ART HISTORY TIMELINE

  • 750 BCE

    Alphabet

    Alphabet
    First use of Greek alphabet. The Greek alphabet was born when the Greeks adapted the Phoenician writing system to represent their own language by developing a fully phonetic writing system composed of individual signs arranged in a linear fashion that could represent both consonants and vowels. This was not the first writing system used to write greek.
  • 750 BCE

    Rome

    Rome
    Foundation of Ancient Rome. Legend has it that rome was founded on April 21. Founded by the twin brothers of Romulus and Remus . Eventually having a political growth like the greek city states.
  • 539 BCE

    Persians

    Persians
    The Persians ruled a vast empire which stretched from Turkey and Egypt to India. Persians conquer Mesopotamia.
  • 535 BCE

    Figure style

    Figure style
    High point of Greek black-figure style of ceramic pottery. Soon followed by red-figure. This one of the styles that was used to describe the vases. Very common between the 5th and 7th century of BCE.
  • 500 BCE

    Democracy

    Democracy
    Democracy in Athen starts. Democracy is a modern usage, is a system of government in which the citizens exercise power directly or elect representatives from among themselves to form a governing body, such as a parliment
  • 450 BCE

    Doryphoros statue

    Doryphoros statue
    Greek sculptor Polykleitos creates Doryphoros statue. This is one of the most known greek statues in western art. Depicting a solidly-built, well-muscled standing athlete, originally bearing a spear balanced on his left shoulder
  • 450 BCE

    Discus thrower

    Discus thrower
    Famous Greek bronze sculpture: Discus Thrower. Discus throwing is an event in track and field which an athlete throws a discus.
  • 447 BCE

    Parthenon

    Parthenon
    Construction of the Parthenon begins. It was dedicated to the Athenas goddess.The Parthenon itself replaced an older temple of Athena, which historians call the Pre-Parthenon
  • 400 BCE

    Estrucan Works

    Estrucan Works
    Famous Etruscan works: Capitoline Wolf and Chimera of Arezzo. The Etruria Works was a ceramics factory opened by Josiah Wedgwood in 1769 in a district of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which he named Etruria.
  • 350 BCE

    Aphrodite of Knidos and Hermes

    Aphrodite of Knidos and Hermes
    Greek sculptor Praxiteles produces Aphrodite of Knidos and Hermes