Prehistoric to Rome

  • Venus of Willendorf
    28,000 BCE

    Venus of Willendorf

    Willendorf, Austria in 28,000-25,000 BCE. She is a fertility icon.
  • Apollo 11 stones
    25,500 BCE

    Apollo 11 stones

    Namibia 25,500-25,300 BCE, made out of charcoal on stones 5'', 4.25''. The san people made these which were nomatic hunter-gatherers.
  • 25,000 BCE

    Humans in the Americas

  • Beaker with ibex motifs
    4200 BCE

    Beaker with ibex motifs

    Susa, Iran 4,200-3,500 BCE, with painted terra cotta. Very thin and hand painted. The theme is animals in arts and ceramics. (geometric) The artist marked his work.
  • Anthropomorphic Stele
    4000 BCE

    Anthropomorphic Stele

    Arabian Peninsula in fourth millennium BCE. it is 8 feet tall out of sandstone. Earliest known art from this style. The theme is anthropomorphic images.
  • White temple
    3500 BCE

    White temple

    Sumerian 3500-3000 BCE, made out of mud brick and is 40 feet high. Higher it is, the closer to the gods. Celia on the top for religious purposes. (room for the gods) Has a population of 40,000 people. The theme is religious centers.
  • Palette of King Narmer
    3000 BCE

    Palette of King Narmer

    Predynastic Egypt 3000-2920 BCE out of greywacke. It is 25 inches high and has composite view. Narmer unified Egypt to a single more coherent lower and upper lots of city-states to one. The theme is symbols in art
  • Seated scribe
    2620 BCE

    Seated scribe

    Saqqara, Egypt Old kingdom in the fourth dynasty 2620-2500 BCE. Made out of painted limestone which still has its paint to show skin tone. This is a funeral marker of a scripe of the gods. Not everyone was literate so he was very important and trusted. The theme is human figure in art.
  • Standard of UR
    2600 BCE

    Standard of UR

    From the Royal tombs altar, Sumerian 2600-2400 BCE. Made out of wood inlaid with shell lazuli lapis and red limestone from India. 21 x 49 x 12 cm two sided to show movement. This shows evidence in trade by the materials it is made out of. The dead city of Acropolis was a mass suicide, as there was no trama to the bones. This shows register, as it tells the story in sections. Theme is narratives in art battle scene.
  • 2500 BCE

    Probable date of the first iron objects

  • stonehenge
    2500 BCE

    stonehenge

    2500-1600 BCE in the UK. The theme is ritual centers/places of worship.
  • Great pyramids
    2490 BCE

    Great pyramids

    The three pyramids were Menkaura, Khafre, and Rhufu with the great sphinx. This was during the Old Kingdom fourth dynasty 2490-2472 BCE. Made out of cut limestone. This had to be finished 70 days after the fero dies.
  • Ambum stone
    1500 BCE

    Ambum stone

    Ambum Valley, Enga Province, Papua. Made out greywacke 7.8 inches high. It is meant to be seen all around. The theme is animals in art.
  • Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut
    1473 BCE

    Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut

    Near luxor, Egypt New Kingdom 18th dynasty 1473-1458 BCE. Made out of sandstone partially carved into rock cliff, and red granite. The architect is Senemut.
  • Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters
    1353 BCE

    Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters

    New Kingdom (Amama), 18th dynasty 1353-1335 BCE. Made out of limestone and 12.5'' feet high. The theme is genre scene.
  • 1200 BCE

    The fall of Troy

  • Tlatilco female figurine
    1200 BCE

    Tlatilco female figurine

    Central Mexico, site of Tlatilco 1,200-900 BCE. A figure toy made out of ceramics 3.75 inches high. The theme is depiction of a human figure.
  • 776 BCE

    First Olympic Games

  • 753 BCE

    Rome founded

  • Lamassu
    720 BCE

    Lamassu

    From the citadel of Sagon ll in Dur Sharrukin (modern khorsabad) Neo- Assyrian 720-705 BCE out of alabaster. The apotropaic ware off evil. They come in a pair to be at the gates to intimidate people by showing movement implying they will come after you. The theme is hybrid figure guardian.
  • Athenian Agora
    600 BCE

    Athenian Agora

    Archaic through Hellenistic Greek, 600-150 BCE. The agora is a gathering place which includes a panathenaic way. The theme is planned cities.
  • Korous/Kore
    530 BCE

    Korous/Kore

    Archaic Greek, 530 BCE. Both made out of marble with remnants of paint. Korous was 6'4'' while Kore was only 3'10''. The theme was human figures in art.
  • 476 BCE

    Western Rome falls

  • Period: 449 BCE to 479 BCE

    Persian Wars

  • Acropolis
    447 BCE

    Acropolis

    In Athens, Greece 447-410 BCE. The architectures Irtinos and Kallikrates, made the acropolis out of marble and is 45 feet high 228 feet x 101 feet. The theme is classical influence on later buildings.
  • 323 BCE

    Alexander the Great Dies

  • Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)
    120 BCE

    Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)

    Polykleitos, Greek original bronze 450-440 BCE and the Roman marble copy 120-50 BCE. Has perfect canon of proportion and is 6'6'' high. Contrapposto is the relaxed body position. (leaning to one side) The theme is idealized human form.
  • Pantheon
    118 BCE

    Pantheon

    Imperial Roman, 118-125 CE, The largest reinforced concrete dome in the world. It is 142 feet high with stone facings. Theme is house of worship.
  • Seated boxer
    100 BCE

    Seated boxer

    Made in Hellenistic Greek 100 BCE. It is made out of bronze and lost wax, 50'' high, and is hallow.
  • Alexander Mosaic
    100 BCE

    Alexander Mosaic

    Repubican Roman, 100BCE. The mosaic shows the battle of the Romans and the Persians.
  • Portait of Augustus of Prima Porta
    100 BCE

    Portait of Augustus of Prima Porta

    Imperial Roman, early first century CE. Early propaganda with no carving on the back, out of marble 6'8'' high. The theme is power and authority.
  • Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater)
    70 BCE

    Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater)

    In Rome, Italy during Imperial Roman 70-80 CE. First concrete and stone which changed the world. The length is 615 feet, Width is 510 feet, and overall area is around 6 acres. Theme is specific spaces.
  • 44 BCE

    The assassination of Julius Caesar

  • The code of Hammurabi

    The code of Hammurabi

    Babylon (modern Iran) Susian in 1792-1750 BCE made out of basalt. It is 7 feet 5 inches high and very hard to sculpt. The theme is human divine. It is in graved with the laws given by the gods. this was the first basalt and has bas relief which meant it was shallow.