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
  • Calling of Saint Matthew

    Caravaggio
    1597-1601
    Oil on canvas
  • Henri iv receives the portrait

    Peter paul rubens
    1621-1625
    Oil on canvas
  • Self portrait with Saskia

    Rembrandt van rijn
    1636
    etching
  • San Carlo Alle Quattro Fontane

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

    Diego velazquez
    1656
    Oil on canvas
  • Women holding a balance

    Johannes vermeer
    1664
    Oil on canvas
  • Versailles

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

    Rachel Ruysch
    1711
    Oil on wood
  • The Tete a Tete

    William hogarth
    1743
    Oil on canvas
  • A Philosopher giving a Lecture on the Orrery

    Joseph wright of derby
    1763-1765
    Oil on canvas
  • The Swing

    Jean honore fragonard
    1767
    Oil on canvas
  • Monticello

    Virginia, us
    Thomas jefferson (architect)
    1768-1809
    Brick glass stone and wood
  • The Oath of the Horatii

    jacques -louis david
    1784

    Oil on canvas
  • George Washington

    Jean antoine houdon
    1788-1792
    marble
  • Church of sainte foy reliquary

    Ninth century CE
    stone (architecture)
    Stone and paint (tympanum)
    Gold silver gemstones and enamel over wood (reliquary)
  • Y no hay remedio

    Francisco de goya
    1810-1823
    Etching drypoint burin and burnishing
  • La Grande Odalisque

    Jean-auguste-dominique ingres
    1814
    oil on canvas
  • Liberty Leading the People

    Eugene delacroix
    1830
    Oil on canvas
  • The Oxbow

    Thomas cole
    1836
    Oil on canvas
  • Slave ship

    Joseph mallord william turner
    1840
    Oil on canvas
  • Palace of Westminster

    London england
    Charles barry and augustus W.N. pugin (architects)
    1840-1870
    Limestone masonry and glass
  • The Stone Breakers

    Gustave courbet
    1849 (destroyed in 1945)
    Oil on canvas
  • Nadar Raising Photography to the Height of Art

    Honore daumier
    1862
    lithograph
  • Olympia

    Edouard Manet
    1863
    Oil on canvas
  • Great mosque of Djenne

    Founded 1200
    Rebuilt 1906-1097
    adobe