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Fenton Vase

Unknown
c. AD 600–800
British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG, UK
Pre-Columbian Central America

Courtyard of Quetzalpapalotl Palace

Unknown
c. AD 250
Teotihuacan, State of Mexico, Mexico
Pre-Columbian Central America

Colossal Head No. 1

Unknown
c. 850–700 BC
Parque Museo La Venta, Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico
Pre-Columbian Central America

Carved stone pillar

Unknown
c. 8500 BC
Göbekli Tepe, Örencik, Şanlıurfa Province, Southeastern Anatolia Region, Turkey
Neolithic

Temple of the Great Jaguar

Unknown
c. 732
Tikal National Park, Petén Department, Guatemala
Pre-Columbian Central America

Ubirr rock painting

Unknown
c. 40,000 BC
Ubirr, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
Ancient Rock, Cave and Land Art

Ubirr rock painting

Unknown
c. 40,000 BC
Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
Ancient Rock, Cave and Land Art

Tholos of the Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia

Theodoros of Phocaea
c. 380–360 BC
Delphi Archaeological Site, Phocis, Central Greece
Ancient Greek

Female figure (Cycladic idol)

Unknown
c. 3200–2800 BC
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028, USA
Aegean Art

Cylinder seal

Unknown
c. 3000 BC
British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG, UK
Early Mesopotamian

Ram in a Thicket

Unknown
c. 2600 BC
British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG, UK
Early Mesopotamian

Victory stele of Naram-Sin, King of Akkad

Unknown
c. 2250 BC
Louvre Museum, Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris, France
Aegean Art

Ear ornament

Unknown
c. 200 BC–AD 700
Mochica culture, likely Peru (exact site unknown)
Pre-Columbian Central America

Funerary model of a house

Unknown
c. 1900 BC
Exact location unknown
Ancient Egyptian

Radha and Krishna Walking in a Grove

Artist Unknown
c. 1820–1830
National Museum, Janpath Rd, Rajpath Area, Central Secretariat, New Delhi, India
Rajput Painting

Qing Dynasty Imperial Throne

Artist Unknown
c. 1780
Palace Museum, Hall of Supreme Harmony, 4 Jingshan Front St, Beijing, China
Chinese Art Qing Dynasty

Salt Maidens on the Tago-no-ura Beach with Mount Fuji Behind

Suzuki Harunobu
c. 1767
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028, USA
Japanese: Art Edo Period

Portrait of the Imperial Bodyguard Zhanyinbao

Artist Unknown
c. 1760
Palace Museum, 4 Jingshan Front St, Dongcheng, Beijing, China
Chinese Art Qing Dynasty

Red and White Plum Blossoms

Ogata Korin
c. 1710–1714
MOA Museum of Art, 26-2 Momoyama-cho, Atami, Shizuoka 413-8511, Japan
Japanese Art: The Influence Of Zen

The Actor Fujimura Handayu as a Keisei

Torii Kiyomasu
c. 1700
Tokyo National Museum, 13-9 Uenokoen, Taito City, Tokyo 110-8712, Japan
Japanese: Art Edo Period

Guan Yu

Artist Unknown
c. 1700
Palace Museum, 4 Jingshan Front St, Dongcheng, Beijing, China
Chinese Art Qing Dynasty

Krishna Lifts Mount Govardhan

Ustad Sahibdin
c. 1688–1690
National Museum, Janpath Rd, Rajpath Area, Central Secretariat, New Delhi, India
Rajput Painting

A Young Man Dallying with a Courtesan

Hishikawa Moronobu
c. 1680
Tokyo National Museum, 13-9 Uenokoen, Taito City, Tokyo 110-8712, Japan
Japanese: Art Edo Period

The Boar-faced Goddess, Varahi (Tantric Devi series)

Kripal of Nurpur
c. 1670
National Museum, Janpath Rd, Rajpath Area, Central Secretariat, New Delhi, India
Rajput Painting

Portrait of Shah Jahan as a Prince

Mughal court artist
c. 1610–1620
Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Rd, London SW7 2RL, United Kingdom
Indo-Islamic

Asavari Ragini, folio from the Chawand Ragamala Series

Nasiruddin
c. 1605
National Museum, Janpath Rd, Rajpath Area, Central Secretariat, New Delhi, India
Rajput Painting

Malashri Ragini, folio from the Chawand Ragamala Series

Nasiruddin
c. 1605
National Museum, Janpath Rd, Rajpath Area, Central Secretariat, New Delhi, India
Rajput Painting

Mask of Agamemnon

Unknown
c. 1600–1500 BC
National Archaeological Museum, 28is Oktovriou 44, Athens 106 82, Greece
Aegean Art

Bodhidharma (Daruma)

Artist Unknown
c. 1600
Kyoto National Museum, 527 Chayacho, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto, 605-0931, Japan
Japanese Art: The Influence Of Zen

Forest of Pines

Hasegawa Tohaku
c. 1595
Tokyo National Museum, 13-9 Uenokoen, Taito City, Tokyo 110-8712, Japan
Japanese Art: The Influence Of Zen

Umar Walks around Fulad Castle…

Keshav Das
c. 1590
Bharat Kala Bhavan Museum, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
Islamic Art

The Spy Zambur Brings Mahiya to the City of Tawariq

Keshav Das
c. 1590
Bharat Kala Bhavan Museum, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
Islamic Art

A Rustam Sleeping While Rakhsh Fights the Lion

Iranian artist
c. 1515
British Museum, Great Russell St, London WC1B 3DG, United Kingdom
Indo-Islamic

A Rustam Sleeping While Rakhsh Fights the Lion

Iranian artist
c. 1515
British Museum, Great Russell St, London WC1B 3DG, UK
Indo-Islamic

View of Ama-no-hashidate

Sesshu Toyo
c. 1501–1506
Kyoto National Museum, 527 Chayacho, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto, 605-0931, Japan
Japanese Art: The Influence Of Zen

Stoa of Attalus

King Attalus II of Pergamon
c. 150 BC
Ancient Agora of Athens, Adrianou 24, Athens 105 55, Greece
Ancient Greek

Altamira cave painting

Unknown
c. 15,000 BC
Santillana del Mar, Cantabria, Spain
Ancient Rock, Cave and Land Art

Lascaux cave painting

Unknown
c. 15,000 BC
Lascaux, Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Ancient Rock, Cave and Land Art

Marine-style flask with octopus decoration

Unknown
c. 1450 BC
Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Xanthoudidou 1, Heraklion 712 02, Crete, Greece
Aegean Art

Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne

Baldassare Peruzzi
begun 1535
Piazza delle Colonne, 00186 Roma RM, Italy
Mannerism

Qutb Minar

Qutb al-Din Aibak and successors
Started 1192, finished 1220
Qutb Complex, Mehrauli, Delhi 110030, India
Indo-Islamic

Portrait of Shah Jahan as a Prince

Mughal court artist
Early 17th century
Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Rd, London SW7 2RL, UK
Indo-Islamic

Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheatre)

Unknown
AD 70–80
Piazza del Colosseo, 1, 00184 Rome, Italy
Roman Republic & Empire

Golden House of Nero (Domus Aurea)

Severus and Celer
AD 64–68
Via della Domus Aurea, 00184 Rome, Italy
Roman Republic & Empire

Avenue of the Dead

Unknown
AD 1–600
Teotihuacan, State of Mexico, Mexico
Pre-Columbian Central America

Library of Celsus

Unknown
AD 112–120
Ephesus Archaeological Site, Selçuk, İzmir Province, Turkey
Roman Republic & Empire

Guanyin Pavilion

Unknown
984
Dule Temple, 48 Gulou E St, Jizhou District, Tianjin, China

Governor's Palace

Unknown
800–1000
Uxmal Archaeological Zone, Yucatán, Mexico
Pre-Columbian Central America

Nunnery Quadrangle

Unknown
800–1000
Uxmal Archaeological Zone, Yucatán, Mexico
Pre-Columbian Central America

Kondō (Golden Hall), Hōryū-ji

Unknown
7th century (c. 710)
Hōryū-ji Temple, 1-1 Hōryūji Sannai, Ikaruga, Ikoma District, Nara Prefecture 636-0115, Japan

Main hall, Nanchan Monastery

Unknown
782 (renovated later)
Nanchan Temple, Mount Wutai, Doucun, Wutai County, Xinzhou, Shanxi Province, China

Temple of Segesta

Unknown
5th century BC
Contrada Barbaro, 91013 Calatafimi-Segesta, Trapani, Sicily, Italy
Ancient Greek

Buddha (cave sculpture)

Unknown
5th century AD
Mogao Caves, Dunhuang, Gansu Province, China

Reconstructed wooden house

Unknown
5000–4500 BC
Hemudu Site Museum, Yuyao, Zhejiang Province, China
Neolithic

Temple of Athena Polias

Pytheos
4th century BC
Priene, Güllübahçe, Söke, Aydın Province, Turkey
Ancient Greek

Porch of the Maidens at Erechtheum

Unknown
421–406 BC
Acropolis, Athens 105 58, Greece
Ancient Greek

Setka as Scribe

Unknown
26th century BC
Louvre Museum, Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris, France
Ancient Egyptian

Lady Sennuwy of Asyut

Unknown
20th century BC
Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Ancient Egyptian

Home: As You See Me

Njideka Akunyili Crosby
2017
Private collection
Art and Social Action

Graffiti mural of a young girl from Les Miserables with tears in her eyes as CS gas billows towards her

Banksy
2016
Knightsbridge, London, UK
Urban Art

PriV%te

Tony Oursler
2016
Lehmann Maupin, Hong Kong
Digital Art

Untitled from Tell Me Your Thoughts on Police Brutality Miss 'Spank Me Harder'

Kara Walker
2015
Private collection
Art and Social Action

The Secret Agent

Stan Douglas
2015
Private collection
Art and Social Action

Oldroyd's Tour from "The Rhubarb Triangle and Other Stories" series

Martin Parr
2015
Private collection
The Rise of Art Photography

Dreaming Pumpkin

Yayoi Kusama
2012
Benesse Art Site Naoshima, Kagawa District, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
East Asian Art

Dreaming Pumpkin

Yayoi Kusama
2012
The San Diego Museum of Art, 1450 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92102, United States
East Asian Art

Abajur (Lamp)

Cildo Meireles
2010
Private collection
Latin American Art

Dust to Dust

Denis Peterson
2006
Private collection
Hyperrealism

PSC31

Mark Wilson
2003
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
Digital Art

Augustus of Prima Porta

Unknown
20 BC
Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano, 00165 Rome, Italy
Roman Republic & Empire

La Conocchia

Unknown
1st century BC
Via Appia Antica, Capua, Campania, Italy
Roman Republic & Empire

Bimaran reliquary

Unknown
1st century AD
British Museum, Great Russell St, London WC1B 3DG, United Kingdom

Still Life with Eggs and Thrushes

Unknown
1st century AD
Museo Nazionale Romano (Palazzo Massimo), Largo di Villa Peretti, 1, 00185 Rome, Italy
Roman Republic & Empire

Ancient Theatre of Orange

Unknown
1st century AD
Rue Madeleine Roch, 84100 Orange, Vaucluse, France
Roman Republic & Empire

Rhein II

Andreas Gursky
1999
MoMA The Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States
Digital Art

Mural created in collaboration with the 509 Cultural Centre

Barry McGee
1998
Sixth and Howard Streets, San Francisco, USA
Urban Art

Bloodline Series

Zhang Xiaogang
1997
Various works in series; representative in M+ Museum, 38 Museum Dr, West Kowloon, Hong Kong
East Asian Art

Medusa Marinara

Vik Muniz
1997
The Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Latin American Art

Bloodline Series

Zhang Xiaogang
1997
Private collection
East Asian Art

727

Takashi Murakami
1996
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), 11 W 53rd St, New York, NY 10019, USA
East Asian Art

Epiphany (Adoration of the Magi)

Gottfried Helnwein
1996
Denver Art Museum, USA
Hyperrealism

727

Takashi Murakami
1996
MoMA The Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States
East Asian Art

Hallow Form (Penwith)

Barbara Hepworth
1996
MoMA The Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States
Modernist Sculpture

Execution

Yue Minjun
1995
Private Collection (formerly exhibited at Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows, Queens, NY, USA)
East Asian Art

Execution

Yue Minjun
1995
Private collection
East Asian Art

To the South of Calvary

Tomas Sanchez
1994
Private collection
Latin American Art

A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai)

Jeff Wall
1993
Tate Collection, London, UK
Digital Art

Queenie II

Duane Hanson
1988
Saachi Gallery, London, UK
Hyperrealism

D Train

Richard Estes
1988
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, USA
Hyperrealism

Crack is Wack

Keith Haring
1986
128th Street and Second Avenue, New York, USA
Urban Art

The Red Sea

Anselm Kiefer
1985
MoMA The Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States
Neo-Expressionism

Cafe Deutschland (Lift/Tremble/Back)

Jörg Immendorff
1984
Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Neo-Expressionism

The Student of Prague

Julian Schnabel
1983
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
Neo-Expressionism

Children of the Grave Again, Part 3

Dondi White
1980
New York, USA
Urban Art

Untitled Film Still #54

Cindy Sherman
1980
MoMA The Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States
The Rise of Art Photography

Untitled Film Still #48

Cindy Sherman
1979
MoMA The Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States
The Rise of Art Photography

Untitled Film Still #7

Cindy Sherman
1978
MoMA The Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States
The Rise of Art Photography

Head of J. Y. M.

Frank Auerbach
1973
Private collection
European Figurative Painting

Memphis (Tricycle)

William Eggleston
1969
MoMA The Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States
The Rise of Art Photography

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover

Peter Blake and Jann Haworth
1967
MoMA The Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States
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