Art History Timeline

Byzantine Art

Period: 330 to Dec 5, 1453

Born out of remnants of Roman empire and the continuation of Roman tradition in Christian framework. Traditions include: reflecting classical past with heretic style and representing medieval framework. Painting specialised in mosaics, icons, and illuminated manuscripts. Architects invent pendentive and squench for buildings which produce mysterious and shadowy interiors.

Early Medieval Art

Period: 400 to Dec 5, 1300

For periods: Hiberno Saxon-6th-8th century, Vikings Scandinavia-8th-11th century, Carolingians-Germany-8th-9th, and Antonians-Germany-10th-11th. All art was portable due to nomadic nature of the people.

Islamic Art

Period: 500 to Dec 5, 1500

Arises from people of Arabian peninsula. Connection between religious and secular authority fully unified.

St. Michael the Archangel

510

Byzantine

San Vitale

526

Byzantine

Theodora and Attendants

526

Byzantine

Hagia Sophia

532

Justinian and Attendants

546

Byzantine

Purse Cover from Sutton Hoo

Dec 5, 600

Early Medieval

St. Matthew (Book of Lindisfarne)

Jan 14, 700

Early Medieval

Great Mosque of Cordoba

Dec 5, 700

Islamic

Book of Lindisfarne

Dec 5, 700

Early Medieval

Umayyad Palace in Mshatta

Jan 14, 740

Islamic

Lorsch Gatehouse

Dec 5, 760

Early Medieval

Romanesque Art

Period: Dec 5, 1000 to Dec 5, 1150

Romanesque: in the Roman manner. It is due to the architecture that looks like the derivative of ancient Roman art, but it is vastly different from its namesake. There is a revitalization of large scale architecture, and pilgrimages increase flow of people and idea through the continent.

Abbey Church of Saint Michael’s

Dec 5, 1001

Early Medieval

Bishop Bernward Doors

Dec 5, 1015

Early Medieval

Hildegard von Bingen’s Vision

Dec 5, 1050

Romanesque

St. Mark's Cathedral

Dec 5, 1063

Byzantine

Pisa Cathedral

Dec 5, 1063

Romanesque

Saint-Étienne

Dec 5, 1067

Romanesque

Saint-Serkin

Dec 5, 1070

Romanesque

Bayeux Tapestry

Dec 5, 1070

Romanesque

Pantocrator (from Cathdral Monreale)

Dec 5, 1080

Byzantine

Durham Cathedral

Dec 5, 1093

Romanesque

Creation and Temptation of Adam and Eve, Wiligelmo

Dec 5, 1110

Romanesque

Last Judgment, Gislebertus

Dec 5, 1120

Romanesque

The Morgan Madonna, a.k.a. Virgin and Child in Majesty

Dec 5, 1150

Romanesque

Hall of the Two Sister in the

Dec 5, 1354

Islamic

Andrei Rublev, Old Testament Trinity

Jan 14, 1410

Byzantine

Shahnama

Dec 5, 1525

Islamic

St. Basil's Cathedral

Dec 5, 1555

Byzantine

Sinan, Mosque of Selim II

Dec 5, 1568

Islamic

Harbaville Triptych

Mar 2, 2022

Byzantine

Hosios Loukas

Mar 2, 2022

Byzantine

Paris Psalter (David Composing the Psalms)

Mar 2, 2022

Byzantine

Dome of the Rock

Mar 2, 2022

Islamic

St. Matthew (Book of Kells)

Mar 2, 2022

Early Medieval

Utrecht Psalter

Mar 2, 2022

Early Medieval

Odo of Metz

Mar 2, 2022

Early Medieval

Plan of St. Gall

Mar 2, 2022

Early Medieval

Gero Crucifix

Mar 2, 2022

Early Medieval

Animal Head Post from Oseberg Ship Burial

Mar 2, 2022

Early Medieval

Chi-Rho-Iota from “Book of Matthew” inside Book of Kells

Mar 2, 2022

Early Medieval

Equestrian Statue of a Carolingian Ruler

Mar 2, 2022

Early Medieval