Visual Arts

3000 BC
Egypt
Sculpture  
3000 Narmer's Palette: front, rear

2700 BC
Egypt
2667-2648 Djoser and Imhotep
     ca 2670-2650 Pyramid of Djoser
 
2600 BC
Egypt

1900 BC 
Architecture
1900 Palace of Knossos (Crete): map, north entrance, throne room

1500 BC 
Architecture
ca 1450 Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut (Thebes): in context, from above, interior detail

1400 BC 
Sculpture 
1345 Nefertiti
1323 Tutankhamen's Mask: front

1300 BC 
Architecture 
ca 1280 Great Hypostyle Hall, Temple of Karnak (Thebes): broad view, detail

500 BC 
Sculpture 
ca 475 Charioteer of Delphi: full view, detail of head
460? Zeus of Artemision: view
ca 450 Discus Thrower: view

Architecture
432 Parthenon (Athens): painting of Acropolis, western and southern sides, western and northern sides, reconstruction of west pediment

400 BC
Architecture 
ca 350 Temple of Apollo (Delphi): panoramic view of theater and temple, temple, imaginative view

300 BC 
Sculpture 
ca 220 The Dying Galatian: front view, back view, head

200 BC 
Sculpture 
200? Laocoon and His Sons: front view, Laocoon's head
ca 190 Winged Victory of Samothrace: left view, right view
ca 120 Venus de Milo (Alexandro of Antioch): front view, oblique view, back view

1
Sculpture 
20? Augustus of Prima Porta: front view

Architecture 
ca 50 Pont du Gard (near Nimes): view
80 Colosseum (Rome): exterior view
82 Arch of Titus (Rome): front view, detail (spoils of Jerusalem)
     1742 Canaletto

100 
Sculpture
120 Apollo Belvedere (Vatican): view
ca 175 Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius (Rome): lower front view

Architecture
ca 110 Aqueduct of Segovia: view
113 Trajan's Column (Rome): broad view, detail
128 Pantheon (Rome): exterior
123-39 Mausoleum of Hadrian (Castle Sant'Angelo, Rome): view from across the Tiber

300 
Architecture
500 BC-AD 312 Roman Forum: northeast view, Temple of Saturn
     1636 Claude Lorrain
     1742 Canaletto
     1839 J. M. W. Turner

315 Arch of Constantine (Rome): north view, south view (showing Colosseum)

500 
Architecture 
537 Hagia Sophia (Constantinople): exterior

600 
Architecture
692 Dome of the Rock (Jerusalem): exterior, Foundation Stone

800 
Painting
800 Book of Kells (Dublin): Christ, Gospel of John, John the Evangelist, Chi Rho monogram, Chi Rho detail

1100 
Architecture 
1063-1117 St. Mark's Basilica (Venice), front view, St. Mark
     ca 300 Four Tetrarchs
     1204 four horses (from Constantinople)
     1720 Piazza San Marco (Canaletto)
 1149 Church of the Holy Sepulchre: exterior, site of the tomb (the Holy Sepulchre)

1200
Architecture 
1220 Chartres Cathedral: west facade, south rose window, marriage at Cana
1248 Sainte-Chapelle (Paris): view from north, interior

1300
Painting 
1305 Arena Chapel (Giotto, Padua): Raising of Lazarus, Lamentation, Hope
1321 Chora Church mosaics (Constantinople): front view, rear view, Christ Pantocrator mosaic

Architecture 
1345 Notre-Dame de Paris: western view, southern view, interior, chimera
ca 1350 The Alhambre (Granada): panoramic view, Court of the Lions, reflecting pool, windows

1400 
Painting and Drawing 
1390-1441 Jan van Eyck
     1434 The Arnolfini Portrait
ca 1395-1455 Fra Angelico
     1436-45 frescoes, Convent of San Marco: Annunciation, Transfiguration
ca 1431-1506 Andrea Mantegna
     1480 St. Sebastian
     1490 The Lamentation over the Dead Christ
ca 1445-1510 Sandro Botticelli
     1482 Primavera
     1485 Birth of Venus
     1495 Dante Alighieri
1452-1519 Leonardo da Vinci
     1486 Virgin of the Rocks
     ca 1490 Vitruvian Man
     1490 Lady with an Ermine
     1498 Last Supper 
     1519 Mona Lisa

Sculpture 
ca 1386-1466 Donatello
     1411 St. John the Evangelist
     1415 St. George
     1453 Gattamelata
     1455 Magdalene Penitent
1378-1455 Lorenzo Ghiberti
     1452 Gates of Paradise: front view, Adam and Eve, Moses, David and Goliath
ca 1420-98 Antonio del Pollaiolo
     ca 1470 Capitoline Wolf 

Architecture 
1377-1446 Filippo Brunelleschi
     1427 Hospital of the Innocents: exterior, courtyard
     1436 dome of Florence Cathedral: exterior of church, close-up of dome
     1460 Pazzi Chapel: exterior, interior
1495 Kremlin (Moscow): exterior

1500 
Painting  
1450-1516 Hieronymous Bosch 
     1505 The Last Judgment 
     1505 The Garden of Earthly Delights (1505)
1471-1528 Albrecht Durer 
     1498 Self-Portrait 
     1498 Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 
     1500 Self-portrait with Fur-Trimmed Robe 
     1502 Young Hare 
     1504 Birth of Christ 
     1507 Adam, Eve 
     ca 1508 Praying Hands 
     1513 Knight, Death, and the Devil
     1514 Melancholia
     1526 Erasmus
1475-1564 Michelangelo
     1506 Doni Madonna
     1512 Sistine Chapel ceiling
     1541 Last Judgment
     1550 Conversion of St. Paul
     1550 Crucifixion of St. Peter
1483-1520 Raphael
     1505 The Small Cowper Madonna 
     1510 The School of Athens 
     1513 TheTriumph of Galatea 
ca 1470-1528 Matthias Grunewald 
     1515 Isenheim Alterpiece: context, first view, second view, Resurrection
ca 1497-1543 Hans Holbein the Younger 
     1523 Erasmus of Rotterdam 
     1527 Thomas More 
     1527 Study for the Family Portrait of Thomas More 
     1533 The Ambassadors
1525-69 Pieter Bruegel
     1555 Landscape with the Fall of Icarus
     1559 The Fight between Carnival and Lent 
     1562 Triumph of Death 
     1563 Tower of Babel 
     1565 Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery 
     1567 Peasant Wedding

Sculpture 
1475-1564 Michelangelo 
     1497 Bacchus 
     1499 Pieta 
     1504 David 
     1513 Dying Slave 
     1515 Moses 
     1534 Atlas 
     1555Florentine Pieta 
1500-71 Benevenuto Cellini 
     1545 Perseus with the Head of Medusa: front view, side view

Architecture 
1245-1517 Westminster Abbey (London): western view, interior
     1749 Canaletto
1434-1517 Seville Cathedral: exterior
1525-34 Laurentian Library (Florence): vestibule, Reading Room
1500s Wawel Castle (Krakow): exterior, interior, courtyard, Bird Room
1558 Suleymaniye Mosque (Istanbul): exterior, courtyard, interior, interior
1561 St. Basil's Cathedral (Moscow): front view, detail

1600  
Painting 
1571-1610 Caravaggio 
     1599, 1607, 1610 David and Goliath 
     1600 Calling of St. Matthew 
     1601 The Conversion on the Way to Damascus 
     1601 Crucifixion of St. Peter 
     1602 Taking of Christ 
     1602 Incredulity of Saint Thomas
     1609 Raising of Lazarus
ca 1582-1666 Franz Hals 
     1625 Jester with a Lute 
     1633 Portrait of Pieter van den Broecke 
1599-1660 Diego Velazquez
     1632 Christ Crucified 
     1650 Portrait of Innocent X 
     1657 Las Meninas
1606-69 Rembrandt 
     1630 Self-portait in a Cap 
     1630 Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem
     1632 Abduction of Europa 
     1632 Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp
     1633 Storm on the Sea of Galilee
     1642 The Night Watch 
     1653 Aristotle with a Bust of Homer 
     1658 Self-portrait 
     1662 Syndics of the Drapers' Guild
     1669 Return of the Prodigal Son 
1632-75 Jan Vermeer 
     1658 The Little Street
     1658 The Milkmaid 
     1661 View of Delft
     1665 Girl with a Pearl Earring
     1666 A Lady Writing
     1667 The Art of Painting 
     1668 The Astronomer 
     1670 The Lacemaker
ca 1600-82 Claude Lorrain
     1636 Campo Vaccino

Sculpture 
1598-1680 Gian Lorenzo Bernini 
     1619  Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius 
     1624 David 
     1625 Apollo and Daphne 
     1651 Ecstasy of St. Theresa 

Architecture 
1626 St. Peter's Basilica (Rome): exterior, dome, interior
1598-1680 Gian Lorenzo Bernini
     1667 Piazza in front of St. Peter's Basilica

1700 
Painting
1697-1768 Canaletto
     ca 1730 Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice
     ca 1730-1735 Piazza San Marco, Venice 
     1742 Rome: Ruins of the Forum
     1742 Rome: Arch of Titus 
     1746 The River Thames with St. Paul's Cathedral 
     1749 Westminster Abbey 
1723-92 Joshua Reynolds 
     1771 Mrs. Abington 
     1775 Miss Jane Bowles
1727-88 Thomas Gainsborough
     1770 The Blue Boy
     1772 The Linley Sisters 
     1776 Johann Christian Bach 
1748-1825 Jacques-Louis David
     1786 Oath of the Horatii
     1787 The Death of Socrates 
     1793 The Death of Marat 
     1801 Napoleon at the Saint-Bernard Pass 
1746-1828 Francisco Goya 
     1777 The Parasol
     1797 Duchess of Alba 
     1797 The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
     1798 Chapel of St. Anthony 
     1800 Charles IV and His Family
     1814 A Procession of Flagellants 
     1814 Third of May 1808
     1814 Duke of Wellington 
     1815  Self-portrait 
     1810-20 The Disasters of War 

Sculpture
1716-91 Etienne Maurice Falconet
     1782 The Bronze Horseman (St. Petersburg): full view
          1870 Surikov (1848-1916)

Architecture 
1632-1723 Christopher Wren
     1711 St. Paul's Cathedral (London): front and side view (1896), front view, interior, 1940
          1746 Canaletto
1681-1715 Palace of Versailles: aerial view, Hall of Mirrors 
1435-1730 Grand Bazaar (Istanbul): exterior, interior
1752 Trevi Fountain (Rome): front view, side view,
1790 Pantheon (Paris): exterior, interior
1791 Brandenburg Gate (Berlin): view
1798 Chapel of St. Anthony, frescoes (Madrid): exterior, fresco of St. Anthony, detail

1800 
Painting 
1775-1851 J. M. W. Turner 
     1815 Dido Building Carthage 
     1839 The Fighting Temeraire 
     1839 Modern Rome 
     1844 Rain, Steam, and Speed 
1780-1867 Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
     1806 Napoleon I on His Imperial Throne
     1832 Portrait of Monsieur Bertin 
1774-1840 Caspar David Friedrich
     1818 Wanderer above the Sea of Fog 
     1824 The Sea of Ice
1776-1837 John Constable
     1821 The Hay Wain 
     1823 Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Grounds 
1814-75 Jean-Francois Millet
     1850 The Sower 
     1857 The Gleaners 
     1859 The Angelus 
1832-83 Edouard Manet 
     1868 Emile Zola 
     1882 A Bar at the Folies-Bergere 
1834-1903 James Whistler 
     1862 Symphony in White, No. 1 
     1871 Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 - Whistler's Mother
     1872 Nocturne: Blue and Gold - Old Battersea Bridge 
1840-1926 Claude Monet
     1872 Impression, Sunrise
     1875 Woman with a Parasol
     1877 La Gare Saint-Lazare 
     1893 Rouen Cathedral at Sunset
     1897-1926 Water Lilies (series)
1834-1917 Edgar Degas 
     1876 Absinthe Drinkers
     1878 Star of the Ballet 
     1879 Mademoiselle La La at the Cirque Fernando 
1841-1919 Pierre-Auguste Renoir 
     1876 A Girl with a Watering Can 
     1876 Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette 
     1881 Luncheon of the Boating Party 
     1883 Dance at Bougival 
1848-1921 Francisco Pradilla
     1877 Dona Juana 
1856-1925 John Singer Sargent
     1882 The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit
     1882 Spanish Dancer 
     1884 Portrait of Madame X 
     1887 Robert Louis Stevenson 
     1888 Morning Walk 
     1892 Lady Agnew of Lochnaw
     1904 Gondoliers' Siesta
     1919 Gassed 
1853-90 Vincent van Gogh
     1885 The Potato Eaters 
     1885 Still Life with Open Bible
     1887 Portrait of Pere Tanguy
     1888 Bedroom in Arles
     1888 Van Gogh's Chair 
     1888 Still Life: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers 
     1888 Cafe Terrace at Night 
     1888 The Sower 
     1889Self-Portrait 
     1889 The Starry Night 
     1889 Wheat Field with Cypresses 
     1890 Sorrowing Old Man 
     1890 Wheat Field with Crows 
1859-91 Georges Seurat 
     1884 Bathers at Asnieres 
     1886 A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La GrandeJatte 
     1888 Circus Sideshow 
     1889 The Eiffel Tower 
     1890 Le Chahut 
1844-1926 Mary Cassett 
     1884 Children on the Beach 
     1893 The Child's Bath 
1864-1901 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 
     1887 Portrait of Vincent van Gogh 
     1892 At the Moulin Rouge 
     1892 Ambassadeurs - Aristide Bruant 
1848-1903 Paul Gauguin 
     1888 The Painter of Sunflowers
     1889 Self-portrait with Halo and Snake 
1849-1917 John William Waterhouse 
     1882 Diogenes 
     1888 The Lady of Shalott 
     1888 Cleopatra 
     1889 Ophelia 
     1891 Ulysses and the Sirens 
     1907 Jason and Medea 
     1914 The Annunciation 
     1916 A Tale from the Decameron 
1853-1919 Carl Larsson 
     1894 Flowers on the Windowsill 
     1895 Self-portrait with Brita 
     1901 Getting Ready for a Game 
     1905 Christmas Eve 

Sculpture 
1862 Millenium of Russia (Novgorod): broad view
1867 Nelson's Column (London): broad view, detail
1845-1924 Ricardo Bellver 
     1877 Fallen Angel (Madrid): broad view, detail
1840-1917 Auguste Rodin 
     1877 The Age of Bronze 
     1878 St. John the Baptist Preaching 
     1889 The Thinker 
     1889 The Burghers of Calais 
     1889 The Kiss 
     1898 Balzac 

Architecture
1806-1836 Arc de Triumph (Paris): view, La Marseillaise, Austerlitz
1854-59 Dohany Street Synagogue (Budapest): exterior, interior
709-1863 Mont Saint-Michel: aerial view, side view
1870 Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament, London): view
1248-1560, 1840-80 Cologne Cathedral: western view, eastern view, interior
1852-1926 Antoni Gaudi:
     >1882 La Sagrada Familia (Barcelona)
     1892 Casa Botines (Leon)
     1906 Casa Batllo (Barcelona)
     1910 Casa Mila (Barcelona)
     1913 Episcopal Palace (Astorga)
     1900-14 Park Quell
1832-1923 Gustave Eiffel and Frederic Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904)
     1886 Statue of Liberty (New York City): broad view, close up, detail
1886 Neuschwanstein Castle (Hohenschwangau): overhead view, side view, Throne Hall, drawing room, study, dining room, bedroom
1889 Eiffel Tower (Paris): view

1900 
Painting 
1904-89 Salvador Dali 
     1925 Figure at a Window 
     1931 The Persistence of Memory 
     1934 The Ghost of Vermeer 
     1946 The Temptation of Saint Anthony 
     1951 Christ of Saint John of the Cross 
     1954 Crucifixion 
     1955 The Sacrament of the Last Supper 
1881-1973 Pablo Picasso: 
     1937 Guernica 
b. 1970? "Banksy"
     2005 Bethlehem 
     2005 Show Me the Monet
     2008 No Loitering 
     2008 It's Not a Race (2008)

Sculpture 
1876-1932 Lorenzo Coullaut Valera
     1930 Don Quixote and Sancho Panza (Madrid)
1897-1961 Juan Cristobal Gonzalez
     1955 El Cid (Burgos)

Architecture 
1904 Hungarian Parliament Building (Budapest): exterior
1883-1907 Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood (St. Petersburg): front view, side view, interior
1914 Sacre-Coeur Basilica (Paris): long view, front view, closer view, Joan of Arc
     Montmartre
1732-1917 Winter Palace (St. Petersburg)
     exterior: front view, rear view, overhead view
     interior: Jordan Staircase, St. George Hall (throne room), Nicholas Hall (ballroom)
1911-1925 Victor Emmanuel II Monument (Rome): front view
1386-1965 Milan Cathedral: exterior, doors, interior
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