AP Art History Timeline - Jasmine Alvarado

  • Apollo 11 Stones
    25,000 BCE

    Apollo 11 Stones

    Charcoal on stone , thought to be sympathetic magic
  • Running horned woman
    6000 BCE

    Running horned woman

    Pigment on rock
    Algeria
    A goddess of the time
  • White Temple and its Ziggurat
    3500 BCE

    White Temple and its Ziggurat

    Uruk (Modern day Iraq)
    Sumerian
    Mud brick
    Temple dedicated to the sky god Anu
  • Stonehenge
    3000 BCE

    Stonehenge

    Neolithic
    Salisbury Plain, England
    Architectural piece
  • King Menkaura and Queen
    2490 BCE

    King Menkaura and Queen

    2490 BCE
    Old Kingdom
    Displays the importance of the two of them in the Egyptian civilization because of the perfect proportions and their stances
  • The Code of Hammurabi
    1750 BCE

    The Code of Hammurabi

    Babylonian
    Babylon (modern day Iran)
    Basalt
    emblem of the mesopotamian civilization
  • The Ambum Stone
    1500 BCE

    The Ambum Stone

    Papua, New Guinea
    Enga Province
    Discovered in a cave in the 1960s
  • Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
    1250 BCE

    Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut

    New Kingdom
    Showing importance of Hatshepsut and displaying her achievements
    Luxor, Egypt
    Sandstone
  • Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II
    720 BCE

    Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II

    Dur Sharukkin (modern day Khorsabad, Iraq)
    Assyrian Period
    Alabaster
    Figure of a winged lion that symbolizes the cosmic powers of the Near East
  • Athenian Agora
    600 BCE

    Athenian Agora

    Archaic through Hellenistic Greek
    Plan
    There were communal and political uses for the Athenian Agora since it was in the largest city in Greece
  • Audience Hall of Darius and Xerxes
    520 BCE

    Audience Hall of Darius and Xerxes

    Persepolis, Iran
    Persian
    Limestone
    1195 sp. yards
    Mainly used for great receptions for kings
  • Sarcophagus of the Spouses
    520 BCE

    Sarcophagus of the Spouses

    520 BCE
    Etruscan
    Terra Cotta
    Could've been used for either cremation or burial because at the time , both were done to those who passed away
  • Niobides Krater
    450 BCE

    Niobides Krater

    Classical Greece Period
    Clay, red figure technique
    21 1/4 " x 22"
    Inspired by the large frescoes in Athens and Delphi
  • doryphoros
    450 BCE

    doryphoros

    Classical
    Roman copy of Greek original
    6'11"
    Subtractive sculpture
  • Winged victory of Samothrace
    190 BCE

    Winged victory of Samothrace

    Hellenistic Greece
    Made of marble
    8'1"
    Commemorating a great victory and the achievement of naval supremacy
  • Funeral banner of Lady Dai
    180 BCE

    Funeral banner of Lady Dai

    Funeral banner of Lady Dai (Xin Zhui)
    Han Dynasty, China
    Painted silk
    Reveals ancient Chinese funerary rituals & beliefs about the afterlife
  • Head of a Roman Patrician
    75 BCE

    Head of a Roman Patrician

    Republican
    Made of marble
    Rome, Italy
    Very realistic facial features which was different from the idealistic form that was previously seen in Greek artwork
  • House of the Vettii
    62 BCE

    House of the Vettii

    Imperial Roman , 2nd century
    Made of cut stone and fresco
    Example of the typical home created in Pompeii during the 2nd century
    Owned by the Vettii brothers of Pompeii
  • 100

    Great Stupa at Sanchi

    Madhya Pradesh, India
    late Sunga dynasty
    Stone masonry , sandstone on dome
  • Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus
    250

    Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus

    Late Empire (Imperial) Rome
    Made of marble
    5' high
    Rome, Italy
    Used for burials during this time , the most respected and expensive ones were made of marble
  • Gold and jade crown
    500

    Gold and jade crown

    Three Kingdoms Period
    Silla Kingdom, Korea
    Fifth to sixth century C.E.
    Metalwork
  • The Kaaba
    631

    The Kaaba

    Mecca, Saudi Arabia
    Pre-islamic monument
    Granite masonry , silk curtain, calligraphy
    Rededicated by Muhammad
  • Todai-ji
    743

    Todai-ji

    Nara, Japan
    743 C.E.; rebuilt c. 1700
    Wood with ceramic-tile roofing
    Unifying Japan religiously = unifies country politically
  • Lakshamana temple
    950

    Lakshamana temple

    Khajuraho , India
    Chandella Dynasty
    Sandstone
    Dedicated to Vishnu
  • Pazzi Chapel
    1429

    Pazzi Chapel

    Basilica de Santa Croce
    Florence, Italy
    Fillipo Brunelleschi
    Masonry
  • 1434

    The Arnolfini Portrait

    Jan van Eyck
    Oil on wood
    Lucca , Italy
    32 " x 23 "
  • Last Supper
    1494

    Last Supper

    Leonardo da Vinci
    Oil and tempera
    Commissioned by Ludovico Sforza
    Located in the reflectory
  • Sistine Chapel ceiling
    1536

    Sistine Chapel ceiling

    Vatican City, Italy
    Michelangelo
    Fresco
    A response to the Protestant Reformation
  • 1541

    Frontispiece of the Codex Mendoza

    Patron : Viceroyalty of New Spain
    Date : 1541 - 1542 CE
    Materials : pigment on paper
    Antonio de Mendoza commissioned a codex to record information about the Aztec empire.
  • Calling of Saint Matthew

    Calling of Saint Matthew

    Caravaggio
    oil on canvas
    10" x 10 "
    One of three paintings in a series by Caravaggio
  • Angel with Arquebus , Asiel Timor Dei

    Master of Calamarca
    17th Century CE
    Oil on canvas
    Asiel Timor Dei - "Fear of God"
  • Angel with Arquebus, Asiel Timor

    Master of Calamarca (La Paz School)
    c. 17th Century C.E.
    Oil on canvas
  • Palace at Versailles

    Versailles, France
    Masonry, stone, wool, iron, and gold leaf
    Louis Le Vau and Jules Hardin-Mansart
    - 11 miles from Paris
  • Screen with the Siege of Belgrade and hunting

    Circle of the González Family

    c. 1697-1701 C.E.
    Tempera and resin on wood, shell inlay
    Both sides are inspired by Japanese folding screens and contain European events and scenery
  • The Virgin of Guadalupe

    Miguel González
    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
  • Fruit and Insects

    Rachel Ruysch
    OIl on wood
  • Spaniard and Indian Produce a Mestizo

    Attributed to Juan Rodríguez Juárez

    c. 1715 C.E.
    Oil on canvas
    Notion that the more European you are, the higher you are on the social hierarchy
  • Portrait of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz

    Portrait of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz

    Miguel Cabrera
    c. 1750 C.E.
    Oil on canvas
    Painting created 55 years after her death for her admirers (function)
  • The Swing

    Jean Honore Fragonard
    1767 CE
    Oil on Canvas
    2' x 2'2"
    Patron: gentlemen of the court
  • Bundu Mask

    Bundu Mask

    Sande Society
    wood, cloth , fiber
    dedicated to the fellowship of women
    Achievement of ideal beauty
  • Liberty leading the people

    Eugène Delacroix
    Oil on canvas
    Depicts July Revolution of 1830
    Loose brush strokes
  • Still Life in Studio

    Louis-Jacques Mande Daquerre
    Daguerretype
    Photography developed as a medium in England
    6.5" x 8.5"
  • The Stone Breakers

    Gustave Courbet
    destroyed in 1945
    Oil on canvas
    Records contemporary life
  • The Valley of Mexico from the Hillside of Santa Isabel

    Jose María Velasco 1
    1882 C.E.
    Oil on canvas
    One of Mexico’s most beloved landscape painters
  • Tamati Waka Nene

    Tamati Waka Nene

    Maori tribe
    oil on canvas
    40.1" x 33.1"
  • Chairman Mao en Route to Anuyan

    Chairman Mao en Route to Anuyan

    Artist unknown
    Based on an oil painting by Liu Chunhua
    c. 1969 C.E.
    Color lithograph