Most Popular Art Throughout Time

By JCkitty
  • Period: 100 to

    Indus River Valley Art (3000-1500 BCE)

    During this time period their art was mainly pottery, jewelry, and child’s toys. This was mainly found in the Indus Valley Civilizations. This pottery, mostly bowls and other household items were made of very high quality. Archeologists have also found silver and bronze bowls witch are not common in the Indus River Valley. Scientists believe that these items made of these metals had these items imported from other places.
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    Indus Rivier Valley Art 1000 BCE

    Indus Rivier Valley Art  1000 BCE
    I choose this event because this sums up the art found in the Indus River Valley Civilazations. I have found no exact date where they have found a spaecific art piece from this era.
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    Classical Greek Art (480-323 BCE)

    This time period is mainly the era of gods and goddesses. All of the sculptures from this era is of different gods and goddesses.
  • Discobolos (The Discus Thrower)

    Discobolos    (The Discus Thrower)
    This sculpture was created during the classical period. During this period gods and goddesses were very popular. Every sculpture of this period is of different gods or goddesses. This specific sculpture was made by Myron. It is still very famous today and has been in many movies and TV shows. I choose this art piece because it is one of the most famous from its time.
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    The Medieval Art Period 300AD - 1400AD

    The medieval art period began in at the fall of the Roman Empire to the beginning of the Renaissance. This time period is famous for its tapestries and stained glass windows.
  • Christ Giving the Keys to Peter 1315

    Christ Giving the Keys to Peter  1315
    This picture represents Peter is receiving the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven. This stained glass window was made in 1315 during the Revolutionary period. This is in this specific timeline because it represents the church and the pope in the Catholic church.
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    Exploration period 1400-1700 AD

    The Exploration Art Era was also going on during the Renaissance period, it just lasted a bit longer. This time period also includes the same famous artists as the Renaissance that are still known artists to this day.
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    The Renaissance Art period 1400-1600AD

    This time era has many famous artists known today such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael.
  • The Last Supper 1495–1498

    The Last Supper 1495–1498
    This painting was also by Leonardo da Vince. This painting is in this timeline because it is a very popular piece and a lot of people don’t know who really painted it. Leonardo painted this for the Duke of Milan who he worked for, for 18 years. This painting is about 15 x 29 feet. It took him 3 years to paint this. This also was made in both the Renaissance era and Exploration era.
  • The Mona Lisa 1915

    The Mona Lisa 1915
    The Mona Lisa by Leonard da Vince. I find this painting interesting because we don’t know who its is a painting of. It could be Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a silk merchant, or it could be a painting of Leonardo himself. It is still a mystery today. It was one of Leonardo’s favorite paintings he did and I find it interesting he carried it with him until he died. This was made in both the Renaissance era and Exploration era.
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    Revolutionary period 1750-1850 AD

  • The Promised Land- The Grayson Family 1850

    The Promised Land- The Grayson Family  1850
    This painting shows a family out in the wilderness. I choose this painting because it is at the end of the Revolutionary period. It is one of the many family painted portraits. The artist, William S. Jewett, was an American painter who enjoyed painting “every day life” scenes. He focused on paintings landscapes and portraits. Mr. Grayson asked William to paint his family’s story, for they had traveled long and hard to get to the Gold Rush.
  • Starry Night 1889

    Starry Night 1889
    Starry Sky made by Vincent van Gogh. This is a very popular painting especially to today. This is also not the only starry sky painting he ever created. He has also made a painting called “Starry Night over the Rhode.” This was created in between the Revolutionary period and the WW1/WW2 era.
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    WW1 & WW2 period 1900-1945 AD

  • The Scream 1910

    The Scream 1910
    “The Scream” by Edvard Munch. This painting was made in Oslo, Norway. This painting is part of a “The Scream” series that includes many paintings with the same concept and same place only different people. He also did many different versions of the original “The Scream” painting. This painting was completed in the WW1 time period.
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    Cold War period 1945-1991 AD

  • Kissing the War Goddbye

    Kissing the War Goddbye
    This photograph was taken at the end of the cold war when the Japanese surrendered. A random sailor went up to a random nurse and kissed her out of joy. I chose this because it is a very famous picture from the cold war, and to this day we still don’t know who were these mysterious sailor that kissed this mysterious nurse.