Timeline: AP Art History

Period: 50,000 BCE to 2000 BCE

Prehistoric

This is art before the written record.
There is three other time periods inside of prehistoric.
-Paleolithic(Old stone) 50,000-8,000 BCE
-Mesolithic(Middle stone) 8,000-6/4,000 BCE
-Neolithic(New stone) 6/4,000-2000 BCE

25,500 BCE

Apollo 11

Apollo 11
Namibia
25,500-25,300 BCE
Charcoal on stone

15,000 BCE

Great Hall of the Bulls

Lascaux, France
15,000-13,000 BCE
Rock painting

14,000 BCE

Camelid Sacrum in the shape of a Canine

Tequixquiac, central mexico
14,000-7,000 BCE
bone

6000 BCE

Running Horned Women

Algeria
6,000-4,000 BCE
Pigment of rock

Period: 5000 BCE to 1070 BCE

Egypt

Predynastic 5000-3100 BCE
Early Dynastic 3100-2649 BCE
Old Kingdom 2649-2150 BCE
Middle Kingdom 1991-1700 BCE
New Kingdom 1550-1070 BCE

4200 BCE

Beaker with Ibex Motifs

Susa Iran
4,200-3,500BCE
Painted terra cotta

4000 BCE

Anthropomorphic Stele

Arabian Peninsula
Fourth millennium BCE
sandstone
92x21 cm

3500 BCE

White temple and Ziggurat

Uruk(modern Warka, Iraq)
Sumerian
3,500-3,000 BCE
Mud brick
17.5 x 22.3 m (temple)

3300 BCE

Jade cong

Liangzhu, China
3,300-2,200 BCE
Carved Jade

3000 BCE

Palette of King Narmer

3,000-2920 BCE
Predynastic Egypt
Greywacke
2'1" high

Period: 2800 BCE to 331 BCE

Ancient Near East

Sumerian 2,800-2,300 BCE
Akkadian 2,300-2,100 BCE
Neo-Sumerian 2,100-1,800 BCE
Babylonian 1,800-1,600 BCE
Assyria 1,300-612 BCE
Neo-Babylonian 612-539 BCE
Persia 539-331 BCE

2700 BCE

Statues of votive figures

Sumerian
Modern Tell Asmar, Iraq
2,700 BCE
Gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone
12" x 5" x 4"

2620 BCE

Seated Scribe

Saqqara, Egypt
Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty
2,620-2500 BCE
Painted limestone
53 cm high
44 cm width

2600 BCE

Standard of Ur

Sumerian
Modern Tell el-Muqayyar,Iraq
2,600-2,400 BCE
Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone
8.5" x 19.5"

2550 BCE

Great Pyramids (Menekaura, Khafre, Khufu) and the Great Sphinx

Giza, Egypt
Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty
2,550-2490 BCE
Cut limestone
755' each side
481' tall for largest pyramid

2500 BCE

Stonehenge

Wiltshire, UK
2,500-1,600 BCE
Sandstone

2490 BCE

King Menkaura and Queen

Fourth Dynasty
2,490-2472
Greywacke

1792 BCE

Code of Hammurabi

Babylon(Modern Iran)
Susian
1,792-1,750 BCE
Basalt
7'5" x 1' 10"

1494 BCE

Last supper

Leonardo da vinci
1494-1498 CE
oil and tempera

1473 BCE

Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut and Kneeling Statue of Hatshepsut

18th dynasty
1,473-1,458 BCE
Sandstone

1353 BCE

Akhenaton Nefertiti and Three Daughters

18th dynasty
1353-1335 BCE
limestone

1323 BCE

Tutankhamun’s inner most Coffin

18th dynasty
1323 BCE
Gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones

1275 BCE

Last Judgement of Hu-Nefer

19th dynasty
1275 BCE
Painted papyrus scroll

1250 BCE

Temple of Amun Re and Hypostyle Hall

18th and 19th dynasties
Temple 1550 BCE
Hall 1250 BCE
Cut sandstone and mud brick

1200 BCE

Tlatilco Female Figurine

Central Mexico site of tlatilco
1,200-900 BCE
Ceramic
9.5 cm high

1066 BCE

Bayeux Tapestry

1066-1080 CE
Embroidery on linen

1000 BCE

Terra cotta fragment

Lapita, Solomon Islands, Reef Islands
1000 BCE
Incised terra cotta

968 BCE

Pyxis of Al Mughira

Umayyad
968
Ivory

785 BCE

Great Mosque Cordoba

Umayyad
785-786
Stone masonry

720 BCE

Lamassu from Sargon ll

Neo-Assyrian
Dur Sharrukin (Modern Khorsabad, Iraq)
720-705 BCE
Alabaster
14'

700 BCE

Great mosque Isfahan

Iran
700
Addition and restoration in the 14th, 18th, and 20th century
Stone brick wood and plaster and glazed ceramic tile

700 BCE

Lindisfarne gospels

700 CE
Illuminated manuscript (ink pigments and gold on vellum)

691 BCE

Dome of the Rock

Umayyad
691-692
Stone masonry and wooden roof decorated with glazed ceramic tile, mosaics and gilt aluminum and bronze dome

650 BCE

Merovingian Looped Fibulae

Mid sixth century
Silver gilt worked in ligree with inlays of garnets and other stones

631 BCE

Kaaba

Granite masonry covered with silk curtain and calligraphy in gold and silver wrapped thread

609 BCE

Folio from a Qur'an

Eighth to ninth century
Ink and color and gold and silver

600 BCE

Athenian Agora

Archaic through Hellenistic Greek
600 BCE-15CE
plan

600 BCE

Virgin (Theotokos) and the Child between the Saints Theodore and George

Sixth or early seventh century CE
Encaustic on wood

532 BCE

Hagia Sophia

532-537
Brick and ceramic elements with stone and mosaic veneer

530 BCE

Peplos Kore from the Acropolis

Archaic greek
530 BCE
Marble painted details

530 BCE

Anavysos Kouros

Archaic greek
530 BCE
Marble with remnants

526 BCE

San Vitale

526-547
Brick marble and stone veneer mosaic

520 BCE

Audience Hall of Darius and Xerxes

Persepolis, Iran
Persian
520-465 BCE
Limestone

520 BCE

Sarcophagus of the Spouses

520 BCE
Terra cotta

510 BCE

Temple of Minerva

510-500 BCE
Original temple of wood mud brick or tufa

510 BCE

Temple of Minerva Sculpture of Apollo

510-500 BCE
Original temple of wood mud brick or tufa

500 BCE

Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well and Jacob Wrestling the Angel

Early sixth century ce
Illuminated manuscript(tempera, gold, and silver on purple vellum)

460 BCE

Niobides Krater

460 -450 BCE
clay , red-gure technique

450 BCE

Doryphoros (spear bearer)

Polykleitos
Original 450-440 BCE
Roman copy-marble
Greek original-bronze

447 BCE

Acropolis (parthenon)

Greece
447-410 BCE
marble

430 BCE

Tomb of Triclinium

430-470 BCE
Tufa and fresco

410 BCE

Grave stele of Hegeso

410 BCE
Marble and paint

190 BCE

Winged Victory of Samothrace

Hellenistic greek
190 BCE
marble

145 BCE

Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon

Hellenistic greek
145 BCE
marble

100 BCE

Seated boxer

Hellenistic creek
100 BCE
bronze

100 BCE

Alexander Mosaic

Pompeii
100 BCE
mosaic

80 BCE

Colosseum

70-80 CE
Stone and concrete

79 BCE

House of Vetti

Pompeii
Second century BCE
Rebuilt 62-79
Cut stone and fresco

75 BCE

Head of Roman Patrician

75-50 BCE
marble

67 BCE

Augustus of Primaporta

Early 1st century CE
marble

112

Forum of Trajan

106-112 CE
Column completed 113 CE
Brick and concrete (architecture)
Marble (column)

118

Pantheon

118-125 CE
Concrete and stone facing

200

Catacomb of Priscilla

200-400
Excavated tufa and fresco

250

ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus

250 CE
marble

400

Petra Jordan Treasury and Great Temple

400 BCE- 100 CE
Cut rock

422

Santa Sabina

422-432

Brick and stone, wooden roof

Jan 19, 1050

Church of Sainte Foy

Conques france
1050-1130

Jan 19, 1100

Madonna enthroned with angels and prophets

1100-1300

Jan 19, 1145

Chartres cathedral

Chartres france
1145-1155
reconstructed 1194-1220
limestone and stained glass

Jan 19, 1225

Dedication page with blanche of castile and king louis IX of france

1225-1245
Illuminated manuscript (ink tempera and gold leaf on vellum)

Jan 19, 1300

Rottgen pieta

1300-1325
Painted wood

Jan 19, 1303

Arena (scrovegni) chapel

Padua Italy
Giotto di bondone (artist)
1303(chapel)
1305 (fresco)
Brick (architecture)
fresco

Jan 19, 1320

Golden haggadah

1320
Illuminated manuscript (pigments and gold leaf on vellum)

Jan 9, 1330

Bahram Gur fights the Karg

1330-1340
Ink and opaque water color, gold and silver on paper

Nov 28, 1354

Alhambra

Granada, Spain
Nasrid dynasty
1354-1391
Whitewashed adobe stucco wood tile paint and gilding

Jan 19, 1426

Virgin and child and angels

1426
Masaccio

Jan 19, 1427

Annunciation triptych, merode altarpiece

Workshop of robert campin
1427-1432

Oil on wood

Jan 19, 1429

Pazzi chapel

Florence, Italy
Filippo brunelleschi (architect)
1429-1461
Masonry

Jan 19, 1434

Arnolfini portrait

Jan van eyck
1434

oil on wood`

Jan 19, 1440

David

Donatello
1440-1460
bronze

Jan 19, 1440

David

Donatello
1440-1460
bronze

Jan 19, 1450

Palazzo rucellai

Florence italy
Leon battista alberti (architect
1450
Stone masonry

Jan 19, 1465

Madonna and child with two angels

Fra filippo lippi
1465
Tempera on wood

Jan 19, 1484

Birth of venus

Botticelli
1484-1486
Tempera on canvas

Dec 28, 1500

Ambum stone

Ambum Valley, Enga Provence, Papua New Guinea
1500 CE
Greywacke
20 cm high

Jan 19, 1504

Adam and Eve

Albrecht durer
1504

engraving

Jan 19, 1508

Sistine chapel, ceiling and altar wall frescoes

Vatican city,italy
Michelangelo
Ceiling frescoes:1508-1512
Altar frescoes:1536-1541
fresco

Jan 19, 1512

Isenheim altarpiece

Matthias frauenwald
1512-1516
Oil on wood

Jan 19, 1525

Entombment of Christ

Jacopo da pontormo
1525-1528
Oil on wood

Jan 19, 1530

Allegory of Law and Grace

Lucas Cranach the Elder
1530
Woodcut and letterpress

Jan 19, 1538

Venus of urbino

Titian
1538

Oil on canvas

Jan 19, 1565

Hunters in the snow

Peter bruegel
1565
Oil on wood

Jan 9, 1568

Mosque of Selim ii

Edirne turkey
sinan(architect)
1568-1575
Brick and stone

Jan 19, 1597

Calling of Saint Matthew

Caravaggio
1597-1601
Oil on canvas

Jan 19, 1621

Henri iv receives the portrait

Peter paul rubens
1621-1625
Oil on canvas

Jan 19, 1636

Self portrait with Saskia

Rembrandt van rijn
1636
etching

Jan 19, 1638

San Carlo Alle Quattro Fontane

Rome, italy
Francesco borromini (architect)
1638-1646
Stone and stucco

Jan 19, 1647

Ecstasy of Saint Teresa

Cornaro chapel, church of santa maria della vittoria
Rome italy
Gian lorenzo bernini
1647-1652
Marble (sculpture)
Stucco and gilt bronze (chapel)

Jan 19, 1656

Les Meninas

Diego velazquez
1656
Oil on canvas

Jan 19, 1664

Women holding a balance

Johannes vermeer
1664
Oil on canvas

Jan 19, 1669

Versailles

France
Louis le vau and jules hardouin mansart (architects)
1669
Masonry stone wood iron and gold leaf(architecture)
Marble and bronze (sculpture)
gardens

Jan 19, 1676

II gesu, including triumph of name of jesus ceiling fresco

rome , Italy
Giacomo da vignola ,plan (architect)
Giacomo della porta facade (architect)
Giovanni battista gaulli ceiling fresco (artist)
16th century
Facade 1568-1584
Fresco and stucco gures 1676-1679
Brick marble fresco and stucco

Jan 19, 1711