art history

  • 10,000 BCE

    Hall of Bulls

    Hall of Bulls
  • 8000 BCE

    Hall of the Bison

    Hall of the Bison
    Spain
  • 3200 BCE

    Newgrange

    Newgrange
    Ireland
  • 2600 BCE

    Menkaure and His Wife Queen Khamerernebty

    Menkaure and His Wife Queen Khamerernebty
    Gizeh, Egypt
  • 2300 BCE

    Idol from Amorgos

    Idol from Amorgos
    Greece
  • 1788 BCE

    A Pair of Lovers

    A Pair of Lovers
    Kitagawa Utamaro
  • 1780 BCE

    Radha and Krishna in the Grove

    Radha and Krishna in the Grove
    Kangra School
  • 1642 BCE

    The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq

    The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq
    Rembrandt van Rijn
  • 1552 BCE

    Villa Rotonda

    Villa Rotonda
    Andrea Palladio
  • 1550 BCE

    Mask of Agememnon

    Mask of Agememnon
    death masks were a very popular phenomenon at the time
  • 1519 BCE

    Feathered Headdress of Moctezuma

    Feathered Headdress of Moctezuma
    Aztec
  • 1513 BCE

    Knight, Death, and the Devil

    Knight, Death, and the Devil
    Albrecht Durer
  • 1465 BCE

    Portrait of Frederico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, and his wife Battista Sforza

    Portrait of Frederico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, and his wife Battista Sforza
    Piero Della Francesca
  • 1434 BCE

    Aztec Marriage Couple

    Aztec Marriage Couple
    Mexico
  • 1323 BCE

    Tutankhamun's Mask

    Tutankhamun's Mask
    Ancient Egypt
  • 1150 BCE

    Central Temple Complex

    Central Temple Complex
    Angkor Wat
  • 1150 BCE

    Central Temple Complex at Angkor Was

    Central Temple Complex at Angkor Was
  • 1000 BCE

    Kandarya Mahadeva Temple

    Kandarya Mahadeva Temple
    India
  • 786 BCE

    Great Mosque of Cordoba

    Great Mosque of Cordoba
  • 720 BCE

    Lamassu

    Lamassu
    Iraq
  • 700 BCE

    Portraits of the Emperors

    Portraits of the Emperors
    Yan Liben
  • 559 BCE

    Persepolis

    Persepolis
    Persia (Iran)
  • 500 BCE

    Three Legged Ting

    Three Legged Ting
    Zhou Dynasty, China
  • 432 BCE

    Mnesicles

    Mnesicles
    Athens
  • 400 BCE

    Parthenon

    Parthenon
  • 330 BCE

    The Marathon Boy

    The Marathon Boy
    Ancient Greece
  • 250 BCE

    Tomb Model of a House

    Tomb Model of a House
    Eastern Han Dynasty
  • 250 BCE

    Lion Capital

    Lion Capital
    Sarnath, India
  • 210 BCE

    Army of the First Emperor of Qin

    Army of the First Emperor of Qin
    Lintong, China
  • 200 BCE

    House of Julius Polybius

    House of Julius Polybius
    Pompeii, Italy
  • 175 BCE

    Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius

    Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius
  • 100 BCE

    Oil Lamp with Love Making Scene

    Oil Lamp with Love Making Scene
    Roman
  • 100 BCE

    Kidder Figure

    Kidder Figure
    Mayan, Guatemala
  • 81

    Arch of Titus

    Arch of Titus
    Rome, Italy
  • 106

    Interior of Markets of Trajan

    Interior of Markets of Trajan
    Rome
  • 405

    Porch of the Caryatids

    Porch of the Caryatids
    Erectheum
  • 547

    Emperor Justinian and His Attendants, Church of San Vitale

    Emperor Justinian and His Attendants, Church of San Vitale
    Ravenna, Italy
  • 600

    Palace at Palenque

    Palace at Palenque
    Mexico
  • 1000

    Pueblo Bonito

    Pueblo Bonito
    Anasazi New Mexico
  • 1200

    Dogon Cliff Dwellings with Granaries

    Dogon Cliff Dwellings with Granaries
    Mali, Africa
  • 1200

    Six Persimmons

    Six Persimmons
    Mu-Qi
  • 1204

    Detail of Deesis Mosaic in Hagia Sophia

    Detail of Deesis Mosaic in Hagia Sophia
    Turkey
  • 1250

    Moche Pot Depicting a Woman Giving Birth Assisted by Midwives

    Moche Pot Depicting a Woman Giving Birth Assisted by Midwives
    Peru
  • 1300

    Crowned Head of an Oni

    Crowned Head of an Oni
    Ife, Nigeria
  • 1300

    Jayavarman VII

    Jayavarman VII
    Cambodia
  • 1400

    Madonna and Child

    Madonna and Child
    Carlo Crivelli
  • 1400

    Monumental Heads

    Monumental Heads
    Moai Statue
  • 1402

    Sacrifice of Isaac

    Sacrifice of Isaac
    Lorenzo Ghiberti
  • 1425

    Holy Trinity

    Holy Trinity
    Masaccio
  • 1427

    The Expulsion from Paradise

    The Expulsion from Paradise
    Masaccio
  • 1433

    Virgin and Child in a Niche

    Virgin and Child in a Niche
    Rogier Van Der Weyden
  • 1434

    Wedding Portrait

    Wedding Portrait
    Jan Van Eyck
  • 1435

    De Pictura

    De Pictura
    Alberti- four true colors: fire, ash, blue, gray. White and black aren't colors, but variations
  • 1436

    Lucca Madonna

    Jan Van Eyck
  • 1440

    Printing Press

    Johannes Gutenberg
  • 1465

    The Birth of Venus

    The Birth of Venus
    Sandro Botticelli
  • 1469

    Tlaloc Vessel

    Tlaloc Vessel
    Aztec
  • 1498

    Last Supper

    Last Supper
    Leonardo Da Vinci
  • 1506

    Mona Lisa

    Mona Lisa
    Leonardo Da Vinci
  • 1512

    The Libyan Sibyl

    The Libyan Sibyl
    Michaelangelo
  • 1519

    Pesaro Madonna

    Pesaro Madonna
    Titan
  • 1532

    Silver Represenation of a Maize Plant

    Silver Represenation of a Maize Plant
  • 1540

    Recumbent Nude Figure

    Recumbent Nude Figure
    Rosso Fiorentino
  • 1555

    Cathedral of St. Basil the Blessed

    Cathedral of St. Basil the Blessed
    Rosso Fiorentino
  • 1562

    The Triumph of Death

    The Triumph of Death
    Pieter Bruegel
  • 1563

    Vegetables in a Bowl or in the Garden

    Vegetables in a Bowl or in the Garden
    Giuseppe Archiboldo
  • 1564

    David

    David
    Michelangelo
  • Pieta

    Michelangelo
  • Potala Palace

    Potala Palace
    Tibet
  • Gopura Sri Meenakshi Amman Temple

    Gopura Sri Meenakshi Amman Temple
  • Venus and Adonis

    Peter Paul Rubens
  • A Table of Desserts

    A Table of Desserts
    Jan Davidsz De Heem
  • Ecstasy of St. Theresa

    Ecstasy of St. Theresa
    Gianlorenzo Bernini
  • The Milkmaid

    The Milkmaid
    Johannes Verineer
  • Badshahi Mosque

    Badshahi Mosque
  • Hall of Mirrors

    Hall of Mirrors
    Jules Hardouin Mansart and Charles Le Brun
    Versailles, France
  • Gheordez Prayer Rug

    Gheordez Prayer Rug
    Turkey
  • The Palace of Versailles

  • Opticks

    Opticks
    Issac Newton- all white light can be split into all the other colors
  • Mr. and Mrs. Andrews

    Mr. and Mrs. Andrews
    Thomas Gainsborough
  • Hammurabi Stele

    Hammurabi Stele
    Susa
  • The U.S. Capitol Building

    The U.S. Capitol Building
  • Grande Odalisque

    Grande Odalisque
    Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
  • The Raft of the Medusa

    The Raft of the Medusa
    Theodore Gericault
  • The Raft of the Medusa

    The Raft of the Medusa
    Theodore Gericault
  • Figure of a Diety: A'a Rurutu

    Figure of a Diety: A'a Rurutu
    Austrul Islands
  • Joseph Nicephorc Niepce

    Joseph Nicephorc Niepce
    first known photograph
  • Boulevard du Temple

    Boulevard du Temple
    Louis Daguerre- begins developing film
  • Johann Wolfgang Van Goethe

    Poet who focused on psychological effects of color.
  • The Course of Empire

    Thomas Cole
  • House of Parliament

    House of Parliament
    Charles Barry and A.W.N. Pugin
  • The British Museum

    The British Museum
  • Shoki the Demon Queller

    Shoki the Demon Queller
    Utagawa Kunisada
  • Valley of the Shadow of Death

    Valley of the Shadow of Death
    Roger Fenton
  • Mesaquakie Bear Claw Necklace

    Mesaquakie Bear Claw Necklace
    Tama, Iowa
  • Potawatomi Male Figure

    Potawatomi Male Figure
  • Olympia

    Olympia
    Edward Manet
  • Le Dejenner sur L'herbe

    Le Dejenner sur L'herbe
    Edward Manet
  • The Harvest of Death

    The Harvest of Death
    Timothy H. O'Sullivan
  • The Sick Husband

    Vassily Maksimov
  • The Gross Clinic

    The Gross Clinic
    Thomas Eakins
  • The Night Cafe

    The Night Cafe
    Vincent VanGogh
  • L'Inconnice de la Seine

    L'Inconnice de la Seine
    a young girl was found in the Seine River, and her death mask became a pop culture sensation
  • At the Milliner's

    At the Milliner's
    Edgar Degas
  • Woman with Parrot

    Gustave Courbet
  • The Potato Eaters

    The Potato Eaters
    Vincent Van Gogh- this was considered his first major work, but it failed and wasn't the success that he hoped for
  • Madame Ginoux in the Café de la Gare in Aires

    Madame Ginoux in the Café de la Gare in Aires
    Paul Gauguin
  • Portrait of the Artist's Mother

    Vincent Van Gogh
  • Portrait of Madame Ginoux

    Portrait of Madame Ginoux
    Pablo Picasso
  • At the Moulin Rouge

    Henri de Toulouse
  • Rouen Cathedral

    Rouen Cathedral
    Claude Monet
  • The Three Stages of Woman

    Edvard Munch
  • Mother and Child

    Mother and Child
    Mary Cassatt
  • Te Papaiouri Marae

    Te Papaiouri Marae
    New Zealand
  • God te Rongo and His Three Sons

    God te Rongo and His Three Sons
    Polynesia
  • Two Marquesans

    Two Marquesans
    Paul Gauguin
  • The Banquet of the Starved

    James Ensor
  • Les Demoiselles d'Avignon

    Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
    Pablo Picasso
  • Las Bravisimas de Mora y Morales

    Las Bravisimas de Mora y Morales
    Jose Guadalupe Posada
  • Jungster Tag

    Jungster Tag
    Wassoly Kandinsky
  • The Morning Anxiety

    The Morning Anxiety
    Giorgio de Circo
  • Nude Descending a Staircase

    Nude Descending a Staircase
    Marcel Duchamp
  • Palace Sculpture

    Palace Sculpture
    Olowe of Ise
  • The Kiss

    The Kiss
    Man Ray
  • Fountain

    Fountain
    Marcel Duchamp
  • Munsell Color Tree

    Munsell Color Tree
    Albert Henry Munsell- created a successful color solid, realized that not all colors are equal so a regular shape is impossible
  • Cut with the Kitchen Knife

    Cut with the Kitchen Knife
    Hannah Hoch
  • They're Biting

    They're Biting
    Paul Klee
  • Grey Line with Lavender and Yellow

    Grey Line with Lavender and Yellow
    Georgia O'Keffe
  • Torso of a Young Man

    Torso of a Young Man
    Constantin Brancusi
  • Dia De Los Muertos

    Diego Riviera
  • Yellow Calla

    Yellow Calla
    Georgia O'Keffe
  • Artichoke

    Artichoke
    Edward Weston
  • Triumph of the Will

    Triumph of the Will
    Leni Riefenstahi, Germany
  • Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

    Walter Benjamin
  • Object

    Object
    Meret Oppenheim
  • Migrant Mother with Three Children

    Migrant Mother with Three Children
    Dorthea Lange
  • The Weeping Woman

    The Weeping Woman
    Pablo Picasso
  • Veranda Post: Female Caryatid and Equestrian Figure

    Veranda Post: Female Caryatid and Equestrian Figure
    Yoruba
  • The Two Fridas

    The Two Fridas
    Frida Kahlo
  • The Beautiful Bird Revealing the Unknown to a Pair of Lovers

    The Beautiful Bird Revealing the Unknown to a Pair of Lovers
    Joan Miró
  • Nighthawks

    Nighthawks
    Edward Hopper
  • Freedom from Want

    Norman Rockwell
  • Tree of Life

    Tree of Life
    Henri Matisse
  • Flag

    Flag
    Jasper Jones
  • Crucifixion

    Crucifixion
    Salvador Dali
  • Suzy's Sun

    Suzy's Sun
    Joseph Cornell
  • The Seventh Seal

    Ingman Bergman
  • Blue Veil

    Blue Veil
    Morris Louis
  • Seagram Building

    Seagram Building
    Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
  • Dejenner sur L'herbe

    Dejenner sur L'herbe
    Pablo Picasso
  • First Landing Jump

    First Landing Jump
    Robert Rauschenberg
  • Campbell's Soup Cans

    Campbell's Soup Cans
    Andy Warhol
  • Pie Counter

    Pie Counter
    Wayne Thiebaud
  • Heinz 57 Tomato Ketchup & Del Monte Freestone Peach Halves

    Heinz 57 Tomato Ketchup & Del Monte Freestone Peach Halves
    Andy Warhol
  • The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly

    The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly
  • Marilyn Monroe

    Marilyn Monroe
    Andy Warhol
  • A Bigger Splash

    A Bigger Splash
    David Hockney
  • Habitat

    Habitat
    Moshe Safde
  • US Pavilion Geodesic Dome

    US Pavilion Geodesic Dome
    R. Buckminster
  • Abra III

    Abra III
    Frank Stella
  • Mirror Image I

    Mirror Image I
    Louise Nevelson
  • The Pack

    The Pack
    Joseph Beuys
  • Crinkly

    Crinkly
    Alexander Calder
  • Bent Propeller

    Bent Propeller
    Alexander Calder
  • Partially Buried Woodshed

    Robert Smithson
  • Pregnant Woman

    Pregnant Woman
    Alice Neel
  • Ways of Seeing

    John Berger- perspective is unique to European art, makes the eye the center of the world
  • Las Tres Marias

    Las Tres Marias
    Judith Baca
  • Josef Albers Interaction of Color

    Josef Albers Interaction of Color
    studied the interaction of color and color relativity
  • Running Fence

    Running Fence
    Christo and Jeanne Claude
  • Self Portrait with Model

    Self Portrait with Model
    Duane Hanson
  • The Dinner Party

    The Dinner Party
    Judy Chicago
  • Witchetty Grub Dreaming

    Witchetty Grub Dreaming
    Paddy Carroll Tjungurrayi
  • Golf Bag

    Marilyn Levine
  • Untitled

    Untitled
    Cindy Sherman
  • Human/Need/Desire

    Human/Need/Desire
    Bruce Nauman
  • Fertility Series B

    Fertility Series B
    Kieth Herring
  • Blind Man's Bluff

    Blind Man's Bluff
    Louise Bourgeois
  • There is No Escape

    There is No Escape
    Sue Coe
  • The Bitter Nest Part II: The Harlem Renaissance Party

    The Bitter Nest Part II: The Harlem Renaissance Party
    Faith Ringgold
  • Your Body is a Battle Ground

    Your Body is a Battle Ground
    Barbara Kruger
  • Deep Contact

    Deep Contact
    Lynn Hershman
  • The Kitchen Table Series

    The Kitchen Table Series
    Carrie Mae Weems
  • Nara Convention Hall

    Nara Convention Hall
    Arata Isozaki
  • Justin Bond

    Justin Bond
    Catherine Opie
  • Genesis

    Genesis
    Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
  • The Couple in the Cage

    Coco Fusco and Guillermo Gomez Pena
  • Spider

    Spider
    Louise Bourgeois
  • New Mother Series

    Rineke Dijkstra
  • Wigs

    Wigs
    Lorna Simpson
  • Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S. Alaska, Hawaii

    Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S. Alaska, Hawaii
    Nam June Paik
  • Untitled

    Untitled
    Robert Gober
  • The Wave Field

    Maya Lin
  • Speechless

    Speechless
    Shirin Neshat
  • Guggenheim Bilbao

    Guggenheim Bilbao
    Frank O. Gehry
  • 99 Cent

    99 Cent
    Andreas Gursky
  • That Profile

    That Profile
    Martin Puryear
  • Tan Tan Bo

    Tan Tan Bo
    Takashi Murakami
  • Easy to Remember

    Easy to Remember
    Lorna Simpson
  • Bat Project 1

    Bat Project 1
    Huang Yong Ping
  • Born

    Born
    Kiki Smith
  • Seaform Pavilion

    Seaform Pavilion
    Dale Chihuly
  • Drawing for Transient Rainbow

    Drawing for Transient Rainbow
    Cai Gun-Qiang
  • Junk

    Junk
    Tony Ourseler
  • 100 Lavish Months of Bushwack

    100 Lavish Months of Bushwack
    Wangechi Mutu
  • Sasa

    Sasa
    El Anatsui
  • Küba

    Küba
    Kutlug Ataman Dona
  • Bear

    Bear
    Tim Hawkinson
  • The Matter of Time

    The Matter of Time
    Richard Serra
  • Halibut Feast Dish

    Halibut Feast Dish
    Stan Wamiss
  • Black Rainbow

    Black Rainbow
    Cai Guo-Qiang
  • The Murdered Jews of Europe

    Peter Eisenman
  • For the Love of God

    For the Love of God
    Damien Hirst
  • Aqueous

    Aqueous
    Margaret Lazzari
  • The New York City Waterfalls

    The New York City Waterfalls
    Olafur Eliasson
  • Petit Homage

    Petit Homage
    Ann Page
  • Touchdown Jesus

    Touchdown Jesus
    King of Kings Church- why do we need a religious icon this large?
  • Subtlety or The Marvelous Sugar Baby

    Subtlety or The Marvelous Sugar Baby
    Kara Walker- a sugar sculpture in the Domino sugar factory waiting for demolition