ART HISTORY TIMELINE

BC- BEFORE CHRIST

AD- ANN0 DOMINI
BCE- BEOFRE COMMON ERA
C—COMMON ERA
There is no zero between era
First known period is PRE HISTORIC ART- 30000BC- 1300 BC, THE 1 ST KNOWN
PAINTING WAS FOUND WESTERN EUROPE AND CAVES IN INDONESIA. IN THIS
PERIOD PEOPLE RELIED ON THE USE OF NATURAL PIGMENT AND STONE
CARVINGS TO CREATE REPRESENTATIONS OF AN OBJECTS FOR EXAMPLE THE
LASCAUX CAVE PAINTING
EGYPTIAN ART- 3100 BC- 30 BC- IN THIS PERIOD, EGYPTIANS BELIEVE THAT AFTER
THEIR LIVES HERE ON EARTH WAS SOMEHOW CONNECTED TO AN ART THEY USE
HIGHLY STYLIZED OR SYMBOLIC AND ART INCLUDES ARCHITECTURE, PAINTING
AND MANY MORE .FOR EXAMPLE CODE OF HAMMURAB
GREEK AND ROMAN ART 800 BC- AD 100- THIS PERIOD CAN BE CALLED AS
CLASSICAL ART, ROMANS USE SCULPTURE , FINE ART PAINTING WHILE IN GREEK
THEY PERFORM JEWERLY AMKING, POTTERY ETC.
MIDDLE AGES AD 4- AD 15- IN THIS PERIOD CONSTANTINE THE GREAT
ENCOURAGED THE SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY IN ROMAN. ALSO,THEY USE
RELIGIOUS PAINTING THAT BECOME PREDOMINANT ARTISTICS FORM.
RENAISSANCE- AD 14- AD 17- RENAISSANCE USED OIL PAINTINGS IN RODER TO
CREATE SOFT GLOWING EFFECT IN THEIR WORKS. ART WORK THROUGHOUT THE
RENAISSANCE WAS CHARACTERIZED BY REALISM, DETAILED AND IDEALS OF
EMOTIONAL EXPRESSIONS.
BAROQUE AD 17- AD 18- SOME ELEMENTS IN BAROQUE TIME WAS SAME AS
RENAISSANCE ART BUT ADDED SOME DRAMA AND MOVEMENT. PAINTERS USED
AN INTENSE CONTRAST BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARK AND HAD ENERGETIC
COMPOSITIONS.
ROCCO 1700-1780- THIS PERIOD APPEARED AS DECORATIVE ART AND PRIMARY
USED FOR FORNITURE IN VARIOUS FABRICS .
NEOCLASSICISM 1750- 1820- IN THIS PERIOD ARCHAELOGICAL DISCOVERIES HAD
BEEN MADE THAT SERVED MAJOR INSPIRATION FOR THE ART OF SOME
PAINTERS. THIS PERIOD RENEWED INTEREST IN CLASSICAL IDEALS HARMONY,
SIMPLICITY AND PROPORTION.
ROMANTICISM 1780- 1850- IN THIS PERIOD VALUED INDIVIDUALITY AND
IMAGINATION . MANY ARTIST IN THIS PERIOD WERE INSPIRED BY MEDIEVAL
PERIOD CULTURE. RPMANTICISM EMBODIES A HUGE RANGE OF DISCIPLINE
FROM PAINTING TO MUSIC TO LITERATURE. THE IDA OF EACH ART WAS PRESENT
HARMONY AND RATIONALITY. ARTIST FOCUS ON EMOTIONS, SENSATION,
REASON AND MANY MORE.
PRE- RAPHAELITES 1848-1900- IN THIS PERIOD THEY SEE INSPIRATION FROM
ITALIAN PAINTINGS BEFORE CREATED THE TIME OF RAPHAEL.. THEY CREATED
PIECES INSPIRED ALL KINDS OF TOPICS LIKE THE BIBLE NARATIVES AND MANY
MORE.
REALISM 1850-1900- THEY BELIEVE THAT THE BEST SUBJECT FOR AN ARTIST IS
THE SORROUNDING. THEY PREFER TO PAINT MORE MODERNIZATION STYLE IN
THIS PERIOD EACH PAINTING WAS INSPIRED CAPTURING EVERYDAY LIFE .