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  • Hall of Bulls
    10,000 BCE

    Hall of Bulls

  • Hall of the Bison
    8000 BCE

    Hall of the Bison

    Spain
  • Newgrange
    3200 BCE

    Newgrange

    Ireland
  • Menkaure and His Wife Queen Khamerernebty
    2600 BCE

    Menkaure and His Wife Queen Khamerernebty

    Gizeh, Egypt
  • Idol from Amorgos
    2300 BCE

    Idol from Amorgos

    Greece
  • A Pair of Lovers
    1788 BCE

    A Pair of Lovers

    Kitagawa Utamaro
  • Radha and Krishna in the Grove
    1780 BCE

    Radha and Krishna in the Grove

    Kangra School
  • The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq
    1642 BCE

    The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq

    Rembrandt van Rijn
  • Villa Rotonda
    1552 BCE

    Villa Rotonda

    Andrea Palladio
  • Mask of Agememnon
    1550 BCE

    Mask of Agememnon

    death masks were a very popular phenomenon at the time
  • Feathered Headdress of Moctezuma
    1519 BCE

    Feathered Headdress of Moctezuma

    Aztec
  • Knight, Death, and the Devil
    1513 BCE

    Knight, Death, and the Devil

    Albrecht Durer
  • Portrait of Frederico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, and his wife Battista Sforza
    1465 BCE

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

    Piero Della Francesca
  • Aztec Marriage Couple
    1434 BCE

    Aztec Marriage Couple

    Mexico
  • Tutankhamun's Mask
    1323 BCE

    Tutankhamun's Mask

    Ancient Egypt
  • Central Temple Complex
    1150 BCE

    Central Temple Complex

    Angkor Wat
  • Central Temple Complex at Angkor Was
    1150 BCE

    Central Temple Complex at Angkor Was

  • Kandarya Mahadeva Temple
    1000 BCE

    Kandarya Mahadeva Temple

    India
  • Great Mosque of Cordoba
    786 BCE

    Great Mosque of Cordoba

  • Lamassu
    720 BCE

    Lamassu

    Iraq
  • Portraits of the Emperors
    700 BCE

    Portraits of the Emperors

    Yan Liben
  • Persepolis
    559 BCE

    Persepolis

    Persia (Iran)
  • Three Legged Ting
    500 BCE

    Three Legged Ting

    Zhou Dynasty, China
  • Mnesicles
    432 BCE

    Mnesicles

    Athens
  • Parthenon
    400 BCE

    Parthenon

  • The Marathon Boy
    330 BCE

    The Marathon Boy

    Ancient Greece
  • Tomb Model of a House
    250 BCE

    Tomb Model of a House

    Eastern Han Dynasty
  • Lion Capital
    250 BCE

    Lion Capital

    Sarnath, India
  • Army of the First Emperor of Qin
    210 BCE

    Army of the First Emperor of Qin

    Lintong, China
  • House of Julius Polybius
    200 BCE

    House of Julius Polybius

    Pompeii, Italy
  • Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius
    175 BCE

    Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius

  • Oil Lamp with Love Making Scene
    100 BCE

    Oil Lamp with Love Making Scene

    Roman
  • Kidder Figure
    100 BCE

    Kidder Figure

    Mayan, Guatemala
  • Arch of Titus
    81

    Arch of Titus

    Rome, Italy
  • Interior of Markets of Trajan
    106

    Interior of Markets of Trajan

    Rome
  • Porch of the Caryatids
    405

    Porch of the Caryatids

    Erectheum
  • Emperor Justinian and His Attendants, Church of San Vitale
    547

    Emperor Justinian and His Attendants, Church of San Vitale

    Ravenna, Italy
  • Palace at Palenque
    600

    Palace at Palenque

    Mexico
  • Pueblo Bonito
    1000

    Pueblo Bonito

    Anasazi New Mexico
  • Dogon Cliff Dwellings with Granaries
    1200

    Dogon Cliff Dwellings with Granaries

    Mali, Africa
  • Six Persimmons
    1200

    Six Persimmons

    Mu-Qi
  • Detail of Deesis Mosaic in Hagia Sophia
    1204

    Detail of Deesis Mosaic in Hagia Sophia

    Turkey
  • Moche Pot Depicting a Woman Giving Birth Assisted by Midwives
    1250

    Moche Pot Depicting a Woman Giving Birth Assisted by Midwives

    Peru
  • Crowned Head of an Oni
    1300

    Crowned Head of an Oni

    Ife, Nigeria
  • Jayavarman VII
    1300

    Jayavarman VII

    Cambodia
  • Madonna and Child
    1400

    Madonna and Child

    Carlo Crivelli
  • Monumental Heads
    1400

    Monumental Heads

    Moai Statue
  • Sacrifice of Isaac
    1402

    Sacrifice of Isaac

    Lorenzo Ghiberti
  • Holy Trinity
    1425

    Holy Trinity

    Masaccio
  • The Expulsion from Paradise
    1427

    The Expulsion from Paradise

    Masaccio
  • Virgin and Child in a Niche
    1433

    Virgin and Child in a Niche

    Rogier Van Der Weyden
  • Wedding Portrait
    1434

    Wedding Portrait

    Jan Van Eyck
  • De Pictura
    1435

    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
  • The Birth of Venus
    1465

    The Birth of Venus

    Sandro Botticelli
  • Tlaloc Vessel
    1469

    Tlaloc Vessel

    Aztec
  • Last Supper
    1498

    Last Supper

    Leonardo Da Vinci
  • Mona Lisa
    1506

    Mona Lisa

    Leonardo Da Vinci
  • The Libyan Sibyl
    1512

    The Libyan Sibyl

    Michaelangelo
  • Pesaro Madonna
    1519

    Pesaro Madonna

    Titan
  • Silver Represenation of a Maize Plant
    1532

    Silver Represenation of a Maize Plant

  • Recumbent Nude Figure
    1540

    Recumbent Nude Figure

    Rosso Fiorentino
  • Cathedral of St. Basil the Blessed
    1555

    Cathedral of St. Basil the Blessed

    Rosso Fiorentino
  • The Triumph of Death
    1562

    The Triumph of Death

    Pieter Bruegel
  • Vegetables in a Bowl or in the Garden
    1563

    Vegetables in a Bowl or in the Garden

    Giuseppe Archiboldo
  • David
    1564

    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