One piece of art from every decade since the year 1300, in chronological order.
1300-1310: The Bronze Head of Ife, Nigeria
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1300-1310: The Bronze Head of Ife, Nigeria
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1310s: Manifestation of Kasuga Myōjin by Takashina Takakane
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1320s: Adoration of the Magi from The Life of Christ by Giotto
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1330s: Silken Painting of Emperor Go-Daigo
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1340s: Ascension Panel from the Hohenfurth Cycle, by the Master of Vyšší Brod
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1350s: Bust of Charlemagne at Aachen
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1360s: The Calvary of Hendrik van Rijn
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1370s: Bahram Killing the Dragon, from the Shahnameh Manuscript
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1380s: The Nursing Madonna by Andrea Pisano
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1390s: The Wilton Diptych, England
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1400s: Mask of Xiuhtecuhtli, the Aztec God of Fire
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1410s: The Apostle Paul by Andrei Rublev
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1420s: Adoration of the Magi by Gentile da Fabriano
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1430s: The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck
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1440s: The Devonshire Hunting Tapestries
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1450s: Great Generals of the Desert and the Spirits of Grasses and Trees Who Dwell in the Void of Water and Land, from the Water and Land Ritual paintings
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1460s: The Agony in the Garden by Giovanni Bellini
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1470s: The Last Judgement by Hans Memling
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1480s: The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli
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1490s: The Pietà of Michelangelo
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1500s: Self-Portrait by Albrecht Dürer
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1510s: Battleground of Timur and the Mamluk Sultan of Egypt by Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād
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1520s: The Battle of Alexander at Issus by Albrecht Altdorfer
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1530s: The Last Judgement by Michelangelo
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1540s: Cadaver Tomb of René of Chalon by Ligier Richier
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1550s: The Benin Bronzes
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1560s: Children's Games by Bruegel the Elder
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1570s: St Jerome in Penitence by Titian
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1580s: The Apennine Colossus by Giambologna
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1590s: Statue of A'a from Rurutu
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1600s: The Calling of Saint Matthew by Caravaggio
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1610s: The Opening of the Fifth Seal by El Greco
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1620s: Apollo and Daphne by Bernini
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1630s: Wind God and Thunder God by Tawaraya Sōtatsu
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1640s: Terracotta designs from the Shyamrai Temple in Bishnupur, depicting Raas-Leela
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1650s: The Witches' Sabbath by Salvator Rosa
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1660s: Girl with a Pearl Earring by Vermeer
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1670s: Bahram Gor with the Indian Princess by Mohammad Zaman
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1680s: The Avenue at Middelharnis by Meindert Hobbema
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1690s: The Plague Column, Vienna
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1700s: Irises by Ogata Kōrin
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1710s: Virgin Glykofilousa with the Akathist Hymn by Tzangarola
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1720s: Ten Thousand Miles along the Yellow River, Qing Dynasty
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1730s: The Grand Canal in Venice by Canaletto
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1740s: A Capriccio of the Roman Forum by Pannini
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1750s: A depiction of Bani Thani by Nihâl Chand
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1760s: Ndop Portrait of King Mishe miShyaang maMbul
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1770s: The Blue Boy by Thomas Gainsborough
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1780s: The Fire of the Paris Opera by Hubert Robert
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1790s: Cracked Ice by Maruyama Ōkyo
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1800s: Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker by Antonio Canova
(and a correction: this is 51/73, not 83...)
(and a correction: this is 51/73, not 83...)
1810s: Monk by the Sea by Caspar David Friedrich
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1820s: Saturn Devouring His Son by Francisco Goya
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1830s: The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai
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1840s: Kayung Totem Pole of the Haida
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1850s: Sudden Shower at the Bridge by Hiroshige
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1860s: Forever Free by Edmonia Lewis
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1870s: Frieze of Parnassus from the Albert Memorial
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1880s: Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette by Vincent van Gogh
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1890s: Golden Model of Ayodha at the Ajmer Jain Temple
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1900s: The Thinker by Rodin
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1910s: Fountain by Marcel Duchamp
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1920s: Panels from The Slav Epic by Alphonse Mucha
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1930s: Worker and Kolkhoz Woman
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1940s: Nighthawks by Edward Hopper
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1950s: Contrapuntal Forms by Barbara Hepworth
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1960s: Monument to the Revolution of the People of Moslavina by Dušan Džamonja
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1970s: An Oak Tree by Michael Craig-Martin
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1980s: Self-Portrait by Lucian Freud
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1990s: The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living by Damien Hirst
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2000s: Guishan Guanyin of the Thousand Hands and Eyes
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2010s: Comedian by Maurizio Cattelan
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2020s: Water's Soul by Jaume Plensa
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