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Summative Fernando

  • First clay female figures
    8000 BCE

    First clay female figures

  • Period: 8000 BCE to 139 BCE

    Mesopotamian art

  • Earliest pottery
    7000 BCE

    Earliest pottery

  • Handmade pottery
    6000 BCE

    Handmade pottery

  • Painted pottery made on a slow wheel
    5000 BCE

    Painted pottery made on a slow wheel

  • Mass-produced pottery made on a fast wheel or in a mold.
    4000 BCE

    Mass-produced pottery made on a fast wheel or in a mold.

  • Objects made of gold, silver, lapis lazuli, and carnelian founded in graves
    2900 BCE

    Objects made of gold, silver, lapis lazuli, and carnelian founded in graves

  • Mythological, narrative scenes and Sargon the Great representations
    2350 BCE

    Mythological, narrative scenes and Sargon the Great representations

  • Statues in temples built by gudea, and ziggurats are built in Ur and other cities
    2112 BCE

    Statues in temples built by gudea, and ziggurats are built in Ur and other cities

  • Hammurabi destroyed a palace that was decorated with wall paintings and stone statuary
    1800 BCE

    Hammurabi destroyed a palace that was decorated with wall paintings and stone statuary

  • The Kassite kudurru, or boundary stone, is decorated with royal and divine figures.
    1350 BCE

    The Kassite kudurru, or boundary stone, is decorated with royal and divine figures.

  • Period: 900 BCE to 700 BCE

    Geometric Period

    Painting on vases was most common, always with representations and repetitions of shapes
  • Stone reliefs of human-headed winged lions and bulls, in the palace. The interior walls are decorated with alabaster slabs with painted details. These show the accomplishments of the king.
    879 BCE

    Stone reliefs of human-headed winged lions and bulls, in the palace. The interior walls are decorated with alabaster slabs with painted details. These show the accomplishments of the king.

  • Foundation of the Olympic Games. The name of the winners was drawn by Julius Africanus and was preserved by Eusebius
    776 BCE

    Foundation of the Olympic Games. The name of the winners was drawn by Julius Africanus and was preserved by Eusebius

  • Period: 776 BCE to 117

    Greek art

  • Homer composes his two epic poems: the Iliad and the Odyssey. Greek people also started to colonize places such as southern Italy and Sicily, these places became city-states and some Greek-style temple was built there.
    750 BCE

    Homer composes his two epic poems: the Iliad and the Odyssey. Greek people also started to colonize places such as southern Italy and Sicily, these places became city-states and some Greek-style temple was built there.

  • Period: 700 BCE to 480 BCE

    Archaic Period

    Sculptures of men (Kouroi) and women (Korai)
  • One of the largest Greek theater is constructed in Syracuse
    650 BCE

    One of the largest Greek theater is constructed in Syracuse

  • The poetess Sappho reverence Aphrodite and the Muses
    610 BCE

    The poetess Sappho reverence Aphrodite and the Muses

  • Nebuchadnezzar reign: molded multicolored glazed bricks with images of striding lions decorate the main street, while bulls and dragons similarly
    604 BCE

    Nebuchadnezzar reign: molded multicolored glazed bricks with images of striding lions decorate the main street, while bulls and dragons similarly

  • Art in Mesopotamia is influenced by others cultures from the East and West.
    550 BCE

    Art in Mesopotamia is influenced by others cultures from the East and West.

  • A new technique is developed in Athens, the red-figure pottery that is diametrically opposite to the black-figure technique
    525 BCE

    A new technique is developed in Athens, the red-figure pottery that is diametrically opposite to the black-figure technique

  • Period: 510 BCE to 320 BCE

    Classical Period

    Perfection in human sculpture is one of the main characteristics, this perfection was due to some ratios that the greek people found, about anatomy and humans expressions they always tried to reach perfection.
  • The Parthenon is built and designed by Iktinos and Kallikrates, both architects, it is build of marble and incorporates the Doric and Ionic orders.
    432 BCE

    The Parthenon is built and designed by Iktinos and Kallikrates, both architects, it is build of marble and incorporates the Doric and Ionic orders.

    The triangular space above the columns, called pediment, is a memorable characteristic of all greek temples, in the Parthenon it is about Athena birth and a war against Poseidon.
  • The temple of Athena Nike is completed
    410 BCE

    The temple of Athena Nike is completed

  • Another Greek theater is founded in Sicily by Dionysius of Syracuse
    403 BCE

    Another Greek theater is founded in Sicily by Dionysius of Syracuse

  • Hellenistic art and culture influence Mesopotamia, that's because Alexander the Great conquered the lands between the Tigris and Euphrates River
    331 BCE

    Hellenistic art and culture influence Mesopotamia, that's because Alexander the Great conquered the lands between the Tigris and Euphrates River

  • Period: 323 BCE to 31 BCE

    Hellenistic period

    Greek influence over the places that Alexander the Great conquered. During this period artists improved and perfected naturalism, they also always want to reach a realist perfection, showing face expression, for example. They incorporate three characteristics to their work: expressive movement, realistic anatomy, and ornate details.
  • This blue-green glazed pottery is the result of more influence of different cultures in Mesopotamia
    139 BCE

    This blue-green glazed pottery is the result of more influence of different cultures in Mesopotamia

  • Venus de Milo, marble statue of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love
    100 BCE

    Venus de Milo, marble statue of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love

  • Laocoon and His Sons, it is a Roman marble copy of a greek bronze statue
    42 BCE

    Laocoon and His Sons, it is a Roman marble copy of a greek bronze statue

  • The Library of Pantainos is constructed
    102

    The Library of Pantainos is constructed

  • Hadrian, a Rome emperor completes the Temple of Olympian Zeus
    117

    Hadrian, a Rome emperor completes the Temple of Olympian Zeus

  • The beginning of Byzantine and Medieval art, mosaic art and Orthodox icon painting were the greatest features of art in this period
    500

    The beginning of Byzantine and Medieval art, mosaic art and Orthodox icon painting were the greatest features of art in this period

  • Period: 500 to 1415

    Dark Ages art

  • The Hagia Sophia, an Eastern Orthodox cathedral and also as the seat of the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople, but during the Fourth Crusaders it was turned in a Roman Catholic cathedral
    532

    The Hagia Sophia, an Eastern Orthodox cathedral and also as the seat of the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople, but during the Fourth Crusaders it was turned in a Roman Catholic cathedral

  • Insular manuscripts as Cathach of St. Columba, the oldest irish manuscript ever found it has decorated letters. Book of Durrow is the earliest Gospel Book that survived from that time
    550

    Insular manuscripts as Cathach of St. Columba, the oldest irish manuscript ever found it has decorated letters. Book of Durrow is the earliest Gospel Book that survived from that time

  • Oils such as walnut is first used as oil-resin varnishes for paintings on  glass and stone
    700

    Oils such as walnut is first used as oil-resin varnishes for paintings on glass and stone

  • Medieval Christian artwork appear during the Carolingian Renaissance
    780

    Medieval Christian artwork appear during the Carolingian Renaissance

    It shows that the Church was the strongest instituition in that time, because it's the only subject of art developed in that time, it include the Irish manuscripts, Byzantine art and almost all the art and architecture of the churches
  • Illumination showing the Black Plague, this fact was so shocking and there was too many deaths that artists in that time show facts like this mass burial
    1349

    Illumination showing the Black Plague, this fact was so shocking and there was too many deaths that artists in that time show facts like this mass burial

  • The Limbourg Brothers show a more realistic work, developing things such as shadows and woodsmoke
    1415

    The Limbourg Brothers show a more realistic work, developing things such as shadows and woodsmoke