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Prehistoric Art
(c.30,000-2000 BC)
Cave painting, Hall of Bulls
(Lascaux, France 15,000 BC)
In the history of art, prehistoric art is all art
produced in preliterate, prehistorical cultures
beginning somewhere in very late geological
history, and generally continuing until that
culture either develops writing or other
methods of record-keeping, or makes
significant contact with another culture that
has, and that makes some record of major
historical events. At this point ancient art
begins, for the older literate cultures. The
end-date for what is covered by the term thus
varies greatly between different parts of the
world.Ancient Egyptian Art
(c.3000-30BC)
Egyptian Tomb paintings. The Queen
playing chess, (Tomb Nefertari, Thebes, c1255BC)
Art of ancient Egypt
Description
Description
Ancient Egyptian art refers art produced in
ancient Egypt between the 31st century BC
and the 4th century AD. It includes paintings,
sculptures, drawings on papyrus, faience,
jewelry, ivories, architecture, and other art
media. It is also very conservative: the art
style changed very little over time.Classical Greek Art
(c.500-320BC)
Myrons Discus Thrower (c.450BC) replica
Ancient Greek art stands out
among that of other ancient
cultures for its development of
naturalistic but idealized
depictions of the human body,
in which largely nude male
figures were generally the
focus of innovation.Ancient Rome
c.509BC-330AD
Colosseum, (70-80 AD, Temple of Peace, Rome)
The art of Ancient Rome and its
Empire includes architecture, painting,
sculpture and mosaic work. Luxury
objects in metal-work, gem engraving,
ivory carvings, and glass are
sometimes considered to be minor
forms of Roman art, although they
were not considered as such at the
time.Byzantine Art
(c.300-1204)
Icon The Virgin Orans, (1037-61 mosaic, Saint Sophia
Cathedral, Kiev)
Byzantine art comprises the
body of Christian Greek
artistic products of the
Eastern Roman Empire, as
well as the nations and
states that inherited
culturally from the empire.(Cfo) ialowavat
(c.1140-1500)
Chatres Cathedral, (1193-1250, central portal, France)
Gothic art was a style of medieval
art that developed in Northern
France out of Romanesque art in
the 12th century AD, led by the
concurrent development of Gothic
architecture. It spread to all of
Western Europe, and much of
Southern and Central Europe, never
quite effacing more classical styles
TachEarly Renaissance
(c.1300-1500)
Giotto, The Deposition, (c1304, fresco, Arena Chapel,
Padua, Italy)
The Renaissance was a period
in European history marking
the transition from the Middle
Ages to Modernity and
covering the 15th and 16th
centuries. It occurred after the
Crisis of the Late Middle Ages
and was associated with great
social change.Northern Renaissance
(c.1400-1500)
Jan Van Eyke, The Arnolfini Wedding, (1434, oi
on wood panel, National Gallery London)
The Northern
Renaissance was the
Renaissance that occurred
in Europe north of the
Alps. From the last years
of the 15th century, its
Renaissance spread
around Europe.High Renaissance
(c.1490-1527)
Vitruvian Man, Leonardo Da Vinci, (c.1485-90, pen
and ink with wash over metal point on paper, Venice. Italy)
In art history, the High Renaissance
is a short period of the most
exceptional artistic production in the
Italian states, particularly Rome,
capital of the Papal States, and in
Florence, during the Italian
SXcVarelostclae oeMannerism
(c.1520-1600)
Pontormo, Deposition from the Cross, (c.1526-
8,0il on panel, Church of Santa Felicita, Florence)
Mannerism, also known as Late
Renaissance, is a style in European art
that emerged in the later years of the
Italian High Renaissance around 1520,
spreading by about 1530 and lasting until
about the end of the 16th century in Italy,
when the Baroque style largely replaced it.Baroque
(c.1600-1750)
Caravaggio, The Supper at Emmaus, (1600-01,
oil on canvas, National Gallery London)
The Baroque is a style of
architecture, music, dance,
painting, sculpture and other
arts that flourished in Europe
from the early 17th century until
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Johannes Vermeer, The Pearl Earring, (16se-
67, The Hague, oil on canvas)
The Dutch Golden Age was a period in the
history of the Netherlands, roughly
spanning the era from 1581 to 1672, in
which Dutch trade, science, and art and
the Dutch military were among the most
acclaimed in the world. The first section is
characterized by the Eighty Years' War,
which ended in 1648.Rococo
(c.1700-1800)
Francois Boucher, Diane Bathing, (1742, oil on
canvas, Louvre, Paris)
Rococo, less commonly Roccoco
or Late Baroque, is an
exceptionally ornamental and
theatrical style of architecture, art
and decoration which combines
asymmetry, scrolling curves,
gilding, white and pastel colors,
sculpted molding, and trompe
l'oeil frescoes to create surprise
and the illusion of motion and
drama.Neo-Classicism
(c.1750-1850)
Jacques-Louis David, The Oath of the
Neoclassicism was a Western
cultural movement in the
decorative and visual arts,
literature, theatre, music, and
architecture that drew
inspiration from the art and
culture of classical antiquity.Romanticism
(c.1800-80)
Eugene Delacroix, Jacob Wrestling with the
Angel, (1861, oil on canvas)
Romanticism was an artistic, literary,
musical and intellectual movement
that originated in Europe towards the
end of the 18th century, and in most
areas was at its peak in the
approximate period from 1800 to
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(c.17'-20" centuries)
Ando Hiroshige, The Great Wave off
Kanagawa, (1823-29, woodblock print, copies in MOMA and
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Ukiyo-e is a genre of Japanese art
which flourished from the 17th through
19th centuries. Its artists produced
woodblock prints and paintings of such
subjects as female beauties; kabuki
actors and sumo wrestlers; scenes from
history and folk tales; travel scenes and
landscapes; flora and fauna; and
erotica.Pre-Raphaelites
(1848-1853)
Millais, Ophelia, (1851-52, Tate London, Oil on canvas)
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
was a group of English painters,
poets, and art critics, founded in
1848 by William Holman Hunt,
John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel
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1830s-50s
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Realism, sometimes called
naturalism, in the arts is
generally the attempt to
represent subject matter
truthfully, without artificiality
and avoiding speculative fiction
and supernatural elements.Impressionism
1870s-90s
Claude Monet, Poppies, (c.1876, Musee D'Orsay Paris,
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movement characterized by relatively
small, thin, yet visible brush strokes,
open composition, emphasis on
accurate depiction of light in its
changing qualities (often accentuating
the effects of the passage of time),
ordinary subject matter, inclusion of
movement as a crucial ...Post-Impressionism
(c.1880-1905)
Van Gogh, Starry Night, (1889, Moma New York, oil on
canvas)
Post-Impressionism (also spelled
Postimpressionism) is a predominantly
French art movement that developed
roughly between 1886 and 1905, from
the last ...ointillism/Neo- mpressionism
(1886-c1900)
Georges Seurat, La Grande Jatte, (1884-86, oil on
canvas, The Art Institute, Chicago.)
Pointillism is a technique of
painting in which small, distinct
dots of color are applied in
patterns to form an image.
Georges Seurat and Paul Signac
developed the technique in 1886,
branching from Impressionism.Art Nouveau
1890-1905
Gustave Klimt, The Kiss, (1907-08, oil and gold leaf on
canvas, Osterreichische Galerie, Vienna)
Art Nouveau is an international
style of art, architecture and
applied art, especially the
decorative arts, known in different
languages by different names:
Jugendstil in German, Stile Liberty
in Italian, Modernismo catalan in
Spanish, etc. In English it is also
known as the Modern Style.Fauvism
(1900-20)
Henri Matisse, The Dance, (1909 Moma, New York, oil
on canvas)
Fauvism
Fauvism is the style of les Fauves (French for "the
wild beasts"), a group of early 20th-century modern
artists whose works emphasized painterly qualities
and strong color over the representational or
realistic values retained by Impressionism.Expressionism
(c.1890-1934)
Edvard Munch, The Scream, (1893, oil tempera and
pastel on cardboard, National Gallery Oslo)
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Expressionism is a modernist movement,
initially in poetry and painting, originating in
Germany at the beginning of the 20th
century. Its typical trait is to present the
world solely from a subjective perspective,
distorting it radically for emotional effect in
order to evoke moods or ideas.Cubism
(1907-14)
Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles D’Avignon,
(1907, oil on canvas, MOMA, New York)
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