Prehistoric To Roman Art

  • Period: 35,000 BCE to 6000 BCE

    Paleolithic

  • Apollo 11 Stones
    25,500 BCE

    Apollo 11 Stones

    Oldest piece from Africa in such a good condition
  • 25,000 BCE

    Humans in the Americas

  • Venus of Willendorf
    25,000 BCE

    Venus of Willendorf

    The oldest human form, symbolizing reproduction and fertility
  • Period: 6000 BCE to 2000 BCE

    Neolithic Near East

  • Ibex Beaker
    4200 BCE

    Ibex Beaker

    Found in a Necropolis and used as grave goods
  • Anthropomorphic Stele
    4000 BCE

    Anthropomorphic Stele

    Earliest art from the Arabian Peninsula and were used as markers
  • Period: 4000 BCE to 2000 BCE

    Neolithic Europe

  • White Temple
    3500 BCE

    White Temple

    A religious center
  • Palette of King Narmer
    3000 BCE

    Palette of King Narmer

    Tells the story of King Narmer uniting Egypt
  • Seated Scribe
    2600 BCE

    Seated Scribe

    Funerary statue representing a scribe who would write down hwta a pharaoh said
  • Standard of Ur
    2600 BCE

    Standard of Ur

    Found in a Necropolis and shows war and peace
  • Period: 2600 BCE to 1549 BCE

    Old Kingdom Egypt

  • Great Pyramids
    2550 BCE

    Great Pyramids

    Monuments for dead pharaohs
  • 2500 BCE

    Probable Date of the First Iron Objects

  • Stonehenge
    2500 BCE

    Stonehenge

    Place of worship which was also an astronomical and seasonal calendar
  • The Code of Hammurabi
    1790 BCE

    The Code of Hammurabi

    Showing Hammurabi being given divine right to rule from Shamash, telling the story of Hammurabi, and the laws that have been developed for Babylon
  • Period: 1550 BCE to 1070 BCE

    New Kingdom Egypt

  • Ambum Stone
    1500 BCE

    Ambum Stone

    Humanoid body with an animal head that was found with the dead
  • Mortuay Temple of Hatshepsut
    1470 BCE

    Mortuay Temple of Hatshepsut

    A temple dedicated to the pharaoh Hatshepsut
  • Akhenaton, Nefertit, and Three Daughters
    1350 BCE

    Akhenaton, Nefertit, and Three Daughters

    Shows Akhenaton with his wife Nefertiti and their three deformed daughters while the god Aton gives Akhenaton divine right
  • Period: 1350 BCE to 1350 BCE

    Amarna

  • 1200 BCE

    The Fall of Troy

  • Tlatilco
    1200 BCE

    Tlatilco

    Grave good that is bifurcated, possibly showing deformities in the civilization
  • 776 BCE

    First Olympic Games

  • 753 BCE

    Rome Founded

  • Lamassu
    720 BCE

    Lamassu

    Humanoid creatures that stand guard around the Citadel of Sargon II
  • Athenian Agora
    600 BCE

    Athenian Agora

    The Athenian Agora was created from 600 B.C.E to 150 B.C.E. and connected to the Acropolis.
  • Peplos Kore from the Acropolis
    530 BCE

    Peplos Kore from the Acropolis

    A grave marker resembling a girl
  • Anavysos Kouros
    530 BCE

    Anavysos Kouros

    A grave marker representing a boy who has died
  • Audience Hall (Apadana) of Darius and Xerxes
    520 BCE

    Audience Hall (Apadana) of Darius and Xerxes

    Represents the power of Persia, bringing together the empire and the 10,000 immortal guards
  • Period: 510 BCE to 49

    Republic Rome

  • Period: 480 BCE to 324 BCE

    Classical Greece

  • Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)
    450 BCE

    Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)

    Marble copy of the original bronze statue, Contrapposto, Canon of Proportions
  • Period: 449 BCE to 479 BCE

    Perisan Wars

  • Arcopolis
    447 BCE

    Arcopolis

    This site was built over the years 447 B.C.E. to 410 B.C.E. and was dedicated to Athena
  • Period: 325 BCE to 31 BCE

    Hellenistic

  • 323 BCE

    Alexander the Great Dies

  • Alexander Mosaic
    100 BCE

    Alexander Mosaic

    This mosaic depicts the battle between the Roman and the Persians
  • Seated Boxer
    100 BCE

    Seated Boxer

    Lost was process, represents a boxer who is unidealized
  • 44 BCE

    The Assassinatio of Julius Caesar

  • Portrait of Augustus from Prima Porta
    50

    Portrait of Augustus from Prima Porta

    Propaganda, hundreds of statues placed around the empire so the people recognize their emperor
  • Period: 50 to 476

    Imperial Rome

  • Colosseum (Flavian Ampitheater)
    70

    Colosseum (Flavian Ampitheater)

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  • Panetheon
    120

    Panetheon

    House of worship for the many gods the Romans believed in
  • 476

    Fall of Rome