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3000 BCE
Prehistoric
Refers to the time before written history. This period includes visual culture. The oldest decorative forms we can recognize as art come from Africa and may date back to 100,000 b.C. -
400 BCE
Ancient
Includes the great early civilizations of the ancient Near East, Egypt and Greece. On this period birth the western philosophy, mathematics,, theater, science and democracy -
1400
Middle Ages
Art during the Middle Ages saw many changes and the emergence of the early Renaissance period.The Later Middle Ages saw the emergence of Gothic Art and the advances of art in the Middle Ages. -
Renaissance
Was a rebirth of interest in Ancient Greek an Roman culture. The scientific revolution began and the observation replaced religious doctrine as the sorce of our understanding of universe and our place in it -
Early Modern
It was the scientific, political and economic revolutions that have most shaped our own society. It was a time of extended and often violent conflict between Catholic and protestants made all the more complex because of the growing power of Europe's great monarchies -
Modern
Capitalism became the dominant economic system during this period. Steam-powered machines and unskilled laborers in factories began to replace skilled artisans. Where artist previously worked under the instructions of wealthy patrons associated with the church or the state at this period, art became part of the market economy
