AP Art History timeline.

25,500 BCE

Global Prehistory

Apollo 11 Stones
Namibia
c. 25,500 - 25,300 B.C.E.
Charcoal on stone
15,000 BCE

Global Prehistory

Great Hall of the Bulls Cave paintings
Lascaux, France. 15,000-13,000 B.C.E. Rock painting
14,000 BCE

Global Prehistory

Camelid sacrum
Tequixquiac, Mexico, 14,000–7000 B.C.E., Bone
6000 BCE

Global Prehistory

Running Horned Woman
Tassili n’Ajjer, Algeria
6000 - 4000 B.C.E
Pigment on rock
4200 BCE

Global Prehistory

Beaker with ibex motif
Susa, Iran
4200--3500 B.C.E.
Painted terra-cotta
4000 BCE

Global Prehistory

Anthropomorphic stele
Arabian Peninsula
4th millennium B.C.E
Sandstone
3500 BCE

Ancient Near Eastern

White Temple and its ziggurat
Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq)
Sumerian
c.3500-3000 B.C.E.
Mud brick
3300 BCE

Global Prehistory

Jade Cong
Liangzhu, China, 3300-2200 B.C.E., Carved jade
3000 BCE

Ancient Egypt

Palette of Narmer
Predynastic Egypt
c.3000-2920 B.C.E.
Greywacke
2700 BCE

Ancient Near Eastern

Statues of votive figures
From the Square Temple at Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq)
Sumerian
c.2700 B.C.E.
Gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone
2620 BCE

Ancient Egypt

Seated scribe
Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty
c.2620-2500 B.C.E.
Painted limestone
2600 BCE

Ancient Near Eastern

Standard of Ur from the Royal Tombs at Ur
Modern Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq
Sumerian
c.2600-2400 B.C.E.
Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone
2550 BCE

Ancient Egypt

Great Pyramids and the Great Sphinx
Giza, Egypt
Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty
c.2550-2490 B.C.E.
Cut limestone
2500 BCE

Global Prehistory

Stonehenge
Wiltshire, UK
Neolithic Europe
c.2500-1600 B.C.E
Sandstone
2490 BCE

Ancient Egypt

King Menkaura and queen
Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty
c.2490-2472 B.C.E.
Greywacke
1792 BCE

Ancient Near Eastern

The Code of Hammurabi
Babylon (Modern Iran)
Susian
c.1792-1750 B.C.E.
Basalt
1550 BCE

Ancient Egypt

Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall
New Kingdom, 18th & 19th Dynasties
Karnak, near Luxor, Egypt
Temple: c.1550 B.C.E.
Hall: c.1250 B.C.E.
Cut sandstone and mud brick
1500 BCE

Global Prehistory

Ambum Stone
Enga Province, Papua New Guinea
1500 B.C.E
Greywacke
1473 BCE

Ancient Egypt

Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut
And kneeling sculpture
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty
Near Luxor, Egypt
c.1473-1458 B.C.E.
Sandstone, partially covered into a rock cliff, and red granite
1353 BCE

Ancient Egypt

Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters
New Kingdom (Amarna), 18th Dynasty
c.1353-1335 B.C.E.
Limestone
1323 BCE

Ancient Egypt

Tutankhamun’s tomb, innermost coffin
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty
c.1323 B.C.E.
Gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones
1275 BCE

Ancient Egypt

Last judgment of Hu-Nefer, from his tomb
New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty
c.1275 B.C.E.
Painted papyrus scroll
1200 BCE

Global Prehistory

Tlatilco female figurine
Central Mexico
1200 - 900 B.C.E
Ceramic
1000 BCE

Global Prehistory

Terra cotta fragment
Solomon Islands, Reef Islands
1000 B.C.E
Terra cotta
720 BCE

Ancient Near Eastern

Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II
Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad, Iraq)
Neo-Assyrian c.720-705 B.C.E.
Alabaster
600 BCE

Ancient Greece

Athenian Agora
Archaic through Hellenistic Greek
600 B.C.E. - 150 C.E.
Plan
530 BCE

Ancient Greece

Anavysos Kouros
Archaic Greek
c.530 B.C.E.
Marble with remnants of paint
530 BCE

Ancient Greece

Peplos Kore from the Acropolis
Archaic Greek
c.530 B.C.E.
Marble, painted details
520 BCE

Ancient Near Eastern

Audience Hall (apadana) of Darius and Xerxes
Persepolis, Iran
Persian
c.520-465 B.C.E.
Limestone
520 BCE

Etruscan

Sarcophagus of the Spouses
Etruscan. c.520 B.C.E.
Terracotta
510 BCE

Etruscan

Sculpture of Apollo, Veii
Master sculptor Vulca
Etruscan. c.510-500 B.C.E.
Terracotta
510 BCE

Etruscan

Temple of Minerva (Veii, near Rome, Italy)
Etruscan. c.510-500 B.C.E.
Original temple of wood, mud brick, or tufa (volcanic rock)
500 BCE

Ancient Greece

Helios, horses, and Dionysus (Heracles?)
East Pediment Sculpture, Parthenon (Phidias?)
5th Century B.C.E.
Marble
500 BCE

Ancient Greece

Plaque of the Ergastines
Parthenon (Phidias)
5th Century B.C.E.
Marble
480 BCE

Etruscan

Tomb of the Triclinium
Tarquinia, Italy. Etruscan.
c.480-470 B.C.E. Tufa and fresco
460 BCE

Ancient Greece

Niobides Krater
Anonymous vase painter of Classical Greece known as the Niobid Painter.
c.460-450 B.C.E.
Clay, red figure technique
450 BCE

Ancient Greece

Doryphoros (Spear bearer)
Polykleitos
Original 450-440 B.C.E.
Roman copy (marble) of the Greek original (bronze)
447 BCE

Ancient Greece

Parthenon
Iktinos and Kallikrates
c.447-410 B.C.E.
Marble
447 BCE

Ancient Greece

Acropolis
Iktinos and Kallikrates
c.447-410 B.C.E.
Marble
427 BCE

Ancient Greece

Temple of Athena Nike
Kallikrates
c.427-424 B.C.E.
Marble
427 BCE

Ancient Greece

Victory (Nike) adjusting her sandal
Temple of Athena Nike (Acropolis)
c.427-424 B.C.E.
Marble
410 BCE

Ancient Greece

Grave Stele of Hegeso
Attributed to Kallimachos
c.410 B.C.E.
Marble and paint
400 BCE

Roman

Petra, Jordan: Treasury and Great Temple
Nabataean Ptolemaic and Roman
c. 400 B.C.E - 100 C.E.
Cut rock
300 BCE

Buddhist

Great Stupa at Sanchi
Madhya Pradesh, India
Buddhist; Maurya, late Sunga Dynasty
c. 300 B.C.E.-100 C.E. Stone masonry, sandstone on dome
221 BCE

Asian

Terra cotta warriors from mausoleum of the first Qin emperor of China
Qin Dynasty.
c. 221-209 B.C.E.
Painted terra cotta
200 BCE

Roman

House of the Vettii
Pompeii, Italy
Imperial Roman
c. 2nd Century B.C.E.
Cut stone and fresco
190 BCE

Ancient Greece

Winged Victory of Samothrace
Hellenistic Greek
c.190 B.C.E.
Marble
180 BCE

Asian

Funeral banner of Lady Dai (Xin Zhui)
Han Dynasty, China
c. 180 B.C.E.
Painted silk
175 BCE

Ancient Greece

Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon
Asia Minor (present-day Turkey). Hellenistic Greek.
c.175 B.C.E.
Marble
175 BCE

Ancient Greece

Frieze of Athena from the Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon
Asia Minor (present-day Turkey). Hellenistic Greek.
c.175 B.C.E.
Marble
100 BCE

Ancient Greece

Seated Boxer
Hellenistic Greek
C.100 B.C.E.
Bronze
100 BCE

Roman

Alexander mosaic from the House of Faun, Pompeii
Republican Roman c.100 B.C.E.
Mosaic
75 BCE

Roman

Head of a Roman patrician
Republican Roman
c.75-50 B.C.E.
Marble
70

Roman

Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater)
Rome, Italy. Imperial Roman.
70-80 C.E.Stone and concrete.
100

Roman

Augustus of Prima Porta
Imperial Roman
Early 1st Century C.E.
Marble
106

Roman

Forum of Trajan
Rome, Italy. Apollodorus of Damascus. Forum and markets.
c.106-112 C.E.
Brick and concrete.
113

Roman

Column of Trajan
Completed 113 C.E.
Marble
118

Roman

Pantheon
Imperial Roman. 118-125 C.E.
Concrete with stone facing.
250

Roman

Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus
Late Imperial Roman. c.250 C.E.
Marble.
400

Buddhist

Buddha
Bamiyan, Afghanistan
Gandharan
c. 400-800 C.E.
(destroyed in 2001)
Cut rock with plaster and polychrome paint
401

Asian

Gold and jade crown
Three Kingdoms Period
Silla Kingdom, Korea
Fifth to sixth century C.E.
Metalwork
493

Buddhist

Longmen caves
Luoyang, China. Tang Dynasty.
493-1127 C.E.
Limestone
631

Islamic

The Kaaba
Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Islamic. Pre-Islamic monument
Rededicated by Muhammad in 631-632 C.E. Multiple renovations
Granite masonry, covered with silk curtain and calligraphy in gold and silver-wrapped thread
641

Buddhist

Jowo Rinpoche, enshrined in the Jokhang Temple
Lhasa, Tibet. Yarlung Dynasty.
Believed to have been brought to Tibet in 641 C.E.
Gilt metals with semiprecious stones, pearls, and paint; various offerings
691

Islamic

Dome of the Rock
Jerusalem. Islamic. Umayyad.
691-692 C.E., with multiple renovations
Stone masonry and wooden roof decorated with glazed ceramic tile, mosaics, and gilt aluminum and bronze dome.
700

Pacific

Nan Madol
Pohnpei, Micronesia
Saudeleur Dynasty
c. 700-1600 C.E.
Basalt boulders and prismatic columns
700

Islamic

Great Mosque (Masjid-e Jameh)
Isfahan, Iran. Islamic, Persian: Seljuk, Il-Khanid, Timurid and Safavid Dynasties
c. 700 C.E.; additions and restorations in the 14th, 18th & 20th centuries C.E.
Stone, brick, wood, plaster, and glazed ceramic tile
701

Islamic

Folio from a Qur’an
Arab, North Africa or Near East
Abbasid. c. eighth to ninth century C.E.
Ink, color, and gold on parchment
743

Asian

Todai-ji
Nara, Japan
743 C.E.; rebuilt c. 1700
Wood with ceramic-tile roofing
750

Buddhist

Borobudur Temple
Central Java, Indonesia
Sailendra Dynasty
c. 750-842 C.E.
Volcanic-stone masonry
785

Islamic

Great Mosque
Córdoba, Spain. Umayyad
c. 785-786 C.E.
Stone masonry
800

Hindu

Angkor, the temple of Angkor Wat, and the city of Angkor Thom, Cambodia
Hindu, Angkor Dynasty
c. 800-1400 C.E. Stone masonry, sandstone
930

Hindu

Lakshmana Temple
Khajuraho, India. Hindu, Chandella Dynasty
c. 930-950 C.E. Sandstone
968

Islamic

Pyxis of al-Mughira
Umayyad
c. 968 C.E.
Ivory
1000

Asian

Travelers among Mountains and Streams
Fan Kuan
c. 1000 C.E.
Ink and colors on silk
1000

African

Conical tower and circular wall of Great Zimbabwe
Southeastern Zimbabwe
Shona peoples
c. 1000-1400 C.E.
Coursed granite blocks
1001

Hindu

Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja)
Hindu
India (Tamil Nadu)
Chola Dynasty
c. 11th century C.E.
Cast bronze
1066

African

Power figure (Nkisi n’kondi)
Kongo peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
c. late 19th century C.E.
1066 - 1067 CE
Wood and metal
1100

Pacific

Moai on platform (ahu)
Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
c. 1100-1600 C.E.
Volcanic tuff figures on basalt base
1200

Islamic

Great Mosque of Djenné
Mali
Founded c. 1200 C.E.; rebuilt 1906-1907
Adobe
1250

Asian

Night Attack on the Sanjô Palace
Kamakura Period, Japan
c. 1250-1300 C.E.
Handscroll (ink and color on paper)
1320

Islamic

Basin (Baptistère de St. Louis)
Muhammad ibn al-Zain
c. 1320-1340 C.E.
Brass inlaid with gold and silver
1330

Islamic

Bahram Gur Fights the Karg, folio from the Great Il-Khanid Shahnama
Islamic
Persian, Il-Khanid
c. 1330-1340 C.E.
Ink and opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper
1351

Asian

The David Vases
Yuan Dynasty, China
1351 C.E.
White porcelain with cobalt-blue underglaze
1354

Islamic

Alhambra
Granada, Spain. Nasrid Dynasty
1354-1391 C.E.
Whitewashed adobe stucco, wood, tile, paint, and gilding
1401

Asian

Portrait of Sin Sukju (1417-1475)
Imperial Bureau of Painting
c. 15th century C.E.
Hanging scroll (ink and color on silk)
1401

Asian

Forbidden City
Beijing, China. Ming Dynasty.
15th century C.E. and later
Stone masonry, marble, brick, wood, and ceramic tile
1427

Northern Renaissance

Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece)
Workshop of Robert Campin
1427-1432 C.E. Oil on wood
1429

Florentine Renaissance

Pazzi Chapel
Basilica di Santa Croce
Florence, Italy
Filippo Brunelleschi (architect)
c. 1429-1461 C.E.
Masonry
1434

Northern Renaissance

The Arnolfini Portrait
Jan van Eyck
c. 1434 C.E.
Oil on wood
1440

Florentine Renaissance

David
Donatello
c. 1440-1460 C.E.
Bronze
1450

Florentine Renaissance

Palazzo Rucellai
Florence, Italy
Leon Battista Alberti (architect)
c. 1450 C.E.
Stone, masonry
1465

Florentine Renaissance

Madonna and Child with Two Angels
Fra Filippo Lippi
c. 1465 C.E.
Tempera on wood
1480

Asian

Ryoan-ji
Kyoto, Japan
Muromachi Period, Japan
c. 1480 C.E.; current design most likely dates to the 18th century
Rock garden
1484

Florentine Renaissance

Birth of Venus
Sandro Botticelli
c. 1484-1486 C.E. Tempera on canvas
1494

High Renaissance

Last Supper
Leonardo da Vinci
c. 1494-1498 C.E. Oil and tempera
1501

African

Wall plaque, from Oba’s palace
Edo peoples, Benin (Nigeria)
16th century C.E.
Cast brass
1501

Southern Baroque

Il Gesù, Rome, Italy; Giacomo da Vignola (architect); Giacomo della Porta, facade (architect); Church: 16th Century C.E.; Facade: 1568-1584 C.E.
Brick, marble, stucco
1504

Northern Renaissance

Adam and Eve
Albrecht Dürer
1504 C.E.
Engraving
1508

High Renaissance

Sistine Chapel ceiling
Vatican City, Italy
Michelangelo
Ceiling frescoes: c. 1508-1512 C.E.
Altar frescoes: c. 1536-1541 C.E.
Fresco
1509

High Renaissance

School of Athens
Raphael
c. 1509-1511 C.E. Fresco
1512

Northern Renaissance

Isenheim altarpiece
Matthias Grünewald
c. 1512-1516 C.E.
Oil on wood
1522

Islamic

The Court of Gayumars, folio from Shah Tahmasp’s Shahnama
Sultan Muhammad
c. 1522-1525 C.E.
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
1525

Late Renaissance

Entombment of Christ
Jacopo da Pontormo
1525-1528 C.E.
Oil on wood
1530

Northern Renaissance

Allegory of Law and Grace
Lucas Cranach the Elder
c. 1530 C.E.
Woodcut and letterpress
1536

Mannerism

The Last Judgment
Michelangelo
Sistine Chapel, 1536-1541 C.E.
Fresco
1538

Late Renaissance

Venus of Urbino
Titian
c. 1538 C.E. Oil on canvas
1539

Islamic

The Ardabil Carpet
Maqsud of Kashan
1539-1540 C.E.
Silk and wool
1541

Cross Cultural

Frontispiece of the Codex Mendoza
Viceroyalty of New Spain
c. 1541-1542 C.E.
Ink and color on paper
1565

Northern Renaissance

Hunters in the Snow
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
1565 C.E. Oil on wood
1568

Islamic

Mosque of Selim II
Edirne, Turkey
Sinan (architect)
1568-1575 C.E.
Brick and stone
1597

Southern Baroque

Calling of Saint Matthew
Caravaggio
c. 1597-1601 C.E.
Oil on canvas
1601

Cross Cultural

Angel with Arquebus, Asiel Timor Dei
Master of Calamarca (La Paz School)
c. 17th Century C.E.
Oil on canvas
1620

Islamic

Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings
Bichitr
c. 1620 C.E.
Watercolor, gold, and ink on paper
1621

Aristocratic Baroque

Henry IV Receives the Portrait of Marie de’ Medici, from the Marie de’ Medici Cycle
Peter Paul Rubens
1621-1625 C.E.
Oil on canvas
1632

Islamic

Taj Mahal
Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
Masons, marble workers, mosaicists, and decorators working under the supervision of Ustad Ahmad Lahori, architect of the emperor. 1632-1653 C.E.
Stone masonry and marble with inlay of precious and semiprecious stones; gardens
1636

Bourgeois Baroque

Self-Portrait with Saskia
Rembrandt van Rijn
1636 C.E.
Etching
1638

Southern Baroque

San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
Rome, Italy
Francesco Borromini (architect)
1638-1646 C.E.
Stone and stucco
1647

Southern Baroque

Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria
Rome, Italy
c. 1647-1652 C.E.
Stucco
1647

Southern Baroque

Ecstasy of Saint Teresa
Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
c. 1647-1652 C.E.
Marble
1656

Aristocratic Baroque

Las Meninas
Diego Velázquez
c. 1656 C.E.
Oil on canvas
1664

Bourgeois Baroque

Woman Holding a Balance
Johannes Vermeer
c. 1664 C.E.
Oil on canvas
1669

Aristocratic Baroque

The Palace at Versailles
Versailles, France
Louis Le Vau & Jules Hardouin-Mansart (architects)
Begun 1669 C.E.
Masonry, stone, wood, iron, and gold leaf (architecture)
Marble and bronze (sculpture)
1697

Cross Cultural

Screen with the Siege of Belgrade and hunting scene
Circle of the González Family c. 1697-1701 C.E.
Tempera and resin on wood, shell inlay
1698

Cross Cultural

The Virgin of Guadalupe
(Virgen de Guadalupe)
Miguel González
c. 1698 C.E.
Based on original Virgin of Guadalupe Basilica of Guadalupe, Mexico City
16th Century C.E.
Oil on canvas on wood, inlaid with mother-of-pearl
1700

African

Sika dwa kofi (Golden Stool)
Ashanti peoples (south central Ghana)
c. 1700 C.E.
Gold over wood and cast-gold attachments
1701

Pacific

Female deity
Nukuoro, Micronesia
c. 18th to 19th century C.E.
Wood
1710

Asian

White and Red Plum Blossoms
Ogata Korin
c. 1710-1716 C.E.
Ink, watercolor, and gold leaf on paper
1711

Bourgeois Baroque

Fruit and Insects
Rachel Ruysch

1711 C.E.
Oil on wood
1715

Cross Cultural

Spaniard and Indian Produce a Mestizo
Attributed to Juan Rodríguez Juárez c. 1715 C.E.
Oil on canvas
1743

Rococo

The Tête a Tête, from Marriage à la Mode
William Hogarth
c. 1743 C.E.
Oil on canvas
1750

Pacific

‘Ahu ‘ula (feather cape)
Hawaiian
Late 18th century C.E.
Feathers and fiber
1750

Pacific

Staff god
Rarotonga, Cook Islands, central Polynesia
Late 18th to early 19th century C.E.
Wood, tapa, fiber, and feathers
1750

Cross Cultural

Portrait of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Miguel Cabrera
c. 1750 C.E.
Oil on canvas
1760

African

Ndop (portrait figure) of King Mishe miShyaang maMbul
Kuba peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
c. 1760-1780 C.E.
Wood
1763

Enlightenment

A Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery
Joseph Wright of Derby
c. 1763-1765 C.E.
Oil on canvas
1767

Rococo

The Swing
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
1767 C.E.
Oil on canvas
1768

Neoclassicism

Monticello
Virginia, U.S.
Thomas Jefferson (architect), 1768-1809 C.E.
Brick, glass, stone and wood
1784

Neoclassicism

The Oath of the Horatii
Jacques-Louis David
1784 C.E.
Oil on canvas
1788

Neoclassicism

George Washington
Jean-Antoine Houdon
1788-1792 C.E.
Marble
1790

Rococo > Enlightenment

Self-Portrait
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
1790 C.E.
Oil on canvas
1801

African

Bundu mask
Sande Society, Mende peoples (West African forests of Sierra Leone and Liberia)
19th to 20th century C.E.
Wood, cloth, and fiber
1801

African

Female (Pwo) mask
Chokwe peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Late 19th to 20th century C.E.
Wood, fiber, pigment, and metal
1801

African

Lukasa (memory board)
Mbudye Society, Luba peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
c. 19th to 20th century C.E.
Wood, beads, and metal
1801

African

Reliquary figure (byeri)
Fang peoples (southern Cameroon)
c. 19th to 20th century C.E.
Wood
1801

African

Ikenga (shrine figure)
Igbo peoples (Nigeria)
c. 19th to 20th century C.E.
Wood
1801

Pacific

Navigation chart
Marshall Islands, Micronesia
19th to early 20th century C.E.
Wood and fiber
1801

African

Aka elephant mask
Bamileke (Cameroon, western grassfields region)
c. 19th to 20th century C.E.
Wood, woven raffia, cloth, and beads
1810

Romanticism

Y no hai remedio (And There’s Nothing to be Done), from Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War), plate 15
Francisco de Goya
1810-1823 C.E. (published 1863)
Etching, drypoint, burin, and burnishing
1814

Neoclassicism > Romanticism

La Grande Odalisque
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
1814 C.E.
Oil on canvas
1830

Asian

Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as the Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
Katsushika Hokusai
1830-1833 C.E.
Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper
1830

Romanticism

Liberty Leading the People
Eugène Delacroix
1830 C.E.
Oil on canvas
1836

Romanticism

The Oxbow
(View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm)
Thomas Cole
1836 C.E. Oil on canvas
1837

Realism > Photography

Still Life in Studio
Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre
1837 C.E.
Daguerreotype
1840

Romanticism

Palace of Westminster (House of Parliament)
London, England. Charles Barry and Augustus W.N. Pugin (architects)
1840-1870 C.E.
Limestone masonry and glass
1840

Romanticism

Slave Ship
(Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On)
Joseph Mallord William Turner
1840 C.E.
Oil on canvas
1849

Romanticism

The Stone Breakers
Gustave Courbet
1849 C.E. (destroyed in 1945)
Oil on canvas
1850

Pacific

Hiapo (tapa)
Niue
c. 1850-1900 C.E.
Tapa or bark cloth, freehand painting
1850

Pacific

Buk (mask)
Mid to late 19th Century
Torres Strait (islander People)
Maubiag Island
25 in
Turtle shell, wood, fiber, feathers, and shell
1862

Realism

Nadar Raising Photography to the Height of Art
Honoré Daumier
1862 C.E.
Lithograph
1863

Realism

Olympia
Édouard Manet
1863 C.E.
Oil on canvas
1878

Photography

The Horse in Motion
Eadweard Muybridge
1878 C.E.
Albumen print
1882

Cross Cultural

The Valley of Mexico from the Hillside of Santa Isabel
(El Valle de México desde el Cerro de Santa Isabel)
Jose María Velasco 1882 C.E.
Oil on canvas
1884

Realism

The Burghers of Calais
Auguste Rodin
1884-1895 C.E.
Bronze
1890

Pacific

Tamati Waka Nene
Gottfried Lindauer
Maori (Nga-ti-toa tribe)
Auckland National Art Gallery
1890 C.E.
Oil on canvas
40.1’’ x 33.1’’
1901

African

Portrait mask (Mblo)
Baule peoples (Côte d’Ivoire)
Early 20th century C.E.
Wood and pigment
1901

Pacific

Malagan display and mask
New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
c. 20th century C.E.
Wood, pigment, fiber, and shell
1907

Photography

The Steerage
Alfred Stieglitz
1907 C.E.
Photogravure
1910

African

Veranda post of enthroned king and senior wife (Opo Ogoga)
Olowe of Ise (Yoruba peoples)
c. 1910-1914 C.E.
Wood and pigment
1953

Pacific

Presentation of Fijian mats and tapa cloths to Queen Elizabeth II
Fiji, Polynesia. 1953 C.E.
Multimedia performance (costume; cosmetics, including scent; chant; movement; and pandanus fiber/hibiscus fiber mats), photographic documentation
1969

Cross Cultural

Chairman Mao en Route to Anyuan
Artist unknown
Based on an oil painting by Liu Chunhua
c. 1969 C.E.
Color lithograph