Art History Timeline by Olivia Hess

Paleolithic

missliv2005 — 2025-01-18 04:55:59 UTC

Beautiful vibrant red stands out against the darker black/brown and allows more details in the beasts appearance.

Sumerian

missliv2005 — 2025-01-18 05:12:46 UTC

The blue lapis serving as the long hair on the bull, did bulls have beards back then?

Babylonian

missliv2005 — 2025-01-19 03:52:39 UTC

Human figures carved into chariot

Assyrian

missliv2005 — 2025-01-19 04:02:41 UTC

Lots of detail in the leg compare to the other limbs

Old Kingdom, Egyptian

missliv2005 — 2025-01-19 04:09:14 UTC

Kings headset is very sharp and angular while the queens is rounder.

New Kingdom, Egyptian

missliv2005 — 2025-01-19 04:15:00 UTC

Large variety of birds being shown

Side ponytail is symbolism of a child.

Minoan

missliv2005 — 2025-01-19 04:19:38 UTC

The eyes are large and seem almost cartoonish to me

Mycenaean

missliv2005 — 2025-01-19 04:27:11 UTC

Interesting how two of the lions flee while one stands and fights, doesn't seem to be an artistic difference between male and female if there is supposed to be.

Archaic, Greek

missliv2005 — 2025-01-19 04:36:56 UTC

Horses portrayed on the vase seem to be very thin/lean

Classical, Greek

missliv2005 — 2025-01-19 04:43:58 UTC

For how accurate and anatomically accurate it is, the beard seems quite sharp

Hellenistic, Greek

missliv2005 — 2025-01-19 04:51:02 UTC

Pillars are even and balanced (symmetrical) all the way down

Etruscan

missliv2005 — 2025-01-19 04:54:59 UTC

Very similar long face shapes and large almond eyes

Republican, Roman

missliv2005 — 2025-01-19 04:59:21 UTC

Heavily detailed wrinkles, lack of eyes is slightly creepy. His cheeks seem to sink inward.

Early Imperial, Roman

missliv2005 — 2025-01-19 05:02:07 UTC

Animals are depicted a lot smaller that the human figures.

Late Imperial, Roman

missliv2005 — 2025-01-19 05:05:20 UTC

The section of the building that curves, seems to draw the eye. It stands out from the rest of the very square shaped building.

Early Christian

missliv2005 — 2025-01-19 05:12:35 UTC

So many tiles in this mosaic piece, it allows for so much beautiful detail

Byzantine

missliv2005 — 2025-01-19 05:21:18 UTC

The hexagonal shape of the building and the white top roof continually draws my eye.

Migration

missliv2005 — 2025-01-19 05:27:39 UTC

Circles seem to be a very repetitive shape in this piece.

Carolingian

missliv2005 — 2025-01-19 05:31:01 UTC

The man seems very distressed, his surroundings/background also give me a very distressing feeling.

Romanesque

missliv2005 — 2025-01-19 05:36:39 UTC

Very symmetrical building, if a line was drawn down the middle it would almost be the same on both sides. Almost.

High French Gothic

missliv2005 — 2025-01-19 05:42:47 UTC

So, so, so much stained glass. Like they wanted to fill the church with as much color as possible

Early French Gothic

missliv2005 — 2025-01-19 05:49:33 UTC

The rows of people placed into the archway make this entrance slightly uncomfortable...im not sure why

Late French Gothic

missliv2005 — 2025-01-19 05:52:26 UTC

The amount of triangles and point on this building make me think it trying to pierce the sky

German Gothic

missliv2005 — 2025-01-19 05:55:44 UTC

The rider seems almost slouched in his seat, and the horses leg is cocked, like they are relaxed. Also the neck of the horse is very straight.

Italian Gothic

missliv2005 — 2025-01-19 05:58:20 UTC

The Large black circle draws the eye right to it, its like someone punched a hole right through the building.

Old Kingdom, Egyptian

missliv2005 — 2025-01-21 21:15:47 UTC

Eagle behind his head, his kilt - Symbol of power

Lotus - symbol of lower Egypt

Papyrus plant - High Egypt

Old Kingdom, Egyptian

missliv2005 — 2025-01-23 19:57:57 UTC

Carved from one large piece of limestone, one of the largest sculptures in the worlds.

240 ft long, 66 ft high

Color pigments of head/face.

Was buried until the 1800s

Minoan

missliv2005 — 2025-01-28 19:52:35 UTC

It is a different culture in Aegean art, starts in Crete

Minoan

missliv2005 — 2025-01-28 20:06:39 UTC

Very stylized landscape painting on the inside of houses

Minoan

missliv2005 — 2025-01-28 20:13:13 UTC

Bulls horns on buildings resemble power

Columns are painted red and tapered

Minoan

missliv2005 — 2025-01-28 20:16:02 UTC

Men were painted dark/Black

Women were painted light/white

Mycenaean

missliv2005 — 2025-01-28 20:44:22 UTC

Tholos - circular tomb, massive entryway.

Archaic, Greek

missliv2005 — 2025-02-06 20:29:00 UTC

-Young, nude, male figure

-monumental sculpture

-Stereometric sculpture

-Found in sanctuary as offering, sometimes they mark graves for males

-Stiff and formal with hint of smile

-Large abstract eyes

Similar to Menkaure and Wife figure from Old Egypt

Classical, Greek

missliv2005 — 2025-02-20 19:57:54 UTC

Funeral Oration of Pericles

Glorifies Athens instead of himself in his funeral oration.

Classica Greek

missliv2005 — 2025-02-20 20:18:34 UTC

Used to help heal patients through the shows

At sanctuary of Asklepios

Built into the ground

great acoustics.

Paleolithic

missliv2005 — 2025-04-09 19:48:10 UTC

Paintings in the paleolithic period showed animals as realistic while humans were stick figures.

Paleolithic

missliv2005 — 2025-04-09 19:49:35 UTC

Possibly trying to picture the capture of the animals/ good fortune on a hunt?

Sumerian

missliv2005 — 2025-04-09 19:52:24 UTC

Very similar shapes for both man and women, HUGE eyes.

They don't seem to serve much purpose other than decorative. Possibly worship?

Code of Hammurabi

missliv2005 — 2025-04-09 19:57:44 UTC

Over 7 feet high and covered in legal codes. Hammurabi was inspired by the gods to write the laws and the depiction at the top shows him talking to a god. Propaganda.

Babylonian

missliv2005 — 2025-04-09 20:01:50 UTC

Hammurabi believed he was the favorite shepherd of the dun-god Shamash.

Assyrian

missliv2005 — 2025-04-09 20:06:54 UTC

The palace itself had ~30 courtyards and 200 rooms. Lamassu stood at the gateway.

Lamassu - Guardian of the palace

Assyrian

missliv2005 — 2025-04-09 20:08:59 UTC

Royals would release and hunt lions at the palace. Staged events held in a square.

Old Kingdom, Egyptian

missliv2005 — 2025-04-09 20:11:30 UTC

Lots of monumentality - large buildings/statues, life sized statues

Old Kingdom, Egyptian

missliv2005 — 2025-04-09 20:17:02 UTC

Makeup pallet

The Bowling Pin Headdress is the crown of upper Egypt while the Curly one represents lower Egypt. Combining of Upper and Lower Egypt?

Composite poses.

Showing a battle

Old Kingdom, Egyptian

missliv2005 — 2025-04-09 20:20:31 UTC

Mastabas - Tomb markers

Tombs would be quite a bit underground.

Started stacking the Mastabas

Geometric, Greek

missliv2005 — 2025-04-09 20:27:43 UTC

Writes about Mycenean culture and what were originally orally told stories.

Geometric, Greek

missliv2005 — 2025-04-09 20:28:41 UTC

~5 feet tall
Lots of zones and geometric forms
Top has figures in the zones, emphatic zone/emphasized zine
Wife and child mourning the death of man?
Other mourning figures- pulling out their hair/fierce mourning
Bottom shows procession to the cemetery
Figures in black: Silhouette figures
Spots on heads are eye
Composite pose?
Not a lot of empty space - Filling ornament
Krater - used for mixing water and wine, If in cemetery they were grave markers for men

Archaic, Greece

missliv2005 — 2025-04-09 20:29:38 UTC

In Greece, nudity was symbolic for heroism, or athleticism, or divinity

Archaic, Greece

missliv2005 — 2025-04-09 20:31:41 UTC

Used to collect offerings to Apollo
Columns were not originally there - possibly two female figure who acted as columns
Frieze sculpture and pediment sculpture tells the story of the Gods.
Figures from going left to right are the victors in most artwork

Hellenistic Greek

missliv2005 — 2025-04-09 20:32:57 UTC

Greeks conquered by alexander the great, after he dies the hellenistic era begins
Pergamon becomes the artistic center
Hippodamian plan - all streets are perpendicular to each other

Hellenistic, Greek

missliv2005 — 2025-04-09 20:34:56 UTC

Ionic order
Freze is below the pillars