Art History 101 . . . Without the Exams

Introduction;
1. Prehistoric Art (13,000 BCE) - Altamira
2. Assyrian Art (883-859 BCE) - Assurnasirpal II Killing the Lions
3. Greek Art (c. 515 BCE) - The Euphronios Krater
4. Greek Art (Second century BCE) - Nike of Samothrace
5. Roman Art (Last decade of first century BCE) - Villa at Boscotrecase
6. Early Byzantine Art (c. 547) - San Vitale, Ravenna
7. Romanesque Art (1123) - Sant Climent de Taüll
8. Islamic Art (1181-82) - Incense Burner of Amir Saif al-Dunya wa'l-Din ibn
Muhammad al-Mawardi
9. Gothic Art (1239-1248) - Sainte-Chapelle
10. Late Byzantine Art (1316-1321) - The Chora Church
11. Northern Renaissance Art (1434-1436) - Jan van Eyck, The Annunciation
12. Italian Renaissance Art (1483-1485) - Botticelli, The Birth of Venus
13. Netherlandish Art (1565) - Bruegel the Elder, The Harvesters
14. Italian Baroque Art (1599-1600) - Caravaggio, The Calling of Saint Matthew
15. Dutch Baroque Art (1642) - Rembrandt, The Night Watch
16. Spanish Baroque Art (1655-60) - Velázquez, Las Hilanderas
17. Romantic Art (1818-1819) - Géricault, The Raft of the Medusa
18. Impressionism (1872) - Monet, Impression Sunrise
19. American Art (1882) - Sargent, El Jaleo
20. Modern Art (1907) - Picasso, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
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