AP Art History Time

By patrick.schaller
  • Pre-Dynastic - Ancient Egypt
    2960 BCE

    Pre-Dynastic - Ancient Egypt

    Palette of King Narmer, from Hierakonpolis, Egypt, Predynastic, ca. 3000-2920 BCE. Slate.
    Characteristics- Linear, Symbolic, and Measured.
  • The Old Kingdom - Ancient Egpyt
    2500 BCE

    The Old Kingdom - Ancient Egpyt

    Great Pyramids, Gizeh, Egypt, Dynasty IV.
    Characteristics - Complexity, Ingenuity, Cult-like obsession
  • The New Kingdom - Ancient Egypt
    1400 BCE

    The New Kingdom - Ancient Egypt

    Fowling scene, from the tomb of Nebamun, Thebes, Egypt, Dynasty XVII, ca. 1400-1350 BCE. Fresco on dry plaster.
    Characteristics - Dynamic, Canon, Hierarchical
  • Amarna Period - Ancient Egypt
    1350 BCE

    Amarna Period - Ancient Egypt

    Akhenaton, Nefertit, and three daughters, from Tell el-Amarna, Egypt, dynasty XVIII
  • The Archaic Period - Ancient Greece
    530 BCE

    The Archaic Period - Ancient Greece

    Peplos Kore, from the Acropolis, Athens, Greece, ca. 530 BCE. Marble.
    Characteristics- Smiling, emotionless frontal design, and progress
  • Etruscan Art
    480 BCE

    Etruscan Art

    Leopards, banqueters, and musicians, mural paintings in the Tomb of Leopards, Tarquinia, Italy, ca. 480-470 BCE.
    Characteristics- Communicative, Memorializing, Adventurous
  • Classical Period - Ancient Greece
    450 BCE

    Classical Period - Ancient Greece

    Polykleitos, Doryphoros (Spear Bearer), ca. 450-440 BCE. 6'11" high.
    Characteristics- Idealism, Scientific, Pursuit of "Perfection"
  • Hellenistic Period - Ancient Greece
    175 BCE

    Hellenistic Period - Ancient Greece

    Altar of Zeus, ca.175 BCE.
    Hellenistic- Emotional Realism, Narrative, conceptual
  • Republic Period - Ancient Rome
    75 BCE

    Republic Period - Ancient Rome

    Temple of "Fortuna Virilis", Rome, Italy, ca. 75 BCE.
    Characteristics- Culmination of Design, Appropriation, Continued Pursuit of Perfection.
  • Early Empire - Ancient Rome
    70

    Early Empire - Ancient Rome

    Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater), Rome, Italy, ca. 70-80 CE.
    Characeristics- Opulence, Worship, Public Art.
  • High Empire - Ancient Rome
    125

    High Empire - Ancient Rome

    Pantheon, Rome, Italy, 118-125 CE. Characteristics - Monuments, Power, and Realism.
  • Ancient Near East
    250

    Ancient Near East

    Palace of Shapur I, Ctesiphon, Iraq, ca. 250 CE.
    Characteristics - Monumental Projects, themes of Victory, and religious devotion.
  • Late Empire - Ancient Rome
    315

    Late Empire - Ancient Rome

    Arch of Constantine, Rome, Italy, 312-315 CE. Characteristics - re-purposed, declining glory, conflicting.
  • Late Antiquity
    351

    Late Antiquity

    Santa Costanza, Rome, Italy, ca. 337-351. Characteristics - christian, decorative, deferential.
  • Byzantine Art
    537

    Byzantine Art

    Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople, Turkey, 532-537. Characteristics - adaptable, quality of art, decorative apses.
  • Hiberno-Saxon - Early Medieval Art
    721

    Hiberno-Saxon - Early Medieval Art

    Sainth Matthew, "Lindisfarne Gospels", Northumrbia, England, ca. 698-721. Tempera on vellum. Characteristics - zoomorphic, perspective, colorful
  • Carolingian - Early Medieval Art
    814

    Carolingian - Early Medieval Art

    Equestrian portrait of Charlemagne, Metz, France, ninth century. Bronze. Characteristics - Extravagant, gilded, Classically inspired.
  • Mozarabic - Early Medieval Art
    970

    Mozarabic - Early Medieval Art

    Emeterius, "Commentary on the Apocalypse", Tabara, Spain, 970. Tempera on Parchment. Characteristics - Muslim
  • Ottonian Art - Early Medieval Art
    970

    Ottonian Art - Early Medieval Art

    Crucifix Commissioned by Archbishop Gero for Cologne Cathedral, Cologne, Germany, ca. 970. Painted Wood. Characteristics - Devotional, progressive, "idealized"
  • Romanesque Art
    1135

    Romanesque Art

    Gislebertus, Last Judgement, west tympanum of Saint-Lazare, Autun, France, ca. 1120-1135. Marble Characteristics - Fear of God, Divergent, Elevated.
  • Gothic Art
    1194

    Gothic Art

    Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France, begun 1134; rebuilt 1194
    Characteristics- Complex, Exterior-Oriented, Ascension.
  • 14th-Century Italian Art
    1305

    14th-Century Italian Art

    Giotto, "Lamentation", Arena Chapel (Cappella Scrovegni), Padua, Italy, ca. 1305. Fresco.
    Characteristics - Illusionism, Chiaroscuro, Facial Individuality.
  • 15th-Century Italian Art
    1428

    15th-Century Italian Art

    Masaccio, "Holy Trinity", Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy, ca. 1428. Fresco
    Characteristics - Linear Perspective, rich use of color, foreshortening.
  • 15th-Century Art in Northern Europe and Spain
    1432

    15th-Century Art in Northern Europe and Spain

    Jan van Eyck, "Ghent Altarpiece" (open), Saint Bavo Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium, 1432. Oil on wood.
    Characteristics - Piety, Domesticity, Realism
  • The High Renaissance and Mannerism
    1511

    The High Renaissance and Mannerism

    Raphael, Philosophy ("School of Athens"), Stanxa della Segnatura, Vatican Palace, Rome, Italy, 1509-1511. Fresco.
    Characteristics - Observational Depiction, Realism, Vitality
  • Baroque Art

    Baroque Art

    Diego Velazquez, "Las Meninas (The Maids of Honor)", 1656. Oil on Canvas
    Characteristics - Dramatic Light, Engaged Drama, Theatrical Air.

  • Art of the Late-18th to Mid-19th Century - Rococo

    Jean-Honore Fragonard, "The Swing", 1766. Oil on canvas.
    Characteristics - Whimsy, Aristocracy, effervescent
  • Art of the Late-18th to Mid-19th Century - Neo-Classicism

    Art of the Late-18th to Mid-19th Century - Neo-Classicism

    Lacques-Louis David, "Oath of the Horatii", 1784. Oil on canvas.
    Characteristics - Rigid idealism, statement over emotion, Classically modeled.
  • Art of the Late-18th to Mid-19th Century - Romanticism

    Art of the Late-18th to Mid-19th Century - Romanticism

    Theodore Gericault, "Raft of the Medusa", 1818-1819. Oil on canvas.
    Characteristics - Emotive Scenes, Political Statement, Dramatic Composition
  • Art of the Later 19th Century

    Art of the Later 19th Century

    Henry Ossawa Tanner, "The Thankful Poor", 1894. Oil on Canvas
    Characteristics - Observational, Objective, Artist has the power to create.
  • The Early 20th Century

    The Early 20th Century

    Otto Dix, "Der Krieg", 1929-1932. Oil and tempera on wood.
    Characteristics - Political Poignancy, Artist's Expression, Philosophically Oriented.