Series

    Silueta Series
    Ana Mendieta
  • House #3

    House #3
    Francesca Woodman Providence, Rhode Island
  • Mausoleum of Mao Zedong

    Mausoleum of Mao Zedong
    Resting place of Mao Zedong
  • October 18, 1977

    October 18, 1977
    Gerhard Ritcher
  • Self Portrait with Model

    Self Portrait with Model
    Duane Hanson
  • Golf bag

    Golf bag
    Marilyn Levine
  • Albert Speer

    Albert Speer
    Lead architect for the nazi party
    March 19, 1905- September 1,1981
  • Untitled #228

    Untitled #228
    This is a photo interpretation of the Old Testament hero, Judith. Artist Cindy Sherman is the subject in the photo.
  • Human/Need/Desire

    Human/Need/Desire
    Bruce Nauman
  • Veranda Post: Equestrian Figure and Female Caryatid

    Veranda Post: Equestrian Figure and Female Caryatid
    Carved by Olowe of Ice. Nigeria, Yorubaland, Elon-Alaiye region
  • The Binocular Entrance to the Chiat Building

    The Binocular Entrance to the Chiat Building
    Claus Oldenberg, Coosie Can Bruggen, and Frank O Gehry (!985-1991)
  • Period: to

    Guerrilla Girls

    Founded 1985
  • Deep Contact

    Deep Contact
    Lynn Hershman Leeson
  • Immersion (piss christ)

    Immersion (piss christ)
    Andres Serrano
  • The Bitter Nest Part 11: The Harlem Renaissance Party

    The Bitter Nest Part 11: The Harlem Renaissance Party
    Faith RInggold. The quilt is an African tradition brought to America through slavery.
  • Portrait (Futango)

    Portrait (Futango)
    Yasumasa Morimura
  • Stereo Styles

    Stereo Styles
    Lorna Simpson
  • Bismullah

    Bismullah
    Rasheed Araeen
  • JustSeeds

    JustSeeds
    Organization found by Josh MacPhee. JustSeeds is a public collection of cultural materials produced by social movements based in Brooklyn, NY.
  • Bank of China, Hong Kong

    Bank of China, Hong Kong
    Pei
  • Your Body is a Battleground

    Your Body is a Battleground
    Barbara Krueger
  • Women of Allah

    Women of Allah
    "Rebellious Silence" This photographic series by Shirin Neshat, examines the complexities of women's identities in the changing cultural landscape of the Middle East.
  • Buddha Statue of Hyderabad

    Buddha Statue of Hyderabad
    Located in India, this the world's tallest monolith of Gautama Buddha.
  • Untitled: Portrait of Ross in LA

    Untitled: Portrait of Ross in LA
    In this "portrait" of his deceased partner, Ross Laycock, Gonzalez-Torres created a spill of candies that approximated Ross’s weight (175 lbs.) when he was healthy. Viewers are invited to take away a candy until the mound gradually disappears; it is then replenished, and the cycle of life and death continues. While Gonzalez-Torres wanted the viewer/participant to partake of the sweetness of his own relationship with Ross, the candy spill also works as an act of communion.
  • Untitled

    Untitled
    Robert Gober
  • Monywa Buddhas

    Monywa Buddhas
    Reclining(1991), and standing(2008)
  • Gnaw

    Gnaw
    600 pounds of chocolate, gnawed by the artist, Janine Antoni
  • Nara Convention Hall

    Nara Convention Hall
    Arata Izosaki. The photo is of perspective sketches for plaza and entrance lobby, in Nara, Japan.
  • Untitled (Free)

    Untitled (Free)
    Rirkrit Tiravanija converted a gallery into a kitchen where he served the visitors. He served them a meal of rice and Thai curry for free.
  • The Temple of All Religions

    The Temple of All Religions
    This temple was designed by IIdar Khanov and located in Kazan, Russia.
  • Untitled: Four Etchings

    Untitled: Four Etchings
    Glenn Ligon
  • Genesis

    Genesis
    Jaune Quick-to-see Smith
  • Justin Bond

    Justin Bond
    Catherine Opie
  • Spider

    Spider
    Louise Bourgeois
  • Julie

    Julie
    Rineke Dijkstra, Den Haag, Netherlands
  • Faceless Woman of Allah Series

    Faceless Woman of Allah Series
    Shirin Neshat, rebellious silence.
  • Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S

    Electronic Superhighway: Continental  U.S
    Located in Alaska, Hawaii. Nam June Paik
  • Ai Wei Wei

    Ai Wei Wei
    Dropping a Han-Dynasty,1995
    Never Sorry, 2012
  • Bear

    Bear
    Tim Hawkinson
  • That Profile

    That Profile
    Martin Puryear (1997-1999)
  • The Chromatic Diet

    The Chromatic Diet
    Sophie Calle
  • Power Figure (Nkisi N'Kondi: Mangaaka)

    Power Figure (Nkisi N'Kondi: Mangaaka)
    A nkisi nkondi acts as an oath taking image which is used to solve verbal disputes.
  • 99 Cent

    99 Cent
    Andreas Gursky
  • Judenplatz: Holocaust Memorial

    Judenplatz: Holocaust Memorial
    Rachel Whiteread
  • Condition Report

    Condition Report
    Glenn Ligon
  • Tan Tan Bo

    Tan Tan Bo
    Takashi Murakami
  • Bat Project 1

    Bat Project 1
    Huang Yang Ping
  • Easy to Remember

    Easy to Remember
    Lorna Simpson
  • Born

    Born
    Kiki Smith
  • Sea Form Pavillion

    Sea Form Pavillion
    Dale Chihuly
  • Tribute in Light

    Tribute in Light
  • Drawing for Transient Rainbow

    Drawing for Transient Rainbow
    Cai Gun Quian
  • Junk

    Junk
    Tony Oursler
  • One Hundred Lavish Months of Bushwack

    One Hundred Lavish Months of Bushwack
    Wangechi Mutu
  • Sasa (el Antasui)

    Sasa (el Antasui)
  • Self Portrait Nursing

    Self Portrait Nursing
    Catherine Opie
  • Stern

    Stern
    Marlene Dumas
  • The Green Line

    The Green Line
    Francis Alys
  • Black Rainbow

    Black Rainbow
    Explosion Project for Valencia, Spain (Cai Guo-Qiang)
  • Halibut Feast Dish

    Halibut Feast Dish
    Wamiss
  • The Matter of Time

    The Matter of Time
    Richard Serra
  • Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

    Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
    Berlin, Germany. Built by Peter Eisenman (who also built DAAP)
  • For the Love of God

    For the Love of God
    Damien Hurst
  • The Giant 2

    The Giant 2
    David Altmejd
  • Shibboleth

    Shibboleth
    Doris Salcedo
  • The New York City Waterfalls

    The New York City Waterfalls
    Olafur Eliasson
  • Momme Portait Series (Shadow)

    Momme Portait Series (Shadow)
    LaToya Ruby Frazier
  • untitled

    untitled
    maurizio cattelan horse
  • Petit Hamge-Stack VIII

    Petit Hamge-Stack VIII
    Ann Page
  • Le dejuener sur l'herbe: Les Trois Femmes Noires

    Le dejuener sur l'herbe: Les Trois Femmes Noires
    Mickalene Thomas
  • Untitled 2008-2011 (the map of the land of feeling)

    Untitled 2008-2011 (the map of the land of feeling)
    Rirkrit Tiracanvija
  • Demetrea

    Demetrea
    Firelei Báez: Bloodlines
  • No Seconds Series

    No Seconds Series
    Henry Hargreaves Death Row Last Meals Photography
  • The Incidental Insurgents

    The Incidental Insurgents
    Basel Abbas & Ruanne Abou-Rahme
  • Erdem Gunduz Standing

    Erdem Gunduz Standing
    Face of Tukey's protest movement by standing still.
  • Claim

    Claim
    William Pope L
  • Asphalt Chalk, Michael Brown, Sean Bell, Amadou Diallo, Trayvon Martin

    Asphalt Chalk, Michael Brown, Sean Bell, Amadou Diallo, Trayvon Martin
    Titus Kaphar
  • Invisible Children

    Invisible Children
    Ebony G. Patterson
    Bling Memories
  • THE LIVING NEED LIGHT, THE DEAD NEED MUSIC

    THE LIVING NEED LIGHT, THE DEAD NEED MUSIC
    The Propeller Group
  • A Subtlety/Marvelous Sugar Baby

    A Subtlety/Marvelous Sugar Baby
    Kara Walker.
  • You Are My Sunshine

    You Are My Sunshine
    Wangechi Mulu, 2015