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Period: 32,000 BCE to 30,000 BCE
Paleolithic- Figures of Chauvet cave
Charcoal drawings covering walls of caves. Depicting 13 different kinds of animals, the surface was smoothed and then etched, showing that ancient societies invented different styles of implementing art. -
Period: 7000 BCE to 6000 BCE
Mesolithic- Elk's Head of Huittinen
A carving made of of soapstone. Being dated 9000 to 8000 years ago, being a very rare sculpture no commonly found of the mesolithic era. -
Period: 3300 BCE to 3200 BCE
Protodynastic-Limestone statuette of a bearded man
A crudely carved low detail face of a bearded man. Carved from limestone, the detail in the hair was etched with a thick tool. This piece shows how primitive art used to be in proto dynastic Egypt. -
3000 BCE
Neolithic- Stonehenge
A mysterious Paleolithic monument. The smallest stones weighing several tons, and the stones were moved hundreds of miles without the use of any wheels. -
2900 BCE
Sumerian- Votive figures
Figures were often used in Temples. The hollow eyes have religious Symbolism and they used a more soft look to the skin. -
Period: 2490 BCE to 2472 BCE
Old Kingdom-King Menkaure
This well preserved statue of Menkaure was a precedent for numerous future styles of statues. And a excellent example of their worship of the pharaohs. -
Period: 2254 BCE to 2218 BCE
Akkadian-victory stele of Naram-sin
A well preserved 6 foot tall stele to commemorate Narim-sins victory over the "mountain people". The style of the piece was very symbolic of the era of the piece, realistic proportions and smooth posture. -
1754 BCE
Babylonian- code of Hammurabi
A well preserved structure sculpture used to display ancient Babylonian law. This piece helps shape the ways of the Babylonian people. -
1350 BCE
Middle kingdom- Nebamun hunting in the marshes
This piece was when they raised the standard of the human form and shown its power. How they valued life in humans and the experience they have in life. -
Period: 883 BCE to 859 BCE
Assyrian- Gate gaurdian- human headed lion
This statue was representative of their beliefs, and use of writing history of the king these statues were made for. These Lamassu statues were made for the capital that existed for a thousand years. -
575 BCE
Neo-Babylonian- Ishtar gate
The eighth gate into the walled city, ordered to be built in by a king and exists as a monument of there wealth, the the intrinsically full designs. -
Period: 1479 to 1458
New kingdom-Seated Statue of Hatshepsut
The youngest statues of the Egyptian society had a more human form. They transitioned from a stature of power to a more realistic form.
