-
Period: 85,000 BCE to 25,000 BCE
Cave Art
Cave art also known as rock painting, was one of the first ways of art in man kind. They used natural sources to create paint and believe cave art helped with hunting. -
Period: 2686 BCE to 395 BCE
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was the being of art that correlates with religion and spiritual believes as early as Early Dynastic Art, to
Art under the Roman Emperors -
Period: 1000 BCE to 450
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece is looked at for its famous buildings and different types of columns and decorations. All these ideas of ancient architecture is still used today in modern buildings. -
Period: Nov 16, 1000 to Nov 17, 1400
Early Christian and Medival
Art at this time was called visual art. Medieval era describes the period from Fall of Rome. Early Christianity emerge the beautiful illuminated manuscripts and metal work. Also relates to architectural and spiritual combination. -
Period: Nov 16, 1400 to
Renaissance
In this 200 year gap Europe upheld astonishing revival drawings, fine art paintings, sculptures, and architecture. It was a re-establishment of Greek art. This tune the creation of a universal form of art that represented the mood of that time. -
Period: Nov 16, 1490 to Nov 17, 1527
High Renaissance
This kind of art implemented both painting and sculpture and the use of linear perspective. What gave the realism to the painting was the use of shading. High Renaissance started religious and political tension. -
Period: Nov 16, 1530 to
High Renaissance and Mannerism
Mannerism is known for two stages. Early Mannerism which is known for anti-Renaissance. Which then goes to High Mannerism, which is more intellectual style. Mannerism is more artificial than naturalistic Renaissance paintings. which follows unusual effects, lighting, perspective, vivid coloring, and emotionalism. -
Period: to
Baroque and Romantisism
Baroque reflects the religious tensions of the age by embracing paintings, sculptures, and architecture. The point of this is to fulfill art in a large-scale of public art. This could be wall paintings, ceilings, or churches.
Romanticism started to become popular when Neoclassicism was given a central role in painting. Romanticism includes return of nature, plein-air paintings, goodness of humanity, justice for all, emotions, and intellect. -
Period: to
Realism
Realist painting is one of my favorites, because it is not a common style of painting. What makes this art so unique is the figure of urban working class life, which it was not seen in previous years. It was inspired to show how life was for most of the community and everyday moments. Realism went from paintings, portraits, and landscapes. -
Period: to
Modern Art and Photography
Modern art is difficult to describe since it keeps moving forward in time. Modern art promotes the fine arts and art critics. Modern art is called "contemporary art", because people do not know when art will shift.
Photography is influential to modern art because it uses all particular genre. Photography is used in many different scenarios, such as: portrait, pictorialism, fashion, documentary, and street photography. -
Period: to
Impressionism
Impressionism is the most famous French painting movement ever. It was known for rapid and spontaneous land loose brushstrokes. It was meet to capture an specific moment just like a picture. There was no sketches, the painting was made right there in the moment, use of light and color, and use of pure color on the canvas. -
Period: to
Picasso and Cubism
The Spanish painter, Pablo Picasso, is the co-inventor of Cubism. Picasso is ranked in the 20 best artists of history. By focusing on form and space, became a cutting edge of expressionism. The word cubism came from a series of landscapes with simplified geometrical shapes in 3D cubes. -
Period: to
Surrealism
Surrealism was a movement to create a super reality. The art was an everyday reality, but with a lot of fantasy incorporated. -
Period: to
Abstract Expressionism
Abstract Expressionism refers to a general movement of largely non-representative paintings. This kind of painting was a new creation because it was not fully abstract nor expressionist. -
Cave art 85000 BC to 25000 BC
-
Ancient Egypt 2686 BC to 395 BC
-
Ancient Greece 1000 BC to 450 AC
-
Early Christian and Medieval 1000 to 1400
-
Renaissance 1490 to 1600
-
Mannerism 1530 to 1600
-
Baroque and Romanticism 1600 to 1800
-
Realism 1850 to 1920
-
Modern Art and Photography 1870 to 1970
-
Impressionism 1870 to 1973
-
Picasso and Cubism 1881 to 1960
-
Surrealism 1920 to 1945
-
Abstract Expressionism
