-
25,000 BCE
Apollo 11 Stones
Charcoal on stone , thought to be sympathetic magic -
6000 BCE
Running horned woman
Pigment on rock
Algeria
A goddess of the time -
3500 BCE
White Temple and its Ziggurat
Uruk (Modern day Iraq)
Sumerian
Mud brick
Temple dedicated to the sky god Anu -
3000 BCE
Stonehenge
Neolithic
Salisbury Plain, England
Architectural piece -
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 -
1750 BCE
The Code of Hammurabi
Babylonian
Babylon (modern day Iran)
Basalt
emblem of the mesopotamian civilization -
1500 BCE
The Ambum Stone
Papua, New Guinea
Enga Province
Discovered in a cave in the 1960s -
1250 BCE
Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
New Kingdom
Showing importance of Hatshepsut and displaying her achievements
Luxor, Egypt
Sandstone -
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 -
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 -
520 BCE
Audience Hall of Darius and Xerxes
Persepolis, Iran
Persian
Limestone
1195 sp. yards
Mainly used for great receptions for kings -
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 -
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 -
450 BCE
doryphoros
Classical
Roman copy of Greek original
6'11"
Subtractive sculpture -
190 BCE
Winged victory of Samothrace
Hellenistic Greece
Made of marble
8'1"
Commemorating a great victory and the achievement of naval supremacy -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
500
Gold and jade crown
Three Kingdoms Period
Silla Kingdom, Korea
Fifth to sixth century C.E.
Metalwork -
631
The Kaaba
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Pre-islamic monument
Granite masonry , silk curtain, calligraphy
Rededicated by Muhammad -
743
Todai-ji
Nara, Japan
743 C.E.; rebuilt c. 1700
Wood with ceramic-tile roofing
Unifying Japan religiously = unifies country politically -
950
Lakshamana temple
Khajuraho , India
Chandella Dynasty
Sandstone
Dedicated to Vishnu -
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 " -
1494
Last Supper
Leonardo da Vinci
Oil and tempera
Commissioned by Ludovico Sforza
Located in the reflectory -
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
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
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
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
Maori tribe
oil on canvas
40.1" x 33.1" -
Chairman Mao en Route to Anuyan
Artist unknown
Based on an oil painting by Liu Chunhua
c. 1969 C.E.
Color lithograph