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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 Stele of Hammurabi’s Code
    (1780 b.c.)
  • 3100 BCE

    Egyptian (3100 b.c.–30 b.c.)

    Egyptian (3100 b.c.–30 b.c.)
    Art with an afterlife focus: pyramids and tomb painting Bust of Nefertiti
    (3100 b.c.);
  • 2500 BCE

    Stone Age (30,000 b.c.-2500 b.c.)

    Stone Age (30,000 b.c.-2500 b.c.)
    Cave painting, fertility goddesses, megalithic structures Woman of Willendorf
  • 850 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) Parthenon
  • 500 BCE

    Roman (500 b.c.– a.d. 476)

    Roman (500 b.c.– a.d. 476)
    Roman realism: practical and down to earth; the arch Augustus of Primaporta
    (27 b.c.)