Georgia O'Keefee
Bill Traylor
Louise Bourgeois
Hilma af Klint
Judy Chicago
Alma Thomas
Barbara Kruger
Leonora Carrington
Cecily Brown
Alice Neel
Eva Hesse
Artemisia Gentileschi
Gordon Parks
Amy Sherald
Remedios Varo
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Pisupo Lua Afe (Corned Beef 2000) Michel Tuffery. 1994 ce. Mixed media.
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Statues of votive figures, from the Square Temple at Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq) Sumerian. c. 2700 bce. Gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone.
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Röttgen Pietà Late medieval Europe. c. 1300–1325 ce. Painted wood
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Niobides Krater Anonymous vase painter of Classical Greece known as the Niobid Painter. c. 460–450 bce. Clay, red-figure technique (white highlights).
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Liberty Leading the People Eugène Delacroix. 1830 ce. Oil on canvas
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Santa Sabina Rome, Italy. Late Antique Europe. c. 422–432 ce. Brick and stone, wooden roof
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Trade (Gifts for Trading Land with White People) Jaune Quick-to-See Smith. 1992 ce. Oil and mixed media on canvas.
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White Temple and its ziggurat Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq). Sumerian. c. 3500–3000 bce. Mud brick
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Monticello Virginia, U.S. Thomas Jefferson (architect). 1768–1809 ce. Brick, glass, stone, and wood
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Last judgment of Hunefer, from his tomb (page from the Book of the Dead) New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty. c. 1275 bce. Painted papyrus scroll.
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San Vitale Ravenna, Italy. Early Byzantine Europe. c. 526–547 ce. Brick, marble, and stone veneer; mosaic
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Augustus of Prima Porta Imperial Roman. Early first century ce. Marble.
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The Stone Breakers Gustave Courbet. 1849 ce (destroyed in 1945). Oil on canvas.
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School of Athens Raphael. 1509–1511 ce. Fresco.
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Standard of Ur from the Royal Tombs at Ur (modern Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq) Sumerian. c. 2600–2400 bce. Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone
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The work can be identified as
Camelid Sacrum in the Shape of a Canine. Tequixuiac, Central Mexico. 14,000-7000 B.C.E. Bone
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David Donatello. c. 1440–1460 ce. Bronze
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Athenian agora Archaic through Hellenistic Greek. 600 bce–150 ce. Plan.
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Untitled #228, from the History Portraits series Cindy Sherman. 1990 ce. Photograph.
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The Arnolfini Portrait Jan van Eyck. c. 1434 ce. Oil on wood
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House of the Vettii Pompeii, Italy. Imperial Roman. c. second century bce; rebuilt c. 62–79 ce. Cut stone and fresco
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Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as the Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji Katsushika Hokusai. 1830–1833 ce. Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper
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Hunters in the Snow Pieter Bruegel the Elder. 1565 ce. Oil on wood.
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Object (Le Déjeuner en fourrure) Meret Oppenheim. 1936 ce. Fur-covered cup, saucer, and spoon.
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The work shown can be identified as
the Apollo 11 stones from Namibia, created c. 25,500–25,300 B.C.E.
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Villa Savoye Poissy-sur-Seine, France. Le Corbusier (architect). 1929 ce. Steel and reinforced concrete
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Nadar Raising Photography to the Height of Art Honoré Daumier. 1862 ce. Lithograph.
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Tutankhamun’s tomb, innermost coffin New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty. c. 1323 bce. Gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones
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Church of Sainte-Foy Conques, France. Romanesque Europe. Church: c. 1050–1130 ce; Reliquary of Saint Foy: ninth century ce, with later additions. Stone (architecture); stone and paint (tympanum); gold, silver, gemstones, and enamel over wood (reliquary)
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Pantheon Imperial Roman. 118–125 ce. Concrete with stone facing
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Sistine Chapel ceiling and altar wall frescoes Vatican City, Italy. Michelangelo. Ceiling frescoes: c. 1508–1512 ce; altar frescoes: c. 1536–1541 ce
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Great Hall of the Bulls. Lascaux, France. Paleolithic Europe. 15,000-13,000 BCE. Rock Painting.
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The Swing Jean-Honoré Fragonard. 1767 ce. Oil on canvas.
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Fallingwater Pennsylvania, U.S. Frank Lloyd Wright (architect). 1936–1939 ce. Reinforced concrete, sandstone, steel, and glass
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The Scream Edvard Munch. 1893 ce. Tempera and pastels on cardboard
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The Two Fridas Frida Kahlo. 1939 ce. Oil on canvas.
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Audience Hall (apadana) of Darius and Xerxes Persepolis, Iran. Persian. c. 520–465 bce. Limestone
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Marilyn Diptych Andy Warhol. 1962 ce. Oil, acrylic, and silkscreen enamel on canvas.
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Catacomb of Priscilla Rome, Italy. Late Antique Europe. c. 200–400 ce. Excavated tufa and fresco.
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Fountain (second version) Marcel Duchamp. 1950 ce. (original 1917). Readymade glazed sanitary china with black paint.
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Alexander Mosaic from the House of Faun, Pompeii Republican Roman. c. 100 bce. Mosaic.
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Hagia Sophia Constantinople (Istanbul). Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus. 532–537 ce. Brick and ceramic elements with stone and mosaic veneer.
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The Burghers of Calais Auguste Rodin. 1884–1895 ce. Bronze.
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Last Supper Leonardo da Vinci. c. 1494–1498 ce. Oil and tempera
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Androgyne III Magdalena Abakanowicz. 1985 ce. Burlap, resin, wood, nails, and string.
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The Palace at Versailles Versailles, France. Louis Le Vau and Jules Hardouin-Mansart (architects). Begun 1669 ce. Masonry, stone, wood, iron, and gold leaf (architecture); marble and bronze (sculpture); gardens.
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Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow Piet Mondrian. 1930 ce. Oil on canvas
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A Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery Joseph Wright of Derby. c. 1763–1765 ce. Oil on canvas
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Seated boxer Hellenistic Greek. c. 100 bce. Bronze
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The Kaaba Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Islamic. Pre-Islamic monument; rededicated by Muhammad in 631–632 ce; multiple renovations. Granite masonry, covered with silk curtain and calligraphy in gold and silver-wrapped thread.
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Palette of King Narmer Predynastic Egypt. c. 3000–2920 bce. Greywacke
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Great Stupa at Sanchi Madhya Pradesh, India. Buddhist; Maurya, late Sunga Dynasty. c. 300 bce–100 ce. Stone masonry, sandstone on dome.
400
The work shown can be identified as the
anthropomorphic stele from the Arabian Peninsula, created in the fourth millennium B.C.E.
400
Aka elephant mask Bamileke (Cameroon, western grassfields region). c. 19th to 20th century ce. Wood, woven raffia, cloth, and beads
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Isenheim altarpiece Matthias Grünewald. c. 1512–1516 ce. Oil on wood
400
Lindisfarne Gospels: St. Matthew, cross-carpet page; St. Luke portrait page; St. Luke incipit page Early medieval (Hiberno Saxon) Europe. c. 700 ce. Illuminated manuscript (ink, pigments, and gold on vellum)
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Adam and Eve Albrecht Dürer. 1504 ce. Engraving
400
Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall Karnak, near Luxor, Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th and 19th Dynasties. Temple: c. 1550 bce; hall: c. 1250 bce. Cut sandstone and mud brick
400
Conical tower and circular wall of Great Zimbabwe Shona peoples (Southeastern Zimbabwe). c. 1000–1400 ce. Coursed granite blocks
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Calling of Saint Matthew Caravaggio. c. 1597–1601 ce. Oil on canvas
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Running horned woman Tassili n’Ajjer, Algeria. 6000–4000 bce. Pigment on rock
500
Black-on-black ceramic vessel Maria Martínez and Julian Martínez, Tewa, Puebloan, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico. c. mid-20th century ce. Blackware ceramic
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Les Demoiselles d’Avignon Pablo Picasso. 1907 ce. Oil on canvas
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Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece) Workshop of Robert Campin. 1427–1432 ce. Oil on wood
500
Great Mosque Córdoba, Spain. Umayyad. c. 785–786 ce. Stone masonry
500
Self-Portrait with Saskia Rembrandt van Rijn. 1636 ce. Etching
500
The Saint-Lazare Station Claude Monet. 1877 ce. Oil on canvas.
500
Great Mosque of Djenné Mali. Founded c. 1200 ce; rebuilt 1906–1907 ce. Adobe
500
Sarcophagus of the Spouses Etruscan. c. 520 bce. Terra cotta.
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Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja) Hindu; India (Tamil Nadu), Chola Dynasty. c. 11th century ce. Cast bronze.
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Narcissus Garden Yayoi Kusama. Original installation and performance 1966. Mirror balls.
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Petra, Jordan: Treasury and Great Temple Nabataean Ptolemaic and Roman. c. 400 bce–100 ce. Cut rock
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Transformation mask Kwakwaka’wakw, Northwest coast of Canada. Late 19th century ce. Wood, paint, and string
500
Fruit and Insects Rachel Ruysch. 1711 ce. Oil on wood
500
Seated scribe Saqqara, Egypt. Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty. c. 2620–2500 bce. Painted limestone.
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The Coiffure Mary Cassatt. 1890–1891 ce. Drypoint and aquatint.
600
Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings Bichitr. c. 1620 ce. Watercolor, gold, and ink on paper.
600
Temple of Minerva (Veii, near Rome, Italy) and sculpture of Apollo Master sculptor Vulca. c. 510–500 bce. Original temple of wood, mud brick, or tufa (volcanic rock); terra cotta sculpture
600
City of Machu Picchu Central highlands, Peru. Inka. c. 1450–1540 ce. Granite (architectural complex)
600
Ecstasy of Saint Teresa Cornaro Chapel, Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria. Rome, Italy. Gian Lorenzo Bernini. c. 1647–1652 ce. Marble (sculpture); stucco and gilt bronze (chapel)
600
Tomb of the Triclinium Tarquinia, Italy. Etruscan. c. 480–470 bce. Tufa and fresco
600
Power figure (Nkisi n’kondi ) Kongo peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo). c. late 19th century ce. Wood and metal.
600
Venus of Urbino Titian. c. 1538 ce. Oil on canvas.
600
Memorial Sheet for Karl Liebknecht Käthe Kollwitz. 1919–1920 ce. Woodcut
600
Self-Portrait Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun. 1790 ce. Oil on canvas.
600
Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater) Rome, Italy. Imperial Roman. 70–80 ce. Stone and concrete
600
Mesa Verde cliff dwellings Montezuma County, Colorado. Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi). 450–1300 ce. Sandstone
600
Stonehenge Wiltshire, UK. Neolithic Europe. c. 2500–1600 bce. Sandstone
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The Horse in Motion Eadweard Muybridge. 1878 ce. Albumen print
600
Allegory of Law and Grace Lucas Cranach the Elder. c. 1530 ce. Woodcut and letterpress
700
Great Serpent Mound Adams County, southern Ohio. Mississippian (Eastern Woodlands). c. 1070 ce. Earthwork/effigy mound.
700
Grave stele of Hegeso Attributed to Kallimachos. c. 410 bce. Marble and paint.
700
Frontispiece of the Codex Mendoza Viceroyalty of New Spain. c. 1541–1542 ce. Ink and color on paper
700
Great Pyramids (Menkaura, Khafre, Khufu) Giza, Egypt. Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty. c. 2550–2490 bce. Cut limestone.
700
The Steerage Alfred Stieglitz. 1907 ce. Photogravure.
700
Lakshmana Temple Khajuraho, India. Hindu, Chandella Dynasty. c. 930–950 ce. Sandstone
700
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Washington, D.C., U.S. Maya Lin. 1982 ce. Granite
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House in New Castle County Delaware, U.S. Robert Venturi, John Rauch, and Denise Scott Brown (architects). 1978–1983 ce. Wood frame and stucco
700
Anavysos Kouros Archaic Greek. c. 530 bce. Marble with remnants of paint.
700
Yaxchilán Chiapas, Mexico. Maya. 725 ce. Limestone (architectural complex)
700
The Migration of the Negro, Panel no. 49 Jacob Lawrence. 1940–1941 ce. Casein tempera on hardboard.
700
Pyxis of al-Mughira Umayyad. c. 968 ce. Ivory.
700
Maize cobs Inka. c. 1440–1533 ce. Sheet metal/repoussé, metal alloys.
700
Woman Holding a Balance Johannes Vermeer. c. 1664 ce. Oil on canvas
700
The Kiss. Gustav Klimt. 1907–1908 ce. Oil and gold leaf on canvas
800
Las Meninas Diego Velázquez. c. 1656 ce. Oil on canvas
800
Bundu mask Sande Society, Mende peoples (West African forests of Sierra Leone and Liberia). 19th to 20th century ce. Wood, cloth, and fiber
800
Self-Portrait as a Soldier Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. 1915 ce. Oil on canvas
800
Slave Ship (Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On) Joseph Mallord William Turner. 1840 ce. Oil on canvas.
800
Improvisation 28 (second version). Vassily Kandinsky. 1912 ce. Oil on canvas.
800
Angel with Arquebus, Asiel Timor Dei Master of Calamarca (La Paz School). c. 17th century ce. Oil on canvas
800
All-T’oqapu tunic Inka. 1450–1540 ce. Camelid fiber and cotton
800
Mosque of Selim II Edirne, Turkey. Sinan (architect). 1568–1575 ce. Brick and stone
800
Basin (Baptistère de St. Louis) Muhammad ibn al-Zain. c. 1320–1340 ce. Brass inlaid with gold and silver.
800
Still Life in Studio Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre. 1837 ce. Daguerreotype
800
Wall plaque, from Oba’s palace Edo peoples, Kingdom of Benin (Nigeria). 16th century ce. Cast brass
800
The Tête à Tête, from Marriage à la Mode William Hogarth. c. 1743 ce. Oil on canvas.
800
Il Gesù, including Triumph of the Name of Jesus ceiling fresco Rome, Italy. Giacomo da Vignola, plan (architect); Giacomo della Porta, facade (architect); Giovanni Battista Gaulli, ceiling fresco (artist). Church: 16th century ce; facade: 1568–1584 ce; fresco and stucco figures: 1676–1679 ce. Brick, marble, fresco, and stucco
800
Lukasa (memory board) Mbudye Society, Luba peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo). c. 19th to 20th century ce. Wood, beads, and metal.
800
Jade cong Liangzhu, China. 3300–2200 bce. Carved jade.
900
The Ambum stone Ambum Valley, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. c. 1500 bce. Greywacke.
900
Terra cotta warriors from mausoleum of the first Qin emperor of China Qin Dynasty. c. 221–209 bce. Painted terra cotta
900
Winged Victory of Samothrace Hellenistic Greek. c. 190 bce. Marble.
900
The Bay Helen Frankenthaler. 1963 ce. Acrylic on canvas
900
Forum of Trajan Rome, Italy. Apollodorus of Damascus. Forum and markets: 106–112 ce; column completed 113 ce. Brick and concrete (architecture); marble (column).
900
Woman, I Willem de Kooning. 1950–1952 ce. Oil on canvas
900
George Washington Jean-Antoine Houdon. 1788–1792 ce. Marble
900
Templo Mayor (Main Temple) Tenochtitlan (modern Mexico City, Mexico). Mexica (Aztec). 1375–1520 ce. Stone (temple); volcanic stone (The Coyolxauhqui Stone); jadeite (Olmec-style mask); basalt (Calendar Stone
900
The Code of Hammurabi Babylon (modern Iran). Susian. c. 1792–1750 bce. Basalt
900
Portrait of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Miguel Cabrera. c. 1750 ce. Oil on canvas.
900
Beaker with ibex motifs Susa, Iran. 4200–3500 bce. Painted terra cotta.
900
Buddha Bamiyan, Afghanistan. Gandharan. c. 400–800 ce (destroyed in 2001). Cut rock with plaster and polychrome paint
900
Spiral Jetty Great Salt Lake, Utah, U.S. Robert Smithson. 1970 ce. Earthwork: mud, precipitated salt crystals, rocks, and water coil
900
Seagram Building New York City, U.S. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson (architects). 1954–1958 ce. Steel frame with glass curtain wall and bronze.
900
Taj Mahal Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. Masons, marble workers, mosaicists, and decorators working under the supervision of Ustad Ahmad Lahori, architect of the emperor. 1632–1653 ce. Stone masonry and marble with inlay of precious and semiprecious stones; gardens
1000
Todai-ji Nara, Japan. Various artists, including sculptors Unkei and Keikei, as well as the Kei School. 743 ce; rebuilt c. 1700 ce. Bronze and wood (sculpture); wood with ceramic-tile roofing (architecture
1000
Golden Haggadah (The Plagues of Egypt, Scenes of Liberation, and Preparation for Passover) Late medieval Spain. c. 1320 ce. Illuminated manuscript (pigments and gold leaf on vellum)
1000
Chairman Mao en Route to Anyuan Artist unknown; based on an oil painting by Liu Chunhua. c. 1969 ce. Color lithograph.
1000
Bayeux Tapestry Romanesque Europe (English or Norman). c. 1066–1080 ce. Embroidery on linen
1000
The Gates New York City, U.S. Christo and Jeanne-Claude. 1979–2005 ce. Mixed-media installation
1000
Dedication Page with Blanche of Castile and King Louis IX of France, Scenes from the Apocalypse from Bibles moralisées Gothic Europe. c. 1225–1245 ce. Illuminated manuscript (ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum).
1000
Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad, Iraq) Neo-Assyrian. c. 720–705 bce. Alabaster
1000
The Virgin of Guadalupe (Virgen de Guadalupe) Miguel González. c. 1698 ce. Based on original Virgin of Guadalupe. Basilica of Guadalupe, Mexico City. 16th century ce. Oil on canvas on wood, inlaid with mother-of-pearl
1000
The Portuguese Georges Braque. 1911 ce. Oil on canvas.
1000
Painted elk hide Attributed to Cotsiogo (Cadzi Cody), Eastern Shoshone, Wind River Reservation, Wyoming. c. 1890–1900 ce. Painted elk hide.
1000
Illustration from The Results of the First Five-Year Plan Varvara Stepanova. 1932 ce. Photomontage.
1000
Alhambra Granada, Spain. Nasrid Dynasty. 1354–1391 ce. Whitewashed adobe stucco, wood, tile, paint, and gilding
1000
Sika dwa kofi (Golden Stool) Ashanti peoples (south central Ghana). c. 1700 ce. Gold over wood and cast-gold attachments.
1000
Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel, including Lamentation Padua, Italy. Unknown architect; Giotto di Bondone (artist). Chapel: c. 1303 ce; Fresco: c. 1305 ce. Brick (architecture) and fresco
1000
Henri IV Receives the Portrait of Marie de’ Medici, from the Marie de’ Medici Cycle Peter Paul Rubens. 1621–1625 ce. Oil on canvas
1100
The Kiss Constantin Brancusi. Original 1907–1908 ce. Stone.
1100
Tamati Waka Nene Gottfried Lindauer. 1890 ce. Oil on canvas.
1100
Spaniard and Indian Produce a Mestizo Attributed to Juan Rodríguez Juárez. c. 1715 ce. Oil on canvas.
1100
Horn Players Jean-Michel Basquiat. 1983 ce. Acrylic and oil paintstick on three canvas panels.
1100
Merovingian looped fibulae Early medieval Europe. Mid-sixth century ce. Silver gilt worked in filigree, with inlays of garnets and other stones.
1100
Y no hai remedio (And There’s Nothing to Be Done), from Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War), plate 15 Francisco de Goya. 1810–1823 ce (published 1863). Etching, drypoint, burin, and burnishing.
1100
Reliquary figure (byeri) Fang peoples (southern Cameroon). c. 19th to 20th century ce. Wood.
1100
Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well and Jacob Wrestling the Angel, from the Vienna Genesis Early Byzantine Europe. Early sixth century ce. Illuminated manuscript (tempera, gold, and silver on purple vellum).
1100
Rebellious Silence, from the Women of Allah series Shirin Neshat (artist); photo by Cynthia Preston. 1994 ce. Ink on photograph.
1100
Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus Late Imperial Roman. c. 250 ce. Marble.
1100
Ikenga (shrine figure) Igbo peoples (Nigeria). c. 19th to 20th century ce. Wood.
1100
The Court of Gayumars, folio from Shah Tahmasp’s Shahnama Sultan Muhammad. c. 1522–1525 ce. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper.
1100
Terra cotta fragment Lapita. Reef Islands, Solomon Islands. 1000 bce. Terra cotta (incised).
1100
Summer Trees Song Su-nam. 1983 ce. Ink on paper.
1100
Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament) London, England. Charles Barry and Augustus W. N. Pugin (architects). 1840–1870 ce. Limestone masonry and glass
1200
Tlatilco female figurine Central Mexico, site of Tlatilco. 1200–900 bce. Ceramic.
1200
Female (Pwo) mask Chokwe peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo). Late 19th to early 20th century ce. Wood, fiber, pigment, and metal.
1200
Pazzi Chapel Basilica di Santa Croce. Florence, Italy. Filippo Brunelleschi (architect). c. 1429–1461 ce. Masonry
1200
Ruler’s feather headdress (probably of Motecuhzoma II) Mexica (Aztec). 1428–1520 ce. Feathers (quetzal and cotinga) and gold.
1200
Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George Early Byzantine Europe. Sixth or early seventh century ce. Encaustic on wood.
1200
Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon Asia Minor (present-day Turkey). Hellenistic Greek. c. 175 bce. Marble (architecture and sculpture)
1200
Chavín de Huántar Northern highlands, Peru. Chavín. 900–200 bce. Stone (architectural complex); granite (Lanzón and sculpture); hammered gold alloy (jewelry)
1200
Ndop (portrait figure) of King Mishe miShyaang maMbul Kuba peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo). c. 1760–1780 ce. Wood
1200
Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? Paul Gauguin. 1897–1898 ce. Oil on canvas.
1200
Dome of the Rock Jerusalem. Islamic, Umayyad. 691–692 ce, with multiple renovations. Stone masonry and wooden roof decorated with glazed ceramic tile, mosaics, and gilt aluminum and bronze dome
1200
Electronic Superhighway Nam June Paik. 1995 ce. Mixed-media installation (49-channel closed-circuit video installation, neon, steel, and electronic components).
1200
The Oath of the Horatii Jacques-Louis David. 1784 ce. Oil on canvas.
1200
Dancing at the Louvre, from the series The French Collection, Part I; #1 Faith Ringgold. 1991 ce. Acrylic on canvas, tie-dyed, pieced fabric border.
1200
Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks Claes Oldenburg. 1969–1974 ce. Cor-Ten steel, steel, aluminum, and cast resin; painted with polyurethane enamel
1200
Goldfish Henri Matisse. 1912 ce. Oil on canvas.
1300
Bahram Gur Fights the Karg, folio from the Great Il-Khanid Shahnama Islamic; Persian, Il’Khanid. c. 1330–1340 ce. Ink and opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper
1300
Mont Sainte-Victoire. Paul Cézanne 1902–1904 ce. Oil on canvas.
1300
En la Barberia no se Llora (No Crying Allowed in the Barbershop) Pepon Osorio. 1994 ce. Mixed-media installation.
1300
Acropolis Athens, Greece. Iktinos and Kallikrates. c. 447–410 bce. Marble
1300
Old Man’s Cloth El Anatsui. 2003 ce. Aluminum and copper wire.
1300
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Spain. Frank Gehry (architect). 1997 ce. Titanium, glass, and limestone
1300
Chartres Cathedral Chartres, France. Gothic Europe. Original construction c. 1145–1155 ce; reconstructed c. 1194–1220 ce. Limestone, stained glass.
1300
Shibboleth Doris Salcedo. 2007–2008 ce. Installation
1300
Doryphoros (Spear Bearer) Polykleitos. Original 450–440 bce. Roman copy (marble) of Greek original (bronze).
1300
Darkytown Rebellion Kara Walker. 2001 ce. Cut paper and projection on wall
1300
The Valley of Mexico from the Hillside of Santa Isabel (El Valle de México desde el Cerro de Santa Isabel) Jose María Velasco. 1882 ce. Oil on canvas.
1300
Lying with the Wolf Kiki Smith. 2001 ce. Ink and pencil on paper
1300
Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut Near Luxor, Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty. c. 1473–1458 bce. Sandstone, partially carved into a rock cliff, and red granite
1300
Moai on platform (ahu) Rapa Nui (Easter Island). c. 1100–1600 ce. Volcanic tuff figures on basalt base.
1300
The David Vases Yuan Dynasty, China. 1351 ce. White porcelain with cobalt-blue underglaze.
1400
Longmen caves Luoyang, China. Tang Dynasty. 493–1127 ce. Limestone. 3 images
1400
Navigation chart Marshall Islands, Micronesia. 19th to early 20th century ce. Wood and fiber.
1400
Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in the Alameda Park Diego Rivera. 1947–1948 ce. Fresco.
1400
Angkor, the temple of Angkor Wat, and the city of Angkor Thom, Cambodia Hindu, Angkor Dynasty. c. 800–1400 ce. Stone masonry, sandstone.
1400
Kui Hua Zi (Sunflower Seeds) Ai Weiwei. 2010–2011 ce. Sculpted and painted porcelain.
1400
Gold and jade crown Three Kingdoms period, Silla Kingdom, Korea. Fifth to sixth century ce. Metalwork
1400
The Crossing Bill Viola. 1996 ce. Video/sound installation.
1400
La Grande Odalisque Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. 1814 ce. Oil on canvas
1400
MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts Rome, Italy. Zaha Hadid (architect). 2009 ce. Glass, steel, and cement.
1400
Madonna and Child with Two Angels Fra Filippo Lippi. c. 1465 ce. Tempera on wood
1400
The Swing (after Fragonard) Yinka Shonibare. 2001 ce. Mixed-media installation.
1400
Funeral banner of Lady Dai (Xin Zhui) Han Dynasty, China. c. 180 bce. Painted silk
1400
A Book from the Sky Xu Bing. 1987–1991 ce. Mixed-media installation.
1400
San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane Rome, Italy. Francesco Borromini (architect). 1638–1646 ce. Stone and stucco.
1400
Portrait mask (Mblo) Baule peoples (Côte d’Ivoire). Early 20th century ce. Wood and pigment
1500
Veranda post of enthroned king and senior wife (Opo Ogoga) Olowe of Ise (Yoruba peoples). c. 1910–1914 ce. Wood and pigment.
1500
Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and three daughters New Kingdom (Amarna), 18th Dynasty. c. 1353–1335 bce. Limestone
1500
Folio from a Qur’an Arab, North Africa, or Near East. Abbasid. c. eighth to ninth century ce. Ink, color, and gold on parchment
1500
Preying Mantra Wangechi Mutu. 2006 ce. Mixed media on Mylar.
1500
Palazzo Rucellai Florence, Italy. Leon Battista Alberti (architect). c. 1450 ce. Stone, masonry
1500
The Jungle Wifredo Lam. 1943 ce. Gouache on paper mounted on canvas.
1500
Peplos Kore from the Acropolis Archaic Greek. c. 530 bce. Marble, painted details
1500
Bandolier bag Lenape (Delaware tribe, Eastern Woodlands). c. 1850 ce. Beadwork on leather.
1500
Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Louis Sullivan (architect). 1899–1903 ce. Iron, steel, glass, and terra cotta
1500
Staff god Rarotonga, Cook Islands, central Polynesia. Late 18th to early 19th century ce. Wood, tapa, fiber, and feathers
1500
The Oxbow (View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm) Thomas Cole. 1836 ce. Oil on canvas.
1500
King Menkaura and queen Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty. c. 2490–2472 bce. Greywacke
1500
Screen with the Siege of Belgrade and hunting scene Circle of the González Family. c. 1697–1701 ce. Tempera and resin on wood, shell inlay
1500
Entombment of Christ Jacopo da Pontormo. 1525–1528 ce. Oil on wood
1500
Head of a Roman patrician Republican Roman. c. 75–50 bce. Marble