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30,000 BCE
The Paleolothic Era
Paleolothic is also called Old Stone Age, ancient cultural stage, or level, of human development, characterized by the use of rudimentary chipped stone tools. -
Period: 30,000 BCE to 750 BCE
Prehistory Art
All art in this time period was based off of culture and stories these artist and people were trying to tell later on. People drew in caves during this period and experiences nature to figure out what tools they can use to draw and paint on these cave walls and have them stay forever. -
16,000 BCE
Acscus Mountains
Acacus Mountains or Tadrart Akakus form a mountain range in the desert of the Ghat District in western Libya, part of the Sahara. -
15,000 BCE
The Chauvet Cave
The Chauvet Cave is a cave that contains some of the best preserved figurative cave paintings in the world as well as other evidence of Upper Paleolithic life. More of a southern France kind of cave. -
15,000 BCE
Lascaux Cave
Lascaux is the setting of a complex of caves near the village of Montignac, in the department of Dordogne in southwestern France. -
13,000 BCE
The Niaux Cave
The Niaux Cave is located in the northern foothills of the Pyrenees just south of the French town of Foix. It is one of Europe's most impressive Palaeolithic rock art galleries of cave paintings. -
11,000 BCE
Magura Cave
prehistoric wall paintings of Magura have great resemblance with those of the Grotta dei Cervi in Italy, which are of exceptional expression and artistic depth and are considered the most significant works of art of the European Post-Paleolithic era. Located in north-western Bulgaria -
11,000 BCE
The Cave of Altamira
The Cave of Altamira is a cave located near the historic town of Santillana del Mar in Cantabria, Spain, that is renowned for its numerous parietal cave paintings featuring charcoal drawings and polychrome paintings of contemporary local fauna and human hands, created during the Upper Paleolithic. The earliest paintings in the cave were executed around 36,000 years ago. It was discovered by Modesto Cubillas in 1868 -
10,000 BCE
Mesolothic Period (middle stone age)
People during this time did a different type of art called "Cave Art". They typically drew on walls of different kinds of cave walls. They drew people doing spiritual things and dancing. -
8000 BCE
Neolithic Pottery
Neolithic pottery was as a whole are handmade and usually monochrome, the shapes are few and the decoration, where it exists is incised or painted and limited to linear or geometric motifs. There are of course a few curious vessels with distinctive shapes and peculiar decoration. They used tools like sand, straw and grit to make the pots. -
3500 BCE
Early Dynastic Period
Early Dynastic Period of Egypt is the era immediately following the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt . It is generally taken to include the First and Second Dynasties, lasting from the end of the Naqada III archaeological period until about 2686 BC, or the beginning of the Old Kingdom. -
Period: 3500 BCE to 304 BCE
Egypt Art
Every artist in this time period is completely anonymous. These artist would typically make statues of their gods like Athens or Zeus. When they would make their statues it was only for their gods and ones who have passed. All of their work is influenced by many people today. This was also the time where the famous pyramids were made. -
3000 BCE
Neolthic Period (new stone age)
During this time, the Egyptians started to show and put detail into the female characters and body parts, they wanted to show sexuality. They mainly showed the female breast in these sculptures. -
2686 BCE
Old Kingdom Art
It is also known as the "Age of the Pyramids" or the "Age of the Pyramid Builders", as it encompasses the reigns of the great pyramid builders of the Fourth Dynasty—King Sneferu perfected the art of pyramid-building and the pyramids of Giza were constructed under the kings Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure. Egypt attained its first sustained peak of civilization the first of three so-called "Kingdom" periods which mark the high points of civilization in the lower Nile Valley. -
2580 BCE
Khufu Pyramid (The Great Pyramid)
Stands 450 feet tall, making it the largest of Giza’s monuments. Originally the pyramid reached a height of 481 feet, but as tomb raiders stole its outer limestone shell, it grew shorter. The Great Pyramid contains more than two million blocks, some weighing as much as 15 tons, but most average around two tons. The pyramid has a network of narrow passageways and three chambers, including the Grand Gallery, which measures 26 feet high and more than 150 feet long. -
2575 BCE
The Great Sphinx of Giza
This beautiful statue is made of a limestone material. The look of this statue has a body of a lion and a face of an Egyptian person. The way it is facing is west to east, west of the Nile in Giza. Most believe the face is Pharaoh Khafre. -
2560 BCE
The Great Pyramid of Giza
One of the very last of the Seven Wonders of the World. This is one of the most famous pyramid ever made in Egypt. One of the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza pyramid complex bordering what is now El Giza, Egypt. It is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one to remain largely intact. It was man made with men carrying large bricks on stone. -
2500 BCE
Bronze Age Art
Bronze Art characterized by important milestones in the history of mankind. At this Age occur a greater spread of agriculture and animal husbandry and the mastering of a new materials – metal: copper and its alloys. At the beginning of metals period occurs a greater contact among peoples living in vast territories. -
2490 BCE
Pyramid of Menkaure
Pharaoh Menkaure began construction of his pyramid, the smallest of the Giza monuments. It stands 203 feet high and features a more elaborate mortuary temple than the other two pyramids. Unlike his predecessors, Menkaure died before workers could complete his pyramid.
The exterior still contains the ruins of the pharaoh’s funerary temple. Inside, visitors pass through three levels before reaching the tomb chamber. -
2133 BCE
Middle Kingdom Art
The Middle Kingdom is considered ancient Egypt's Classical Age during which the culture produced some of its greatest works of art and literature. period in the history of ancient Egypt following a period of political division known as the First Intermediate Period. -
2000 BCE
Egyptian Book of the Dead
.The writings are a compilation of magic spells that assisted the deceased on their journey through the western land, amid a torrent of gods, monsters, and giant snakes. The spells were instructional and were adorned with beautifully intuitive pictures to ward off danger and gain the strength of lurking gods -
1570 BCE
New Kingdom
Known as the "The Death Mask". the golden age of ancient Egyptian history and is the period of Hatshepsut, Tutankhamun, Ramses II, and other famous pharaohs. The wealth gained through military dominance created huge prosperity for Egypt and allowed for the proliferation of monumental architecture, especially works that glorified the pharaohs’ achievements. Starting with Hatshepsut, buildings were of a grander scale than anything previously seen in the Middle Kingdom . -
1550 BCE
Mycenaean Art
is one of the most important archaeological sites of Greece. The fortified citadel is nested over the fertile plain of Argolis near the seashore in the northeast Peloponnese. Mycenae is the largest and most important center of the civilization that was named "Mycenaean" after this very citadel. Mycenaean is the culture that dominated mainland Greece, the Aegean islands, and the shores of Asia Minor during the late Bronze Age era. -
Period: 1550 BCE to 31 BCE
Ancient Greek Art
Stands out among that of other ancient cultures for its development of naturalistic but idealized depictions of the human body, in which largely nude male figures were generally the focus of innovation. The rate of stylistic development and was remarkable by ancient standards, and in surviving works is best seen in sculpture. -
900 BCE
The Geometric Period
This art was more worked with vases and had a repetition with shapes rather than the more realistic work. -
750 BCE
Iron Age Art
Iron Art iron replaced bronze as the material of manufacture of instruments and weapons. last period of prehistory prior to the beginning of the story with the invention of writing. The era of the iron was developed in the first Millennium before Christ in the Iberian Peninsula is the final stage of the age of metals. The biggest advantage of the iron over the bronze lay in the fact that the ore to extract the mineral were much more abundant and therefore more economical compared to the bronze. -
700 BCE
Archaic Art
Most of the work had an Egyptian style to them.During this time, Greek art strict and was more naturalized. They made the bodies of the statues more realistic. Showing all body parts and embracing them. They started using colors instead of the statues having just a stone look. Pottery artists started using a color glazed on their work. -
590 BCE
Marble Statue of a Kouros
This is one of the earliest marble statues of a human figure carved in Attica. The rigid stance, with the left leg forward and arms at the side, was derived from Egyptian art. The pose provided a clear, simple formula that was used by Greek sculptors throughout the sixth century B.C. In this early figure, almost abstract, geometric forms predominate; and anatomical details are rendered in beautiful analogous patterns. The statue marked the grave of a young Athenian aristocrat. -
Period: 510 BCE to 476
Roman Art
During this the Romans got most of their art influences from the Greeks. They believe copies of works have more of a variations rather than direct copy of that artwork. -
480 BCE
The Classical Period
This time period was between the Persian war and the death of Alexander the great. The classical period was an era of war and conflict. The very first conflict was between the Greeks and the Persians, then between the Athenians and the Spartan but it was also an era of unprecedented political and cultural achievement. -
460 BCE
The Riace Bronze
These sculptures were made of strong men with a bronze coating on them. The muscle elasticity being in a position and defined. The Young man appears more nervous and vital, The Old man seems more relaxed. The statues convey a remarkable sense of power, mainly due to the arms being strongly distanced from the body. The bent arm was certainly holding a shield, the other hand a weapon. -
450 BCE
Zeus
Zeus was one of the most famous Greek gods. He was the chief figure in Greek mythology. -
450 BCE
Discus Thrower
figuring a youthful ancient Greek athlete throwing discus, 460–450 BC. The original Greek bronze is lost but the work is known through numerous Roman copies, both full-scale ones in marble, which was cheaper than bronze, and smaller scaled versions in bronze. -
323 BCE
Hellenistic Art
Hellenistic refers to the expansion of Greek influence and dissemination of its ideas following the death of Alexander the "Hellenizing" of the world with Koine Greek. Hellenistic World not only included a huge area covering the whole of the Aegean, rather than the Classical Greece focused on the Poleis of Athens and Sparta. In artistic terms this means that there is huge variety which is often put under the heading of "Hellenistic Art" for convenience. -
300 BCE
Republican Rome
All Romans were governed by the Senate and annually elected magistrates. The art during this time was more of sculptures of anything that had to do with a military victory or public sacrifices. -
27
Imperial Rome
There art was more of the Classical art period type of art. Classicizing elements include the smooth lines, elegant drapery, idealized nude bodies, highly naturalistic forms and balanced proportions that the Greeks had perfected over centuries of practice. -
27
Augustan
During this time art created a new political propaganda campaign that used art and architecture to promote and enhance his regime. The most fundamental message can be regarded as to establish the legitimacy of his rule and to portray him. Wanted everyone to use art to promote him and new ways. -
30
Fresco wall from house of Livia
On this wall it has the most stunning wall Frescoes and floor mosaics one could have witnessed back in the time of Imperial Period -
113
Column of Trajan
This column stands right in Rome. Some of them honored specific military victories and thus may be termed “triumphal monuments” and others that generally honor a public career and are thus “honorific monuments.". -
155
Sleeping Hermaphrodia
This sculpture displaying both male and female anatomy. Believes to be a copy from around the Greek Bronze period. -
200
Late Roman Empire
This period was about successful power. It was more for political development. -
475
The last Antique Art
This period was a bridging between Roman art and medieval art and Byzantine art, the Late Antique period saw a transition from the classical idealized realism tradition largely influenced by Ancient Greek art to the more iconic, stylized art of the Middle Ages. -
Period: 476 to 1453
Middles Ages
This was the time period right after the Roman Empire fell. Started to show more religion through the world. You mainly see Christianity. -
1300
Renaissance in Italy
People in Italy emphasized Human nature and Christ and to show art in a new way. They wanted the art to have a closer identification with people's personal experiences. Artists responded by enhancing the sense of a particular time and place with settings familiar to their viewers and by expanding the range of gesture and emotion. In Florence,innovations would give the visual arts the ability to reproduce the look of this familiar world in a more convincing way than ever before possible. -
1400
Renaissance in Northern Europe
During this time people went from focusing on a god figure to focusing on the individual itself. Most of the art during this time was created in France. -
Period: 1400 to
Renaissance Art and High Renaissance
During this time, artist did anything from paintings to sculptures. It increased the thought of nature, thought of just learning and the view of men. -
1483
The Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo proposed instead to paint the Old Testament scenes now found on the vault, divided by the fictive architecture that he uses to organize the composition. -
1486
The Birth of Venus
This paintings is in the top ten most famous paintings from the Renaissance.
Venus is raising from the sea
In the painting the goddess of love, Venus, born out of a seashell, a fully mature woman, is arriving at the sea shore. Scholars have proposed many interpretations of the painting with the most prominent one being that Botticelli represented the Neoplatonic idea of divine love in the form of a nude Venus. -
1495
The Last Supper
This painting was about Jesus gathering all of his friends to come eat with him before he was arrested the next day -
1503
Mona Lisa
This painting was made by Leonardo da Vinci. It was made during the Italian Renaissance. It is the most famous painting of all time. -
1518
Assumption of the Virgin
located on the high altar in the Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari,. The painting depicts the ‘assumption of the virgin’, which is celebrated every year on August 15 and commemorates the rising of Mary to heaven before the decay of her body. In the painting, Virgin Mary is raised to the heavens by a swarm of cherubim while standing on a cloud. ‘Assumption of the Virgin’ is considered as the greatest masterpiece of Titian, one of the most versatile and popular painters in history. -
1541
The Last Judgement
it depicts the Second Coming of Christ and the final and eternal judgment by God of all humanity. Jesus is in the center of the painting and is surrounded by prominent saints; while the Resurrection of the Dead and the Descent of the Damned into Hell is shown in the zone below. -
Sister Madonna
In this painting, it is Mary holding baby Jesus. It shows that Jesus will be able to see his own death and his mother will witness it happen -
Period: to
Baroque Art
This time period began as a reaction against intricate mannerist style. The art had more of a realistic and emotional affect on them. -
Consequenses of War
"Horror of War"
It was a painting in response to the Thirty Year War. It wants to show conflict that happened and the reasoning. -
Brothel Scene
In this painting you see nudity, food, laughter and people of a higher class having a good time. It shows people of higher class just wanted to party and drink and have fun with friends. -
Banquet Still Life
It shows detail in everyday food and love. You see all different types of foods, and highly decorated items. -
Liberty, Leading the People
A woman holding the French flag, and her yellow dress has fallen off and you see her breast. You see that she is trying to take control and lead this group of men. -
The Stone Breakers
When you look you see a man and his son breaking rocks. With this painting the artist wanted you to see that this actually happened during the time it was drawn. Kids were not at school learning they were working beside their parents so they could have food on the table. -
Period: to
Realism
During this time period, artist wanted everything to look real and more believable than work in the past. Draw things based off of real-life events that actually happened. -
The Horse Fair
This is a painting of a horse market in Paris. In the background there is the Boulevard de Hospital near the asylum of Saletriere. -
The Gleaners
It depicts three peasant women gleaning a field of stray stalks of wheat after the harvest. The painting is famous for featuring in a sympathetic way what were then the lowest ranks of rural society; this was received poorly by the French upper classes. -
Olympia
This painting is of a nude woman, attended by a maid and a black cat, gazing mysteriously at the viewer. -
Period: to
Impressionism
During this time there was a change in Mythology. Applying small strokes of pure color into work. Always has bright and vibrant colors to them. When they had their image they would capture their work with very little detail. -
The Balcony
The Balcony is an oil painting by Édouard Manet. It depicts four figures on a balcony, one of whom is sitting; the painter Berthe Morisot, who married Manet's brother Eugène.In the centre is the painter Jean Baptiste Antoine Guillemet. Fanny Claus, a violinist. the interior's background, is Manets son. itwasexhibited at the Paris Salon of 1869, and then kept by Manet until his death in 1883. -
Period: to
Modern Art/ Photography
Modern Art: Modern artists experimented with new ways of seeing and with fresh ideas about the nature of materials and functions of art. A tendency away from the narrative, which was characteristic for the traditional arts, toward abstraction is characteristic of much modern art.
Photography: Artist believed photography was not art and was not showing any talent at all. They just thought you were not putting work into it or your heart into a photo. It was just a camera doing the work for you. -
Sunrise
This painting actually was not taken well by Impressionist.
critics and the term Impressionist was coined in a satirical review The Impressionist movement, however, soon became so popular that it spread to music and literature as well.. It is noted for very loose brushstrokes that suggest rather than define it. Monet uses color as the main factor to capture the very essence of the scene. -
Barge Haulers on the Volga
This painting was actually witnessed by the artist IIya Repin. This is a painting of eleven men dragging a barge with a rope by their necks onto the sand. -
The Absinthe Drinker
This painting is a representation of increase social isolation in Paris during its stage of rapid growth. The painting depicts a woman staring dully with a glass of what looks like wine. A man who looks very drunk sits next to her. woman was even derided as a whore. Some viewed the painting as a warning lesson against absinthe and the French in general. -
Dance at Le moulin de la Galette
In this painting it is a Sunday afternoon. The setting is a Café that has a lot of dancing and interaction with others. In this there is a combination of collective portrait, still life, and landscape painting. His use of light in this composition as well as his fluidity of brushstrokes is typically Impressionistic.. -
A Bar at the Folies-Bergere
The rich details in the painting provide clues to social class and atmosphere of the period. Some say that she is represented “as both a salesperson and a commodity—something to be purchased along with a drink.” The painting has been a subject of much debate and some critics have accused Manet of ignorance of perspective, alleging various impossibilities in the painting. -
The Terminal
This photo was more looking at the harshness of urban life in the city. the horses being nourished by their driver, decided that should assume the same role and nourish the arts in this country. -
Still life with chair caning
breaking down Cubist pictorial language into parts. Let’s start at the upper right: almost at the edge of the canvas there is the handle of a knife. Follow it to the left to find the blade. The knife cuts a piece of citrus fruit. make out the rind and the segments of the slice at the bottom right corner of the blade. -
After titanic sinking
This photo was taken after the titanic hit that very large iceberg. This was a photo of the survivors in life boats trying to get to soar and get help. -
The Roving Reporter
In this painting it is showing modern technology during that time. It is also showing the new art techniques with photography. -
Migrant Mother
This was taken to show the struggle this mother was having to take care of his children during this very hard time period -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
This photo as taken during WW2
destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto, which was the forced home to thousands of Polish-Jewish citizens. -
V-Day Sailor and Nurse
The feeling of this picture is jubilance and relief expressed throughout America when armistice was declared in World War Two. the two in the picture were not lovers; the soldier was jubilantly planting kisses on women in Times Square -
Marilyn Monroe Flying Skirt
This photo was taken for a movie she was staring in called "The Seven Year Itch" -
Dovima with Elephants
But its enduring influence lies as much in what it captures as in the two people who made it. the dirty elephants and the clean, elegant model, the rough elephant skin and the smooth fabric of the dress, as well as by gray sprightly but chained elephants and clear-cut and flowing black and white dress.
