AP Art History 250 ID

Apollo 11 Stones
charcoal on stone
Namibia, Africa
Prehistoric
25,500 BCE

Great Hall of the Bulls
rock painting
Lascaux, France
Paleolithic Europe
15,000 BCE

Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine
bone
Tequixquiac, Central Mexico
Neolithic Americas
7000 BCE

Running horned woman
pigment on rock
Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria
Neolithic Africa
6000 BCE

Beaker with ibex motifs
painted terra cotta
Susa, Iran
Susa I period
4200 BCE

White temple and its ziggurat, Uruk
mud brick
Uruk, modern Iraq
Sumerian
3500 BCE

Jade cong
carved jade
Liangzhu, China
Liangzhu people
3300 BCE

Anthropomorphic stele
sandstone
Arabian Peninsula
Nabatean people
3000 BCE

Palette of King Narmer
greywacke
Hierakonpolis, Egypt
Predynastic Egypt
3000 BCE

Statues of votive figures, Square temple of Eshnanna
gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone
Eshnunna, modern Iraq
Sumerian
2700 BCE

Seated Scribe
painted limestone
Saqqara, Egpyt
Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty
2600 BCE

Standard of Ur from the Royal Tombs at Ur
wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone
Ur, modern Iraq
Sumerian
2600 BCE

Great Pyramids and Great Sphinx
cut limestone
Giza, Egypt
Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty
2550 BCE

King Menkaura and Queen
greywacke
Giza, Egypt
Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty
2490 BCE

The Code of Hammurabi
basalt
Babylon, modern Iran
Babylonian, Susian
1792 BCE

Stonehenge
sandstone
Wiltshire, United Kingdom.
Neolithic Europe
1500 BCE

The Ambum Stone
greywacke
Ambum Valley, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea

1500 BCE

Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut
sandstone, partially carved into a rock cliff, and red granite
Near Luxor, Egypt
New Kingdom, Eighteenth Dynasty
1473 BCE

Akhenaton, Nefertiti and three daughters
limestone
Amarna, Egypt
Amarna. New Kingdom, Eighteenth Dynasty
1353 BCE

Tutankhamun's tomb, innermost coffin
gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones
Luxor, Egypt
New Kingdom, Eighteenth Dynasty
1323 BCE

Last Judgment of Hu-Nefer
painted papyrus scroll
Thebes, Egypt
New Kingdom, Eighteenth Dynasty
1275 BCE

Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall
cut sandstone and mud brick
Karnak, Egypt
New Kingdom, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Dynasties
1250 BCE

Tlatilco female figurine
ceramic
Central Mexico
Tlatilco people
1200 BCE

Terra cotta fragment
terra cotta (incised)
Solomon islands, Reef Islands
Lapita people
1000 BCE

Chavin de Huantar
stone (architecture); granite (Lanzon and sculpture); hammered gold alloy (jewelry)
Northern highlands, Peru
Chavin people
900 BCE

Lamassu from the Citadel of Sargon II
alabaster
Dur Sharrukin, Iraq
Neo-Assyrian
720 BCE

Athenian agora
plan
Athens, Greece
Archaic through Hellenistic Greek
600 BCE

Anavysos Kouros
marble with remnants of paint
Attica, Greece
Archaic Greek
530 BCE

Peplos Kore from the Acropolis
marble, painted details
Athens, Greece
Archaic Greek
530 BCE

Sarcophagus of the Spouses
terra cotta
Cerveteri, Italy
Etruscan
520 BCE

Audience Hall of Darius and Xerxes
limestone
Persepolis, Iran
Persian
520 BCE

Temple of Minerva and sculpture of Apollo
original temple of wood, mud brick, or tufa; terra cotta sculpture
Assissi, Italy
Etruscan
510 BCE

Tomb of the Triclinium
tufa and fresco
Tarquinia, Italy
Etruscan
480 BCE

Niobides Krater
clay, red-figure technique (white highlights)
Orvieto, Italy
Classical Greek
460 BCE

Doryphoros, Polykleitos
Roman copy (marble) of Greek original (bronze)
Pompeii, Italy
Classical Greek
450 BCE

Acropolis, Iktinos and Kallikrates
marble
Athens, Greece
Classical Greek
447 BCE

Grave stele of Hegeso, Kallimachos
marble and paint
Athens, Greece
Classical Greek
410 BCE

Treasury and Great Temple
cut rock
Petra, Jordan
Nabatean people
400 BCE

Great Stupa at Sanchi
stone masonry, sandstone on dome
Madhya Pradesh, India
Maurya, late Sunga Dynasty
300 BCE

Terra cotta warriors from the mausoleum of the first Qin emperor of China
painted terra cotta
Mount Li, China
Qin Dynasty
221 BCE

Funeral banner of Lady Dai
painted silk
Changsha, China
Han Dynasty
180 BCE

Winged Victory of Samothrace
marble
Samothrace, Greece
Hellenistic Greek
175 BCE

Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon
marble
Asia minor, modern Turkey
Hellenistic Greek
175 BCE

Alexander Mosaic from the House of Faun
mosaic
Pompeii, Italy
Republican Roman
100 BCE

Seated Boxer
bronze
Rome, Italy
Hellenistic Greek
100 BCE

Head of a Roman patrician
marble
Rome, Italy
Republican Roman
75 BCE

House of the Vettii
cut stone and fresco
Pompeii, Italy
Imperial Roman
62 BCE

Augustus of Prima Porta
marble
Rome, Italy
Imperial Roman
5 CE

Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater)
stone and concrete
Rome, Italy
Imperial Roman
70 CE

Forum of Trajan, Apollodorus of Damascus, markets and column
brick and concrete (architecture); marble (column)
Rome, Italy
Imperial Roman
106 CE

Pantheon
concrete with stone facing
Rome, Italy
Imperial Roman
118 CE

Catacomb of Priscilla
excavated tufa and fresco
Rome, Italy
Early Christian
200 CE

Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus
marble
Rome, Italy
Late Imperial Roman
250 CE

Buddha
cut rock with plaster and polychrome paint
Bamiyan, Afghanistan
Gandharan
400 CE

Santa Sabina
brick and stone, wooden roof
Rome, Italy
Early Christian
422 CE

Mesa Verde cliff dwellings
sandstone
Montezuma County, Colorado
Ancestral Puebloan
450 CE

Longmen caves
limestone
Luoyang, China
Tang dynasty
493 CE

Gold and jade crown
metalwork
Korea
Three Kingdoms Period, Silla Kingdom
550 CE

Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well, Jacob Wrestling the Angel from the Vienna Genesis
illuminated manuscript (tempera, gold, and silver on purple velum)
Syria
Early Byzantine Europe
500 CE

San Vitale
brick, marble, and stone veneer; mosiac
Ravenna, Italy
Byzantine Europe
526 CE

Hagia Sophia, Anthemius of Tralles and Isodorus of Miletus
brick and ceramic elements with stone and mosiac veneer
Constantinople (Istanbul)
Byzantine
532 CE

Merovingian looped fibula
silver gilt work in filigree, with inlays of garnet and other stones
Visogothic Spain
Medieval Europe
550 CE

Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George
encaustic on wood
Egypt
Early Byzantine Europe
600 CE

The Kaaba
granite masonry, covered with silk curtain and calligraphy in gold and silver-wrapped thread
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Quraysh tribe
631 CE

Jowo Rinpoche, enshrined in the Jokhang Temple
gilt metals with semiprecious stonnes, pearls, and paint; various offerings
Lhasa, Tibet
Yarlung Dynasty
641 CE

Dome of the Rock
stone masonry and wooden roof decorated with glazed ceramic tile, mosiacs, and gilg aluminum and bronze dome
Jerusalem, Palestine
Umayyad dynasty
691 CE

Great Mosque of Isfahan
stone, brick, wood, plaster, and glazed ceramic tile
Isfahan, Iran
Timurid and Safivid Dynasties
700 CE

Folio from a Qur'an
ink, color, and gold on parchment
Arab, North Africa, or Near East
Abbasid dynasty
700 CE

Lindisfarne Gospels: St. Matthew, cross-carpet page, St. Luke portrait page; St. Luke incipit page
illuminated manuscript (ink, pigments, and gold on velum)
Northumbria, Englad
Early Medieval Europe (Hiberno Saxon)
700 CE

Nan Madol
basalt boulders and prismatic columns
Pohnpei, Micronesia
Saudeleur Dynasty
700 CE

Yaxchilan
limestone
Chiapas, Mexico
Maya
725 CE

Todai-ji
bronze and wood (sculpture); wood with ceramic-tile roofing (architecture)
Nara, Japan
Song dynasty
743 CE

Great Mosque at Cordoba
stone masonry
Cordoba, Spain
Umayyad dynasty
785 CE

Borobudur Temple
volcanic-stone masonry
Central Java, Indonesia
Sailendra dynasty
750 CE

Angkor, the temple of Angkor Wat and the city of Angkor Thom
stone masonry, sandstone
Cambodia
Angkor dynasty
800 CE

Lakshmana Temple
sandstone
Khajuraho, India. Hindu
Chandella dynasty
930 CE

Pyxis of al-Mughira
ivory
Spain
Umayyad dynasty
968 CE

Travelers among Mountains and Streams, Fan Kuan
ink and colors on silk
China
Northern Song dynasty
1000 CE

Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja)
cast bronze
Hindu; India
Chola dynasty
1000 CE

Conical tower and circular wall of Great Zimbabwe
coursed granite blocks
Southeastern Zimbabwe
Shona peoples
1000 CE

Bayeux Tapestry
embroidery on linen
Bayeux, France
Romanesque Europe
1066 CE

Great Serpent Mound
earthwork/effigy mound
Adams County, southern Ohio
Mississippian
1070 CE

Moai on platform (ahu)
volcanic tuff figures on basalt base
Easter Island
Rapa Nui peoples
1100 CE

Church of Sainte-Foy and reliquary
stone (architecture); stone and paint (tympanum); gold, silver, gemstones and enamel over wood (reliquary)
Conques, France
Romanesque Europe
1130 CE

Chartres Cathedral
limestone, stained glass
Chartres, France
French Gothic
1145 CE

Dedication Page with Blanche of Castile and King Louis IX of France, Scenes from the Apocalypse from Bibles moralisees
Illuminated manuscript (ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum)
Paris, France
French Gothic
1194 CE

Great mosque of Djenne
adobe
Mali
Sudano-Sahelian people
1200 CE

Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace
handscroll (ink and color on paper_
Japan
Kamakura Period
1250 CE

Rottgen Pieta
painted wood
Bonn, Germany
German Gothic
1300 CE

Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel, incluing Lamentation. Giotto di Bondone
brick (architecture) and fresco
Padua, Italy
Proto-Italian Renaissance
1303 CE

Golden Haggadah (The Plagues of Egypt, Scenes of Liberation, and Preparation for Passover)
illuminated manuscript (pigments and gold leaf on vellum)
Barcelona Spain
Jewish
1320 CE

Basin, Baptisterey of St. Louis
brass inlaid with gold and silver
Egypt or Syria
Ilkanids
1320 CE

Bahram Gur Fights the Karg, folio from the Great Il-Khanid Shahnama.
ink and opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper
Central Asia
Mongol dynasty
1330 CE

The David Vases
white porcelain with cobalt-blue underglaze
Jiangxi province, China
Yuan dynasty
1351 CE

Alhambra
whitewashed adobe stucco, wood, tile, paint, and gilding
Granada, Spain
Nasrid dynasty
1354 CE

Templo Mayor
stone (temple); volcanic stone (The Coyolxauhqui Stone); jadeite (Olmec-style mask); basalt (Calendar Stone)
Tenochtitlan. Mexica
Aztec
1375 CE

Forbidden City
stone masonry, marble, brick, wood, and ceramic tile
Beijing, China
Ming dynasty
1400 CE

Portrait of Sin Sukju
hanging scroll (ink and color on silk)
Korea
Imperial Bureau of Painting
1417 CE

Ruler's feather headdress
feathers (quetzal and cotinga) and gold
Mexica
Aztec
1428 CE

Pazzi Chapel, Basilica di Santa Croce, Filippo Brunelleschi
masonry
Florence, Italy
Italian Renaissance
1429 CE