Art history

By ChristianAsmar
  • Period: 25,500 BCE to 25,300 BCE

    APOLLO 11 STONES

    Artist: Unk Orig loc: Namibia (S. Africa) Style: silhouette (tiny details), 4 legged animal (possibly a cane), skinny legs
  • 25,000 BCE

    PALEOLITHIC ERA

  • Period: 15,000 BCE to 13,000 BCE

    GREAT HALL OF THE BULLS

    Artist: unk Orig Loc: Lascaux, France -story of a hunt, contour lines (outlined, not filled), animal hair brushes, twisted perspective & profile -scaffolding
  • Period: 6000 BCE to

    RUNNING HORNED WOMAN

    Orig Loc: Tassili n' Ajjer, Algeria ( N. Africa) -mystical godess, twisted perspective, power of women
  • 5000 BCE

    NEOLITHIC ERA

  • 3000 BCE

    SUMERIAN ERA

  • 2700 BCE

    VOTIVE FIGURES

    Orig Loc: Sq. temple @ Eshnunna ( modern Tell Asmar), statues of 2 worshippers, surrogates = stand-ins for actual worshippers, wide eyes = always awake and alive
  • 2600 BCE

    STANDARD OF UR

    Orig loc: Tomb 779, Royal Cemetery, Ur (modern Tell Muqayyar) Iraq, twisted perspective (show more detail), tells a story ( lower class on one side, soldiers on the other, lapis lazuli = rare and expensive blue stone
  • 2500 BCE

    OLD KINGDOM ERA

  • Period: 2500 BCE to 1600 BCE

    STONEHENGE

    Orig Loc: Wilshire, UK -unk of function (burial site, aligns w/ solstices), post and lintel system = trilithon, megalith = large stone
  • Period: 2030 BCE to 1640 BCE

    MIDDLE KINGDOM ERA

  • 1900 BCE

    BABYLONIAN ERA

  • 1780 BCE

    STELE W/ CODE OF HAMMURABI

    Orig Loc- Susa, Iran, 1st set of codified laws, shows God enthroned giving Ham code (establishing his right to rule)
  • 1500 BCE

    NEW KINGDOM ERA

  • 1333 BCE

    AMARNA PERIOD

  • 1323 BCE

    KING TUT'S DEATH MASK

    KING TUT'S DEATH MASK
    Orig Loc: Valley of the Kings, Upp. Egypt (Thebes, Egypt), Akhenaton's son, changed it back to monotheism, immortality
  • 900 BCE

    GEOMETRIC PERIOD

  • 550 BCE

    ARCHAIC PERIOD

  • 550 BCE

    ETRUSCAN PERIOD

  • 520 BCE

    SARCOPHAGUS W/ RECLINING COUPLE

    SARCOPHAGUS W/ RECLINING COUPLE
    Orig Loc: Cerveteri, Italy (tumuli necropolis), "Life in Death" - couple at banquet/ celebrating even if they are dead, awkward proportions, archaic smile
  • 480 BCE

    KRITIOS BOY

    Orig Loc- Acropolis, Athens, Greece, CONTRAPPOSTO = relaxed, natural stance ( shift of weight ) = 1st time seen
  • 450 BCE

    CLASSICAL PERIOD

  • Period: 447 BCE to 438 BCE

    PARTHENON

    Orig Loc: Acropolis, Athens, Greece, Patron: Pericles, to honor gods, doric (inside), ionic (outside)
  • 350 BCE

    LATE CLASSICAL PERIOD

  • 250 BCE

    HELLENISTIC PERIOD

  • 250 BCE

    LATE ROMAN EMPIRE

  • 112 BCE

    COLUMN OF TRAJAN

    Orig Loc: Rome, Italy, Continous Narrative, preparing wars against Dacians (20% battle scenes, 80% actual preparation) (shows success)