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32,000 BCE
Female Head, from Uruk, Iraq.
Sumerian ca, 32,000-3000 BCE. Limestone, height 8" (20.3cm). Iraq Museum, Baghdad -
30,000 BCE
Bear, Recess of the Bears, Chauvet Cave, Vallon-Pont-d'-Arc, Ardeche Gorge, France.
Paleolithic ca. 30,000-28,000 BCE -
28,000 BCE
Women of Willendorf. Limestone, height 4 3/8" (11.1) Naturhistorisches MUSEUM, Viennnaca
Paleolithic ca. 28,000-25,000 BCE. -
15,000 BCE
Wounded Bison, Altamira, Spain.
Paleolithic 15,000-10,000 BCE -
15,000 BCE
Chinese Horse, Lascaux Cave, Dordogogne, France.
Paleolithic ca. 15,000-13,000 BCE -
7000 BCE
Plastered skull from Jericho, Jordan. Archaeological Museum, Amman
Neolithic ca. 7000 BCE. -
6750 BCE
Human figures, from Ain Ghazal, Jordan.
Neolithic ca. 6750-6250 BCE
Height of a larger figure 33" (84 cm). Department of Antiquities, Amman -
3500 BCE
Female and male figures, from Cernavoda, Romania.
Neolithic .ca. 3500 BCE. Ceramic, height 4 1/2" (11.5 cm). National Museum of Antiquities, Bucharest -
2580 BCE
Prince Rahotep and His Wife, Nofret. Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Egyptian: Old Kingdom ca. 2580 BCE. Painted limestone, height 47 1/4" (120 cm). Egyptian Museum, Cairo -
2570 BCE
The Great Sphinx, Giza.
Egyptian: Old Kingdom ca. 2570-2544 BCE. Sandstone, height 65' (19.8 m) -
2500 BCE
White Marble Cycladic figurines
Cycladic ca. 2500 BCE -
2254 BCE
Stele of Naram-Sin
Sumerian r. 2254-2218 BCE. Height 6'6" (2 m). Mus'ee du Louvre, Paris -
2100 BCE
Stonehenge, Salisburg Plain, Wiltshire, England.
Neolithic ca. 2100 BCE. Diameter of circle 97' (29.6 m) -
1760 BCE
Law Code of Hammurabi. Mus'ee du Louvre, Paris
Babylonian ca. 1760 BCE. Diorite, height of stele approx. 7' (2.1 m); height of relief 28" (71 cm). -
1700 BCE
Minoans, Second "Palace" at Knossos
Minoan ca. 1700-1300 BCE -
1600 BCE
Mycenaean death masks of hammered gold
Mycenaean ca. 1600-1500 BCE -
1500 BCE
Octopus Vase
Minoan "marine style" pottery ca. 1500 BCE -
1470 BCE
Senenmut with Nefrua, from Thebes.
Egyptian: New Kingdom ca. 1470-1460 BCE. Granite, height approx. 3 1/2" (107 cm). Agyptisches Museum, Berlin -
742 BCE
Gate of the citadel of Sargon ||, Dur Sharrukin (Khorsabad), Iraq
Assyrian 742-706 BCE -
575 BCE
Ishtar Gate, from Babylon, Iraq.
Babylonian ca. 575 BCE. Glazed brick originally 40' high. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Vorderasiatisches Museum -
550 BCE
The Temple of Hera | ("Basilica")
Greek: Archaic ca. 550 BCE -
547 BCE
Empress Theodora and Her Attendants, San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy.
Byzantine ca. 547 CE. Mosiac -
547 BCE
Emperor Justinian and His Attendants
Byzantine ca. 547 CE -
480 BCE
Kritios Boy.
Greek: Classical ca. 480 BCE. Akropolis Museum, Athens -
400 BCE
Aplu (Apollo) of Veii
Etruscan ca. 400 BCE -
400 BCE
Catacomb of Santissimi Pietro e Marcellino, Rome, Italy.
Early Christian 4th Century CE -
312 BCE
Arch of Constantine, Rome.
Roman 312-15 CE -
80 BCE
Portrait Head, from Delos
Greek: Hellenistic ca. 80 BCE -
Jan 6, 690
Construction of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem
Islamic ca. 690 -
Jan 16, 834
Burial ship from Oseberg, Norway.
Anglo-Saxon/Hiberno-Saxon/Viking ca. 834 -
May 15, 870
Front cover of binding, Lindau Gospels.
Carolingian ca. 870. -
Jan 1, 900
Islamic tombs built in Bukhara for Persian dynasty
Islamic Early 900s -
Sep 4, 961
Nunnery Church of St. Cyriakus, Gernrode
Ottonian 961 -
Sep 7, 970
Gero Crucifix
Ottonian ca. 970. -
Apr 8, 1066
Bayeux Tapestry
Romanesque 1066-83 -
May 8, 1139
Abbey church at Fontenay
Romanesque 1139-47 -
Apr 12, 1241
Sainte-Chapelle in Paris
Gothic 1241-48 -
May 15, 1259
Nicola, Pisano. Pulpit.
13th-/14th-Century Italy 1259-60 -
Feb 12, 1298
Palazzo Pubblico, Siena. Begun
13th-/14th-Century Italy ca. 1298 -
Apr 15, 1395
Giovannino dei Grassi, Hours of Giangaleazzo Visconti
13th-/14th-Century Italy ca. 1395 -
Apr 15, 1503
Chapel of Henry V||, Westminster Abbey in London
Gothic 1503-19
