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15,000 BCE
Cave Art
Ancient style, charcoal and dirt were used on the walls of caves -
1000 BCE
Dipylon Vase
Egyptian style, founded by Jerusalem, made with papyrus -
400 BCE
Acropolis Grecian Urns
Greek style, during the time of Greek's Golden Age and Alexander the Great -
200 BCE
Nike of Samothrace
Roman style, Chinese invented the paper during the time, Rome dominates near east -
100 BCE
Pompeii Wall Art
Roman style, during the peak of the Roman Empire -
50 BCE
Fayum Mummy Portraits
Continued until about 250 CE -
400
Pantheon
Byzantine style, Rome falls at this time -
500
Medieval Art
Panel painting, Orthodox icon painting, and mosaic art flouring during this time -
600
Lindisfarne Gospels
Byzantine style, paper making introduced from China, -
800
Carolingian Art
Charlemagne builds famous Palatine Chapel in Aachen -
1000
Bayeux Tapestry
Romanesque style, paper first manufactured in Europe Tempera, Normans invade England at this time -
1000
Ottonian Art
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1250
Chartres Master Builder, Giotto, Lorenzetti
Gothic style, was the revival of paint-making, happened during the Magna Carta -
1400
Botticelli de Vinci, Piero, Lippi
Early Renaissance Style, oil paint and pastels were used, printing press was introduced, Columbus reached the Americas, and the Holy Roman Empire de Medici rules Florence during this time -
1500
Michaelangelo, Raphael, Arcimboldo, Bruegel, Titan
High Renaissance, Northern Renaissance style, first use of canvas, Elizabeth I Magellan circles the globe at this time -
1503
Mona Lisa
Leonardo paints the Mona Lisa, one of the greatest Renaissance paintings -
Rubens, Rembrandt, Poussin, Leyster
Baroque style, modern pencil was invented at this time and the British colonized America -
Boucher, Watteau, Hogarth
Rococo style, steam engine was invented and Franklin experimented with electricity at this time -
Fragonard, David
Neoclassism style, during the time of the American and French Revolution -
Louvre Museum
Opening of the Louvre Museum, one of the greatest art museums -
Goya, Ingres, Constable
Romanticism and Realism styles, photography and watercolor was introduced during this time, this was during the time of the Louisiana Purchase -
Louis Daguerre
The first photo is taken -
Bierstadt
Pre-Raphaelites style, tube paints and fountain pen was introduced at this time -
Cassatt, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Monet, Morisot, Seurat
Impressionism, Post-Impressionism style, ballpoint pen was introduced at this time along with the telephone, lightbulb, and automobile -
Hartley Macdonald-Wright, Dali, Lange
Abstraction, Fauvism, Cubism, Futurism, Dada, and Surrealism styles, acrylic paint and crayons were introduced at this time, also during this time the airplane was invented along with the theory of Relativity, World War I and the Great Depression took place -
Albers, Pallock de Kooning, Rothko, Stella, Warhol
Abstract Expressionism style, Pop art and Op art become popular, Vietnam War and Apollo landing on the moon took place at this time
