Prehistoric To Roman Art

  • Period: 35,000 BCE to 6000 BCE

    Paleolithic

  • 25,500 BCE

    Apollo 11 Stones

    Apollo 11 Stones
    Oldest piece from Africa in such a good condition
  • 25,000 BCE

    Humans in the Americas

  • 25,000 BCE

    Venus of Willendorf

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

    Neolithic Near East

  • 4200 BCE

    Ibex Beaker

    Ibex Beaker
    Found in a Necropolis and used as grave goods
  • 4000 BCE

    Anthropomorphic Stele

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

    Neolithic Europe

  • 3500 BCE

    White Temple

    White Temple
    A religious center
  • 3000 BCE

    Palette of King Narmer

    Palette of King Narmer
    Tells the story of King Narmer uniting Egypt
  • 2600 BCE

    Seated Scribe

    Seated Scribe
    Funerary statue representing a scribe who would write down hwta a pharaoh said
  • 2600 BCE

    Standard of Ur

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

    Old Kingdom Egypt

  • 2550 BCE

    Great Pyramids

    Great Pyramids
    Monuments for dead pharaohs
  • 2500 BCE

    Probable Date of the First Iron Objects

  • 2500 BCE

    Stonehenge

    Stonehenge
    Place of worship which was also an astronomical and seasonal calendar
  • 1790 BCE

    The Code of Hammurabi

    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

  • 1500 BCE

    Ambum Stone

    Ambum Stone
    Humanoid body with an animal head that was found with the dead
  • 1470 BCE

    Mortuay Temple of Hatshepsut

    Mortuay Temple of Hatshepsut
    A temple dedicated to the pharaoh Hatshepsut
  • 1350 BCE

    Akhenaton, Nefertit, and Three Daughters

    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

  • 1200 BCE

    Tlatilco

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

    First Olympic Games

  • 753 BCE

    Rome Founded

  • 720 BCE

    Lamassu

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

    Athenian Agora

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

    Peplos Kore from the Acropolis

    Peplos Kore from the Acropolis
    A grave marker resembling a girl
  • 530 BCE

    Anavysos Kouros

    Anavysos Kouros
    A grave marker representing a boy who has died
  • 520 BCE

    Audience Hall (Apadana) of Darius and Xerxes

    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

  • 450 BCE

    Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)

    Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)
    Marble copy of the original bronze statue, Contrapposto, Canon of Proportions
  • Period: 449 BCE to 479 BCE

    Perisan Wars

  • 447 BCE

    Arcopolis

    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

  • 100 BCE

    Alexander Mosaic

    Alexander Mosaic
    This mosaic depicts the battle between the Roman and the Persians
  • 100 BCE

    Seated Boxer

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

    The Assassinatio of Julius Caesar

  • 50

    Portrait of Augustus from Prima Porta

    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

  • 70

    Colosseum (Flavian Ampitheater)

    Colosseum (Flavian Ampitheater)
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  • 120

    Panetheon

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

    Fall of Rome