Art Museum World History

By lizzy101
  • 3200 BCE

    Civilization begins at Sumer

  • 2560 BCE

    Building of the Great Pyramid of Cheops at Giza

  • "Priest King"
    2200 BCE

    "Priest King"

    2200-1900 BC, artist unknown, Mohenjo-Daro
  • 1900 BCE

    Minoan period begins, Crete

  • Bull Leaping Fresco, Minoan civilization
    1450 BCE

    Bull Leaping Fresco, Minoan civilization

    1450 BCE, artist unknown, Heraklion Archeological Museum
  • Akhenaten, Nefertiti and Three Daughters, Ancient Egypt
    1350 BCE

    Akhenaten, Nefertiti and Three Daughters, Ancient Egypt

    c.1350 BCE, artist unknown, Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin
  • 1200 BCE

    Fall of Troy

  • 780 BCE

    Ancient Greece began, sent settlers to create colonies in Asia Minor

  • 776 BCE

    Start of the ancient Olympics

  • 753 BCE

    Legendary founding of Rome

  • Dionysos Kylix, Ancient Greece
    530 BCE

    Dionysos Kylix, Ancient Greece

    c. 530 B.C.E., Exekias, Antikensammlungen, Munich
  • 509 BCE

    Traditional date for the founding of the Roman Republic

  • 508 BCE

    Athenian Democracy established by Cleisthenes

  • 490 BCE

    Battle of Marathon

  • 483 BCE

    Gautama Buddha dies

  • 480 BCE

    Battle at Thermopylae

  • 215 BCE

    Start of the Macedonian Wars, leading to Rome's control of Greece

  • 44 BCE

    Ides of March - Caesar assassinated

  • 31 BCE

    Augustus becomes first Roman emperor, Pax Romana begins

  • 3 BCE

    Jesus was born

  • Lararium from the House of the Vettii, Pompeii
    70

    Lararium from the House of the Vettii, Pompeii

    c. 70 AD, artist unknown, House of the Vettii, Pompeii
  • 79

    Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Pompeii and Herculaneum covered

  • 122

    Hadrian's wall was beginning to be built

  • 324

    Constantine established his capital at Byzantium

  • 476

    Western Roman Empire ended

  • 476

    Middle Ages, Dark Ages start

  • The Book of Kells
    800

    The Book of Kells

    circa 800, artist unknown, Trinity College Library, Dublin
  • The Madonna and Child
    1290

    The Madonna and Child

    ca. 1290–1300, Duccio di Boninsegna, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • 1300

    Renaissance begins

  • 1450

    Printing Press is Invented

  • 1453

    Fall of Constantinople, Middle Ages end

  • The Last Supper
    1495

    The Last Supper

    1495 - 1498, Leonardo da Vinci, Santa Maria delle Grazie
  • The Pieta, Italy
    1498

    The Pieta, Italy

    1498-1499, Michelangelo, St. Peter's Basilica, The Vatican
  • The Annunciation
    1512

    The Annunciation

    c. 1512 , Jan de Beer, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid​
  • The Creation of Adam, Italy
    1512

    The Creation of Adam, Italy

    1512, Michelangelo, The Sistine Chapel
  • 1517

    Protestant Reformation begins

  • 1519

    Magellan sails around the world, proving the earth is round

  • 1534

    England breaks away from Catholic church, and become a protestant country under King Henry VIII

  • Scientific Revolution begins

  • Lao-Tau Riding an Ox

    Lao-Tau Riding an Ox

    c. 1600, Chen Hongshou, current location unknown
  • Ecstasy of Saint Teresa

    Ecstasy of Saint Teresa

    1647 - 1652, Bernini, Santa Maria della Vittoria
  • Holy Family on the Steps

    Holy Family on the Steps

    c.1648 - Nicolas Poussin, Cleveland Museum of Art
  • The Allegory of Faith

    The Allegory of Faith

    1670 - 1672, Vermeer, Metropolitan Museum of Art

  • Industrial revolution begins in England

  • United States colonies compose Declaration of Independence

  • United States Constitution is signed

  • French Revolution begins

  • Mask for the Okuyi Society

    Mask for the Okuyi Society

    Late 19th Century, Punu Culture, from Gabon

  • First steam railway is built in England

  • American Civil War

  • Christs' Entry in Brussels in 1889

    Christs' Entry in Brussels in 1889

    1888, James Ensor, The Getty Museum
  • The Yellow Christ

    The Yellow Christ

    1889, Paul Gauguin, Albright–Knox Art Gallery
  • Rouen Cathedral, Full Sunlight (series)

    Rouen Cathedral, Full Sunlight (series)

    1894, Claude Monet, Musee d'Orsay, Paris

  • World War I

  • The Descent from the Cross

    The Descent from the Cross

    1917, Max Beckmann, The Museum of Modern Art
  • Christ the Redeemer

    Christ the Redeemer

    1922, Paul Landowski, Heitor de da Silva Costa, Gheorghe Leonida, Albert Caquot, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  • Great Depression

  • World War II

  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

  • Cold War

  • Christ of Saint John of the Cross

    Christ of Saint John of the Cross

    1951, Salvador Dali, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
  • The Sacrament of the Last Supper

    The Sacrament of the Last Supper

    1955, Salvador Dali, The National Gallery of Art

  • Fall of the Berlin Wall

  • Tian Tan Buddha Statue

    Tian Tan Buddha Statue

    1990, artist unknown, Ngong Ping, Lantau Island