AP Art History Timeline

  • 35,000 BCE

    Paleolithic

  • 28,000 BCE

    "Venus" of Willendorf

    "Venus" of Willendorf
    Paleolithic 2800BCE-25000BCE
    Oolitic Limestone tinted w/ ochre
  • 25,500 BCE

    Apollo 11 Stones

    Apollo 11 Stones
    Paleolithic 25500BCE-25300BCE
    Charcoal on Stone
  • 25,000 BCE

    Humans in the Americas

  • 6000 BCE

    Neolithic Near East

  • 4200 BCE

    Ibex Beaker

    Ibex Beaker
    Susian 4200BCE-3500BCE
    Painted Terra Cotta
  • 4000 BCE

    Neolithic Europe

  • 4000 BCE

    Anthropomorphic Stele

    Anthropomorphic Stele
    Neolithic 4th millenium BCE (4000 BCE)
    Sandstone
  • 3500 BCE

    White Temple and its Ziggurat

    White Temple and its Ziggurat
    Sumerian c.3500BCE-3000BCE
    Mud Brick
  • 3000 BCE

    Palette of King Narmer

    Palette of King Narmer
    Predynastic Egypt c.3000BCE-2920BCE
    Greywacke
  • 2620 BCE

    Seated Scribe

    Seated Scribe
    Old Kingdom Egypt c.2620BCE-2500BCE
    Painted Limestone
  • 2600 BCE

    Old Kingdom Egypt

  • 2600 BCE

    Standard of Ur

    Standard of Ur
    Sumerian c.2600BCE-2400BCE
    Wood inlaid w/ shell/black limestone
  • 2500 BCE

    Probable date of the first iron objects

  • 2500 BCE

    Stonehenge

    Stonehenge
    Neolithic Europe c.2500BCE-1600BCE
    Sandstone
  • 2490 BCE

    Great Pyramids

    Great Pyramids
    Old Kingdom Egypt c.2490BCE-2472BCE
    Cut Limestone
  • 1792 BCE

    Code of Hammurabi

    Code of Hammurabi
    Susian c.1792BCE-1750BCE
    Basalt
  • 1550 BCE

    New Kingdom Egypt

  • 1500 BCE

    Ambum Stone

    Ambum Stone
    Neolithic c.1500BCE
    Greywacke
  • 1473 BCE

    Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut

    Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
    New Kingdom Egypt c.1473BCE-1458BCE
    Sandstone partially carved into a rock cliff, red granite
  • 1353 BCE

    Akhenaton

    Akhenaton
    New Kingdom Egypt c.1353BCE-1335BCE
    Limestone
  • 1350 BCE

    Amarna

  • 1200 BCE

    The Fall of Troy

  • 1200 BCE

    Tlatilco Female Figurine

    Tlatilco Female Figurine
    Neolithic 1200BCE-900BCE
    Ceramic
  • 776 BCE

    First Olympic Games

  • 753 BCE

    Rome Founded

  • 720 BCE

    Lamassu

    Lamassu
    Neo-Assyrian c.720BCE-705BCE
    Alabaster
  • 600 BCE

    Athenian Agora

    Athenian Agora
    Hellenistic Greek 600BCE-150BCE
    Plan, 30 acres
  • 530 BCE

    Korous/Kore

    Korous/Kore
    Archaic Greek c.530BCE
    Marble w/ paint remnants/details
  • 520 BCE

    Apadana

    Apadana
    Persian c.520BCE-465BCE
    Limestone
  • 510 BCE

    Republican Rome

  • 480 BCE

    Classical Greek

  • 450 BCE

    Doryphoros

    Doryphoros
    Classical Greek 450BCE-440BCE
    Bronze, Roman Copy (marble)
  • Period: 449 BCE to 479 BCE

    Persian Wars

  • 447 BCE

    Acropolis

    Acropolis
    Classical Greek c.447BCE-410BCE
    Marble
  • 325 BCE

    Hellenistic Greek

  • 323 BCE

    Alexander the Great Dies

  • 100 BCE

    Alexander Mosaic

    Alexander Mosaic
    Republican Rome 100BCE
    Mosaic, 1.5 million tiles
  • 100 BCE

    Seated Boxer

    Seated Boxer
    Hellenistic Greek c.100BCE
    Bronze
  • 44 BCE

    The Assassination of Julius Caesar

  • 50

    Portrait of Augustus from Prima Porta

    Portrait of Augustus from Prima Porta
    Imperial Rome 50CE
    Marble
  • 50

    Imperial Rome

  • 70

    Colosseum

    Colosseum
    Imperial Rome 70CE-80CE
    Stone and Concrete
  • 118

    Pantheon

    Pantheon
    Imperial Rome 118CE-125CE
    Concrete w/ stone facing
  • 476

    Western Rome Falls