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450
Doryphoros
Made by Polykleitos, is one of the best known Greek sculptures of the Classical Era in Western Art. -
450
Christian art
Greece. Small-scale devotional panel paintings, usually depicting Christ, the Virgin Mary or the Saints. -
500
Apollo of Veii
Temple of Veio in Portonaccio. Figurative sculpture made from stone, terracotta -
532
Hagia Sophia
Greek Orthodox patriarchal basilica, later an imperial mosque, and now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey -
550
Cathach of St. Columba
Ireland. Contain the text of Psalms 30:10 to 105:13 in Latin, written by St. Columba. -
Jan 1, 750
First use of Greek alphabet
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Jan 1, 1000
Venus of Hohle Fels
Schelklingen, Germany, Has a perforated protrusion, which may have allowed its owner to wear it as an amulet -
Jan 1, 1050
Cluny Abbey
Former Benedictine monastery in Cluny, Saône-et-Loire, France. -
Jan 1, 1160
Notre Dame
Catholic cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France -
Jan 1, 1400
Zen Ink-Painting
Japan. Japanese painting exhibits synthesis and competition between native Japanese aesthetics and the adaptation of imported ideas, mainly from Chinese painting which was especially influential at a number of points -
Jan 1, 1426
The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise
Is a fresco by the Italian Early Renaissance artist Masaccio on the walls of the Brancacci Chapel in the church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Florence. -
Jan 1, 1432
The Ghent Altarpiece.
Jan Van Eyck. It comprises an altarpiece of 12 panels, these wings are painted on both sides, giving two very distinct views depending on whether they are open or closed. -
Jan 1, 1434
Dome of Florence
Designed by Filippo Brunellesci, is on the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, Italy. -
Jan 1, 1444
David
Made by Donatello. It depicts David with an enigmatic smile, posed with his foot on Goliath's severed head just after defeating the giant. The youth is completely naked, apart from a laurel-topped hat and boots, bearing the sword of Goliath. -
Jan 1, 1506
Laocoön and His Sons
Rome. Showing the Trojan priest Laocoön and his sons Antiphantes and Thymbraeus being attacked by sea serpents. Artists: Athenodoros of Rhodes, Polydorus of Rhodes, Agesander of Rhodes -
Feb 5, 1534
The Last Judgement
Michelangelo, executed on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. It is a depiction of the Second Coming of Christ and the final and eternal judgment by God of all humanity. The souls of humans rise and descend to their fates, as judged by Christ surrounded by prominent saints. -
Hermitage Museum
Catherine the Great founded the museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia. One of the largest and oldest museums in the world. -
Invention of lithography
German author and actor Alois Senefelder invented a method of printing originally based on the principle that oil and water do not mix. -
Vase With Twelve Sunflowers
Vinccent Van Gogh, -
Lamentation over the Dead Christ
Andrea Mantegna, It portrays the body Christ supine on a marble slab. He is watched over by the Virgin Mary and Saint John whose cut-off profile is behind the Virgin Mary, who are weeping for his death. -
Persepolis
Ancient Persians conquer Mesopotamia -
Carolingian Ivory Relief Sculpture
A dying pagan asks Saint Remi for
baptism. -
The Ascension
Rome, The Ascension of Jesus is the Christian teaching found in the New Testament that the resurrected Jesus was taken up to Heaven in his resurrected body, in the presence of eleven of his apostles -
Tomb of the Leopards
Necropolis of Monterozzi. Nobility who commissioned tomb paintings to celebrate their passage into the after-life. -
Venus of Willendorf
Obese female oolitic limestone sculpture, Austria -
Woman Holding A Bison Horn
Many believe that the hand over her womb signifies the act of womanhood and could also be resting on the faint outline of a child. -
Chauvet cave painting
France. Chauvet is the earliest known example of Stone Age cave paintings -
Human with feline head
Carved out of mammoth ivory and nearly a foot tall -
Stonage
England. Probably functioned as an astronomical observatory and solar calendar. -
Hieroglyphs
First writing system -
Jade Carving
China. Chinese believe that jade represents purity, beauty, longevity, even immortality. -
Human Figure
Ain Ghazal. Jordan. Painted and inlaid with bitumen. -
Çatalhöyük
Turkey. Composed entirely of domestic buildings, with no obvious public buildings. While some of the larger ones have rather ornate murals, these rooms' purpose remains unclear
