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Period: 100 to
Early Jewish Art
Key: Frescos and wall paintings about jewish subject matter Ex: Menorahs and Ark of the Covenant, wall painting in a Jewish catacomb, Villa Torlonia, Rome. 3rd century.Wall with Torah Niche, from a house-synagogue, Dura-Europos, Syria. 244- 245. Tempera on plaster. -
Period: 200 to
Early Christian
Key: Frescos Ex. Cubiculum of Leonis, Catacomb of Commodilla, near Rome. Late 4th century.Good Shepherd, Orants, and Story of Jonah. Painted ceiling of the Catacomb of Saint Peter and Marcellinus, Rome. Late 3rd – early 4th century. -
Period: 400 to May 30, 1453
Early Byzantine
Key: Buildings, MosaicsEx.Anthemiuus of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus, Church of Hagia Sophia. Istanbul. 532-537Church of San Vitale. Ravenna. Under construction from c. 520. Consecrated 5547; mosaics, c. 546-548. -
Period: 400 to
Early Medieval Art in Europe
Key: Wooden and metal architectureEX:Cross. Church of Saint Guilia, Brescia, Italy. Late 7th – early 9th century. Gilded silver, wood, jewels, glass, cameos, and gold-glass medallion of the third century.Chi Rho Iota page from The Book of Kells. Matthew 1:18. Probably made at Iona, Scotland. Late 8th or early 9th century. Oxgall inks and pigments on vellum. -
Period: 400 to
Early Middle Ages
Key: Wooden and metal architectureEX:Cross. Church of Saint Guilia, Brescia, Italy. Late 7th – early 9th century. Gilded silver, wood, jewels, glass, cameos, and gold-glass medallion of the third century.Chi Rho Iota page from The Book of Kells. Matthew 1:18. Probably made at Iona, Scotland. Late 8th or early 9th century. Oxgall inks and pigments on vellum. Muslims in Spain -
Period: May 30, 661 to May 30, 1258
Early Islamic
Key: Nonfigural OrnamentEX: Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem. 691-692.Plan of the Palace at Mshatta, Jordan. 743-744. -
Period: May 30, 700 to
Viking Era
Key: ShipsEX: Queen’s Ship. Oseberg, Norway. c. 815-820; burial 834. Wood.Gripping Beasts, Detail of Oseberg Ship. c. 815-820. Wood. -
Period: Aug 30, 700 to
Carolingian Empire
Key: Mozarabic ArtEX:Emeterius and Senior. Colophon Page, Commentary on the Apocalypse by Beatus and Commentary on Daniel by Jerome. Made for the Monastery of San Salvador at Tabara, Leon, Spain. Completed July 27, 970. Tempera on parchment.Emeterius and Ende, with the scribe Senior. Battle of the Bird and the Serpent, Commentary on the Apocalypse by Beatus and Commentary on Daniel by Jerome, (Detail). Made for Abbot Dominicus, probably at the Monastery of San Salvador at Tabara, Leon, Spain. -
Period: May 30, 1100 to May 30, 1300
Gothic Art
Key: ArchitectureEx: Cathedral of Chartres 1145-1170, Notre Dame 1163-1250 -
Period: May 30, 1261 to May 30, 1435
Late Byzantine
Key:Icon painting EX. Andrey Rublyov.The Old Testament Trinity (Three Angels Visiting Abraham). Icon. c. 1410-1425Anastasias. Apse of the funerary chapel, Church of the Monastery of Christ in Chora. Painting. -
Period: May 30, 1400 to
Later Islamic
Key: MosquesEX: Courtyard, Masjid-i Jami, Isfhan, Iraq. 11th-18th century. 14th-century iwan vault, 17th-century minarets.Court of the Lions, Alhambra, Granada, Spain. 1354-1391. -
Period: May 30, 1400 to May 30, 1500
Ottoman Islamic
Key: ArchitectureEX:Illuminated Tugra of Sultan Suleyman. Istanbul, Turkey. c. 1555-160. Ink, paint, and gold on paper, removed from a firman and trimmed. -
Period: May 30, 1400 to May 30, 1500
Ottoman Islamic
Key: ArchitectureEX:Illuminated Tugra of Sultan Suleyman. Istanbul, Turkey. c. 1555-160. Ink, paint, and gold on paper, removed from a firman and trimmed. Madrasa -
Period: May 30, 1400 to May 30, 1500
Ottoman
Dates: 15th CenturyKey: Tugras EX: Illuminated Tugra of Sultan Suleyman. Istanbul, Turkey. c. 1555-160. Ink, paint, and gold on paper, removed from a firman and trimmed. -
Period: May 30, 1400 to May 30, 1450
Early Renaissance
Key: ArchitectureEX: Cathedral of Florence 1420-1436 and Gates of Paradise 1425-1452 -
Period: May 30, 1400 to May 30, 1500
Renaissance in the Low Countries
Key: Realistic paintingsEX: The Master of Flémalle, Robert Campin, 1425-1426 and Portrait of a lady, Roger van der Weyden, 1455 -
Period: May 30, 1400 to May 30, 1450
Renaissance in Germany
Key: Paintings with both Italian and Northern influenceEX: Young Hare, Albercht Düer, 1502 and Four Apostles, Albercht Düer, 1526 -
Period: May 30, 1495 to May 30, 1527
High Renaissance
Key: Paintings EX: Mona Lisa, Leonardo Da Vinci, 1503-1506 and The Last Supper, Leonardo Da Vinci 1495-1498 -
Period: May 30, 1500 to
Baroque Italy and Germany
Key: SculpturesEX: Ecstasy of Saint Theresa, Gianlorenzo Bernini, 1645-1652 and David, Gianlorenzo Bernini, 1623 -
Period: May 30, 1525 to
Mannerism
Key: Paintings of bodiesEX: The Burial of Count Orgaz, El Greco, 1586 and Resurrection El Greco, 1597-1604 -
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Baroque Flanders and Holland
Key: Realistic Paintings EX: Self Portrait, Judith Leyster, 1630 and Boy with Flute Judith Leyster, 1635 -
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Baroque Spain
Key: Realistic paintingsEX: Las Meninas, Diego Velaquez, 1656 and St. Francis in Meditation, Francisco de Zurbaran, 1639 -
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Early Eighteenth Century
Key: Rococo paintingEX: The Gamut of Love, Antoine Watteau and The Fountains of Love, Francois Bouche, 1748 -
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Romanticism
Key: Emoction and Individualist paintingsEX: Third of May, Francisco Goya, 1808 and Liberty Leading the People, Eugene Delacroix, 1830 -
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Baroque France
Key: Realistic Paintings EX: Adoration of the Shepherds, George de La Tour, 1645-1650 and Magdalen with the Smoking Flame, George de La Tour, 1630-1635 -
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Impressionism
Key: Light and color (realistic) PaintingsEX: Argenteuil, Claude Monet, 1872 and Rouen Cathedral, Claude Monet, 1894 -
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Neoclassicism
Key: Classical paintingEX: Oath of the Horatti, Jaques-Louis David, 1784-1785 and Napoleon in His Study, Jaques-Louis David, 1812 -
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Realism
Key: Realistic paintingsEX: The Horse Fair, Rosa Bonheur, 1853 and Sheep by the sea, Rosa Bonheur, 1869 -
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Expressionism
Key: Philosophy painting.EX: Liberation of the Peon, Diego Rivera, 1931 and The making of a Fresco Showing, Diego Rivera -
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Photography
Key: Photo’s EX: J. Peirpont Morgan, Edward Steichen and The Flatiron Building, Edward Steichen -
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Abstract Art
Key: Painting with Cubism, Futurism and De Stijl EX: Battle of lights, Joseph Stella, 1913-14 and Brooklyn Bridge, Joseph Stella, 1918-20 -
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Fantasy and Surrealism
Key: illogical paintingsEX: The persistence of memory, Salvador Dali, 1931 and Sacrament of the Last Supper, Salvador Dali, 1955 -
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Early American Art
Key: Painting EX: Stag at Sharkeys, George Bellows and Cliff Dwellers, George Bellows, 1913 -
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Abstraction in American Art
Key: Abstract Painting EX: From the Plains, Georgia O’Keeffe, 1953 and Alligator pears in a basket Georgia O’Keeffe, 1923 -
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The American Scene
Key: Realistic Painting EX: Arts of the West, Thomas Hart Benton, 1932 and The Kentuckian, Thomas Hart Benton, 1954 -
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Social Realism
Key: PaintingEX: One of the largest race riots, Jacob Lawrence, 1940-41 and Juke Box, Jacob Lawrence, 1946 -
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Architecture after 1900
Key: Buildings EX: Apple Store 5th Street, 2006 and Seagram Building, 1958 -
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Abstract Expressionism
Dates: Second Half of the 20th CenturyKey: Abstract PaintingEX: Woman 1, Willem de Kooning, 1950-52 and Easter Monday, Willem de Kooning, 1956 -
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Pop Art and Op Art
Key: AbstractEX: Installation of One Man Show, Claes Oldenburg, 1962 and Shoestring Potatoes Spilling from a bag, Claes Oldenburg, 1966 -
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Color Field Panting
Dates: 1960’s to 1970’s Key: Flat Fields of ColorEX: Mountains and Sea, Helen Frankenthaler, 1952 and The Bay, Helen Frankenthaler, 1963 -
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New Directions
Key: Kinetic Art, Intermedia, Earth Art, Conceptual Art and Computer ArtEX: Running Fence, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, 1972 and The Gates Christo and Jeanne-Claude, 1979 -
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New Realism
Key: Pop Art EX: Mark unfinished, Chuck Close, 1978 and Mark, Chuck Close, 1978 -
Period: to May 30, 1056
Middle Byzantine
Key: Architecture and MosaicsEX. Cathedral of Santa Sophia. Kiev. 1037-1046.Cathedral of Saint Mark. Venice. Present building begun 1063. -
Period: to May 30, 1009
Romanesque Art
Key: ArchitectureEX: Worms Cathedral 1016-1181 and Sainte-Madeleine 1104-1132