Historic Video Games
Films to Know
Sculptures and Sculptors
All About Architecture
The Potter's Wheel
100
The best-selling video game of all time, this title revolutionized sandbox gaming and popularized indie game development.
Minecraft
100
When a mysterious artifact is uncovered on the Moon, a spacecraft manned by two humans and one devious AI is sent to find its origins in this late 60s classic.
2001: A Space Odyssey
100
This groundbreaking piece from 1942 introduced a new method for creating sculpture and is one of Picasso's most important works.
Bull's Head
100
Stonehenge is a perfect example of this basic architectural structure.
Post-and-lintel (beam)
100
A versatile, brownish-orange, unglazed ceramic often used for both pots and roofing tiles in ancient civilizations.
Terracotta
200
Aimed directly at non-gamers and families, this console focused on accessible, motion-controlled and local mulitplayer gameplay over raw graphical power.
Ninetendo Wii
200
Following the death of a publishing tycoon, reporters scramble to find meaning in his final words "Rosebud".
Citizen Kane
200
This Italian master cemented his place in art history by creating four masterpieces between 1619 and 1625 which inaugurated a new era in sculpture.
Bernini
200
This temple is known as the finest example of Classical Doric architecture and widely regarded as the most important building of antiquity.
The Parthenon
200
This black-figure style vase is a perfect example of the pottery created during this art historical period.
Greek
300
Popularized the MMO genre bringing it to mainstream audiences while becoming a cultural milestone via its unprecedented longevity and massive social impact.
World of Warcraft
300
A rebellious convict is sent to a psychiatric hospital and subsequently encourages his docile companions to take more control of their lives and defy the tyrannical head nurse.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
300
Discovered in 1939 in Hohlenstein-Stadel cave, Germany, this small figure is believed to be the earliest representation of a supernatural being and the oldest known figurative sculpture.
Lion-man
300
This historic structure, built by Justinian I was the center of the Byzantine Church. It was converted some 900 years later into a Mosque after the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans.
Hagia Sophia
300
Most scholars believe that the potter's wheel was first developed during this art historical period.
Mesopotamia
400
Though not the first in the FPS genre, this classic introduced complex 3D level design, verticality and other elements all while sparking public discourse about violence in gaming
Doom
400
The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife intertwine in this tale of violence and redemption.
Pulp Fiction
400
Known for his hands-on techniques and emotionally-charged casts of his clay and plaster originals, this French sculptor is regarded as the first great Modern sculptor.
Rodin
400
This famed NYC museum is a stunning example of the brilliant, organic designs of Frank Lloyd Wright.
The Gugenheim Museum
400
A liquid form of clay often used decoratively or as an adhesive for parts of a ceramic piece.
Slip
500
This unforgiving game with its "permadeath" mechanic and use of a procedurally generated dungeon for each playthrough established a namesake genre and is considered a grandparent of modern gaming.
Rogue
500
In 1944 Francoist Spain, an imaginative young girl meets a faun who tells her she's a princess and that she must prove her worthiness by completing three dangerous tasks.
Pan's Labyrinth
500
This Washington DC sculptor is known for his painstaking, labor-intensive practices that honor carpentry and craftsmanship.
Martin Puryear
500
This ancient material was highly durable, self-healing and made by mixing volcanic ash, lime, water and rock.
Roman Concrete
500
This non-porous ceramic is made by firing kaolin clay at very high temperatures resulting in pieces renowned for their whiteness and translucence.
Porcelain
