Art 101 - Time line

1. "Chinese Horse", ca. 13,000 B. C. was
done during the Magdalenian Period. The
artist is unknown. These cave drawings were
discovery in Lascaux, France. This is an
example of Palaeolithic cave art. The medium
is primitive paints.

2. "Seated Female" is from the 7th–6th
millennium B.C., (6000 - 5000 B. C.) the
Halaf Period, in Mesopotamia or Syria. The
artist is unknown. Ceramic and paint are
the mediums.

3. "Door lintel with lion-griffins and
vase with lotus leaf" is from the
2nd–3rd century, (100 - 200 A. D.) during
the Parthian Period during the Parthian
dynasty after Alexander the Great's
empire fell. The artist is unknown.
This piece was found in Hatra,
northern Mesopotamia and the medium
is limestone.

4. "Lydenburg Head" ca. 500 A. D.
This piece of fire earthenware
was buried in South Africa. The artist is
unknown. With the help of radiocarbon
dating, we know that this is one of the
oldest known African Iron Age
pieces in that area.

5. "Portrait sculpture of a Zen priest"
was created during Muromachi period (1392–1573)
in the 14th–15th century in Japan. The artist is
unknown. The medium is lacquered wood.

6. "Flowers and Fruits" was done in 1909 by
Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954). The medium
is oil on canvas.

Citations
Unknown. "Chinese Horse". Axial Gallery, Lascaux (France).

Unknown. "Seated female". Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Unknown. "Door lintel with lion-griffins and vase with lotus leaf". Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York.

Unknown. "Lydenburg Head". Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Unknown. "Portrait sculpture of a Zen priest". Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Matisse, Henri. "Flowers and Fruits". Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Definitions
B.C., which stands for "Before Christ," is before the birth of Jesus. A.D., the Latin "anno Domini", means "in the year of our Lord," and is for dates after Jesus's birth. Before the Common Era (B.C.E.) and the Common Era (C.E.), which are exactly the same as B.C. and A.D.