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Date: 2230 BCE
Culture: Mesopotamian/Akkadian
This work is important because it is the first work found to depict a man as a god. -
Date: 25000 BCE
Location: Austria
This sculpture is important because it was made from materials not originally found in the area it was unearthed, implying that it was brought from somewhere else. -
Date: 2250 BCE
Culture: Akkadian
This sculpture is important because it is one of the earliest life-sized hollow metal statues. -
Date: 2600 BCE
Culture: Sumerian
It's important because it depicts one of the earliest presences of personified animals. -
Date: 3000 BCE
Found: Germany
This sculpture is important not only because it was sculpted from mammoth tusk, but because it is the oldest known anthromorph. -
Date: 100 BC
Culture: Greco-Roman
They are important because they came from a public fountain house (nymphaeum) in an important Cypriot city. -
Date: 2600 BC
Culture: Sumerian
It's important because it was buried with female royalty and made with materials not found in Mesopotamia. -
Date: 2255 BC
Culture: Egyptian
These two vases are important because they were made by two seperate sculptures within a decade of each other, yet they convey the same thing. -
Date: 2500 BCE
Culture: Cycladic
It's important because it is one of the most famous of the marble figures found in the Aegean. -
Date: 100 AD
Culture: Roman
These vessels are important because making shapes out of bottles was popular for Roman mold-blown glass makers. -
Date: 100 BCE
Culture: Roman
This bowl is important because it is the only example that combines multiple colors of glass and fused on decorations. -
Date: 100 BCE
Culture: Mexican (Native American)
These glyphs are important because it is the first example of writing in the Americas. -
Date: 2000 BCE
Culture: Harappa
This sculpture is important because it would eventually influence Indian art and it is made from red polished sandstone. -
Date: 2700 BCE
Culture: Cycladic
This sculpture is important because its discovery influenced modern geometric art. -
Date: 5000 BCE
Culture: Chinese
These flutes are important because they are made from stork bones and are said the be the world's oldest playable instruments. -
Date: 200 AD
Culture: Tunasia (Early African)
This bowl is important because it is made out of rock crystal. -
Date: 244 AD
Culture: Syrian (Christian)
This painting is important because it depicts a Biblical event other than Jesus or Jonah's lives. -
Date: 250 BCE
Culture: Indian
This pillar is important because it contains many references to Buddhism and divinity, as well as acting as a compass because the lions point in the four cardinal directions, -
Date: 300 BC
Culture: Central Asia
This is important because it is sculpted on the head of an axe and takes the idea of a birdman from western Iran. -
Date: 300 AD
Culture: Roman
This vase is important because it is an early example of enameling. -
Date: 304 BC
Culture: Egyptian
It was immaculately made, so it is assumed to be a temple offering. It also depicts the crocodile, considered to be a dangerous animal, as a water deity. -
Date: 350 BCE
Culture: Roman
This krater is important because it shows a painting of a marble sculpture, which is rare. -
Date: 400 AD
Culture: Roman (Medieval)
This sarcphagus is important because it is one of the earliest images of Peter's relationship with Rome. -
Date: 450 BCE
Culture: Roman
This statue is important because it is a Roman marble copy of a Greek bronze statue. -
Date: 500 AD
Culture: Egyptian (Christian)
This painting is important because it utilizes Roman styles and has a sense of depth. -
Date: 500 AD
Culture: Byzantine (Medieval)
This mosaic is important because the personification of the building's dedication was popular in the Early Christian time period. -
Date: 500 BCE
Culture: Etruscan
This piece is important because it is made from amber: a highly-used material in ancient Italy. -
Date: 500 AD
Culture: Syrian (Byzantine)
This vessel is important because it was a token for Jews and Christians visiting Jerusalem. -
Date: 510 BCE
Culture: Greek
Artist: Euthymides
This vase is important because it was created from artistic competition between two artists. -
Date: 530 BCE
Culture: Greek
This statue is important because its paint was preserved due to being buried for two millennia. -
Date: 540 BCE
Culture: Greek
Artist: Exekias
This vase is important because the clokes worn by the heroes are said to be the most intricately painted of any black-figure painting, -
Date: 565 AD
Culture: Egyptian (Christian)
This mosaic is important because the monastary in which it is found was related to two times when God was seen by prophets. -
Date: 570 BC
Culture: Greek
This sculpture is important because it bears one of the earliest recorded signatures: that of Nearchos. -
Date: 570 AD
Culture: Sion (Byzantine)
This paten is important becuase it was part of a treasure hoard and is made of gilded silver. -
Date: 600 BCE
Culture: Greek
It is important because it's one of the earliest life-sized Greek staues that borrows from Egyptian style. -
Date: 600 BCE
Culture: Etruscan
This chariot is important because of how well it was preserved, as well as using Greek style and subject. -
Date: 600 BCE
Culture: Etruscan
This ring is important becuase it utilizes Egyptian style in both shape and subject matter. -
Date: 600 AD
Culture: Hohokam (Native American)
This vase is important because it was tempered with metal and painted with iron-based pigment that turned it red. -
Date: 650 AD
Culture: Byzantine (Medieval)
This dove is important because it represents the Holy Spirit. -
Date: 675 BCE
Culture: Etruscan
This amphora is important because it uses Athenian and Greek techniques, yet deals with Etruscan subject matter. -
Date: 700 BC
Culture: Neo-Assyrian
This sculpture is important because it was carved in ivory, symbolizing luxury. It's also a good example of one culture taking motifs from another (Assyrians using Egyptian themes). -
Date: 740 BCE
Culture: Greek
This vase is important because it was used as a grave marker rather than a vessel. -
Date: 750 AD
Culture: Persian (Islamic)
This bowl is important because it is the largest intact example of mosaic glass used as a bowl. -
Date: 767
Culture: Japanese
This sculpture is important because there are thousands like it, all of which store religious scrolls inside Japanese temples. -
Date: 1000 AD
Culture: Syrian (Islamic)
These beads are important because they mimic the patterns of another medium. -
Date: 1000 AD
Culture: Acoma Pueblo (Native American)
This pot is important because it was used to store seeds. -
Date: 1000 AD
Culture: Italian (Medieval)
This carving is important because it is made of ivory and was part of a decorative cover for a manuscript. -
Date: 1046 AD
Culture: Chinese
This bell is important because it was used for religious ceremonies and it is made from bronze. -
Date: 10th-12th century CE
Culture: Oceanic
Source: http://schools.nashua.edu/myclass/lavalleev/Art%20History%20Pictures/ch31/31-17.jpg
I chose these because they are very recognizable. They were put there to mark a sacred place. -
Date: 1100 AD
Culture: Iranian (Islamic)
This mirror is important because it utilizes both Chinese and Islamic techniques. -
Date: 1115 AD
Culture: Spanish (Romanesque)
This carving is important because it is the only remaining portion of a large composition with events from Jesus's life. -
Date: 1150 AD
Culture: German (Romanesque)
This carving is important because it places Christ on a dome rather than a rock. -
Date: 1180 AD
Culture: Italian (Romanesque)
This carving is important because it is the remains of a disassembled pulpit from a church in Florence. -
Date: 1185 AD
Culture: Japanese
This scroll is important because it has poetry written on it, and it is the only segment known to be in an American collection. -
Akbar and the Elephant Hawai- 1590
Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shakyh to Kings- 1618
Krishna and Radha in a Pavilion- 1760
Maharaja Jaswant Singh of Marwar- 1880
Emerald Buddha- 1500
Bamboo Groves in Mist and Rain- 1308
Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains- 1350
Guan Yu Captures General Pang De- 1430
Lofty Mount Lu- 1467
Kumgang Mountains- 1734
Red Plum Blossoms- 1716
Chinese Lions- late 16th century
Cuckoo Flying Over New Verdure- 1750
Evening Bell at the Clock- 1765
The great wave - 1833 -
1200 BC
Culture: Assyrian
It is important because, despite being from Assyria, is made of material from Cyprus. It is made in a style that can be identified as 14th century Near East. -
Date: 1200 BCE
Culture: Cycladic
Uses elements from Minoan and Mycenaean art and utilizes a simplification of narrative. -
Date: 1200
Culture: Indian
This statue is important because it is wearing a crown and jewels, signifying it as a statue of the god Ganesha. -
Date: 1220 AD
Culture: French (Romanesque)
This reliquary is important because it once contained the saint's skull. -
Date: 1228 AD
Culture: Italian (Byzantine)
This painting is importat because it utilizes the Byzantine symbol of the Madonna pointing to the child as a means of salvation. -
Date: 1232 AD
Culture: North African
This cloth is important because it was inspired by the Nasrids. -
Date: 1260 AD
Culture: French (Gothic)
This sculpture is important because it has more anatomy than a typical crucifix. -
Mictlantecuhtli and Quetzalcoatl 1500
Coyolxauhqui 1469
Jar 1939
Eagle transformation mask 1880
Warrior Pehriska- Ruhpa 1833
Canoe prow and splashboard 1898
Row of moai on a stone platform 1100
Kukailimoku 1750
Mataatua meetinghouse 1875
Tawhiri- Matea 1984
Throne and footstool of King Nsangu 1870
Yombe mother and child 1880
Akuaba 1935
linguists staff 1950
Ngady Amwaash mask 1890 -
Date: 1300 AD
Culture: Moroccan (Early African)
This architechture is important because it was made for a Qur’anic school. -
Date: 1300 AD
Culture: Ethiopian (Early African)
This cross is important because it is rare for the reigon due to Islam. -
Date: 1300 AD
Culture: German (Gothic)
This diptych is importnat because it was made to look like a gemstone. -
Date: 1308 CE
Artist: Guan Deoshang
Culture: China
Source: http://www.wikiart.org/en/guan-daosheng/bamboo-groves-in-mist-and-rain-detail-1308#close
I chose this piece because of its calligraphic quality. It is made entirely out of ink and yet it still has a broad value range. -
Date: 1325 AD
Culture: North Italy
This piece is important because it shows the influence of Giotto. -
Date: 1325 AD
Artist: Jean de Touyl
Culture: French (Gothic)
This reliquary is important because it is only one of four surviving. -
Date: 1326
Artist: Simone Martini
Culture: Sienan (Gothic)
This panel is important because it was painted by the most famous artist of the time period. -
Date: 1335 AD
Culture: Italian
This painting is important because it was made for private devotion. -
Date: 1340 AD
Culture: Greek (Byzantine)
This painting is important because it is believed to be painted by the disciple Luke. -
Date: 1350 CE
Artist: Huang Gongwang
Culture: Chinese
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwelling_in_the_Fuchun_Mountains#mediaviewer/File:Dwelling_in_the_Fuchun_Mountains_(first_half).JPG
I chose this piece because of the way it was created. It was first sketched and then modified over many years. The artist also used several different painting techniques. -
Date: 1350
Artist: Guariento di Arpo
Culture: Italian
This painting is important because it is one of the artist's most popular works. -
Date: 1365 AD
Artist: Giovanni da Milano
Culture: Florence
This piece is important because it was used to decorate a tomb. -
Date: 1365 AD
Culture: Florence
This panel is important because it still has its original frame. -
Date: 1391 BC
Culture: Egyptian
This sculpture is important because it is utilitarian and one of the first representations of a horse in Egyptian art. -
Date: 1394 AD
Artist: Giovanni di Tano Fei
Culture: Florentine (Gothic)
This altarpiece is important because it is one of the only remaining ones to have all its components. -
Date: 1400 BCE
Culture: Minoan
This fresco is important because it mimics the Egyptian style but still has many characteristics of Minoan art. -
Date: 1400 AD
Culture: Nok (Early African)
This sculpture is important because it belongs to the first Sub-Saharan producer of life-sized terracottas. -
Date: 1400 AD
Culture: Mississippian (Native American)
This jug is important because it is said to be the effigy of a feline. -
Date: 1406 AD
Artist: Fra Filippo Lippi
Culture: Italian (High Renaissance)
Source: http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/436897
I chose this piece because, despite being damaged, it still retains most of its original material. The gold background had to be replaced. -
Date: 1410
Artist: Niccolò di Pietro
Culture: Italian
This painting's style is inspired by Islamic textiles. -
Date: 1420 AD
Artist: Fra Angelico
Culture: Italian (High Renaissance)
Source: http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/437007
I chose this piece because each figure has its own pose and expression. It uses a sense of foreshortening. -
Date: 1430 CE
Artist: Shang Xi
Culture: China
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guan_Yu#mediaviewer/File:Shang_Xi,_Guan_Yu_Captures_General_Pang_De.JPG
I chose this piece because it depicts military leaders of the time period. It also uses color to accentuate them. -
Date: 1435 AD
Artist: Jan van Eyck
Culture: Netherlands (16th Northern Europe)
Source: http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/436282
I chose this piece because of its reference to the Underworld. It has a large amount of depth for such a narrow piece. -
Date: 1440 AD
Artist: Fra Filippo Lippi
Culture: Italian
This painting is the earliest surviving Italian double-portrait painting. -
Date: 1449 AD
Artist: Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi
Culture: Italian
This tray is for the birth of the most celebrated ruler of the time. -
Date: 1450 AD
Artist: Petrus Christus
Culture: Netherlands (16th Northern Europe)
Source: http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/435899
I chose this piece because of its unusual perspective. The Romanesque-Gothic architechture references Christianity. -
Date: 1460 AD
Artist: Rogier van der Weyden
Culture: Netherlands (16th century North Europe)
Source: http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/437487
I chose this piece because of its uncommon white background. He was given items that reflected his personality. -
Date: 1465 AD
Artist: Justus of Ghent
Culture: Netherlands
This painting is one of the only surviving works for this artist from before he went to Italy. -
Date: 1467 AD
Artist: Fra Carnevale
Culture: Italian
This painting is on an altarpiece at the church of Santa Maria della Bella in Urbino. -
Date: 1467 CE
Artist: Shen Zhou
Culture: Chinese
Source: http://www.chinaonlinemuseum.com/painting-shen-zhou-mount-lu.php
I chose this piece because it seems to be an early illustrated poem. In this case, the artist wrote the poem after creating the illustration. -
Date: 1469 CE
Culture: Aztec (Native Arts)
Source: http://schools.nashua.edu/myclass/peringerr/Art%20History/ch30/30-03.jpg
I chose this disk because it has both religious and political meaning. It also serves as a calendar. -
Date: 1470 AD
Artist: Utretch
Culture: Netherlands
This painting is important because it is of a lost Van Eyck work. -
The Return from the Hunt - 1505
The Crucifixion - 1420
Saint Lawrence Enthroned with Saints and Donors - 1406
A Hunting Scene - 1507
Venus and Cupid- 1480 Francesco d'Este - 1460
Salvator Mundi - 1505
The Annunciation - 1450
The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment - 1440
Virgin and Child with Saint Anne - 1519 -
Date: 1480 AD
Culture: Netherlands
This painting is a copy of the original and is based off Byzantinian themes. -
Date: 1480 AD
Artist: Lorenzo Lotto
Culture: Italian (High Renaissance)
Source: http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/436918
I chose this piece because of its use of Greek mythology. It was inspired by a poem about marriage. -
Culture: Netherlands
Date: 1496 AD
This painting is important because a queen had the painting put on her burial site. -
Date: 1498 AD
Culture: Italian
This picture is an engraving of Hercules. -
Date: 15th century CE
Culture: Thailand (Southeast Asia)
Source: http://schools.nashua.edu/myclass/lavalleev/Art%20History%20Pictures/ch25/25-11.jpg
I chose this sculpture because of its media. Despite being named emerald, it is made of jade for its meditative aura. It is said to summon rain. -
Date: 1500 CE
Culture: Puebla (Native Arts)
Source: http://www.mexicolore.co.uk/images-6/603_02_2.jpg
I chose this piece because it is one of the only surviving Mesoamerican books. Due to its symbols, it is also believed to be a calendar. -
Date: 1500 BCE
Culture: Cycladic
This vase is important because it was made during the poularity of dark-on-light figures as opposed to light-on-dark. -
Date: 1505 AD
Artist: Piero di Cosimo
Culture: Italy (High Renaissance)
Source: http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/437284
I chose this painting because it uses mythical creatures (satyrs). The painter felt that this scene could have been historically accurate. -
Date: 1505 AD
Artist: Albrecht Dürer
Culture: German (16th Northern Europe)
Source: http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/436243
I chose the picture because it is unfinished. The pencil outlines still exist where the picture remained unpainted. -
Date: 1462
Artist: Piero di Cosimo
Culture: Italian (High Renaissance)
Source: http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/437283
I chose this piece because it's a companion to The Return to the Hunt. It was inspired by an ancient philosipher. -
Date: 1513
Artist: Joos van Cleve
Culture: Netherlands
Many versions of this painting were sold on the open market. -
Date: 1519 AD
Artist: Albrecht Dürer
Culture: German (16th Northern Europe)
Source: http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/436244
I chose this piece because of its muted color palette. The baby represents Christ's death. -
Date: 1525 AD
Cutlure: Uzbekistanian (Islamic)
This painting is important because it shows Muhammad without a veil on his face. -
Date: late 16th century CE
Artist: Kano Eitoku
Culture: Japanese
Source: https://silverandexact.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/chinese-lions-kano-eitoku-late-16th-century.jpg
I chose this piece because these lions were a common motif in Japan. It is also on a large scale, spanning fourteen feet across. -
Date: 1590 CE
Artist: Basawan and Chatar Muni
Culture: Indian (Southeast Asia)
Source: http://test.classconnection.s3.amazonaws.com/52/flashcards/449052/png/pabaa019_akbar_restrains_hawai_enraged_elephant_and.png
I chose this piece because, despite being a miniature, it has immense detail. It's less than 10 inches tall, and yet it manages to create action and depth. -
The Battle between Christians and Moors at El Sotillo - 1637
Portrait of a Woman - 1670
Juan de Pareja - 1650
Modern Rome - 1757
Marcantonio Pasqualini - 1641 -
Date: 1618
Artist: Bichitr
Culture: Indian (Southeast Asia)
Source: https://silverandexact.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/jahangir-preferring-a-sufi-sheikh-to-kings-bichitr-1618.jpg
I chose this piece because of its European influence. The cherubs were taken from themes used in Europe, however they were modified for the artist's purposes. -
Date: 1637 CE
Artist: Francisco de Zurbarán
Culture: Spanish (Baroque)
Source: http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/437969
I chose this piece because of its historical signifigance. It depicts a real life event yet adds religious meaning to it. -
Date: 1641 CE
Artist: Andrea Sacchi
Culture: Italian (Baroque)
Source: http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/437593
I chose this piece because it was made for an opera. It ties in mythology with non-fictional people. -
Date: 1650 CE
Artist: Velázquez
Culture: Spanish (Baroque)
Source: http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/437869
I chose this piece because it depicts a person of color. In addition to being art of a slave, non-whites were rarely depicted during this time period. -
Date: 1670 CE
Artist: Giovanni Battista Gaulli
Culture: Italian (Baroque)
Source: http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/643540
I chose this piece because of its illusionism. The way the clear fabric is draped around the figure is very realistic. -
Date: 1716 CE
Artist: Ogata Korin
Culture: Japanese
Source: http://elamarthistory.com/slide-lists/art-of-indea-abet/white-and-red-plum-blossoms/
I chose this piece because the artist favored texture over quantity. Its simplistic style allows the form to be more noticeable. -
Date: 1734 CE
Artist: Chong Son
Culture: Korean
Source: http://instructional1.calstatela.edu/bevans/art101/Art101B-10-China/WebPage-Full.00082.html
I chose this piece because the artist was influenced by Chinese art but used a style typical to Korean art. -
Date: late 18th century CE
Artist: Yosa Buson
Culture: Japanese
Source: http://www.wikiart.org/ru/yosa-buson/cuckoo-flying-over-new-verdure#close
I chose this piece because cuckoos were a common Japanese motif. The artist used Chinese painting styles yet still managed to use custom colors and brushstrokes. -
Cupid a Captive- 1754
A Philosopher Giving a Lecture at the Orrery- 1765
Death of General Wolfe- 1771
Cornelia Presenting Her Children as Her Treasures, or Mother of the Gracchi- 1785
Elisabeth Louise Vige- Lebrun, Self- Portrait- 1790 The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters- 1798
Horse Galloping- 1878
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte- 1886
Starry Night- 1889
At the Moulin Rouge- 1895 -
Date: 18th-19th century CE
Culture: Oceanic
Source: http://schools.nashua.edu/myclass/lavalleev/Art%20History%20Pictures/ch31/31-15.jpg
I chose this piece because it depicts an important Hawaiian deity. Everyone had a statue of this god regardless of social standing. -
Date: 1754 CE
Artist: Francois Boucher
Culture: French
Source:
http://www.britannica.com/media/full/36236
I chose this piece because it uses Baroque techniques to make a Rococo image. The artist mixed French and Italian styles yet used a Rococo theme in the artwork. -
Date: 1757 CE
Artist: Giovanni Paolo Panini
Culture: Italian (Baroque)
Source: http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/437245
I chose this piece because of its depth. It has an accurate sense of perspective, not to mention the fact that each painting within the picture also has accurate perspective. -
Date: 1760 CE
Culture: Indian (Southeast Asia)
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishna_and_Radha_in_a_Pavilion#mediaviewer/File:Radhakrishna.jpg
I chose this piece because of its religious meaning. It served to represent a mortal version of a Hindu god as well as presenting a reference of devotion for said god. -
Date: 1765 CE
Artist: Suzuki Harunobu
Culture: Japanese
Source: http://instructional1.calstatela.edu/bevans/Art101/Art101B-11-Japan/WebPage-Full.00033.html
I chose this piece because it mimics a painting of the time period before it. It still uses Japanese motifs such as elevated viewpoint. -
Date: 1765 CE
Artist: Joseph Wright of Derby
Culture: English
Source: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/monarchy-enlightenment/english-portraiture/britain-ageof-revolution/a/wright-of-derby-a-philosopher-lecturing-on-the-orrery
I chose this piece because it favors science over the arts. It embodies the ideals of the Enlightment through a fascination with a mobile of the planets. -
Date: 1771 CE
Artist: Benjamin West
Culture: American
Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/The_Death_of_General_Wolfe_B.West%2C1770.jpg
I chose this painting because it influenced paitnings in the 19th century. The artist depicted historical figures wearing contemporary clothing. -
Date: 1785 CE
Artist: Angelica Kauffmann
Culture: England
Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Kauffmann_Cornelia_mater_Gracchorum.jpg
I chose this piece because its style was unusual for the time period. Rococo was the style of the time, yet the artist chose to use a Roman style. -
Date: 1790 CE
Artist: Elisabeth Louise Vige- Lebrun
Culture: France
Source: http://www.batguano.com/vlbflor1.jpg
I chose this piece because it is of one of the only female artists to be part of an academy at the time. Her paintings were painted in a unique intimate way that won her renown. -
Date: 1798 CE
Artist: Fransisco Goya
Culture: Spanish
Source: http://www.wikiart.org/en/francisco-goya/the-sleep-of-reason-produces-monsters-1799#close
I chose this piece because of the interesting subject matter. The bats and owls represent bad thoughts stunting creativity. -
Date: 1833 CE
Artist: Katsushika Hokusai
Culture: Japanese
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa#mediaviewer/File:Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa2.jpg
I chose this piece because it's pretty recognizable as the most famous Japanese painting. The artist used a Western graphic style that became popular. -
Date: 1833 CE
Artist: Karl Bodmer
Culture: Swiss (Native Art)
Source: http://www.artesmagazine.com/2011/02/the-american-frontier-native-american-identity-and-western-expansionism-through-artists-eyes/
I chose this painting because it's biographical. The artist made it recognizable to people of the same tribe by giving the figure common objects from the tribe. -
Date: 19th-20th century CE
Culture: African
Source: http://kubaroyalmask.blogspot.com/2012_09_01_archive.html
I chose this mask because it's representative of women. Its features represent pain and sadness. -
Date: 19th-20th century CE
Culture: Melanasian
Source: http://schools.nashua.edu/myclass/lavalleev/Art%20History%20Pictures/ch31
I chose this piece because of its intricate detail. The value of each piece was determined by the amount of detail in it. -
Date: 1870 CE
Culture: African
Source: http://veryculturedswine.tumblr.com/image/111985021069
I chose this piece because it was created for royalty. The colors on the throne were meant to contrast the clothing worn by the king. -
Date: 1875 CE
Artist: Wepiha Apanui
Culture: Oceanic
Source: http://www.ngatiawaheritageestate.com/mataatua-wharenui
I chose this building because of its odd decoration. The Maori believe that meetinghouses represent ancestors, so the building is meant to look like a body. -
Date: 1878 CE
Artist: Eadweard Muybridge
Culture: American
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eadweard_Muybridge#mediaviewer/File:The_Horse_in_Motion.jpg
I chose this piece because it led to the creation of the zoopraxiscope. Essentially, it is one of the first films. -
Date: 1880 CE
Culture: Indian (Southeast Asia)
Source: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/115593/Maharaja_Jaswant_Singh_of_Marwar
I chose this piece because it uses a European style of painting but was made with Indian materials. It's possible that the painting was painted over a photograph because the style was used commonly during the 1800s. -
Date: late 19th century CE
Culture: Canadian (Native Art)
Source: http://www.davidneel.com/charlie-james-a-13.html
I chose this mask because it has the ability to transform into something else through the pulling of strings. The animalistic features of the inner face represent the animal on the outside. -
Date: 19th century CE
Culture: African
Source: http://www.randafricanart.com/Yombe_maternity_figure_examples.html
I chose this piece because it's fairly realistic. It was used for healing. -
Date: 1886
Artist: Georges Seurat
Culture: France
Source: http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/27992
I chose this piece because, in my opinion, it is the most well known pointalist piece in existence. The artist used color theory to depict light and shadow. -
Date: 1889
Artist: Vincent Van Gogh
Culture: Dutch
Source: http://www.wikiart.org/en/vincent-van-gogh/the-starry-night-1889
I chose this piece because of its fame. Van Gogh used color to convey the emotion of the piece and did not copy directly what he saw when painting. -
Date: 1895 CE
Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Culture: French
Source: http://www.artyfactory.com/art_appreciation/art_movements/impressionism.htm
I chose this piece because it depicts a place that I've actually been to, and its Japanese influence. The artist also inserted himself into the piece. -
Portrait of a German Officer - 1914
The Treachery of Images - 1929
The Persistence of Memory - 1931
Composition with Red, Blue, Yellow - 1930
Nighthawks - 1942 -
Date: 1914 CE
Artist: Marsden Hartley
Culture: American
Source: http://www.wikiart.org/en/marsden-hartley/portrait-of-a-german-officer-1914
I chose this piece because it reflects current events from the time period. The artist experienced World War 1 firsthand in Berlin. -
Date: 1929 CE
Artist: Ren Magritte
Culture: Belgian
Source: http://www.wikiart.org/en/rene-magritte/the-treachery-of-images-this-is-not-a-pipe-1948
I chose this piece because it contradicts itself. The artist wrote "This is not a pipe" underneath a PICTURE of a pipe, therefore it actually isn't a pipe. -
Date: 1930 CE
Artist: Piet Mondrian
Culture: French
Source: http://www.wikiart.org/en/piet-mondrian/composition-with-red-blue-and-yellow-1930
I chose this piece because, although simple, the picture has balance and harmony. The artist made several pieces using only the primary colors, black and white, yet they are all different. -
Date: 1931 CE
Artist: Salvador Dali
Culture: Spanish
Source: http://www.wikiart.org/en/salvador-dali/the-persistence-of-memory-1931
I chose this piece because it is both surreal and realistic. The artist used a real landscape as the setting, yet the figures are dreamlike. -
Date: 1935
Artist: Osei Bonsu
Culture: African
Source: http://www.randafricanart.com/Akuas_child_asante_akuaba_dolls.html
I chose this piece because it represents the culture's standard of beauty. They favored flattened foreheads. -
Date: 1939 CE
Artist: Mara Montoya Martnez
Culture: Native American (Native Art)
Source: http://greatmuseums.org/images/proj_gallery_full/WIA-black-jar-950x987.jpg
I chose this piece because the style of ceramics is popular among the culture it came from. The designs are based on prehistoric pottery. -
Date: 1942 CE
Artist: Edward Hopper
Culture: American
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nighthawks#/media/File:Nighthawks_by_Edward_Hopper_1942.jpg
I chose this piece because it has extreme contrasting emotions on either side of the painting. The picture depicts a feeling common during the Great Depression: emptiness. -
Robert Rauschenberg, Canyon, 1959
Roy Lichtenstein, Hopeless, 1963
Audrey Flack, Marilyn, 1977
Mark Tansey, A Short History of Modernist Painting, 1982
Bruce Nauman, The True Artist Helps the World by Revealing Mystic Truths, 1967 -
Date: 20th century CE
Artist: Osei Bonsu
Culture: African
Source: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/113434484334853749/
I chose this piece because the wood used to make it was painted gold. It holds a metaphor about politics at the time. -
Date: 1959 CE
Artist: Robert Rauschenberg
Culture: American
Source: http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=16501
I chose this piece because it's a modern representation of an older work. The artist based this collage on a Rembrandt painting. -
Date: 1963 CE
Artist: Roy Lichtenstein
Culture: American
Source: http://en.amorosart.com/artwork-lichtenstein-hopeless-20398-en.html
I chose this piece because it is one of the first commercialized pieces of art. The artist translated an image meant for mass production and turned it into a piece of art. -
Date: 1967 CE
Artist: Bruce Nauman
Culture: American
Source: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/global-culture/identity-body/identity-body-united-states/a/nauman-the-true-artist-helps-the-world-by-revealing-mystic-truths
I chose this piece because the artist specifically chose a medium not associated with art to make art. He made several pieces using neon for this purpose. -
Date: 1977 CE
Artist: Audrey Flack
Culture: American
Source: http://www.artmuseum.arizona.edu/events/event/audrey-flacks-marilyn-still-life-vanitas-trompe-loeil
I chose this piece because it references the style of past periods of art history. It acts like a vanitas painting because it alludes to the death of the subject. -
Date: 1982 CE
Artist: Mark Tansey
Culture: American
Source: http://culturemechanism.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-short-history-of-modernist-painting.html
I chose this piece because it refers to art itself. Each segment represents a different period of art history. -
Date: 1984 CE
Artist: Cliff Whiting
Culture: Oceanic
Source: http://schools.nashua.edu/myclass/lavalleev/Art%20History%20Pictures/ch31/31-19.jpg
I chose this piece because it is done using a classic native style. The mural is carved out of several pieces of wood. -
Date: 945 BC
Culture: Egyptian
This goblet is important because it contains the Egyptian motif of lotus flowers and has a myth of rebirth engraved on the side. -
Date: 800
Culture: Possibly Etruscan
This sculpture is important because it is unknown whether it came from Campania or Etruria, because it has artistic factors from both places on it. -
Date: 900 BCE
Culture: Olmec (Native American)
This vessel is important because it is made from cinnabar, -
Date: 962 AD
Culture: Ottonian (Medieval)
This piece is important because it is one of the most famous tenth-century ivory carvings. -
Date: 618 AD
Culture: Chinese
This statue is important not only because it's made out of gold, but because it depicted a Chinese Buddhist who refrained from reaching nirvana in order to help others achieve it. -
Date: 794 AD
Culture: Japanese
This statue is important because it was used in a Buddhist cult to represent exorcism. -
Date: 359 AD
Culture: Roman (Christian)
The carvings on it are important because they depict Jesus, something that was not allowed until after the time of Constantine. -
Date: 586 AD
Culture: Syrian (Christian)
This painting is important because it is the first known presence of Mary. -
Date: 950 AD
Culture: Constantinopolian (Byzantine)
This sculpture is important because it is carved from ivory and it is the only surviving part of a triptych. -
Date: 900 AD
Culture: Iranian (Islamic)
This bowl is important becuase it utilizes caligraphy as words and as decorations. -
Date: 950 AD
Culture: Spanish (Romanesque)
This pyxis is important because, unlike the Christian version, the Islamic version was used to store jewelry.
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