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40,000-8,000 BCE in the Near East
40,000-4,000 BCE in Europe -
Lascaux, France.
15,000-13,000 B.C.E.
Rock painting -
The earliest pieces of Japanese art came from the Jomon Period
Started with the connection of Buddhism -
8,000- 3,000 BCE in the Near East
4,000- 2,000 BCE in Europe -
Art is an important part in the Chinese culture
The different periods of time were called Dynasties -
Sumerians rule from 3500 - 2340 B.C.E.
Made up of independent city-states
Cuneiform - earliest form of writing developed by 3000 B.C.E.
Epic of Gilgamesh - early Sumerian poem
Architecture generally consists of mud-brick -
Korean artworks include traditions
Used 4 major types of art calligraphy, music, painting, pottery
The first major Korean artwork dates back to 3000 BC -
From the Square Temple at Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq)
Sumerian
c.2700 B.C.E.
Gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone -
Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty
c.2620-2500 B.C.E.
Painted limestone -
Approximately c. 2575-2134 BCE
Mastabas and pyramids as tombs and burial chambers
Ben-ben stone: the top stone on the pyramid; location of where the sun rays first fell
Standardization of the canons of Egyptian art -
Wiltshire, UK
Neolithic Europe
c.2500-1600 B.C.E
Sandstone -
1,895–539 BC
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Babylon (Modern Iran)
Susian
c.1792-1750 B.C.E.
Basalt -
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 -
Approximately c.1550-1070 BCE
After second Intermediate Period
Impressive rock tombs
Military expansion (Syrians invaded in the Intermediate Period) -
The first Art of the Pacific piece was created during 1500 BC
Was influenced by local social structures and external influences
The locations of the artwork are on islands -
New Kingdom (Amarna), 18th Dynasty
c.1353-1335 B.C.E.
Limestone -
C.1353-1335 BCE
Akhenaten (also known as Amenhotep IV)
Instituted monotheistic worship of the sun disk, Aten
Moved capital to Amarna -
900-600 B.C.E
A major ancient Mesopotamian civilization -
900 - 700 B.C.E.
Small scale bronzes
Figures restricted to registers -
Approx. 800-500 B.C.E. (Same as the Archaic Period in Greece
Has motion and vitality (full of life)
Captured the feeling or essence of their subjects
Relaxed
Naturalistic figures
Temples
Wood with statues on the roof
Necropolises -
Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad, Iraq)
Neo-Assyrian c.720-705 B.C.E.
Alabaster -
700-600 B.C.E.
Result of exposure to Egypt and the Near East
Exotic imagery and composite creatures
Figures begin to break out of registers -
600 - 480 B.C.E.
Sculptures include kouros and kore figures
Characterized by the “Archaic Smile”
Stylized, geometric hair
Rigid, grid format similar to the Egyptian canon of proportions
Pottery includes black and red figured vase painting
Persian Wars 500-480 B.C.E. -
559-331 B.C.E
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Archaic Greek
c.530 B.C.E.
Marble with remnants of paint -
Persepolis, Iran
Persian
c.520-465 B.C.E.
Limestone -
Etruscan
c.520 B.C.E.
Terracotta -
509 - 27 B.C.E.
Highly stratified society: patricians lorded over plebeians, paterfamilias lorded over wives and children
“Dignitas” - dignity, status, honor, popularity, importance
Copied Classical Greek
Subjects: mythology, gods, battles, emperors -
5th Century B.C.E - now
Has four noble truths
It originated in India but later spread throughout Asia -
480 - 450 B.C.E.
Bridges change in sculpture from relatively stiff Archaic figure to the more realistically active Classical figure
Large freestanding sculptures with figures shown in movement.
Contrapposto shown for the first time (weight shift) -
450 - 400 B.C.E.
The Golden Age of Greece
“High point” of Greek art and architecture. Figures are idealized, with expressionless faces.
Proportion and symmetry are emphasized -
Temple of Athena Nike (Acropolis)
c.427-424 B.C.E.
Marble -
400 - 320 B.C.E.
Alexander the Great becomes king of Macedonia, 336 B.C.E.
Alexander defeats Persian king Darius III at the Battle of Issus, 333 B.C.E.
Alexander dies in Babylon, 323 B.C.E.
Sculptors attempt more difficult, unique poses for their figures -
320 - 30 B.C.E.
Macedonia becomes a Roman province, 146 B.C.E.
Ends with the fall of Egypt, last fortification of Hellenistic rule to Romans in 31 - 30 B.C.E.
Period initiated by the conquests of Alexander the Great.
Art of this period encompasses extremes, from works that are naturalistic to other pieces that are overly idealized with an emphasis on drama, violence and emotionalism. -
Late Imperial Roman
c.250 C.E.
Marble. -
193-237 C.E.
Age of confidence is replaced by a time of troubles
Civil unrest
Military defeats
Economy in decline
Pivotal time - pagan ancient world transformed into Christian Middle Ages -
Republican Roman
c.100 B.C.E.
Mosaic -
Hellenistic Greek
C.100 B.C.E.
Bronze -
27 BC
The Roman Empire began with the reign of Emperor Augustus -
27 B.C.E
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Bamiyan, Afghanistan
Gandharan
c. 400-800 C.E.
(destroyed in 2001)
Cut rock with plaster and polychrome paint -
Three Kingdoms Period
Silla Kingdom, Korea
Fifth to sixth century C.E.
Metalwork -
Created by Muhammad
Created during 610 C.E -
Fan Kuan
c. 1000 C.E.
Ink and colors on silk -
Beginning c.1000 C.E
Art is less about realistic representation and more about expression
Due to reliance on oral tradition, most artworks are unsigned -
Hindu
India (Tamil Nadu)
Chola Dynasty
c. 11th century C.E.
Cast bronze -
Has no founder or date of origin
Oldest faith structure in the world
Name comes from the Persian word Hindu meaning river -
Jan van Eyck
c. 1434 C.E.
Oil on wood -
Fra Filippo Lippi
c. 1465 C.E.
Tempera on wood -
Leonardo da Vinci
c. 1494-1498 C.E.
Oil and tempera -
Jacopo da Pontormo
1525-1528 C.E.
Oil on wood -
Titian
c. 1538 C.E.
Oil on canvas -
Viceroyalty of New Spain
c. 1541-1542 C.E.
Ink and color on paper -
Caravaggio
c. 1597-1601 C.E.
Oil on canvas -
Master of Calamarca (La Paz School)
c. 17th Century C.E.
Oil on canvas -
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 -
Johannes Vermeer
c. 1664 C.E.
Oil on canvas -
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 -
Circle of the González Family c. 1697-1701 C.E.
Tempera and resin on wood, shell inlay -
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 -
Attributed to Juan Rodríguez Juárez
c. 1715 C.E.
Oil on canvas -
Miguel Cabrera
c. 1750 C.E.
Oil on canvas -
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
1767 C.E.
Oil on canvas -
Virginia, U.S.
Thomas Jefferson (architect), 1768-1809 C.E.
Brick, glass, stone and wood -
Jacques-Louis David
1784 C.E.
Oil on canvas -
Katsushika Hokusai
1830-1833 C.E.
Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper -
Eugène Delacroix
1830 C.E.
Oil on canvas -
Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre
1837 C.E.
Daguerreotype -
Gustave Courbet
1849 C.E. (destroyed in 1945)
Oil on canvas -
Jose María Velasco
1882 C.E.
Oil on canvas -
Artist unknown
Based on an oil painting by Liu Chunhua
c. 1969 C.E.
Color lithograph