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Timeline / Western Art

Western Art

Mediterranean, Europe, North America

  1. 3200 BCE – 1100 BCE

    Bronze Age Mediterranean
    1. Ancient Egyptian Art 3200 BCE – 1100 BCE
    2. Cycladic Art 3200 BCE – 2000 BCE
    3. Minoan Art 2000 BCE – 1450 BCE
    4. Mycenaean Art 1600 BCE – 1100 BCE
  2. 1100 BCE – 31 BCE

    Ancient Greek Art
    1. Geometric Period 1100 BCE – 700 BCE
    2. Archaic Greek Art 700 BCE – 480 BCE
    3. Classical Greek Art 480 BCE – 323 BCE
    4. Hellenistic Art 323 BCE – 31 BCE
  3. 31 BCE – 300.

    Roman Art
    1. Etruscan Inheritance 31 BCE – 100.
    2. Roman Imperial Art 31 BCE – 300.
  4. 300. – 1350.

    Medieval Art
    1. Early Christian 300. – 500.
    2. Migration Period Art 400. – 800.
    3. Anglo-Saxon Art 450. – 1066.
    4. Insular Art 600. – 1100.
    5. Romanesque 1000. – 1200.
    6. Gothic 1150. – 1350.
  5. 1350. – 1600.

    Renaissance
    1. Early Renaissance 1350. – 1450.
    2. High Renaissance 1495. – 1520.
    3. Northern Renaissance 1400. – 1550.
  6. 1600. – 1750.

    Baroque
    1. Baroque 1600. – 1680.
    2. Rococo 1730. – 1750.
  7. 1750. – 1830.

    Neoclassicism & Romanticism
    1. Neoclassicism 1750. – 1820.
    2. Romanticism 1800. – 1830.
  8. 1830. – 1900.

    Realism & Impressionism
    1. Realism 1830. – 1880.
    2. Impressionism 1870. – 1900.
    3. Post-Impressionism 1880. – 1900.
  9. 1900. – 1945.

    Modern Art
    1. Fauvism 1905. – 1908.
    2. Expressionism 1905. – 1925.
    3. Cubism 1907. – 1914.
    4. Futurism 1909. – 1944.
    5. Dada 1916. – 1924.
    6. Surrealism 1924. – 1945.
    7. Constructivism 1915. – 1930.
    8. Bauhaus 1919. – 1933.
  10. 1945. – Present

    Contemporary Art
    1. Abstract Expressionism 1945. – 1960.
    2. Pop Art 1955. – 1975.
    3. Minimalism 1960. – 1980.
    4. Conceptual Art 1965. – 1975.
    5. Postmodernism 1970. – Present
    6. Digital Art 1990. – Present