AP Art History Works

Apollo 11 Stones

c. 25,500 BCE

Prehistoric (Paleolithic)

Pigment on rock (quartzite)

Namibia

Hall of Bulls, Lascaux

c. 16,000-14,000 BCE

Prehistoric (Paleolithic)

Pigment on rock

Lascaux, France

Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine

c. 14,000-7,000 BCE

Prehistoric

Tequixquiac, Mexico

Running Horned Woman

6,000–4,000 B.C.E.

Prehistoric (Neolithic)

Pigment on rock

Tassili n’Ajjer, Algeria

Beaker with Ibex Motifs

4200–3500 B.C.E.

Prehistoric (Neolithic)

Painted terracotta

Susa, Iran

Anthropomorphic Stele

c. 4,000-3,000 BCE

Prehistoric (Neolithic)

Sandstone

Saudi Arabia

Jade Cong

c. 2,500 BCE

Prehistoric (Neolithic)

Liangzhu, China

Stonehenge

c. 2550-1600 BCE

Prehistoric (Neolithic)

Sarsen, bluestone

Wiltshire, England

Ambum Stone

c. 1500 BCE

Prehistoric (Melanesian)

Greywacke

Papua New Guinea

Tlalico female figurine

c. 1200-900 BCE

Prehistoric (Mesoamerican)

Ceramic

Mexico

Terra Cotta fragment

c. 1000 BCE

Prehistoric (Lapita)

Red-slip earthenware

Santa Cruz Islands (near Solomon Islands)

White Temple and its ziggurat

c. 3517-3358 BCE

Sumerian

Mudbrick/adobe, plaster

Uruk, Iraq

Palette of King Narmer

c. 3000-2920 BCE

Egyptian (Predynastic)

Slate

Hierakonpolis, Egypt

Standing Male Worshipper (votive figure)

c. 2900-2600 BCE

Sumerian

Gypsum, limestone, bitumen, shell

Square Temple at Eshunna, Iraq

The Seated Scribe

c. 2620-2500 BCE

Egyptian (Old Kingdom)

Painted limestone, rock crystal

Standard of Ur

2600-2400 BCE

Sumerian

Wood, lapis lazuli, limestone, shell, bitumen

The Great Pyramids of Giza (and Great Sphinx)

c. 2600-2500 BCE

Egyptian (Old Kingdom)

Limestone

Giza, Egypt

King Menkaure and Queen

2490-2472 BCE

Egyptian (Old Kingdom)

Greywacke

Giza, Egypt

The Code of Hammurabi

1792-1750 BCE

Babylonian

Basalt

Temple of Amun-Re and the Hypostyle Hall, Karnak

c. 1550-1070 BCE

Egyptian (New Kingdom)

Sandstone, brick

Luxor, Egypt

Large Kneeling Statue of Hatshepsut

c. 1479-1458 BCE

Egyptian (New Kingdom)

Granite

Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut

c. 1479-1458 BCE

Egyptian (New Kingdom)

Rock, limestone, granite

Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and Three Daughters

c. 1350 BCE

Egyptian (Amarna Period)

Limestone

Tutankhamun’s tomb, innermost coffin

c. 1323 BCE

Egyptian (New Kingdom)

Gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones (lapis lazuli, turquoise, gems), glass

Hunefer’s Judgment in the presence of Osiris (from the Book of the Dead)

c. 1275 BCE

Egyptian (New Kingdom)

Painted papyrus

Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II

c. 1721-1705 BCE

Assyrian

Alabaster

Athenian Agora

c. 5th century BCE

Greek (High Classical)

Stone

Anavysos Kouros

530 BCE

Greek (Archaic)

Marble

Peplos Kore from the Acropolis

530 BCE

Greek (Archaic)

Marble

Sarcophagus of the Spouses

c. 520 BCE

Etruscan

Painted terracotta

Persepolis/Audience Hall of Darius and Xerxes (Apadana)

c. 520-465 BCE

Persian

Stone, limestone

Temple of Minerva and sculpture of Apollo

c. 510-500 BCE

Etruscan

Terracotta (statue)

Tomb of the Triclinium

c. 470 BCE

Etruscan

Pigment (fresco)

Tarquinia, Italy

Niobid/Niobedes Krater

Niobid Painter

c. 460-450 BCE

Greek (Early Classical)

Clay

Doryphoros (Spear-Bearer)

Polykleites

c. 450-440 BCE

Greek (High Classical)

Marble

The Parthenon

Iktinos, Kallikrates, Phidias

447-432 BCE

Greek (High Classical)

Marble

The Acropolis, Athens, Greece

Nike Adjusting Her Sandal from the Temple of Athena Nike, Acropolis

Workshop of Agorakritos

410 BCE

Greek (High Classical)

Marble

Grave Stele of Hegeso

Attributed to Kallimachos

410 BCE

Greek (High Classical)

Marble

Nike (Winged Victory) of Samothrace

c. 190 BCE

Greek (Hellenistic)

Marble

Great Altar of Athena and Zeus at Pergamon

c. 200-150 BCE

Greek (Hellenistic)

Marble

House of the Vettii

c. 62-79 CE

Roman

Plaster, pigment (fresco)

Pompeii, Italy

Alexander Mosaic from the House of the Faun

c. 100 BCE (Roman copy of 315 BCE Greek original)

Roman

Stone, glass (tesserae)

Pompeii, Italy

Seated Boxer

Apollonius

c. 100 BCE

Greek (Hellenistic)

Bronze

Head of a Roman patrician

c. 75-50 BCE

Roman (Republic)

Marble

Augustus of Primaporta

1st century CE

Roman (Early Empire)

Marble

Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater)

c. 70-80 CE

Roman (Early Empire)

Stone, concrete

Forum of Trajan

Apollodorus of Damascus

112 CE

Roman (Early Empire)

Stone, brick, marble

Column of Trajan

Apollodorus of Damascus

113 CE

Roman (Early Empire)

Marble

Pantheon

c. 125 CE

Possibly Apollodorus of Damascus

Roman (Middle Empire)

Concrete, brick, stone

Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus

c. 250-260 CE

Roman (Middle Empire)

Marble