Art History

  • Stone Age
    30,000 BCE

    Stone Age

    cave painting for goddesses, fertility, and megalithic structure
    Ice Age ended, New Stone Age started
  • Mesopotamian
    3500 BCE

    Mesopotamian

    warrior art, Sumerians invented writing, hammurabi wrote the code of laws, monthesim was founded.
  • Egyptian
    3100 BCE

    Egyptian

    Art that focus on the afterlife, pyramid and tombs painting. the bust of nefertit. upper and lower Egypt
  • Greek and hellenistic
    850 BCE

    Greek and hellenistic

    balance and proportions inarchitect. lonic, doric,Corinthian columns
  • Indian, Chinese and Japanese
    653 BCE

    Indian, Chinese and Japanese

    mediative art and Arts of the floating world. birth of Buddha and silk road open, Buddhism spread to china
  • Roman
    500 BCE

    Roman

    roman realism, the arch column, pantheon, Julia caesar assassinated
  • Byzantine and Islamic
    476

    Byzantine and Islamic

    heavenly byzantine mosaics, Islamic architecture and amazing maze like design. birth of islam and Muslim conquest
  • Middle Ages
    500

    Middle Ages

    celtic art, renaissance, romanesque, and gothic. Viking raids, battle of Hasting, the crusades, the black death and the 100 year war
  • Early and High Renaissance
    Nov 28, 1400

    Early and High Renaissance

    Rebirth of classical culture, columbus landed in the new world, Martin Luther starts reformation
  • Venetian and Northern Renaissance
    Nov 28, 1430

    Venetian and Northern Renaissance

    Renaissance spread to France, and the lower countries and Poland, Germany, and England. Council of Trent and Counter reformation,
  • Mannerism
    Nov 29, 1527

    Mannerism

    Art that breaks the rules, artifice over nature, Magellan circumnavigate the global
  • Baroque

    Baroque

    Art is a weapon in the religious war. the 30 year war between the Protestants and the catholic
  • Neoclassical

    Neoclassical

    Art that recaptures Greco-roman grace and grandeur. Enlightenment period and the industrial revolution
  • Romanticism

    Romanticism

    the triumph of imagination and individuality, american revolution french revolution and Napolen being crowed emperor of France
  • Impressions

    Impressions

    capturing fleeting effects of natural light, unification of Germany, no detail just bold colors
  • Realism

    Realism

    celebrating the working class and peasants. European democratic revolution of 1848
  • Post-impression

    Post-impression

    soft revolution against impression, symbols and figures used. Japan defeated Russia
  • Fauvism and Expression

    Fauvism and Expression

    Harsh colors and flat surfaces, emotion distorting form, boxer rebellion, and the world War
  • Cubism

    Cubism

    pre and post World war art experiments, new forms to express modern life. Russian revolution, American Women Franchised
  • Abstract Expressions

    Abstract Expressions

    without form, post world war II,developed in New York city
  • Surrealism

    Surrealism

    ridiculous art, painting dreams and exploring the unconscious, the Great Depression
  • Pop Art

    Pop Art

    started in Britain,represents popular things in our life, vibrant colors
    collage, comic books, and graffiti