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200,000 BCE
LOWER PALEOLITHIC ERA BEGINS
The Art of the lower paleolithic era is mainly stones that were used as tools by cave men. -
200,000 BCE
MIDDLE PALEOLITHIC ERA BEGINS
During the middle paleolithic period we start to see cave art. this is the time period when we are considered to be changing into the modern man. -
40,000 BCE
UPPER PALEOLITHIC ERA BEGINS
In the upper paleolithic age we saw more stone figures. -
40,000 BCE
Cave Art.
Prehistoric painters used pigments along with stone and bones to make there paintings. -
Period: 25,000 BCE to 500 BCE
Prehistory
From around 2.5 million-500bc there is evidence and actual physical drawings on cave walls. The pre history age includes the Lower Paleolithic era of the Pliocene Epoch, plus the Middle and Upper Paleolithic of the Pleistocene Epoch, and the Mesolithic and Neolithic eras of the Holocene, along with the Bronze and Iron Age. -
10,000 BCE
MESOLITHIC ERA BEGINS
in the Mesolithic era we start to see more rock art as cave art starts to disappear. -
1500 BCE
IRON AGE BEGINS IN EUROPE
Iron age period consisted of art being made with the use of iron. -
Period: 800 BCE to 323
Greek Art
Greek art is a large part of history. their influence can still be seen today. Their are ranges for pottery, to sculptures, to paintings. they are also largely recognized for their architecture for buildings such as the Parthenon, which largely influenced many recent buildings. -
Period: 500 BCE to 1450 BCE
Byzantine Art
Byzantine Art is all about religious expresion. -
Period: 450 BCE to 1450 BCE
Medieval art
medieval art is somewhat of a combination between, roman and Greek art while also incorporating some religious aspects as well. -
447 BCE
Construction of the Parthenon begins.
Finished 432 -
Period: 300 BCE to 400 BCE
Roman Art
Rome was once one of the largest and most powerful nations for centuries, so truly they had some great influence on art. Roman art was heavily influenced by Hellenistic (Greek) painting & sculpture. -
Period: 1400 to 90
The Renaissance
The 3 major focus areas during the renaissance where everything was going on, were Florence, Rome and Venice.The Italian Renaissance was the first major expression of classicism in world art -
1495
High Renaissance painting
the High Renaissance is described as "the period when the ideals of classical humanism were fully implemented in both painting and sculpture, and when painterly techniques of linear perspective, shading and other methods of realism were mastered." . Artists like Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael were popular during the High renaissance time. The time-span for the High Renaissance was 1490-1572. -
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Baroque Art
"Baroque art above all reflected the religious tensions of the age - notably the desire of the Catholic Church in Rome (as annunciated at the Council of Trent, 1545-63) to reassert itself in the wake of the Protestant Reformation. Thus it is almost synonymous with Catholic Counter-Reformation Art of the period." -
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Romanticism
Inspired by the french revolution, this time period showed respect for the individual in the art. the art focused on feelings and just emotions of all kinds. -
Photography
1827-present. the first known picture was taken by joseph Nicéphore Niépce. Photography constantly is being revolutionized. -
Realism
from 1870-present there has been a lot of realism art. realism art shows the truth, it shows whats really going on it the would,like child workers. -
impressionism
time period for impressionism is 1870-1886. some of the characteristics of impressionism is obvious brush mars, focus on light, and the use of light colors. -
Period: to
Modern Art
During the modern era styles from the past were somewhat rejected and they just changed and started changing the way they created art. During the modern art period , impressionism, expressionism and cubism become large.France is a large focal point for the Modern era. -
Cubism
invented by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in Paris. Cubism is symbolic art, it showed things through a different perspective.
