Art History Timeline Project #4

Apollo 11 Stones

25,000 BCE

Namibia
c. 25,500 - 25,300 B.C.E.
Charcoal on stone

Venus of Willendorf

24,000 BCE

c.24,000 - 22,000 B.C.E
Limestone

Great Hall of the Bulls Cave paintings

15,000 BCE

Lascaux, France.
15,000-13,000 B.C.E.

Rock painting

Camelid sacrum

14,000 BCE

Tequixquiac, Mexico,
14,000–7000 B.C.E.,
Bone

Running Horned Woman

6000 BCE

Tassili n’Ajjer, Algeria
6000 - 4000 B.C.E
Pigment on rock

Beaker with ibex motif

4200 BCE

Susa, Iran
4200--3500 B.C.E.
Painted terra-cotta

White Temple and its ziggurat

3500 BCE

Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq)
Sumerian
c.3500-3000 B.C.E.
Mud brick

Jade Cong

3300 BCE

Liangzhu, China,
3300-2200 B.C.E.
Carved jade

Anthropomorphic stele

3000 BCE

Arabian Peninsula
4th millennium B.C.E
Sandstone

Palette of Narmer

3000 BCE

Predynastic Egypt
c.3000-2920 B.C.E.
Greywacke

Statues of votive figures

2700 BCE

From the Square Temple at Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq)
Sumerian
c.2700 B.C.E.
Gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone

Seated scribe

2620 BCE

Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty
c.2620-2500 B.C.E.
Painted limestone

Standard of Ur from the Royal Tombs at Ur

2600 BCE

Modern Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq
Sumerian
c.2600-2400 B.C.E.
Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone

Great Pyramids and the Great Sphinx

2550 BCE

Giza, Egypt
Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty
c.2550-2490 B.C.E.
Cut limestone

Stonehenge Wiltshire

2500 BCE

UK Neolithic Europe
c.2500-1600 B.C.E
Sandstone

King Menkaura and queen

2490 BCE

Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty
c.2490-2472 B.C.E.
Greywacke

The Code of Hammurabi

1792 BCE

Babylon (Modern Iran)
Susian
c.1792-1750 B.C.E.
Basalt

Ambum Stone

1500 BCE

Enga Province, Papua New Guinea
1500 B.C.E
Greywacke

Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall

1500 BCE

New Kingdom, 18th & 19th Dynasties
Karnak, near Luxor, Egypt
Temple: c.1550 B.C.E.
Hall: c.1250 B.C.E.
Cut sandstone and mud brick

Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut And kneeling sculpture

1473 BCE

New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty
Near Luxor, Egypt
c.1473-1458 B.C.E.
Sandstone, partially covered into a rock cliff, and red granite

Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters

1353 BCE

New Kingdom (Amarna), 18th Dynasty
c.1353-1335 B.C.E.
Limestone

Tutankhamun’s tomb, innermost coffin

1323 BCE

New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty
c.1323 B.C.E.
Gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones

Last judgment of Hu-Nefer, from his tomb

1275 BCE

New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty
c.1275 B.C.E.
Painted papyrus scroll

Tlatilco female figurine

1200 BCE

Central Mexico
1200 - 900 B.C.E
Ceramic

Terra cotta fragment

1000 BCE

Solomon Islands, Reef Islands
1000 B.C.E
Terra cotta

Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II

720 BCE

Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad, Iraq)
Neo-Assyrian c.720-705 B.C.E.
Alabaster

Athenian Agora

600 BCE

Archaic through Hellenistic Greek
600 B.C.E. - 150 C.E.
Plan

Peplos Kore from the Acropolis

530 BCE

Archaic Greek
c.530 B.C.E.
Marble, painted details

Anavysos Kouros

530 BCE

Archaic Greek
c.530 B.C.E.
Marble with remnants of paint

Audience Hall (apadana) of Darius and Xerxes

520 BCE

Persepolis, Iran Persian
c.520-465 B.C.E.
Limestone

Sarcophagus of the Spouses

520 BCE

Etruscan.
c.520 B.C.E.
Terracotta

Temple of Minerva (Veii, near Rome, Italy)

510 BCE

Etruscan.
c.510-500 B.C.E.
Original temple of wood, mud brick, or tufa (volcanic rock)

Sculpture of Apollo, Veii

510 BCE

Master sculptor Vulca
Etruscan.
c.510-500 B.C.E.
Terracotta

Kritios boy

480 BCE

c.480 B.C.E.
Marble

Tomb of the Triclinium

480 BCE

Tarquinia, Italy.
Etruscan.

c.480-470 B.C.E.
Tufa and fresco

Niobides Krater

460 BCE

Anonymous vase painter of Classical Greece known as the Niobid Painter.
c.460-450 B.C.E.
Clay, red figure technique

Doryphoros (Spear bearer)

450 BCE

Polykleitos
Original 450-440 B.C.E.
Roman copy (marble) of the Greek original (bronze)

Parthenon

447 BCE

Iktinos and Kallikrates
c.447-410 B.C.E.
Marble

Acropolis

447 BCE

Iktinos and Kallikrates
c.447-410 B.C.E.
Marble

Grave Stele of Hegeso

410 BCE

Attributed to Kallimachos
c.410 B.C.E.
Marble and paint

Great Stupa at Sanchi

300 BCE

Madhya Pradesh, India
Buddhist; Maurya, late Sunga Dynasty
c. 300 B.C.E.-100 C.E.

Stone masonry, sandstone on dome

House of the Vettii

200 BCE

Pompeii, Italy
Imperial Roman
c. 2nd Century B.C.E.
Cut stone and fresco

Winged Victory of Samothrace

190 BCE

Hellenistic Greek
c.190 B.C.E.
Marble

Funeral banner of Lady Dai (Xin Zhui)

180 BCE

Han Dynasty, China
c. 180 B.C.E.
Painted silk

Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon

175 BCE

Asia Minor (present-day Turkey).
Hellenistic Greek.
c.175 B.C.E.
Marble

Seated Boxer

100 BCE

Hellenistic Greek
C.100 B.C.E.
Bronze

Alexander mosaic from the House of Faun, Pompeii

100 BCE

Republican Roman

c.100 B.C.E.
Mosaic

Augustus of Prima Porta

100 BCE

Imperial Roman
Early 1st Century C.E.
Marble

Head of a Roman patrician

75 BCE

Republican Roman
c.75-50 B.C.E.
Marble

Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater)

70

Rome, Italy.

Imperial Roman.
70-80 C.E.
Stone and concrete.

Forum of Trajan

106

Rome, Italy.
Apollodorus of Damascus.
Forum and markets.
c.106-112 C.E.
Brick and concrete.

Pantheon

118

Imperial Roman.
118-125 C.E.
Concrete with stone facing.

Terra cotta warriors from mausoleum of the first Qin emperor of China

221

Qin Dynasty.
c. 221-209 B.C.E.
Painted terra cotta

Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus

250

Late Imperial Roman.
c.250 C.E.
Marble.

Petra, Jordan: Treasury and Great Temple

400

Nabataean Ptolemaic and Roman
c. 400 B.C.E - 100 C.E.
Cut rock

Buddha

400

Bamiyan, Afghanistan Gandharan
c. 400-800 C.E. (destroyed in 2001)
Cut rock with plaster and polychrome paint

Gold and jade crown

400

Three Kingdoms Period
Silla Kingdom, Korea
Fifth to sixth century C.E.
Metalwork

Longmen caves

493

Luoyang, China.
Tang Dynasty.
493-1127 C.E.
Limestone

The Kaaba

631

Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Islamic.
Pre-Islamic monument
Rededicated by Muhammad in 631-632 C.E.
Multiple renovations Granite masonry, covered with silk curtain and calligraphy in gold and silver-wrapped thread

Jowo Rinpoche, enshrined in the Jokhang Temple

641

Lhasa, Tibet.
Yarlung Dynasty.
Believed to have been brought to Tibet in 641 C.E.
Gilt metals with semiprecious stones, pearls, and paint; various offerings

Dome of the Rock

691

Jerusalem.
Islamic. Umayyad.
691-692 C.E., with multiple renovations
Stone masonry and wooden roof decorated with glazed ceramic tile, mosaics, and gilt aluminum and bronze dome.

Great Mosque (Masjid-e Jameh)

700

Isfahan, Iran.
Islamic, Persian: Seljuk, Il-Khanid, Timurid and Safavid Dynasties
c. 700 C.E.; additions and restorations in the 14th, 18th & 20th centuries C.E.
Stone, brick, wood, plaster, and glazed ceramic tile

Nan Madol

700

Pohnpei, Micronesia
Saudeleur Dynasty
c. 700-1600 C.E.
Basalt boulders and prismatic columns

Todai-ji

743

Nara, Japan
743 C.E.; rebuilt c. 1700
Wood with ceramic-tile roofing

Borobudur Temple

750

Central Java, Indonesia
Sailendra Dynasty
c. 750-842 C.E.
Volcanic-stone masonry

Great Mosque

785

Córdoba, Spain.
Umayyad
c. 785-786 C.E.
Stone masonry

Angkor, the temple of Angkor Wat, and the city of Angkor Thom, Cambodia

800

Hindu, Angkor Dynasty
c. 800-1400 C.E.

Stone masonry, sandstone

Folio from a Qur’an

900

Arab, North Africa or Near East Abbasid.

c. eighth to ninth century C.E.
Ink, color, and gold on parchment

Lakshmana Temple

930

Khajuraho, India.
Hindu, Chandella Dynasty
c. 930-950 C.E.

Sandstone

Pyxis of al-Mughira

968

Umayyad
c. 968 C.E.
Ivory

Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja)

1000

Hindu
India (Tamil Nadu)
Chola Dynasty
c. 11th century C.E.
Cast bronze

Conical tower and circular wall of Great Zimbabwe

1000

Southeastern Zimbabwe
Shona peoples
c. 1000-1400 C.E.
Coursed granite blocks

Travelers among Mountains and Streams

1000

Fan Kuan
c. 1000 C.E.
Ink and colors on silk

Power figure (Nkisi n’kondi)

1066

Kongo peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
c. late 19th century C.E.
1066 - 1067 CE
Wood and metal

Moai on platform (ahu)

1100

Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
c. 1100-1600 C.E.
Volcanic tuff figures on basalt base

Great Mosque of Djenné

1200

Mali
Founded c. 1200 C.E.; rebuilt 1906-1907
Adobe

Night Attack on the Sanjô Palace

1250

Kamakura Period, Japan
c. 1250-1300 C.E.
Handscroll (ink and color on paper)

Basin (Baptistère de St. Louis)

1320

Muhammad ibn al-Zain
c. 1320-1340 C.E.
Brass inlaid with gold and silver

Bahram Gur Fights the Karg, folio from the Great Il-Khanid Shahnama

1330

Islamic
Persian, Il-Khanid
c. 1330-1340 C.E.
Ink and opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper

The David Vases

1351

Yuan Dynasty, China
1351 C.E.
White porcelain with cobalt-blue underglaze

Alhambra

1354

Granada, Spain.
Nasrid Dynasty
1354-1391 C.E.
Whitewashed adobe stucco, wood, tile, paint, and gilding

Forbidden City

1400

Beijing, China.

Ming Dynasty.
15th century C.E. and later
Stone masonry, marble, brick, wood, and ceramic tile

Portrait of Sin Sukju (1417-1475)

1400

Imperial Bureau of Painting
c. 15th century C.E.
Hanging scroll (ink and color on silk)

Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece)

1427

Workshop of Robert Campin
1427-1432 C.E.

Oil on wood

The Arnolfini Portrait

1434

Jan van Eyck
c. 1434 C.E.
Oil on wood

David

1440

Donatello
c. 1440-1460 C.E.
Bronze
Florentine Renaissance

Palazzo Rucellai

1450

Florence, Italy
Leon Battista Alberti (architect)
c. 1450 C.E.
Stone, masonry

Madonna and Child with Two Angels

1465

Fra Filippo Lippi
c. 1465 C.E.
Tempera on wood

Ryoan-ji

1480

Kyoto, Japan
Muromachi Period, Japan
c. 1480 C.E.; current design most likely dates to the 18th century
Rock garden

Last Supper

1494

Leonardo da Vinci
c. 1494-1498 C.E.

Oil and tempera

Wall plaque, from Oba’s palace

1500

Edo peoples, Benin (Nigeria)
16th century C.E.
Cast brass

Adam and Eve

1504

Albrecht Dürer
1504 C.E.
Engraving

Sistine Chapel ceiling

1508

Vatican City, Italy
Michelangelo
Ceiling frescoes: c. 1508-1512 C.E.
Altar frescoes: c. 1536-1541 C.E.
Fresco

School of Athens

1509

Raphael
c. 1509-1511 C.E.

Fresco
High Renaissance

Isenheim altarpiece

1512

Matthias Grünewald
c. 1512-1516 C.E.
Oil on wood

The Court of Gayumars, folio from Shah

1522

Tahmasp’s Shahnama
Sultan Muhammad
c. 1522-1525 C.E.
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Entombment of Christ

1525

Jacopo da Pontormo
1525-1528 C.E.
Oil on wood
Mannerism

Allegory of Law and Grace

1530

Lucas Cranach the Elder
c. 1530 C.E.
Woodcut and letterpress

The Last Judgment

1536

Michelangelo
Sistine Chapel, 1536-1541 C.E.
Fresco
Late Renaissance

Venus of Urbino

1538

Titian
c. 1538 C.E.
Oil on canvas
Late Renaissance

The Ardabil Carpet

1539

Maqsud of Kashan
1539-1540 C.E.
Silk and wool

Frontispiece of the Codex Mendoza

1541

Viceroyalty of New Spain
c. 1541-1542 C.E.
Ink and color on paper

Hunters in the Snow

1565

Pieter Bruegel the Elder
1565 C.E. Oil on wood

Mosque of Selim II

1568

Edirne, Turkey
Sinan (architect)
1568-1575 C.E.
Brick and stone

Il Gesù

1568

Rome, Italy
Giacomo da Vignola (architect)
Giacomo della Porta, facade (architect)
Church: 16th Century C.E.
Facade: 1568-1584 C.E
Southern Baroque

Calling of Saint Matthew

1597

Caravaggio
c. 1597-1601 C.E.
Oil on canvas
Southern Baroque

Calling of Saint Matthew

1597

Caravaggio
c. 1597-1601 C.E.
Oil on canvas
Southern Baroque

Angel with Arquebus, Asiel Timor Dei Master of Calamarca (La Paz School) c. 17th Century C.E. Oil on canvas

1600

Master of Calamarca (La Paz School)
c. 17th Century C.E.
Oil on canvas

Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings

1620

Bichitr
c. 1620 C.E.
Watercolor, gold, and ink on paper

Henry IV Receives the Portrait of Marie de’ Medici, from the Marie de’ Medici Cycle

1621

Peter Paul Rubens
1621-1625 C.E.
Oil on canvas
Northern Aristocratic Baroque

Taj Mahal

1632

Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
Masons, marble workers, mosaicists, and decorators working under the supervision of Ustad Ahmad Lahori, architect of the emperor.
1632-1653 C.E.
Stone masonry and marble with inlay of precious and semiprecious stones; gardens

Self-Portrait with Saskia

1636

Rembrandt van Rijn
1636 C.E.

Etching
Northern Bourgeois Baroque

San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane

1638

Rome, Italy
Francesco Borromini (architect)
1638-1646 C.E.
Stone and stucco
Southern Baroque

Ecstasy of Saint Teresa

1647

Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
c. 1647-1652 C.E.
Marble

Las Meninas

1656

Diego Velázquez
c. 1656 C.E.
Oil on canvas
Aristocratic Baroque

Woman Holding a Balance

1664

Johannes Vermeer
c. 1664 C.E.

Oil on canvas
Northern Bourgeois Baroque

The Palace at Versailles

1669

Versailles, France
Louis Le Vau & Jules Hardouin-Mansart (architects)
Begun 1669 C.E.
Masonry, stone, wood, iron, and gold leaf (architecture) Marble and bronze (sculpture)
Aristocratic Baroque

Screen with the Siege of Belgrade and hunting scene Circle of the González Family c. 1697-1701 C.E. Tempera and resin on wood, shell inlay

1697

Circle of the González Family c. 1697-1701 C.E.
Tempera and resin on wood, shell inlay

The Virgin of Guadalupe (Virgen de Guadalupe)

1698

Miguel González
c. 1698 C.E.
Based on original Virgin of Guadalupe Basilica of Guadalupe, Mexico City 16th Century C.E.
Oil on canvas on wood, inlaid with mother-of-pearl

Sika dwa kofi (Golden Stool)

1700

Ashanti peoples (south central Ghana)
c. 1700 C.E.
Gold over wood and cast-gold attachments

‘Ahu ‘ula (feather cape)

1700

Hawaiian
Late 18th century C.E.
Feathers and fiber

Staff god

1700

Rarotonga, Cook Islands, central Polynesia
Late 18th to early 19th century C.E.
Wood, tapa, fiber, and feathers

Female deity

1700

Nukuoro, Micronesia
c. 18th to 19th century C.E.
Wood

White and Red Plum Blossoms

1710

Ogata Korin
c. 1710-1716 C.E.
Ink, watercolor, and gold leaf on paper

Spaniard and Indian Produce a Mestizo

1715

Attributed to Juan Rodríguez Juárez

c. 1715 C.E.

Oil on canvas

Portrait of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

1750

Miguel Cabrera
c. 1750 C.E.
Oil on canvas

Ndop (portrait figure) of King Mishe

1760

miShyaang maMbul
Kuba peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
c. 1760-1780 C.E.
Wood

A Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery

1763

Joseph Wright of Derby
c. 1763-1765 C.E.
Oil on canvas
Enlightenment

The Swing

1767

Jean-Honoré Fragonard
1767 C.E.
Oil on canvas

Monticello

1768

Virginia, U.S.
Thomas Jefferson (architect)
1768-1809 C.E.
Brick, glass, stone and wood
Neoclassicism

George Washington

1788

Jean-Antoine Houdon
1788-1792 C.E.
Marble
Neoclassicism

Self-Portrait

1790

Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
1790 C.E.
Oil on canvas

Lukasa (memory board)

1800

Mbudye Society, Luba peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
c. 19th to 20th century C.E.
Wood, beads, and metal

Navigation chart

1800

Marshall Islands, Micronesia
19th to early 20th century C.E.
Wood and fiber

Reliquary figure (byeri)

1800

Fang peoples (southern Cameroon)
c. 19th to 20th century C.E.
Wood

Ikenga (shrine figure)

1800

Igbo peoples (Nigeria)
c. 19th to 20th century C.E.
Wood

Buk (mask)

1800

Mid to late 19th Century
Torres Strait (islander People)
Maubiag Island
25 in
Turtle shell, wood, fiber, feathers, and shell

Aka elephant mask

1801

Bamileke (Cameroon, western grassfields region)
c. 19th to 20th century C.E.
Wood, woven raffia, cloth, and beads

Bundu mask

1801

Sande Society, Mende peoples (West African forests of Sierra Leone and Liberia)
19th to 20th century C.E.
Wood, cloth, and fiber

Female (Pwo) mask

1801

Chokwe peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Late 19th to 20th century C.E.
Wood, fiber, pigment, and metal

Y no hai remedio (And There’s Nothing to be Done), from Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War), plate 15

1810

Francisco de Goya
1810-1823 C.E. (published 1863)
Etching, drypoint, burin, and burnishing
Romanticism

La Grande Odalisque

1814

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
1814 C.E.
Oil on canvas
Neoclassicism

Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as the Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji

1830

Katsushika Hokusai
1830-1833 C.E.
Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Liberty Leading the People

1830

Eugène Delacroix
1830 C.E.
Oil on canvas
Romanticism

Still Life in Studio

1837

Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre
1837 C.E.
Daguerreotype
Photography

Palace of Westminster (House of Parliament)

1840

London, England
Charles Barry and Augustus W.N. Pugin (architects)
1840-1870 C.E.
Limestone masonry and glass
Romanticism

The Stone Breakers

1849

Gustave Courbet
1849 C.E. (destroyed in 1945)
Oil on canvas
Realism

Hiapo (tapa)

1850

Niue
c. 1850-1900 C.E.
Tapa or bark cloth, freehand painting

The Horse in Motion

1878

Eadweard Muybridge
1878 C.E.
Albumen print
Photography

The Valley of Mexico from the Hillside of Santa Isabel (El Valle de México desde el Cerro de Santa Isabel)

1882

Jose María Velasco

1882 C.E.

Oil on canvas

The Burghers of Calais

1884

Auguste Rodin
1884-1895 C.E.
Bronze
Realism

Tamati Waka Nene

1890

Gottfried Lindauer Maori (Nga-ti-toa tribe)
Auckland National Art Gallery
1890 C.E.
Oil on canvas
40.1’’ x 33.1’’

Portrait mask (Mblo)

1900

Baule peoples (Côte d’Ivoire)
Early 20th century C.E.
Wood and pigment

Malagan display and mask

1900

New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
c. 20th century C.E.
Wood, pigment, fiber, and shell

The Steerage

1907

Alfred Stieglitz
1907 C.E.
Photogravure
Photography

Veranda post of enthroned king and senior wife (Opo Ogoga)

1910

Olowe of Ise (Yoruba peoples)
c. 1910-1914 C.E.
Wood and pigment

Presentation of Fijian mats and tapa cloths to Queen Elizabeth II

1953

Fiji, Polynesia.
1953 C.E.
Multimedia performance (costume; cosmetics, including scent; chant; movement; and pandanus fiber/hibiscus fiber mats), photographic documentation

Chairman Mao en Route to Anyuan

1969

Artist unknown
Based on an oil painting by Liu Chunhua

c. 1969 C.E.
Color lithograph