The art History timeline

Art history timeline

1. Art History Timeline
DAVE JAMOLES

2. Pre-historicartisclassified
intothreeperiodssuchas;
Paleolithic(OldStoneAge),
Mesolithic(MiddleStone
Age),andNeolithic(New
StoneAge)Eras.

3. Paleolithic (Old Stone Age)
https://www.shorthistory.org/prehistory/palaeolithic-old-stone-age/

4. Mesolithic(Middle Stone Age)
https://www.shorthistory.org/prehistory/mesolithic-middle-stone-age/

5. Neolithic (New Stone Age)

6. Cave painting, Hall of Bulls
(Lascaux, France c15,000 BC)
http://www-01.glendale.edu/ceramics/lascauxcaves.html

7. Egyptiancivilizationwasone
oftheearlycivilizationsthat
havegreatlycontributedinthe
developmentofart,religion,
science,andtechnologyofthe
world.Egyptianartisprimarily
religiousinnature.
https://www.ancient.eu/Egyptian_Art/

8. Egyptian Tomb paintings. The Queen
playing chess, (Tomb Nefertari, Thebes, c1255BC)

9. (2000 BC -400BC
THE GREEK AND ROMANS

10. AncientGreekartdepicts
naturalism.Theyportray
humanformsinarealisticand
anatomicallycorrectmanner.
Theirarthasaconservative
formwithaverycomplex
detail.
https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/ancient-greek-art

11. Heracles and Athena, black-figure side
of a belly amphora by the Andokides
Painter, c. 520/510 BC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_art

12. The Venus de
Milo,
discovered at
the Greek
island of
Milos, 130-100
BC, Louvre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_art

13. Two early Archaic Doric order Greek temples
at Paestum, Italy, with much wider capitals
than later.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_art

14. Macedonian tomb fresco from Agios Athanasios,
Thessaloniki, Greece, 4th century BC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_art

15. Romanartdevelopedasa
newsourceofartistic
creativitymuch more
progressivethan the
conservativeGreekart.The
diversityofitsformandits
varietyinspiredthemodern
attitudeinart.

16. TheartofAncientRomeanditsEmpireincludes
architecture,painting,sculptureandmosaicwork.
Luxuryobjectsinmetal-work,gemengraving,ivory
carvings,andglassaresometimesconsideredtobe
minorformsofRomanart,althoughtheywerenot
consideredassuchatthetime.Sculpturewas
perhapsconsideredasthehighestformofartby
Romans,butfigurepaintingwasalsohighlyregarded.
Averylargebodyofsculpturehassurvivedfrom
aboutthe1stcenturyBConward,thoughverylittle
frombefore,butverylittlepaintingremains,and
probablynothingthatacontemporarywouldhave
consideredtobeofthehighestquality.

17. Colosseum, (70-80 AD, Temple of Peace, Rome)

18. Fresco from the
Villa of the
Mysteries.
Pompeii, 80 BC

19. The "Capitoline
Brutus", dated
to the 4th to 3rd
centuries BC

20. Romanmosaicoffemaleathletes
playingballattheVillaRomana
delCasaleofPiazzaArmerina,
RomanSicily,4thcenturyAD

21. MEDIEVAL
ART
(400 BC -1400AD)
BYZANTINE -ROMANESQUE -GOTHIC

22. Byzantineartwaspurposelymade
toglorifytheChristianreligionand
toexpressitsmystery.Itisfilled
withspiritualsymbolism,illustrates
aloveofsplendor.Itwasa
combinationofEastern(decorative
artforms)andclassicalWesternart
(naturalisticart).

23. Byzantineartcomprisesthebody
ofChristianGreekartisticproducts
oftheEasternRoman(Byzantine)
Empire,[1]aswellasthenations
andstatesthatinheritedculturally
fromtheempire.

24. Thoughtheempireitselfemerged
fromthedeclineofRomeand
lasteduntiltheFallof
Constantinoplein1453,thestart
dateoftheByzantineperiodis
ratherclearerinarthistorythanin
politicalhistory,ifstillimprecise.

25. ManyEasternOrthodoxstatesin
EasternEurope,aswellastosome
degreetheMuslimstatesofthe
easternMediterranean,preserved
manyaspectsoftheempire's
cultureandartforcenturies
afterward.

26. Oneofthemost
famousofthe
survivingByzantine
mosaicsofthe
HagiaSophiain
Constantinople–
theimageofChrist
Pantocratoronthe
wallsoftheupper
southerngallery,
Christbeingflanked
bytheVirginMary
andJohntheBaptist;
circa1261;4.08x
4.2m

27. Icon The Virgin Orans,
(1037-61 mosaic, Saint Sophia
Cathedral, Kiev)

28. ROMANESQUE ART
Romanesque art was
characterizedbyitsveryvigorous
styleinpaintingandsculpture,
lavishlydecoratedmanuscripts,
andretainedmanybasicfeatures
ofRomanarchitecturalstyles.It
wasalsogreatlyinfluencedby
Byzantineartwithahighly
innovativeandcoherentstyle.

29. ROMANESQUE ART
RomanesqueartistheartofEuropefrom
approximately1000ADtotheriseoftheGothic
styleinthe12thcentury,orlater,dependingon
region.Theprecedingperiodisknownasthe
Pre-Romanesque period.Thetermwas
inventedby19th-centuryarthistorians,
especiallyforRomanesquearchitecture,which
retainedmanybasicfeaturesofRoman
architecturalstyle–mostnotablyround-headed
arches,butalsobarrelvaults,apses,and
acanthus-leafdecoration–buthadalso
developedmanyverydifferentcharacteristics.

30. The "Morgan
Leaf", detached
from the
Winchester
Bible of
1160−75.
Scenes from
the life of David.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanesque_art

31. GOTHIC ART
•ThebasiccharacteristicsofGothicartstyles
reinforcesymbolicmeanings.Thechurch
symbolizesthetranscendenceofthesoul,and
theunderlyingphilosophyistocreatebuildings
ofheightandlight.
•Gothicartwasastyleofmedievalartthat
developedinNorthernFranceoutof
Romanesqueartinthe12thcenturyAD,ledby
theconcurrentdevelopmentofGothic
architecture.ItspreadtoallofWesternEurope,
andmuchofSouthernandCentralEurope,
neverquiteeffacingmoreclassicalstylesin
Italy.

32. GOTHIC ART
•Inthelate14thcentury,thesophisticatedcourtstyleof
InternationalGothicdeveloped,whichcontinuedto
evolveuntilthelate15thcentury.Inmanyareas,
especiallyGermany,LateGothicartcontinuedwellinto
the16thcentury,beforebeingsubsumedinto
Renaissanceart.PrimarymediaintheGothicperiod
includedsculpture,panelpainting,stainedglass,fresco
andilluminatedmanuscripts.Theeasilyrecognizable
shiftsinarchitecturefromRomanesquetoGothic,and
GothictoRenaissancestyles,aretypicallyusedtodefine
theperiodsinartinallmedia,althoughinmanyways
figurativeartdevelopedatadifferentpace.

33. Manuscripts and printmaking
Hours of
Jeanne
d'Evreux,
by Jean
Pucelle, Paris,
1320s.

34. Chatres Cathedral, (1193-1250, central portal, France)

35. Differenterasdifferentstyles,different
characteristicsandfunctionsofthearts
occurredbutallofthosecontributedinthe
developmentandestablishingtheimportance
ofartsinourlivestoday.