Prehistoric to Rome

Venus of Willendorf

28,000 BCE

Willendorf, Austria in 28,000-25,000 BCE. She is a fertility icon.

Apollo 11 stones

25,500 BCE

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.

Humans in the Americas

25,000 BCE

Beaker with ibex motifs

4200 BCE

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Probable date of the first iron objects

2500 BCE

stonehenge

2500 BCE

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

Great pyramids

2490 BCE

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 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

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

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

The fall of Troy

1200 BCE

Tlatilco female figurine

1200 BCE

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.

First Olympic Games

776 BCE

Rome founded

753 BCE

Lamassu

720 BCE

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

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

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.

Western Rome falls

476 BCE

Persian Wars

Period: 449 BCE to 479 BCE

Acropolis

447 BCE

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.

Alexander the Great Dies

323 BCE

Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)

120 BCE

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

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

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

Alexander Mosaic

100 BCE

Repubican Roman, 100BCE. The mosaic shows the battle of the Romans and the Persians.

Portait of Augustus of Prima Porta

100 BCE

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

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.

The assassination of Julius Caesar

44 BCE

The code of Hammurabi

1792

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.