• Global Prehistory
    500 BCE

    Global Prehistory

    -Animal figures dominate usually with a dark outline or as a silhoutte
    -Humans usually represented as sticks figures or silhouttes
  • Ancient Rome
    476 BCE

    Ancient Rome

    -Roman Art comprises of architecture, sculpture, and mosaic works
  • Ancient Near East
    350 BCE

    Ancient Near East

    -Consists mostly of artifacts
    -That time in history the ¨artist¨ in that region mimicked the Egyptians in their style and as a people.
  • Early Christian
    400

    Early Christian

    -References to the bible
  • Medieval
    1450

    Medieval

    -Art in two dimensions
    -Illuminated art
  • Byzantine
    1453

    Byzantine

    -Comprises the body of Christian Greek artistic products of the Eastern Roman Empire
  • Islamic
    1475

    Islamic

    -It comprises both religious and secular art forms
  • Mannersim
    1580

    Mannersim

    -Hyper-idealization
    -Distorted human forms
    -Staged and awkward movement
  • Renaissance

    Renaissance

    -A reverent revival of Classical Greek/Roman art forms and styles;
    -A faith in the nobility of Man;

    -The mastery of illusionistic painting techniques
  • Baroque

    Baroque

    -exaggerated motion and clear detail used to produce drama
  • Rococo

    Rococo

    -Elaborate ornamentation, asymmetrical values, pastel color palette, and curved or serpentine lines.
  • Neoclasic

    Neoclasic

    -Inspired from the mythical figures
  • Romanticism

    Romanticism

    -Art focused on emotions, feelings, and moods of all kinds
  • Impressionism

    Impressionism

    • Relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities
  • Realism

    Realism

    -Contemporary life images
  • Post Impressionism

    Post Impressionism

    -Emphasize geometric forms, distort forms for an expressive effect and use unnatural and seemingly random colors.
  • Expressionism

    Expressionism

    -Tried to convey emotion and meaning rather than reality.
  • Surrealism

    Surrealism

    -Dream-like scenes and symbolic images.
    -Unexpected, illogical juxtapositions.
  • Contemporary

    Contemporary

    -Dynamic combination of materials, methods, concepts, and subjects that challenge traditional boundaries and defy easy definition