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40,000 BCE
Cave Art
"cave painting" encompasses any parietal art which involves the application of color pigments on the walls, floors or ceilings of ancient rock shelters. -
800 BCE
Greek Art
Fresco murals, ancient pottery, paintings, sculptures -
750 BCE
Foundation of Ancient Rome
oman art refers to the visual arts made in Ancient Rome and in the territories of the Roman Empire. Roman art includes architecture, painting, sculpture and mosaic work. -
700 BCE
Etruscan civilization
e modern name given to a powerful and wealthy civilization of ancient Italy in the area corresponding roughly to Tuscany, south of the Arno river, western Umbria and northern and central Lazio. -
539 BCE
Mesopotamian art
Persians conquer mesopotamia -
535 BCE
Greek black-figure style of pottery
High point of Greek black-figure style of ceramic pottery. -
500 BCE
Democracy in Athens
Democracy in Athens -
450 BCE
Greek bronze sculpture
Greek bronze sculpture -
350 BCE
Greek Sculpture produces Aphrodite
Greek sculptor Praxiteles produces Aphrodite of Knidos and Hermes. -
340 BCE
Famous Greek Sculpture
Boy from Antikythera -
323 BCE
Hellenistic Art
period generally taken to begin with the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and end with the conquest of the Greek world by the Romans, -
300 BCE
Roman Art
The beginning of Roman Art -
206 BCE
Start of Chinese Art
Beginning of Chinese Art -
9 BCE
Completion of Ara Pacis Augustae
Completion of Ara Pacis Augustae -
395
St. Peter's Basilica
St. Peter's Basicilica was completed in Rome -
500
Medieval Art
covers a vast scope of time and place, over 1000 years of art in Europe, and at times the Middle East and North Africa. -
800
Caroligininan Art
omes from the Frankish Empire in the period of roughly 120 years from about 780 to 900—during the reign of Charlemagne and his immediate heirs—popularly known as the Carolingian Renaissance. -
1000
Ottonian Art
a style in pre-romanesque German art, covering also some works from the Low Countries, northern Italy and eastern France. -
1150
Gothic Art
Gothic art was a style of medieval art that developed in Northern France out of Romanesque art in the 12th century AD, led by the concurrent development of Gothic architecture. It spread to all of Western Europe, and much of Southern and Central Europe, never quite effacing more classical styles in Italy. -
1304
Proto-Renaissance Art
Proto- Renaissance Art -
1346
Zen-Painting dominates Japanese Art
en teaches that enlightenment is achieved through the profound realization that one is already an enlightened being. This awakening can happen gradually or in a flash of insight (as emphasized by the Sōtō and Rinzai schools, respectively). -
1400
The Renaissance
The Renaissance -
1400
Oil paintings are adopted by Dutch Old Masters
Oil Paintings -
1450
Invention of Screw Printing press
screw printing press -
1450
Invention of Printing Press
Invention of Printing Press -
1490
German Gothic Art
German gothic art is invented -
1503
Leonardo paints Mona Lisa
Leonardo paints Mona Lisa -
1509
Northern Renaissance
hat occurred in Europe north of the Alps. Before 1497, Italian Renaissance humanism had little influence outside Italy. From the late 15th century, its ideas spread around Europe. -
1517
Martin Luther starts the Reformation
Martin Luther starts the reformation. -
1530
Era of Mannerism
a style in European art that emerged in the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520, spreading by about 1530 and lasting until about the end of the 16th century in Italy, when the Baroque style largely replaced it. -
1534
Michelangelo creates the Last Judgement
Michelangelo creates the Last Judgement -
Era of Baroque Art
most pieces from this period have one thing in common: drama. In the work of well-known painters like Caravaggio and Rembrandt, an interest in drama materializes as intense contrasts between beaming light and looming shadows. -
Building of Taj Mahal
an immense mausoleum of white marble, built in Agra between 1631 and 1648 by order of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favourite wife, the Taj Mahal is the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage. -
American Colonial Art
escribes the art and architecture of 17th and 18th century settlers who arrived in America from Europe. -
Beginning of French Revolution
The French Revolution was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France and its colonies beginning in 1789 -
Romanticism
Romanticism was an artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement that originated in Europe toward the end of the 18th century, and in most areas was at its peak in the approximate period from 1800 to 1850. -
Realism Movement
Realism was an artistic movement that began in France in the 1850s, after the 1848 Revolution -
French Impressionism
a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light -
Era of Post Impression
post-Impressionism is a predominantly French art movement that developed roughly between 1886 and 1905, from the last Impressionist exhibition to the birth of Fauvism -
Revival in Modern Art
cludes artistic work produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the styles and philosophy of the art produced during that era. -
Emergence in Impressionism
is a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light -
African Art
escribes the modern and historical paintings, sculptures, installations, and other visual culture from native or indigenous Africans and the African continent. -
German Expressionsim
consisted of a number of related creative movements in Germany before the First World War that reached a peak in Berlin during the 1920s. -
Cubism
an early-20th-century art movement which brought European painting and sculpture historically forward toward 20th century Modern art. Cubism in its various forms inspired related movements in literature and architecture -
Futurism
n artistic and social movement that originated in Italy in the early 20th century. It emphasized speed, technology, youth, violence, and objects such as the car, the airplane, and the industrial city. -
New Realism
a philosophy expounded in the early 20th century by a group of six US based scholars, namely Edwin Bissell Holt -
Surrealism
Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for its visual artworks and writings. -
Abstract Expressionism
Abstract expressionism is a post–World War II art movement in American painting, developed in New York in the 1940s. It was the first specifically American movement to achieve international influence and put New York City at the center of the western art world, a role formerly filled by Paris. -
Neo Expressionism
Neo-expressionism is a style of late modernist or early-postmodern painting and sculpture that emerged in the late 1970s. Neo-expressionists were sometimes called Transavantgarde, Junge Wilde or Neue Wilden. It is characterized by intense subjectivity and rough handling of materials
