AP Art History Timeline

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  • 3000 BCE

    Ancient Egypt (Predynastic Period)- Palette of King Narmer

    Ancient Egypt (Predynastic Period)- Palette of King Narmer
    -Unification
    -Value of body representation/Composite View
    -Strength
  • 2500 BCE

    Ancient Egypt (Old Kingdom)- Great Pyramids of Gizeh

    Ancient Egypt (Old Kingdom)- Great Pyramids of Gizeh
    -Divinity of Pharaoh
    -Wealth
    -Soul residence and reminder of afterlife
  • 2254 BCE

    Ancient Near East- Victory stele of Naram-Sin

    Ancient Near East- Victory stele of Naram-Sin
    -Power
    -Piety/godlike sovereignty
    -Triumph
  • 1473 BCE

    Ancient Egypt (New Kingdom)- Mortuary temple of Hatsheput

    Ancient Egypt (New Kingdom)- Mortuary temple of Hatsheput
    -Architecturally innovative
    -Honor after death
    -Place to worship
  • 600 BCE

    Ancient Greece (Archaic Period)- Kouros, ca. 600 BCE. Marble.

    Ancient Greece (Archaic Period)- Kouros, ca. 600 BCE. Marble.
    -Stiff
    -Frontal
    -Unsuccessful attempt at movement
  • 450 BCE

    Ancient Greece (Classical Period)- Polykleitos, Doryohoros

    Ancient Greece (Classical Period)- Polykleitos, Doryohoros
    -Contrapposto
    -Idealistic beauty
    -Movement
  • 300 BCE

    Etruscan- Interior of the Tomb of the Reliefs, Cerveteri, Italy.

    Etruscan- Interior of the Tomb of the Reliefs, Cerveteri, Italy.
    -Few preservations from attack
    -Afterlife (like Egypt)
    -Wealth
  • 150 BCE

    Ancient Greece (Hellenistic Period)- Alexandros of Antioch-on-the-Meander, Aphrodite (Venus de Milo).

    Ancient Greece (Hellenistic Period)- Alexandros of Antioch-on-the-Meander, Aphrodite (Venus de Milo).
    -Sexuality in goddess
    -Nude female form
    -Idealistic beauty
    -Movement
  • 75 BCE

    Ancient Rome (Rebublic)- Head of Roman patrician

    Ancient Rome (Rebublic)- Head of Roman patrician
    -Expression
    -Emotion
    -Superrealistic
  • 13 BCE

    Ancient Rome (Early Empire)- Ara Pacis Augustae (Altar of Augustan Peace)

    Ancient Rome (Early Empire)- Ara Pacis Augustae (Altar of Augustan Peace)
    -Patronage
    -Peace
    -Relief sculpture meets architecture (more boldly than in Greek)
  • 118

    Ancient Rome (High Empire)- The Pantheon

    Ancient Rome (High Empire)- The Pantheon
    • Pinnacle
    • Peace
    • Prosperity
  • 300

    Late Antiquity- Old Saint Peter's Basillica

    Late Antiquity- Old Saint Peter's Basillica
    -Basilica and Central Plan
    -Shift to monotheism
    -Religion
  • 312

    Ancient Rome (Late Empire)- Arch of Constantine

    Ancient Rome (Late Empire)- Arch of Constantine
    -Power
    -Militaristic Strength
    -Triumph
  • 550

    Byzantium- Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George

    Byzantium- Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George
    -Byzantine frontality
    -Expressionless
    - Survived iconoclasm
  • 698

    Early Medieval- Saint Matthew, folio 25 verso of the Lindisfarne Gospels

    Early Medieval- Saint Matthew, folio 25 verso of the Lindisfarne Gospels
    -Illuminated manuscription
    -Evangelists
    -Abstraction
  • 1070

    Romanesque- Saint Sernin

    Romanesque- Saint Sernin
    -Pilgrimages
    -Crusades
    -Prosperity
  • 1200

    Gothic- Notre-Dame

    Gothic- Notre-Dame
    -Church Architecture
    -Pilgrimages
    -Virgin Mary
  • 1305

    Gothic to Renaissance Transition- Giotto Di Bondone, Lamentation

    Gothic to Renaissance Transition- Giotto Di Bondone, Lamentation
    -Volume
    -Theatricality
    -Weight
  • 1432

    15th-Century Art in Northern Europe and Spain- Jan Van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece

    15th-Century Art in Northern Europe and Spain- Jan Van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece
    -Piety
    -Passion
    -Politics
  • 1485

    15th-Century Italian Art- Verrocchio's Bartolommeo Colleoni (equestrian statue)

    15th-Century Italian Art- Verrocchio's Bartolommeo Colleoni (equestrian statue)
    -Individual potential
    -Humanism
    -Power (physically and through knowledge and superiority)
  • 1510

    High Renaissance- Raphael's "Philosophy" (School of Athens)

    High Renaissance- Raphael's "Philosophy" (School of Athens)
    -Beauty
    -Science
    -Spirit
    -Knowledge

  • Reformation in 16th century N. Europe and Spain- El Greco "The Burial of Count Orgaz"

    Reformation in 16th century N. Europe and Spain- El Greco "The Burial of Count Orgaz"
    -Mannerism (first appearance of)
    -Secular VS. Spiritual
    -Expressive

  • Baroque- Peter Paul Rubens "The Allegory of the Outbreak of War"

    Baroque- Peter Paul Rubens "The Allegory of the Outbreak of War"
    -Drama
    -Theatricality
    -Emotion

  • Rococo- Jean-Honore Fragonard "The Swing"

    Rococo- Jean-Honore Fragonard "The Swing"
    -Sensual
    -Flamboyant
    -Playful
    -Extravagance

  • Revival of Classicism- Aneglica Kauffmann "Cornelia Presenting Her Children as Her Treasures"

    Revival of Classicism- Aneglica Kauffmann "Cornelia Presenting Her Children as Her Treasures"
    -Rationality
    -Virtue
    -Morality

  • Romanticism- Eugene Delacroix "Liberty Leading the People"

    Romanticism- Eugene Delacroix "Liberty Leading the People"
    -Nationalism
    -Intense Feeling
    -Freedom (of political, feeling, thought, action, worship, speech, taste, etc.

  • Realism- Edouard Manet "Olympia"

    Realism- Edouard Manet "Olympia"
    -Naturalistic
    -True
    -Visually representative

  • Impressionism- Gustave Calliebotte "Paris: A Rainy Day"

    Impressionism- Gustave Calliebotte "Paris: A Rainy Day"
    -Capturing a moment
    -Glimpse
    -Cinematic

  • Post-Impressionism- Vincent Van Gogh "Starry Night"

    Post-Impressionism- Vincent Van Gogh "Starry Night"
    -Artistically Expressive (form and color)
    -Traditional
    -Pictorial order

  • Symbolism- Edvard Munch "The Cry" or "The Scream"

    Symbolism- Edvard Munch "The Cry" or "The Scream"
    -Imagination
    -Expression
    -Form

  • Fauvism- Henry Matisse "Woman with the Hat"

    Fauvism- Henry Matisse "Woman with the Hat"
    -Emotion
    -Expression
    -Color

  • Abstraction- Pablo Picasso "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon"

    Abstraction- Pablo Picasso "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon"
    -Illusionistic
    -Ambiguous but recognizable
    -Expressionistic

  • German Expressionism- Emil Nolde "Saint Mary of Egypt among Sinners"

    German Expressionism- Emil Nolde "Saint Mary of Egypt among Sinners"
    -Expressiveness
    -Distortions of form
    -Ragged outline
    -agitated brush strokes

  • Futurism- Umberto Boccioni "Unique Forms of Continuity in Space"

    Futurism- Umberto Boccioni "Unique Forms of Continuity in Space"
    -Sociopolitical
    -war=cleansing agent
    -Radical innovation
    -Modern technology

  • New Objectivity- Max Beckmann "Night"

    New Objectivity- Max Beckmann "Night"
    -War
    -Artist's experience influenced
    -Direct and honest (exposes effects of war)

  • De Stijl- Piet Mondrian "Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow"

    De Stijl- Piet Mondrian "Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow"
    -Utopian ideals
    -new age post WW1
    -Universal reality

  • Art Deco- William van Allen "Chrysler Building"

    Art Deco- William van Allen "Chrysler Building"
    -Ornamentation
    -Architectural "fine art"
    -Simple, aerodynamic form

  • Surrealism- Salvador Dali "The Persistence of a Memory"

    Surrealism- Salvador Dali "The Persistence of a Memory"
    -Question-provoking
    -Unreal
    -Imaginative

  • Dadaism- Marcel Duchamp "Fountain"

    Dadaism- Marcel Duchamp "Fountain"
    -"What is art?"
    -Absurdity
    -Irrational and nonsensial

  • Cubism- Georges Braque "The Portuguese"

    Cubism- Georges Braque "The Portuguese"
    -Multi-perspective
    -Rejection of naturalistic depictions
    -Abstract shapes and forms