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Namibia
25,500 - 25,300
Charcoal on Stone -
Tequixquiac, Mexico
14,000–7000 B.C.E.
Bone -
Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq)
Sumerian
c.3500-3000 B.C.E.
Mud brick -
Liangzhu, China
3300-2200 B.C.E
Carved jade -
Predynastic Egypt
c.3000-2920 B.C.E.
Greywacke -
Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty
c.2620-2500 B.C.E.
Painted limestone -
Modern Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq
Sumerian
c.2600-2400 B.C.E.
Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone -
Wiltshire, UK
Neolithic Europe
c.2500-1600 B.C.E
Sandstone -
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty
Near Luxor, Egypt
c.1473-1458 B.C.E.
Sandstone, partially covered into a rock cliff, and red granite -
New Kingdom (Amarna), 18th Dynasty
c.1353-1335 B.C.E.
Limestone -
Solomon Islands, Reef Islands
1000 B.C.E
Terra cotta -
Archaic Greek
c.530 B.C.E.
Marble, painted details -
Persepolis, Iran
Persian
c.520-465 B.C.E.
Limestone -
(Veii, near Rome, Italy)
Etruscan. c.510-500 B.C.E.
Original temple of wood, mud brick, or tufa (volcanic rock) -
Tarquinia, Italy. Etruscan.
c.480-470 B.C.E
Tufa and fresco -
Iktinos and Kallikrates
c.447-410 B.C.E.
Marble -
Iktinos and Kallikrates
c.447-410 B.C.E.
Marble -
Temple of Athena Nike (Acropolis)
c.427-424 B.C.E.
Marble -
Pompeii, Italy
Imperial Roman
c. 2nd Century B.C.E.
Cut stone and fresco -
Madhya Pradesh, India
Buddhist; Maurya, late Sunga Dynasty
c. 300 B.C.E.-100 C.E. Stone masonry, sandstone on dome -
Han Dynasty, China
c. 180 B.C.E.
Painted silk -
Hellenistic Greek.
c.175 B.C.E.
Marble -
Republican Roman
c.75-50 B.C.E.
Marble -
Nabataean Ptolemaic and Roman
c. 400 B.C.E - 100 C.E.
Cut rock -
Rome, Italy.
Apollodorus of Damascus.
Forum and markets.
c.106-112 C.E.
Brick and concrete. -
Imperial Roman. 118-125 C.E.
Concrete with stone facing. -
Archaic through Hellenistic Greek
600 B.C.E. - 150 C.E.
Plan -
Three Kingdoms Period
Silla Kingdom, Korea
Fifth to sixth century C.E.
Metalwork -
Luoyang, China. Tang Dynasty.
493-1127 C.E.
Limestone -
Jerusalem. Islamic. Umayyad.
691-692 C.E., with multiple renovations
Stone masonry and wooden roof decorated with glazed ceramic tile, mosaics, and gilt aluminum and bronze dome. -
Central Java, Indonesia
Sailendra Dynasty
c. 750-842 C.E.
Volcanic-stone masonry -
Thom, Cambodia
Hindu, Angkor Dynasty
c. 800-1400 C.E. Stone masonry, sandstone -
Angkor Thom
Hindu, Angkor Dynasty
c. 800-1400 C.E. Stone masonry, sandstone -
Todai-ji
Various artists including sculptors Unkei and Keikei, as well as the Kei School
c. 1200 C.E.
Wood -
Muhammad ibn al-Zain
c. 1320-1340 C.E.
Brass inlaid with gold and silver -
Yuan Dynasty, China
1351 C.E.
White porcelain with cobalt-blue underglaze -
Beijing, China. Ming Dynasty.
15th century C.E. and later
Stone masonry, marble, brick, wood, and ceramic tile -
Fra Filippo Lippi
c. 1465 C.E.
Tempera on wood -
Kyoto, Japan
Muromachi Period, Japan
c. 1480 C.E.; current design most likely dates to the 18th century
Rock garden -
Vatican City, Italy
Michelangelo
Ceiling frescoes: c. 1508-1512 C.E.
Altar frescoes: c. 1536-1541 C.E.
Fresco -
Matthias Grünewald
c. 1512-1516 C.E.
Oil on wood -
Jacopo da Pontormo
1525-1528 C.E.
Oil on wood -
Titian
c. 1538 C.E. Oil on canvas -
Maqsud of Kashan
1539-1540 C.E.
Silk and wool -
Viceroyalty of New Spain
c. 1541-1542 C.E.
Ink and color on paper -
Edirne, Turkey
Sinan (architect)
1568-1575 C.E.
Brick and stone -
Caravaggio
c. 1597-1601 C.E.
Oil on canvas -
Bichitr
c. 1620 C.E.
Watercolor, gold, and ink on paper -
Peter Paul Rubens
1621-1625 C.E.
Oil on canvas
Southern Renaissance -
Rarotonga, Cook Islands, central Polynesia
Late 18th to early 19th century C.E.
Wood, tapa, fiber, and feathers -
Hawaiian
Late 18th century C.E.
Feathers and fiber -
Master of Calamarca (La Paz School)
c. 17th Century C.E.
Oil on canvas -
Joseph Wright of Derby c. 1763-1765 C.E.
Oil on canvas
Enlightenment -
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
1767 C.E.
Oil on canvas
Rococo -
Jacques-Louis David
1784 C.E.
Oil on canvas
Neo classicism -
Marshall Islands, Micronesia
19th to early 20th century C.E.
Wood and fiber -
Katsushika Hokusai
1830-1833 C.E.
Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper -
Eugène Delacroix
1830 C.E.
Oil on canvas
Romanticism -
Gustave Courbet
1849 C.E. (destroyed in 1945)
Oil on canvas
Realism -
Bamileke (Cameroon, western grassfields region)
c. 19th to 20th century C.E.
Wood, woven raffia, cloth, and beads -
New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
c. 20th century C.E.
Wood, pigment, fiber, and shell -
Alfred Stieglitz
1907 C.E.
Photogravure
Photography -
Olowe of Ise (Yoruba peoples)
c. 1910-1914 C.E.
Wood and pigment -
Kuba peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
c. 1760-1780 C.E.
Wood