Head of an Akkadian Rular

Nineveh 2300-2200 BC

Bronze

Imhotep, Step Pyramid of Zoser

Saqquara(necropois of memphis)

2610 BC

Moruary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut

Deir El-Bahri

1350 BC

Palette of Narmer

Hierakonpolis, Upper Egypt

3000 BC

Slate

Queen Nefertiti

Tel-El-Amarna

1360 BC

Painted Limestone

Royal Audience Hall and Stairway

Persepolis (Iran)

500 BC

Stele of Hammurabi

Susa

1880 BC

Carved Basalt Stone

Stone Hedge

Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England

2000 BC

The Great Pyramids of Gizeh

Mykerinus: 2460 BC

Chefren: 2500 BC

Cheops: 2530 BC

The Ishtar Gate

Babylon 

575 BC

Glazed Brick

Deathmask of Tutankhamen

Innermost Coffin

1340 BC

Gold with Inlay of Semiprecious Stones

Hall of Bulls

Lascaux

Dordogne, France

15,000-18,000 BC

Psychostastis "Soul-rasing" of Hu-Nefer

Thebes 

716-332 BC (Late Period)

Papyrus Scroll

Temple of Amun-Mut-Khonsu

Luxor

1370 BC

The Great Sphinx

Gizeh

2530 BC

Cut Sandstone

The Ziggurat at Ur

2100 BC

Mummy Portrait of a Man

Faiyum (Egypt)

160-170 AD

Encaustic painting on wood

A Man Tricked by Gypsies

Leonardo da Vinci

1493

Pen and Ink Drawing

Lamentation

Giotto di Bindine

Arena Chapel, Padua

1305

Fresco

Madonna and Child

Fra Filippo Lippi

14401445

Tempera on Board

Madonna and Child with Chancellor Rolin

Jan Van Eyck

1433-1434

Oil and Tempera on Panel

the Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian 

Antonella da Messina

1475-1477

Oil on Wood

The Great Piece of Turf

Albrecht Durer

1503

Watercolor

The Knight, Death, and the Devil

Albrecht Durer

1513

Engraving

The Bound Slave

Michelangelo Buonarroti

1513-1516

Marble

The Riace Warriors

460-450 BC

Bronze, Silver Teeth and Eyelashes, Copper Lips and Nipples

The Funeral Mask from the Royal Tombs of Mycenae

1500 BC

Beaten Gold

Euphronios Krater

515 BC

Red Figure Painting on Ceramics Krater

Mosaic of Empress Theodora and Attendants

Church of San Vitale, Ravenna

547

Mosaic

The Ardabil Carpet

Tabriz 

1540

Wool Pile on Silk Warps and Wefts

Portland Vase

1st Century AD

Blown and Cut Glass

(Roman Cameo Glass)

palace of knossos

crete

1600-1400 BC

Bull-Vaulting Fresco

knossos

1500 BC

The Lion Gate

Palace of Mycenae 

1300 BC

Limestone

Geometric Krater from the Dipylon Cemetery

8th century BC

Pottery

Dionysas in a Sailboat

Exekias

Vulci

550-525 BC

Ceramics

Kritios Boy

Acropolis of Athens

480 BC

Discobolos

Myron

450 BC

Roman marble copy of bronze orginial

Doryphoros

Polykleitos

450-440 BC

Roman marble copy of the bronze orginial

Temple of Hera at Paestum

Near Naples, Italy

460 BC

The Paratheon

Iktinos and Kalllikrates

Acropolis, athens

448-432 BC

Temple of Athena Nike

Kallirates

Acropolis, Athens

427-424 BC

The Erechteum

Acropolis, Athens

421-405 BC

Dying Gaul

Pergamon

240 BC

Roman Marble copy of the orginal bronze form 

Nike of Samothrace

190 BC

Marble

Agesander, Athenodorus, and Polydorus

Laocoon

early first century BC

marble

Sarcophagus

Cerveteri, Italy

520 BC

Terracotta

She-Wolf of the Captiol

500 BC

Bronze

Temple of "Fortuna Virilis"

Rome

Late 2nd Century BC

Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia

Palestrina, Italy

120-80 BC

The Villa of Mysteries

Near Pompeii

50 BC

Frescos

Augustus of Primaporta

20 BC

Marble

Ara Pacis Augustae

Rome

13-9 BC

Marble

Colosseum

Rome 

70-82 AD

Column of Trajan

Rome

113 AD

Attributed to Apollodorus

Pantheon

Rome

118-125 AD

Baths of Carcella

Rome 

215

The Four Tetrarchs

305 AD

Porphyry

The Porta Nigra/ The Black Gate

Trier, Germany

280-310

Constantine The Great

300 AD

Marble

Arch of Constantine

Rome 

312-315 AD

Ceiling from the Catacomb of Saints Pietro and Marcellinus, Rome, 4^th century, fresco

Mausoleum of Santa Constanza, Rome, ca. 350

Diptych of Anatastasius I, 517, ivory carving

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, architecture with mosaic decoration, Ravenna (Italy), 425-450

Church of San Vitale, architecture with mosaic decoration, Ravenna, 526-547

Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (Istanbul), 532-537

St. Mark’s Cathedral, Venice, begun 1063

Mosque at Cordoba, Spain, 8^th to 10^th century

Taj Mahal, Agra, India, 1632-1654

Eagle-Shaped Visigoths Fibula, Guadalajara, Spain, 6^th century, cloisonné (gold and enamel)

Chi-Rho Monogram (XP), Gospel Matthew, from the Book of Kells, late 8^th cent., manuscript illumination

Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne, Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle), Germany, 792-805

Cover of the Codex Aureus of St. Emmeram, ca. 870, book binding with gold, pearls & precious stones

Bayeux Tapestry, 1070-1080, embroidered wool on linen

Speyer Cathedral, Speyer, Germany, 1082-1106

Ghislebertus, West Tympanum of St. Lazare, Autun, France, ca. 1130

Abbey Church of St. Denis, St. Denis (near Paris), 1140-1144

Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France, begun 1194

Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, 1182-1250

Terracotta soldiers, mortuary complex of the First Emperor of Qin, Qin Dynasty, ca. 210 BCE, Shaanxi Province

Jade suit of Liu Sheng, Western Han Dynasty, ca. 113 BCE, jade with gold thread, Hebei Province

Incense burner from the tomb of Liu Sheng, Western Han Dynasty, ca. 113 BCE, bronze with inlaid gold, Hebei Province

Colossal Buddha, Yungang Cave 20, Northern Wei Dynasty, ca. 460-480, Shanxi Province

Colossal Buddhas at Bamiyan, Afghanistan, 4^th-5^th century

Fan Kuan, Travelers Among Mountains and Streams, Northern Song Dynasty, ca. 1000, hanging scroll, ink on silk

Guo Xi, Early Spring, Northern Song Dynasty, 1072, hanging scroll, ink and color on silk

Huang Gongwang, Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains, Yuan Dynasty, 1347-1350, handscroll, ink on paper

Shitao (Daoji), Landscape, Qing Dynasty, late 17^th century, album leaf, ink and color on paper