Art History Timeline- Tara Dooley

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  • Altamira Cave (Paleolithic)
    16,000 BCE

    Altamira Cave (Paleolithic)

    Discovered in northern Spain
  • Lascaux Paintings (Paleolithic)
    15,000 BCE

    Lascaux Paintings (Paleolithic)

    Prehistoric cave painting
  • Kakadu Rock Paintings(Paleolithic)
    13,000 BCE

    Kakadu Rock Paintings(Paleolithic)

    Located in the Northern Territory of Australia, Kakadu National Park
  • Syrian Decorated grooved stone(Mesolithic)
    9000 BCE

    Syrian Decorated grooved stone(Mesolithic)

    basalt, discovered in Syria
  • Seated female(Mesolithic)
    6500 BCE

    Seated female(Mesolithic)

    Halaf culture
  • Yangshao cordmarked amphora(Mesolithic)
    4800 BCE

    Yangshao cordmarked amphora(Mesolithic)

    Human faced –fish decorated bowl recovered at Banpo.
  • Ceramic Pot(Neolithic)
    3400 BCE

    Ceramic Pot(Neolithic)

    Depicts a religious or social event of Egyptian culture
  • Chinese Pottery(Neolithic)
    3200 BCE

    Chinese Pottery(Neolithic)

    Found in John Young Museum of Art
  • Neolithic Aegean Idol(Neolithic)
    3100 BCE

    Neolithic Aegean Idol(Neolithic)

    Early Greek culture, Marble
  • Hasanlu Gold Bowl(Bronze Age)
    3000 BCE

    Hasanlu Gold Bowl(Bronze Age)

    Culture began to commonly use the metal named
  • Inanna(Mesopotamian- Sumerian Art)
    3000 BCE

    Inanna(Mesopotamian- Sumerian Art)

    Inanna is an Earth and moon goddess; Female head from Uruk
  • Palette of King Narmer(Early Dynastic Art)
    3000 BCE

    Palette of King Narmer(Early Dynastic Art)

    Shown in Hierakonpolis, Upper Egypt and gives off relief style
  • The Royal Acquaintances Memi and Sabu(Old Kingdom Art)
    2570 BCE

    The Royal Acquaintances Memi and Sabu(Old Kingdom Art)

    Medium consists of Limestone and paint
  • Head of an Akkadian Ruler(Akkadian Art)
    2200 BCE

    Head of an Akkadian Ruler(Akkadian Art)

    Medium is Bronze.
  • Statue of Gudea(Neo-Sumerian Art)
    2090 BCE

    Statue of Gudea(Neo-Sumerian Art)

    Medium is Diorite.
  • Statuette of Hapidefai(Middle Kingdom Art)
    1900 BCE

    Statuette of Hapidefai(Middle Kingdom Art)

    Medium is Limestone and is seen in the Worcester Art Museum
  • Minoan Jug in Floral Style(Early Minoan Art)
    1600 BCE

    Minoan Jug in Floral Style(Early Minoan Art)

    shells and flowers were added to the vessel in relief
  • Akhenaten and his life under the Sun(Amarna Art)
    1330 BCE

    Akhenaten and his life under the Sun(Amarna Art)

    Amarna art introduced a new form of art that contradicted what was known in the Egyptian culture
  • Portrait of Enemy(Early New Kingdom Art)
    1300 BCE

    Portrait of Enemy(Early New Kingdom Art)

    Excavated from Saqqarah and is shown inThe Matsuoka Museum of Art Collection
  • Shawabty of Ranefer(Late New Kingdom Art)
    1295 BCE

    Shawabty of Ranefer(Late New Kingdom Art)

    Medium is Bronze.
  • Mycenaean Sieve Jug(Mycenaean Art)
    1225 BCE

    Mycenaean Sieve Jug(Mycenaean Art)

    Terracotta medium
  • Loughnashade Trumpet(Iron Age)
    1100 BCE

    Loughnashade Trumpet(Iron Age)

    Created in Chine, which the earliest civilization to produce cast iron
  • Sub-Mycenaean Pottery(Sub-Mycenaean)
    1100 BCE

    Sub-Mycenaean Pottery(Sub-Mycenaean)

    No compas drawn lines or geometric shapes on the pottery
  • Elephant-shaped bronze zun(Shang Dynasty)
    1050 BCE

    Elephant-shaped bronze zun(Shang Dynasty)

    This Zun is a wine vessel in the shape of an elephant, Medium is bronze
  • Protogeometric Pottery(Proto-Geometric Art)
    1030 BCE

    Protogeometric Pottery(Proto-Geometric Art)

    The geometric designs are based on circles, triangles, rectangles, zigzags and wave patterns.
  • Geometric Pottery(Geometric Art)
    900 BCE

    Geometric Pottery(Geometric Art)

    Originated in Ancient Greece
  • Stone-Reliefs(Mesopotamian- Assyrian)
    870 BCE

    Stone-Reliefs(Mesopotamian- Assyrian)

    Made of Gypsum alabaster
  • Basil II the Macedonian(Macedonian art)
    867 BCE

    Basil II the Macedonian(Macedonian art)

    Miniature painting on parchment
  • Statue of Khonsuiraa(Late Period Art)
    760 BCE

    Statue of Khonsuiraa(Late Period Art)

    Medium is bronze.
  • Austrian Bronze Horse(Luristan Art)
    700 BCE

    Austrian Bronze Horse(Luristan Art)

    Bronze medium and originated in Central Asia
  • Ashurbanipal Hunting Lions(Assyrian Art)
    640 BCE

    Ashurbanipal Hunting Lions(Assyrian Art)

    Ashurbanipal slitting the throat of a lion from his chariot
  • Kouros(Early Archaic)
    600 BCE

    Kouros(Early Archaic)

    Marble is the medium
  • Scythian deer(Scythian Art)
    600 BCE

    Scythian deer(Scythian Art)

    Made out of gold and is now in St. Petersburg.
  • Ishtar Gate(Neo-Babylonian Art)
    585 BCE

    Ishtar Gate(Neo-Babylonian Art)

    Neo-Babylonian buildings were decorated with with images of animals with magical qualities
  • Corinthian black figure jug(Orientalizing Phase)
    580 BCE

    Corinthian black figure jug(Orientalizing Phase)

    fired three different times to produce the red and black colors
  • Relief at Persepolis(Persian Empire)
    550 BCE

    Relief at Persepolis(Persian Empire)

    Persian sculpture has survived mainly in the form of reliefs
  • Kroisos
    530 BCE

    Kroisos

    Marble medium
  • Kritios Boy(Late Archaic)
    480 BCE

    Kritios Boy(Late Archaic)

    Medium is composed of marble and stands 3 feet 10 inches tall
  • Riace Warriors(Early Classical)
    460 BCE

    Riace Warriors(Early Classical)

    Medium is Bronze
  • Doryphoros(High Classical)
    440 BCE

    Doryphoros(High Classical)

    Sculpture by Polykleitos
  • Aphrodite of Knidos(Late Classical)
    350 BCE

    Aphrodite of Knidos(Late Classical)

    Created by the Praxitiles, and medium of marble
  • Terracotta statuette(Early Hellenistic)
    323 BCE

    Terracotta statuette(Early Hellenistic)

    Medium is Terracotta and originates from Greek, Boeotian culture
  • Head of Pharaoh(Ptolemaic Dynasty Art)
    290 BCE

    Head of Pharaoh(Ptolemaic Dynasty Art)

    Seen in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Medium is Plaster.
  • Laocoön and His Sons(Late Hellenistic)
    150 BCE

    Laocoön and His Sons(Late Hellenistic)

    The sculpture is staged during the Trojan War
  • The Venus de Milo(High Hellenistic)
    130 BCE

    The Venus de Milo(High Hellenistic)

    Was discovered at the Greek island of Milos
  • Head of a Roman Patrician(Republican Art)
    75 BCE

    Head of a Roman Patrician(Republican Art)

    Medium is marble and located in Palazzo Torlonia, Rome
  • Altar of Augustan Peace(Early Roman Empire Art)
    9 BCE

    Altar of Augustan Peace(Early Roman Empire Art)

    Medium is marble and located in Museo dell'Ara Pacis, Rome
  • Victory with Cornucopia(Julio-Claudian Art)
    60

    Victory with Cornucopia(Julio-Claudian Art)

    Medium is Bronze and is located in the Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Portrait bust of a lady(Flavian Art)
    70

    Portrait bust of a lady(Flavian Art)

    Located in Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale
  • LudovisiBattle Sarcophagus(Late Roman Empire)
    250

    LudovisiBattle Sarcophagus(Late Roman Empire)

    Shows the Battle of the Romans and Barbarians in Rome
  • Virgin Mary Plaque(Carolingian Art)
    800

    Virgin Mary Plaque(Carolingian Art)

    Medium is Ivory.
  • Romanesque Style Painting( Romanesque art)
    1000

    Romanesque Style Painting( Romanesque art)

    The art was used by Early Catholic Christians who saw the importance of depicting the scenes of the bible
  • The School of Athens(Italian Renaissance)
    1400

    The School of Athens(Italian Renaissance)

    Artist was Raphael; The Italian Renaissance was a rebirth of classical values in art, literature and philosophy
  • Arnolfini Portrait( Northern Renaissance)
    1434

    Arnolfini Portrait( Northern Renaissance)

    Artist is Jan Van Eyck
  • The Bermuda Group(American Colonial Art)

    The Bermuda Group(American Colonial Art)

    Family portraits were rare in early 18th century and showed you had money.
  • Impressione, sole nascente(French Impressionism Art)

    Impressione, sole nascente(French Impressionism Art)

    Artist is Claude Monet
  • The Starry Night(Post Impressionism)

    The Starry Night(Post Impressionism)

    Artist is Vincent Van Gogh
  • Twilight Over The Water(American Impressionism)

    Twilight Over The Water(American Impressionism)

    Oil on canvas
  • The Scream(Post Impressionism)

    The Scream(Post Impressionism)

    Artist is Edvard Munch
  • Street with Women(Expressionism)

    Street with Women(Expressionism)

    Artist is Wassily Kandinsky.
  • The Reservoir(Cubism)

    The Reservoir(Cubism)

    Artist is Pablo Picasso.
  • Brobas(Contemorary Art)

    Brobas(Contemorary Art)

    Artist is Warren Chang.
  • Young Steel Workers(Social Realism)

    Young Steel Workers(Social Realism)

    Artist is Ivan Bevzenko
  • Blue Shot Marilyn(Pop Art)

    Blue Shot Marilyn(Pop Art)

    Artist is Andy Warhol.