Jonathan Morgan
Adjunct Professor of Art at Lone Star College, PhD candidate at IDSVA
Chauvet Cave Paintings
Adrèche, France
c. 34,000-32,000 BCE
Chauvet Cave Paintings
Adrèche, France
c. 34,000-32,000 BCE
Chauvet Cave Paintings
Adrèche, France
c. 34,000-32,000 BCE
Cueva de los Manos
Santa Cruz, Argentina
c. 7,300 - 700 BCE
Cueva de Ardales
Málaga, Spain
c. 63,000 - 42,000 BCE
Woman Figurine (a.k.a. Venus of Willendorf)
Austria
c. 25,000-20,000 BCE
Lion Man of Ulm
Germany
c. 38,000 BCE
Neblivka Mega-Site
Ukraine
c. 6,000 BCE
Çatalhöyük
Central Anatolia (modern-day Türkiye)
c. 6,000 BCE
Stonehenge
Salsbury, England
c. 2,000 BCE
Stonehenge
Cursus
Woodhenge
Durrington Walls
Durrington Walls
Salsbury, England
c. 2,600 BCE
Woodhenge
Habitation
Aerial site view
9000 BCE
7000 BCE
3k-2k BCE
3k-2k BCE
2k-1k BCE
3k-2k BCE
7k-4k BCE
The Flood Tablet
Neo-Assyrian
7th cent. BCE
Plimpton 322
Babylonian
c. 1800 BCE
White Temple
Uruk, Southeastern Iraq
Sumerian
c. 3200-3000 BCE
Ziggurat of Ur
Ur, Southeastern Iraq
Neo-Sumerian
c. 1900 BCE
Ziggurat
Stele of Hammurabi
Babylonian
1760 BCE
Legal Code
Stele of Hammurabi
(detail)
Babylonian
1760 BCE
Stele of Ur-Nammu
(detail)
Sumerian
c. 2000 BCE
Pyramids of Giza / Fourth Dynasty Pyramids
From the Left:
Pyramid of Menkaure, c. 2490–2472 BCE
Pyramid of Khafre, c. 2520–2494 BCE
Great Pyramid of Khufu, c. 2551–2528 BCE.
Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III
New Kingdom
Luxor, Egypt | c. 1200 BCE
Palette of King Narmer
Predynastic Egypt
c. 3000-2920 BCE
Menkaure and Khamerernebty
4th Dynasty Egypt
c. 2490-2472 BCE
Khafre Enthroned
4th Dynasty Egypt
c. 2530 BCE
Akhenaton and Nefertiti with their three daughters
18th Dynasty Egypt
c. 1353-1335 BCE
Akhenaton (colossal statue from the temple of Aton)
18th Dynasty Egypt
c. 1353-1335 BCE
Bust of Nefertiti
18th Dynasty Egypt
c. 1353-1335 BCE
Ise Jingu, "Grand Shrine of Ise"
Kofun Period and/or later
Mie, Japan | c. 5 BCE (possibly 5th cent. CE)
Komainu from Istukushima Shrine
Asuka Period
593 CE (current 12th cent. CE)
Torii Gate Walkway, Fushimi Inari-taisha
Asuka/Nara Period
Kyoto, Japan | 711 CE
Torii Gate at Hida Minzoku Folk VIllage
Gifu, Japan
Myoshin
Shinmei
Meiji Jingu Daini Torii
Taisho Period
Kyoto, Japan | 1920 CE
Oyunohara Torii Gate
Heisei Period
Wakayama, Japan | 2000 CE
Haniwa of a Warrior
Kofun Period
5th–early 6th century CE
Cylindrical Haniwa
Kofun Period
6th century CE
Daisen-Kofun, Tomb of Emperor Nintoku
Kofun Period
Sakai, Osaka, Japan | 6th century CE
Haniwa of a House
Kofun/Asuka Period
5th century CE
Haniwa of a Horse
Asuka Period
6th century CE
Kondo & Pagoda from Horyu-ji
Asuka Period
Nara, Japan | 607 CE
Pagoda from Horyu-ji
Nara Period
Nara, Japan | 607 CE
Todai-ji Daibutsuden, "Great Buddha Hall"
Nara Period
Nara, Japan | 743 CE
Byōdō-in "Pheonix Hall"
Heian Period
Uji, Japan | 1052 CE
Illustrated Legends of the Kitano Tenjin Shrine
Heian Period
Late 13th century CE
Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace
Kamakura Period
13th century CE
Portrait of Minamoto no Yoritomo
Kamakura Period
1179 CE
By Jonathan Morgan
ARTS 1303, Lone Star College, Prof. Morgan | Updated Fall 2024
Adjunct Professor of Art at Lone Star College, PhD candidate at IDSVA