Prehistory to Middle Ages Flashcards
Paleolithic, Nude woman (Venus of Willendorf),
ca. 28,000–25,000 BCE.
Paleolithic, Hall of the Bulls,
ca. 15,000–13,000 BCE.
Neolithic, Stonehenge,
ca. 2550–1600 BCE.
Sumerian, Presentation of offerings to Inanna
(Warka Vase),
ca. 3200–3000 BCE
Sumerian, Standard of Ur,
ca. 2600 BCE
Sumerian, Bull-headed lyre,
ca. 2600 BCE.
Akkadian, Victory stele of Naram-Sin,
ca. 2254–2218 BCE.
Neo-Babylonian, Ziggurat of Ur,
ca. 2100 BCE
Babylonian, Stele of Hammurabi,
ca. 1780 BCE.
Assyrian, Ashurnasirpal II Killing Lions,
ca.875-860 BCE
Assyrian, Lamassu
ca. 720–705 BCE
Neo-Babylonian, Ishtar Gate
ca.575 BCE
Persian,
Darius and Xerxes Receiving Tribute,
491-486 BCE
Early Dynastic Egyptian,
Palette of Narmer,
ca.3100 BCE
Early Dynastic Egyptian,
Palette of Narmer,
ca.3100 BCE
Old Kingdom Egyptian, Imhotep,
Stepped Pyramid of Djoser,
ca.2630-2611BCE
Old Kingdom Egyptian,
Pyramids at Giza,
2551-2472BCE
Old Kingdom Egyptian,
Great Sphinx,
ca.2520-2494BCE
Old Kingdom Egyptian,
Seated Statue of Khafre,
2520-2494BCE
Old Kingdom Egyptian,
Seated Scribe,
ca.2500BCE
New Kingdom Egyptian,
Senmut (?),
Funerary temple of Queen Hatshepsut,
1504-1496BCE
New Kingdom Egyptian,
Hatshepsut with offering jars,
ca. 1473–1458 BCE
New Kingdom Egyptian,
Temple of Ramses II,
ca. 1290–1224 BCE.
New Kingdom Egyptian,
Nebamun hunting birds,
ca.1390-1352BCE
New Kingdom Egyptian (Amarna),
Akhenaton,
1353-1350 BCE
New Kingdom Egyptian,
Death mask of Tutankhamen,
ca. 1323 BCE
New Kingdom Egyptian,
Last judgment of Hu-Nefer,
ca. 1290–1280 BCE.
Cycladic,
Figurine of a woman,
ca. 2500–2300 BCE.
Minoan,
Bull-leaping,
ca. 1450–1400 BCE
Minoan, Snake Goddess,
ca. 1600 BCE
Mycenaean, Treasury of Atreus,
ca. 1300-1250 BCE
Mycenaean, Funerary mask,
ca. 1600–1500 BCE.
Geometric,
Geometric krater,
ca. 740 BCE.
Archaic, Kouros,
ca. 600 BCE
Archaic,
Kleitas and Ergotimos,
François Vase
ca. 570 BCE.
Archaic,
Euphronios (painter) and Euxitheos (potter),
Death of Sarpedon,
ca.515 BCE
Late Archaic,
Dying warrior,
ca.490-480 BCE
Early Classical,
Riace Warrior,
ca. 460–450 BCE
High Classical, Polykleitos,
Doryphoros (Spear Bearer),
ca. 450–440 BCE
High Classical,
Iktinos and Kallikrates,
Parthenon,
447–438 BCE
Late Classical,
Praxiteles,
Aphrodite of Knidos,
ca. 350–340 BCE
Late Classical,
Lysippos,
Weary Herakles (Farnese Herakles),
ca. 320 BCE
Hellenistic,
Epigonos (?),
Dying Gaul.
ca. 230–220 BCE
Hellenistic,
Athena battling Alkyoneos,
175 BCE
Hellenistic,
Alexandros of Antioch-on-the-Meander,
Aphrodite (Venus de Milo),
ca. 150–125 BCE.
Hellenistic,
Seated boxer,
ca. 100–50 BCE
Hellenistic,
Athanadoros, Hagesandros and Polydoros of Rhodes,
Laocoön,
early 1st century CE
Archaic,
Sarcophagus with reclining couple,
ca. 520 BCE.
Archaic,
Capitoline Wolf,
c. 500-480 BCE
Republican,
Temple of Portunus
ca. 75 BCE.
Republican,
Portrait Head of an Elder,
c. 80 BCE
Early Empire,
Atrium of the House of the Vettii,
second century BCE,
rebuilt 62–79 CE
Republican,
Dionysiac mystery frieze,
ca. 60–50 BCE
Early Empire,
Portrait of Augustus as general,
ca. 20 BCE
Early Empire,
Ara Pacis Augustae,
13–9 BCE.
Early Empire,
Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater),
ca. 70–80 CE
Early Empire,
Arch of Titus,
after 81 CE
High Empire,
Column of Trajan,
dedicated 112 CE
High Empire,
Column of Trajan,
dedicated 112 CE
High Empire,
Pantheon,
118–125 CE
High Empire,
Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius,
ca. 175 CE
Late Empire,
Portraits of the four tetrarchs,
ca. 305 CE
Late Empire,
Arch of Constantine,
312–315 CE
Late Empire,
Portrait of Constantine (head),
ca. 315–330 CE
Late Empire,
Portrait of Constantine (hand),
ca. 315–330 CE
Early Christian,
The Good Shepherd, the story of Jonah, and orants,
early fourth century.
Early Christian,
Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus,
ca.359
Early Christian,
Old Saint Peter’s,
ca. 319-390
Early Byzantine,
Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus,
Hagia Sophia,
532–537
Early Byzantine,
Justinian, Bishop Maximianus, and attendants,
ca. 547
Middle Byzantine,
Crucifixion,
ca. 1090–1100
Hiberno-Saxon,
CHI RHO IOTA page from the Book of Kells,
late 8th or early 9th century
Hiberno-Saxon,
Saint Matthew, Lindisfarne Gospels,
ca. 698–721
Carolingian,
Equestrian portrait of Charlemagne or Charles the Bald,
ninth century
Carolingian,
Saint Matthew, Coronation Gospels
(Gospel Book of Charlemagne),
ca. 800–810
Ottonian,
Saint Michael’s,
1001–1031
Ottonian,
Doors of Saint Michael’s,
1015
Early Romanesque,
Cathedral of St. James,
1078–1122.
Early Romanesque,
Second Coming of Christ,
c. 1120
Late Romanesque,
Gislebertus,
Last Judgment,
ca.1120-35
Late Romanesque,
Virgin and Child (Morgan Madonna),
second half of twelfth century
Early/ High Gothic,
Chartres Cathedral,
begun 11
Rose Window and Lancets,
Chartres Cathedral.
c. 1230–1235
High Gothic,
St. Theodore, Chartres Cathedral
ca.1230
High Gothic,
Reims Cathedral,
ca. 1225–1290
High Gothic,
Visitation, Reims Cathedral
ca. 1230
High Gothic,
Sainte-Chapelle,
1239–1248
Late Medieval,
Nicola Pisano,
Pulpit,
1260
