ART HISTORY

TIMELINE /
OLD STONE AGE -
INFOGRAPHIC
2.5 M BCE-800 BCE
First production of stone
implements and ends with
the first use of bronze
PALEOLITHIC ERA/OLD
STONE AGE – 30,000 BCE
UNTIL 10,000 BCE
Rock Carving
(petroglyphs), Chauvet
Cave Painting, Lascaux
Cave Paintings, Relief
MESOLITHIC ERA sculpture, Ceramic Pottery
/MIDDLE STONE AGE
– 10,000 & 5,000 BC
Microliths and
retouched bladelets,
Mesolithic rock art, NEOLITHIC ERA /
development of
agriculture contributed
NEW STONE AGE –
to the rise of 10,000-4,500 BC
permanent Rudimentary plow,
settlements Neolithic homes were
made from hollowed tree
BRONZE AGE – trunks, woven branches,
3,300-1,200 BCE and mud bricks.
Calligraphy is an
Chalcolithic Age is the example of Chinese arts.
initial use of pure copper.
Pyramid of Cheops, The
Great Pyramid of Giza
IRON AGE – 500 BC –
400 AD
Farmers used an
ard (an iron plough).
Terracota Army of
Emperor Qin, La
MEDIEVAL ART – Tene,
Loughnashade
5TH – 15TH Trumpet, Broighter
Romanesque Period – based
CENTURY
on early Christian art in Rome.
boat and collar are
famous Irish
Gothic art originates in the prehistoric artworks.
cities and bears its name due
to its primitive character. RENNAISANCE
PERIOD – 13TH – 16TH
CENTURY
It was a period of European cultural,
artistic, political, and economic
“rebirth”. Mona Lisa, Last Supper,
David, School of Athens were famous
MODERN ART – 18TH artworks in history.
– 19TH CENTURY
The birth of modernism
and modern art can be Click icon to add picture
traced to the Industrial
Revolution.
MODERN ART
MOVEMENTS –
19th – 20th
MARICEL T. CIMAFRANCA CENTURY
Impressionism,
Expressionism, Art
Nouveau, Art Deco,
BEED 2 Cubism, Surrealism,
Abstract Art, Pop Art, Op
Art