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8000 BCE
Oceanic Art
8000 BC - 2000 BC
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4000 BCE
Ancient Mesopotamia
4000BCE - 250BC Image from ancient.eu -
3100 BCE
Ancient Egypt
3100 BCE - 30 BCE.
"Egyptian headdresses were worn by gods and pharaohs to symbolize their importance and separate them from the common people. No common people were ever allowed to wear headdresses or hats." -study.com
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1600 BCE
Ancient China
1600–221 BC Image by ancient.eu -
400 BCE
African Art
400 to 600 AD -
31 BCE
Roman Empire
31st century BC - 1453CE
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8 BCE
Greek Empire
8th century BC - 146 BC
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1300
Renaissance
1300 – 1600 "The Renaissance was a fervent period of European cultural, artistic, political and economic “rebirth” following the Middle Ages. Generally described as taking place from the 14th century to the 17th century, the Renaissance promoted the rediscovery of classical philosophy, literature and art." -history.com Image from history.com -
1492
North American Indians
Unknown -1492.
"Christopher Columbus lands on a Caribbean Island after three months of traveling. Believing at first that he had reached the East Indies, he describes the natives he meets as “Indians.” On his first day, he orders six natives to be seized as servants." -history.com -
1492
Latin American Modern Art
1492 and1500 - Present Image by britannica.com -
Western European Modernism
1900 - 1940
"Modernism, in the fine arts, a break with the past and the concurrent search for new forms of expression. Modernism fostered a period of experimentation in the arts from the late 19th to the mid-20th century, particularly in the years following World War I." -Britannica.com -
British/American Pop Art
1950 - Present "Emerging in the 1950s, Pop art was an art movement that took inspiration from sources in popular culture such as comic books, pop music, advertising, and movies. In Britain, it took the form of both a celebration and critique of popular culture through art." -khan Academy
