Timeline of Western History of Art

A. ART OF PREHISTORIC EUROPE

1. PALEOLITHIC 35000 BC ---- 9000 BC

2. MESOLITHIC 9000 BC ---- 7000 BC

3. NEOLITHIC 7000 BC ---- 3500 BC

B. THE ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN ART

1. SUMER 3000 BC ---- 2500 BC

2. AKKAD 2300 BC ---- 2150 BC

3. BABYLON 2025 BC ---- 1150 BC

4. ASSYRIA 900 BC ---- 625 BC

5. NEO-BABYLONIA 625 BC ---- 538 BC

6. PERSIA(Achamenid Dynasty) 538 BC ---- 330 B.C

C. THE ART OF EGYPT

1. PRE-DYNASTIC PERIOD 3500 BC ---- 3000 BC

2. EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD 3000 BC ---- 2686 BC

3. OLD KINGDOM 2686 BC ---- 2150 BC

4. MIDDLE KINGDOM 2050 BC ---- 1750 BC

5. NEW KINGDOM 1570 BC ---- 1070 BC

D. THE AEGEAN: CYCLADIC, MINOAN AND MYCENEAN ART

1. CRETE (NEOLITHIC PERIOD) 3000 BC ---- 2800 BC

2. EARLY MINOAN PERIOD 2800 BC ---- 2000 BC

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3. MIDDLE MINOAN PERIOD 2000 BC ---- 1550 BC

4. LATE MINOAN PERIOD 1550 BC ---- 1200 BC

5. SUB-MYCENEAN PERIOD 1200 BC ---- 1000 BC

E. THE ART OF GREECE

1. PROTO-GEOMETRIC PERIOD 1000 BC ---- 9000 BC

2. GEOMETRIC PERIOD 900 BC ---- 700 BC

3. ARCHAIC PERIOD 700 BC ---- 480 BC

4. CLASSICAL PERIOD 480 BC ---- 323 BC

I. EARLY CLASSICALPERIOD: 480 BC – 450 BC

II. HIGH CLASSICAL PERIOD: 450 BC – 430 BC

III. LATE CLASSICAL PERIOD: 430 BC – 323 BC

5. HELLENISTIC PERIOD 323 BC ---- 30 AD

F. ETRUSCAN AND ROMAN ART

1. ETRUSCAN DOMINATION 700 BC ---- C.510 BC

2. ROMAN REPUBLICAN PERIOD C.510 BC ---- 27 BC

3. EARLY IMPERIAL PERIOD 27 BC ---- C.284 AD

4. LATE IMPERIAL PERIOD C.284 AD ---- 400 AD

5 DECLINE OF WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE 400 AD ---- C.500 AD

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G. EARLY CHRISTIAN, BYZANTINE AND ISLAMIC ART

1. EARLY CHRISTIAN ERA 100 AD ---- 500AD

2. EARLY BYZENTINE ERA 500 AD ---- 900 AD

3. LATE BYZENTINE ERA 900 AD ---- 1453 AD

H. EARLY MEDIEVAL ART

1. CAROLINGIAN PERIOD 750 AD ---- 900 AD

2. OTTONIAN PERIOD 900 AD ---- 1025 AD

I. ROMANESQUE ART

1. FIRST ROMANESQUE 900 AD ---- 1000 AD

2. ROMANESQUE PERIOD 1000 AD ---- C.1140 AD

J. GOTHIC ART

1. EARLY GOTHIC 1140 AD ---- 1194 AD

2. HIGH GOTHIC 1194 AD ---- 1300 AD

3. LATE GOTHIC 1130 AD ---- 1500 AD

H. THE RENAISSANCE AND THE BAROQUE AND ROCOCO ART

1. PROTO-RENAISSANCE IN ITALY 1225 AD ---- 1375 AD

2. EARLY RENAISSANCE IN ITALY 1350 AD ---- 1500 AD

3. HIGH RENAISSANCE IN ITALY 1500 AD ---- 1525 AD

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4. LATE RENAISSANCE IN ITALY 1525 AD ---- 1600 AD

5. THE RENAISSANCE OUTSIDE ITALY 1375 AD ---- 1600 AD

6. BAROQUE PERIOD 1600 AD ---- 1700 AD

7. ROCOCO PERIOD 1700 AD ---- 1790 AD

I. ART OF THE MODERN WORLD

1. NEOCLASSISM

2. ROMANTICISM

3. REALISM

4. IMPRESSIONISM

5. POST-IMPRESSIONISM

6. SYMBOLISM & ART NOUVEAU

7. FAUVISM

8. EXPRESSIONISM

9. CUBISM

10. PURISM

11. ORPHISM

12. FUTURISM

13. VORTICISM

14. DADA AND SURREALISM

15. SUPRAMATISM

16. DE STIJL

17. CONSTRUCTIVISM

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18. ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM

19. KINETIC ART

20. POP ART

21. OP ART

22. MINIMALISM

23. CONCEPTUALISM

24. POST-MODERNISM