Art History Timeline

Classical Art 450-435 BC

It is an art form from Greece and Rome.
In the 5th century Greek artists began to
render human and animal forms realistically.
 Classical
Greek Art
Myrons Discus
Thrower
Ancient Rome
Colosseum, Temple of
Peace, Rome
 Ancient Egyptian Art
(c.3000-30BC)
Egyptian Tomb paintings. The Queen
playing chess, (Tomb Nefertari, Thebes, c1255BC)
 Ancient Rome
c.509BC-330AD
Colosseum, (70-80 AD, Temple of Peace, Rome)
 Medieval Art 300AD- 1400AD
up to the early Renaissance
Art evolves as humans continue
addressing the traditional and the new era,
including biblical subjects.
Art subjects were initially restricted to the
production of religious art or Christian art.
 Byzantine Art
(c.300-1204)
Icon The Virgin Orans, (1037-61 mosaic, Saint Sophia
Cathedral, Kiev)
 Gothic Art
(c.1140-1500)
Chatres Cathedral, (1193-1250, central portal, France)
 Early Renaissance
(c.1300-1500)
Giotto, The Deposition, (c1304, fresco, Arena Chapel,
Padua, Italy)
 Renaissance 1401D-1527AD
Considered as the great revival of interest in
the classical learning and values of
ancient Greece and Rome.
Development of printing press
Leonardo Da Vinci, Michaengelo
Renaissance art sought to capture the
experience of the individual and the
beauty and mystery of the natural world.
 Northern Renaissance
(c.1400-1500)
Jan Van Eyke, The Arnolfini Wedding, (1434, oil
on wood panel, National Gallery London)
 High Renaissance
(c.1490-1527)
Vitruvian Man, Leonardo Da Vinci, (c.1485-90,
pen and ink with wash over metal point on paper, Venice, Italy)
 Mannerism
(c.1520-1600)
Pontormo, Deposition from the Cross, (c.1526-
8,oil on panel, Church of Santa Felicita, Florence)
 Baroque
(c.1600-1750)
Caravaggio, The Supper at Emmaus, (1600-01,
oil on canvas, National Gallery London)
 Dutch Golden Age
(c.1620-1700)
Johannes Vermeer, The Pearl Earring, (1666-
67, The Hague, oil on canvas)
 Rococo
(c.1700-1800)
Francois Boucher, Diane Bathing, (1742, oil on
canvas, Louvre, Paris)
 Neoclassism
Refers to movements in the arts that draw
inspiration from the classical art and
culture of ancient Greece and Rome.
It is defined stylistically by its use of straight
lines, minimal use of color, simplicity of
form, and adherence to classical values
and techniques.
 Neo-Classicism
(c.1750-1850)
Jacques-Louis David, The Oath of the
Horatii, (1784, Oil on canvas, Louvre, Paris)
 Romanticism
Embraces the struggles for freedom and
equality and the promotion of justice.
Artists began exploring various emotional
and psychological states as well as
moods,
 Romanticism
(c.1800-80)
Eugene Delacroix, Jacob Wrestling with the
Angel, (1861, oil on canvas)
 Ukiyo-e
(c.17th-20th centuries)
Ando Hiroshige, The Great Wave off
Kanagawa, (1823-29, woodblock print, copies in MOMA and
British Museum, London)
 Pre-Raphaelites
(1848-1853)
Millais, Ophelia, (1851-52, Tate London, Oil on canvas)
 Realism
Accurate, detailed, unembellished
depiction of nature or of contemporary life.

It depicts the current events in different

civilizations.
 Realism
1830s-50s
Millet, The Angelus (1857-59, oil on canvas, Musee
D’Orsay Paris)
 Impressionism
Attention was shifted to the artists’
manipulation of color, tone, and texture.
Freedom of technique, personal rather than
a conventional approach to subject matter,
and the truthful reproduction of nature.
 Impressionism
1870s-90s
Claude Monet, Poppies, (c.1876, Musee D’Orsay Paris,
oil on canvas)
 Post-Impressionism
(c.1880-1905)
Van Gogh, Starry Night, (1889, MOMA New York, oil on
canvas)
 Impressionism
(1886-c1900)
Georges Seurat, La Grande Jatte, (1884-86, oil on
canvas, The Art Institute, Chicago.)
 Art Nouveau
1890-1905
Gustave Klimt, The Kiss, (1907-08,oil and gold leaf on
canvas, Osterreichische Galerie, Vienna)
 Fauvism
(1900-20)
Henri Matisse, The Dance, (1909 MOMA, New York,
oil on canvas)
 Expressionism
Depicts not the objective reality rather than
subjective emotions and responses.
Highly subjective, personal, spontaneous
self-expression
 Expressionism
(c.1890-1934)
Edvard Munch, The Scream, (1893, oil tempera and
pastel on cardboard, National Gallery Oslo)
 Cubism
Emphasized the flat, two-dimensional
surface of the picture rejecting the
traditional technique
Fragmented objects
 Cubism
(1907-14)
Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles D’Avignon,
(1907, oil on canvas, MOMA, New York)