Art History Timeline
Cave Paintings Time Period: 15,000 B.C. Media: Charcoal, Dirt
Stonehenge
Egyptian Time Period: 1,000 B.C. Media: Papyrus (plant) Jerusalem Founded Media: carved stone, pottery, gold and ornate structures
Egyptian Pyramids
Greek Time Period: 400 B.C. Large statues portraying Gods and mythology Emphasis on architecture with large ornate columns
Parthenon
Roman Time Period: 200 B.C Mosaics, Ivory Carvings, Metal work (coins)
Colosseum
Byzantine Time Period: 600 A.D. Media: Paper Making Introduced in China Christian art-Roman Empire-panel paintings
St Mark’s Basillica
Romanesque Time Period: 1,000 A.D Media: Paper introduced in Europe, Stained glass, ornate architecture
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Gothic Time Period: 1250 A.D Media: Revival of Printmaking Panel paintings, ornate architecture
Notre Dame Cathedral
Early Renaissance Time Period: 1400 A.D Media: Printing Press, Oil Paint, Pastel Artists: Botticelli, da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci-Mona LisaBotticelli-the Birth of Venus
Sistine Chapel
High Renaissance Time Period: 1500 A.D Media: First Use of Canvas Artists: Michelangelo, Raphael, & El Greco
Michaelangelo-Sistine chapel Raphael-The School of Athens
Baroque Time Period: 1600 A.D. Media: Modern Pencil Invented Artists: Rubens & Rembrandt Lots of details and color
Rubens-Venus in the Mirror Rembrandt-Nightwatch
Chapel de Jesu
Neoclassism Time Period: 1750 A.D. Usually noble subjects Paintings are very balances
Jacques-Louis DavidJacques-Louis David-Oath of Horatti
Eiffel Tower
Romanticism & Realism Time Period: 1800 A.D. Media; Photography & Watercolors (1850- Tube Paints & Fountain Pen) Paintings about historical events
Eugène DelacroixEugène Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People 1830Liberty Leading the People
Impressionism Time Period: 1875 Media: Ballpoint Pen Artists: Van Gogh, Monet, Seurat Visible brush strokes Emphasis on light
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte Georges Seurat
Cubism & Surrealism Time Period: 1900 Media: Acrylic Paint & Crayon Artists: Dali, Picasso, Abstract concepts Geometric figures
Georges BraqueGeorges Braque, 'Woman with a Guitar,' 1913 Dali-The Swallow’s Tail
Pop Art Time Period: 1950 Artists: Pollack & Warhol Involves every day items Can be standard or abstract