APAH Identifiers

Apollo 11 Stones

Apollo 11 Stones

Namibia. ca. 25,500 B.C.E. Charcoal on stone.

Lascaux Bull Paintings

Lascaux, France. ca. 15,000 B.C.E. Pigment on stone

Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine

Tequixquiac, Central Mexico. ca. 14,000 B.C.E. Bone.

Running Horned Woman

Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria. ca. 6000 B.C.E. Pigment on rock.

Bushel With Ibex Motifs

Susa, Iran. ca. 4200 B.C.E. Painted terra cotta.

Anthropomorphic Stele

Arabian Peninsula. Fourth millennium B.C.E. Sandstone.

Jade Cong

Liangzhu, China. ca. 3300 B.C.E. Carved jade.

Stonehenge

Wiltshire, UK. Neolithic Europe. ca. 2500 B.C.E. Sandstone.

Ambum Stone

Ambum Valley, Papua New Guinea. ca. 1500 B.C.E. Greywacke.

Tlatilco Female Figurine

Central Mexico. 1200 B.C.E. Ceramic.

Terra Cotta Fragment

Lapita. Solomon Islands. 1000 B.C.E. Terra cotta with stamped patterns.

White Temple and its Ziggurat

Sumerian. Uruk, Iraq. ca. 3500 B.C.E. Mud brick.

Palette of King Narmer

Egyptian. Egypt. ca. 3000 B.C.E. Greywacke.

Sumerian Votive Figures

Sumerian. Iraq. ca. 2700 B.C.E. Shell and limestone.

Seated Scribe

Egyptian. Saqqara, Egypt. ca. 2600 B.C.E. Painted limestone.

Standard of Ur

Sumerian. Iraq. ca. 2500 B.C.E. Wood, shell, lapis lazuli and red limestone.

Great Sphinx

Egyptian. Giza, Egypt. ca. 2520 B.C.E. Sandstone.

Stele of Hammurabi

Babylonian. Babylonia. ca. 1780 B.C.E. Basalt.

Temple of Amen-Ra

Egyptian. Karnak, Egypt. ca. 1500 B.C.E. Sandstone and mudbrick.

Akhenaton and Nefertiti

Egyptian. Karnak, Egypt. ca. 1353 B.C.E. Rock and sandstone.

Menkaure and his Queen

Egyptian. Giza, Egypt. ca. 2490 B.C.E. Stone.

Queen Hatshepsut's Funerary Temple

Egyptian. Luxor, Egypt. ca. 1480 B.C.E. Sandstone.

Death Mask and Innermost Coffin of Tutankhamen

Egyptian. Cairo, Egypt. ca. 1323 B.C.E. Gold inlaid with gemstones.

Last Judgement of Hu-Nefer

Egyptian. Egypt. ca. 1275 B.C.E. Painted papyrus scroll.

Lamassu (Winged Bull with Human Head)

Assyrian. Iraq. ca. 700 B.C.E.

Athenian Agora

Archaic/Hellenistic Greek. Athens, Greece. ca. 150 C.E. Marble and Limestone.

Anavysos Kouros

Archaic Greek. Greece. ca. 530 B.C.E. Marble with remnants of paint.

Peplos Kore

Archaic Greek. Athens, Greece. ca. 530 B.C.E. Stone.

Sarcophogus of the Spouses

Etruscan. Rome, Italy. ca. 520 B.C.E. Terra Cotta.

Audience Hall (apadana) of Darius and Xerxes

Persepolis, Iran. Persian. ca. 520 B.C.E. Limestone.

Apollo of Veii

Estruscan. Tuscany, Italy. ca. 500 B.C.E. Terra Cotta.

Tomb of the Triclinium

Etruscan. Tarquinia, Italy. ca. 480 B.C.E. Tufa and fresco.

Niobides Krater

Classical Greek. Greece. ca. 450 B.C.E. Baked clay.

Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)

Polykleitos. Original 450 B.C.E. Roman copy (marble) of Greek original (bronze).

Parthenon (Acropolis)

Classical Greek. Athens, Greece. 438 B.C.E. Marble.

Grave Stele of Hegaso

Kallimachos. Greece. ca. 410 B.C.E. Marble and paint.

Nike of Samothrace

Hellenistic Greek. Greece. ca. 190 B.C.E. Stone.

Altar of Zeus and Athena

Hellenistic Greek. Greece. ca. 175 B.C.E. Marble.

House of the Vettii

Imperial Roman. Pompeii, Italy. 2nd century B.C.E. Cut stone and fresco.

Alexander Mosaic

Roman (copy). Pompeii, Italy. ca. 100 B.C.E. Mosaic.

Seated Boxer

Hellenistic Greek. Greece. ca. 100 B.C.E. Bronze.

Head of a Roman Patrician

Roman. Otricoli, Italy. ca. 50 B.C.E. Marble.

Augustus of Primaporta

Roman. Rome, Italy. early 1st century B.C.E. Marble and stone.

Colossuem

Roman. Rome, Italy. ca. 90 C.E. Marble and limestone.

Forum of Trajan

Roman. Rome, Italy. ca. 110 C.E. Brick and concrete architecture, marble column.

Pantheon

Roman. Rome, Italy. ca. 120 C.E. Concrete and stone.

Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus

Imperial Roman. Rome, Italy. ca. 250 C.E. Marble.

Catacombs of Priscilla

Rome, Italy. ca. 200 C.E. Tufa and fresco.

Santa Sabina

Rome, Italy. ca. 422 C.E. Brick and stone, wooden roof.

Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well (and Jacob Wrestling the Angel)

Byzantine. Byzantine Empire. early 16th century. Tempera gold and silver.

San Vitale

Byzantine. Ravenna, Italy. ca. 530 C.E. Brick, marble, and stone veneer.

Hagia Sophia

Originally Byzantine, converted by Islamic Empire. Istanbul, Turkey. ca. 535 C.E. Brick and ceramic.

Merovinigian Looped Fibula

Early Medieval Europe. ca. 550 C.E. Gilded silver and gold inlaid with gemstones.

Virgin and Child between Saints Theodore and George

Byzantine. Byzantine Empire. late 6th century. Encaustic on wood.

Lindisfarne Gospels

Early Medieval. Lindisfarne, UK. ca. 700 C.E. Ink on animals skin and gold leafing.

Great Mosque of Cordoba

Umayyad. Cordoba, Spain. ca. 785 C.E. Stone masonry.

Pyxis of Al-Mughira

Umayyad. Spain. ca. 968 C.E. Ivory.

Church of Sainte-Foy

Romanesque. France. Church; ca. 1050 C.E. Reliquary; 9th century C.E. Stone and paint (architecture); gold, silver, gemstones on wood (reliquary).

Bayuex Tapestry

Norman OR Romaneque. Normandy, France. ca. 1066 C.E. Embroidered tapestry.

Chatres Cathedral

Gothic. France. ca. 1150 B.C.E. Limestone.

Dedication Page with Blanche of Castle and King Louis IX of France

Gothic. France. ca. 1230 B.C.E. Ink, tempera and gold leafing on vallum.

Rottgen Pieta

Gothic. Germany. ca. 1300 C.E. Painted wood.

Arena Chapel

Gothic. Giotto, Italy. ca. 1305 C.E.

The Golden Haggadah

Jewish. Spain. ca. 1320 C.E. Pigments and gold leafing on vellum.

Alhambra Palace

Nasrid Dynasry. Granada, Spain. ca. 1354 C.E. Whitewashed adobe stucco, wood, tile, paint, and gilding.

Merode Altar Piece

Campin. Northern Renaissance. ca. 1425 C.E. Oil on wood.

West Facade of the Pazzi Chapel

Brunelleschi. Early Italian Renaissance. ca. 1440 C.E. Masonry.

Arnolfini Portrait

Van Eyck. Northern Renaissance. ca. 1434 C.E. Oil on wood.

David

Donatello. Early Italian Renaissance. ca. 1430 C.E. Bronze.

Palazzo Rucellai

Alberti. Early Italian Renaissance. ca. 1450 C.E. Stone masonry.

Madonna and Child with Two Angels

Fra Filippo Lippi. Early Italian Renaissance. ca. 1465 C.E. Tempera on wood.

Birth of Venus

Botticelli. Early Italian Renaissance. ca. 1485 C.E. Tempera on canvas.

The Last Supper

Da Vinci. High Italian Renaissance. ca. 1495 C.E. Tempera fresco.

Adam and Eve

Durer. Northern Renaissance. ca. 1504. Engraving.

Ceiling of Sistine Chapel

Michelangelo. High Italian Renaissance. ca. 1508 C.E. Tempera mural.

The School of Athens

Raphael. Northern Renaissance. ca. 1510 C.E. Oil on wood.

Isenheim Altarpiece

Grunewald. Northern Renaissance. ca. 1515 C.E. Oil on wood.

Deposition from the Cross (Entombment of Christ)

Pontormo. High Italian Renaissance. ca. 1525 C.E. Oil on wood.

Allegory of Law and Grace

Cranach the Elder. Protestant Reformation. ca. 1530 C.E. Woodcut carving.

Venus of Urbino

Titian. High Italian Renaissance. ca. 1538 C.E. Oil on canvas.

Frontispiece of the Codex Mendoza

Viceroyalty of New Spain (Colonial America). ca. 1541 C.E. Pigment on paper.

Il Gesu (Triumph of the Name of Jesus fresco)

Vignola (architect); Porta (facade architect); Gaulili (fresco artist). Italy. ca. 1550. Brick, marble, fresco and stucco.

Hunters in the Snow

Bruegel the Elder. Northern Renaissance. ca. 1565 C.E. Oil on wood.

Mosque of Selim II

Sinan (architect). Edirne, Turkey. ca. 1570 C.E. Brick and stone.

Calling of Saint Matthew

Caravaggio. Baroque. ca. 1600 C.E. Oil on canvas.

Henry IV Recieves the Portrait of Marie de'Medici

Reubens. Flemish Baroque. ca. 1625 C.E. Oil on canvas.

Portrait with Saskia

Rembrandt. Dutch Baroque. ca. 1636. Etching.

Facade of Saint Carlo alle Quattro Fontane

Borromini. Italian Baroque. ca. 1675 C.E. Stone and stucco.

Ecstasy of Saint Teresa

Bernini. Italian Baroque. ca. 1650. Marble.

Archangel with Gun

Master of Calamarca. Colonial Spain. 17th century C.E. Oil on canvas.

Las Meninas

Velazquez. Spanish Baroque. ca. 1656. Oil on canvas.

Woman Holding a Balance

Vermeer. Dutch Baroque. ca. 1664 C.E. Oil on canvas.

Palace of Versailles

Le Vau and Hardouin-Mansart (architects). French Baroque. ca. 1680. Marble and bronze.

Screen with the Siege of Belgrade and Hunting Scene

Colonial Americas. ca. 1700 C.E. Tempera, resin and enconchado on wood.

The Virgin of Guadalupe

Gonzalez. Mexico City, Mexico. ca. 1698 C.E. Oil and enconchado on canvas on wood.

Fruits and Insects

Ruysch. Dutch Baroque. ca. 1711 C.E. Oil on wood.

Spaniard and Indian Produce a Mestizo

Juárez. Colonial Americas. ca. 1715 C.E. Oil on canvas.

Breakfast Scene from Marriage a la Mode

Hogarth. Rococo. ca. 1745. Oil on canvas.

Portrait of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz

Cabrera. Mexico. ca. 1750 C.E. Oil on canvas.

A Philosopher Giving a Lecture at the Orrey

Derby. English Neoclassical. ca. 1763 C.E. Oil on canvas.