Prehistoric to Rome

By OliverKvia
  • Period: 35,000 BCE to

    Paleolithic

  • Apollo 11 stones
    25,000 BCE

    Apollo 11 stones

    Charcoal on stone, really small and that meant portable. Damaged easily by weather. Theme: Rituals
  • Venus of WIllendorf
    25,000 BCE

    Venus of WIllendorf

    Oolitic limestone tinted with ochre. The first human form to ever be sculptured. Fertility symbol. Theme: Fertility
  • 25,000 BCE

    Humans in Americans

  • Period: 6000 BCE to 1500 BCE

    Neolithic

  • Ibex beaker
    4000 BCE

    Ibex beaker

    It is painted terra cotta, it show lots of different animals including birds, dogs and a goat. Theme: Animals in art
  • Anthropomorphic Stele
    4000 BCE

    Anthropomorphic Stele

    Made out of sandstone. Earliest work of art in Arabia. Stylized, not realistic. Theme: Anthropomorphic images.
  • White temple
    3500 BCE

    White temple

    Made out of mud brick and its 40 feet high.The higher the building, the closer you are to the gods. Theme: Religious centers.
  • Palette of king Narmer
    3000 BCE

    Palette of king Narmer

    Made out of greywacke, the palettes are telling a story trough registers. Tells the story of Narmer conquering Egypt and unified them. Theme: SYmbols in art.
  • Standard of Ur
    2600 BCE

    Standard of Ur

    It is wood inhaled with lapis lazuli and red limestone. This is evidence of trading. Theme: Narrative in art
  • Great pyramids
    2500 BCE

    Great pyramids

    It is made out of cut limestone, it was made for buring the pharos. Theme: Burial places
  • Seated Scribe
    2500 BCE

    Seated Scribe

    It is painted limestone, looks human. He has man boobs, meaning he had enough food to eat and a well paying job but not royalty. Theme: Human figures in art
  • Stonehenge
    2500 BCE

    Stonehenge

    A great example of post and lintel construction. Made entirely out of sandstone. Theme: Ritual centres/Places of worship.
  • 2500 BCE

    Probable date for the first iron objects

  • The code of Hammurabi
    1750 BCE

    The code of Hammurabi

    Made with basalt, the pillar is ingraved with laws and rules that Hammurabi recieved from Shana. Theme: Human Divine
  • Period: 1550 BCE to 1292 BCE

    Amarna

  • Ambum stone
    1500 BCE

    Ambum stone

    Made out of greywacke. Was found near bones which is why the Theme is: Ritualistic.
  • Temple of Hatshepsut
    1460 BCE

    Temple of Hatshepsut

    Made out of sandstone, this was a new way of burying the pharos, instead of a pyramid.
  • Akhenaton
    1340 BCE

    Akhenaton

    Made out of limestone. Telling a story trough art. Nefertiti and Akhenaton in the afterlife. Theme: Genre scenes.
  • 1200 BCE

    The fall of troy

  • Period: 1069 BCE to 653 BCE

    Egypt: Old and New

  • Tlatilco female figure
    900 BCE

    Tlatilco female figure

    It is ceramic. This little toy was usually buried with people. Theme: Descriptions of human figure.
  • 776 BCE

    First Olympic games

  • 753 BCE

    Rome founded

  • Lamassu
    720 BCE

    Lamassu

    From the citadel of Sargon ll, its all made out of alabaster. It was made to protect the people inside the gates. Theme: Hybrid figures guardians.
  • Period: 700 BCE to 510 BCE

    Greek: Hellenistic

  • Agora
    600 BCE

    Agora

    Agora- meaning gathering place. The big road in the middle is a Panthantic way.
  • Anavysos Kouros
    530 BCE

    Anavysos Kouros

    Marble with remnants of paint, this art is influenced by the egyptians. Theme: Idealized form
  • Period: 509 BCE to 323 BCE

    Greek: Classical

  • Period: 509 BCE to 27

    Rome: Imperial vs Republic

  • Apadana of Darius and Xerxes
    500 BCE

    Apadana of Darius and Xerxes

  • Doryphorus
    450 BCE

    Doryphorus

    Sculptured the way we walk and talk, it is human looking.
    Theme: Idealized human form
  • Acropolis
    410 BCE

    Acropolis

    Classical Greece
  • 323 BCE

    Alexander the great dies

  • Alexander Mosaic
    100 BCE

    Alexander Mosaic

  • Seated Boxer
    100 BCE

    Seated Boxer

    Bronze, the first sculpture to be made out of bronze in the ancient greece era. Theme: Individual vs Society
  • Colesseum
    75 BCE

    Colesseum

  • 44 BCE

    The assassination of Julius Caesar

  • Portrait of Augustus from Prima
    100

    Portrait of Augustus from Prima

    Made in marble, the sculpture is 6´8 feet high. It was not carved in the back, so only meant to be in front of a wall.
  • Panthenon
    150

    Panthenon

    Made out of concrete, a Roman invention. It worships all the gods, Pantheon means; all gods. Theme: Home of worship.
  • 476

    Western Rome falls