Background

Art Movement's Timeline

By Sherwina H. Hassan
  • 3500 BCE

    Mesopotamian (3500 b.c.–539 b.c.)

    Mesopotamian (3500 b.c.–539 b.c.)
    Warrior art and narration in stone relief. Plague of Gilgamesh This plague is made from sea shell and shows the Mesopotamian hero Gilgamesh handeling the bull of heaven
  • 2500 BCE

    Stone Age (30,000 b.c.–2500 b.c.)

    Stone Age (30,000 b.c.–2500 b.c.)
    Lascaux cave painting
    (September 12, 1940)
    Cave painting, fertility goddesses,
    megalithic structures
  • 1976 BCE

    Egyptian (3100 b.c.–30 b.c.)

    Egyptian (3100 b.c.–30 b.c.)
    Art with an afterlife focus: pyramids and tomb painting.."Wall fragment from the Tomb of Amenemhet and his wife Hemet" 1976–1794 BC;
  • 1400 BCE

    Middle Ages (500–1400)

    Middle Ages (500–1400)
    Celtic art, Carolingian Renaissance, Romanesque, Gothic "Battle of Hastings"
    (1066)
  • 653 BCE

    Indian, Chinese, and Japanese(653 b.c.–a.d. 1900)

    Indian, Chinese, and Japanese(653 b.c.–a.d. 1900)
    Serene, meditative art, and Arts of the Floating World "Birth of Buddha"
    (563 b.c.)
  • 533 BCE

    Byzantine and Islamic (a.d. 476–a.d.1453

    Byzantine and Islamic (a.d. 476–a.d.1453
    Heavenly Byzantine mosaics; Islamic architecture and amazing
    maze-like design "Justinian partly restores Western Roman Empire"
    (a.d.533–a.d. 562)
  • 323 BCE

    Greek and Hellenistic (850 b.c.–31 b.c.)

    Greek and Hellenistic (850 b.c.–31 b.c.)
    Greek idealism: balance, perfect proportions; architectural
    orders(Doric, Ionic, Corinthian) "The Alexander Mosaic"
    323 BC – 27 BC
  • 44 BCE

    Roman (500 b.c.– a.d. 476)

    Roman (500 b.c.– a.d. 476)
    Roman realism: practical and down to earth; the arch "The Assassination of Julius Caesar"
    By: Vincenzo Camuccini
  • 1430

    Venetian and Northern Renaissance (1430–1550)

    Venetian and Northern Renaissance (1430–1550)
    The Renaissance spreads north- ward to France, the Low
    Countries, Poland, Germany, and England "Council of Trent and Counter-Reformation"
    (1545–1563);
  • 1550

    Early and High Renaissance (1400–1550)

    Early and High Renaissance (1400–1550)
    Rebirth of classical culture "Luther starts Reformation"
    (1517)
  • 1580

    Mannerism (1527–1580)

    Mannerism (1527–1580)
    Art that breaks the rules; artifice over nature "Magellan circumnavigates the globe"
    (1520–1522)

  • Baroque (1600–1750)

    Baroque (1600–1750)
    Splendor and flourish for God; art as a weapon in the religious
    wars Thirty Years’ War between Catholics and Protestants
    (1618–1648)

  • Neoclassical (1750–1850)

    Neoclassical (1750–1850)
    Art that recaptures Greco-Roman grace and grandeur Industrial Revolution
    (1760–1850)

  • Romanticism (1780–1850)

    Romanticism (1780–1850)
    The triumph of imagination and individuality French Revolution
    (1789–1799);

  • Realism (1848–1900)

    Realism (1848–1900)
    Celebrating working class and peasants; en plein air
    rustic painting European democratic revolutions of 1848

  • Impressionism (1865–1885)

    Impressionism (1865–1885)
    Capturing fleeting effects of natural light Franco-Prussian War
    (1870–1871);

  • Post-Impressionism (1885–1910)

    Post-Impressionism (1885–1910)
    A soft revolt against Impressionism Japan
    defeats Russia
    (1905)

  • Cubism, Futurism, Supremativism, Constructivism, De Stijl (1905–1920)

    Cubism, Futurism, Supremativism, Constructivism, De Stijl (1905–1920)
    Pre– and Post–World War 1 art experiments: new
    forms to express modern life

  • Dada and Surrealism (1917–1950)

    Dada and Surrealism (1917–1950)
    Ridiculous art; painting dreams and exploring the
    unconscious World War II (1939–1945) and Nazi horrors;

  • Abstract Expressionism (1940s–1950s) and Pop Art (1960s)

    Abstract Expressionism (1940s–1950s) and Pop Art (1960s)
    Post–World War II: pure abstraction and expression
    without form; popular art absorbs consumerism suppresses Hungarian revolt
    (1956)

  • Postmodernism and Deconstructivism (1970– )

    Postmodernism and Deconstructivism (1970– )
    Art without a center and reworking and mixing past styles