Harrison - Art History Timeline

Aegean Art

2800 BCE - 1100 BCE

Aegean Art in composed of three civilizations: the Cycladic, the Minoan and the Mycenean, which first emerged around 2,600 BCE and ended about 1100 BCE. The earliest example of Aegean art appeared in the Cyclades consisting of a number of marble carvings of standing female nudes with folded arms. They had wedge-shaped bodies, and oval faces and almost no facial features except for outlined eyes and noses, these figures are reminiscent of fertility.

2800 BCE -

100 BCE

Greek Art

900 BCE - 30 BCE

The art of ancient Greece is usually divided stylistically into four periods: the Geometric, Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic. The Greeks from the Archaic Period made sculptures of men called Kouroi and women called Korai. During the Classical Period, Greek artists began to sculpt people in more relaxed postures and even in action scenes.

900 BCE -

30 BCE

Roman Art

500 BCE - 330 CE

The art of Ancient Rome, its Republic and later Empire includes architecture, painting, sculpture and mosaic work. Luxury objects in metal-work, gem engraving, ivory carvings, and glass are sometimes considered to be minor forms of Roman art, although they were not considered as such at the time. Sculpture was perhaps considered as the highest form of art by Romans, but figure painting was also highly regarded. A very large body of sculpture has survived from about the 1st century BC onward, though very little from before, but very little painting remains, and probably nothing that a contemporary would have considered to be of the highest quality.

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_art#:~:text=The%20art%20of%20Ancient%20Rome,as%20such%20at%20the%20time.

100 BCE -

1 CE

Estruscan Art

500 BCE - 330 CE

The art of the Etruscans, who flourished in central Italy between the 8th and 3rd century BCE, is renowned for its vitality and often vivid colouring. Wall paintings were especially vibrant and frequently capture scenes of Etruscans enjoying themselves at parties and banquets. Terracotta additions to buildings were another Etruscan speciality, as were carved bronze mirrors and fine figure sculpture in bronze and terracotta. Minor arts are perhaps best represented by intricate gold jewellery pieces and the distinctive black pottery known as bucchero whose shapes like the kantharos cup would inspire Greek potters.The stylistic influences from the Greeks on Etruscan Archaic sculpture include the Archaic smile and the stylized patterning of hair and clothing. However, Etruscan sculpture was distinct. The figures had egg-shaped heads and almond eyes, were clothed, and their bodies had a higher degree of plasticity.

_https://www.worldhistory.org/Etruscan_Art/

500 BCE -

330 CE

Jewish/Early Christian

260 BCE - 800 CE

During the third and fourth centuries, Roman and Near Eastern Art influenced Jewish and Christian art. Early Jewish art forms included frescoes, illuminated manuscripts and elaborate floor mosaics. The Second Commandment, as noted in the Old Testament, warns all followers of the Hebrew god Yahweh, “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.” As most Rabbinical authorities interpreted this commandment as the prohibition of visual art, Jewish artists were relatively rare until they lived in assimilated European communities beginning in the late eighteenth century.

https://art100.pressbooks.com/chapter/early-jewish-christian-art/

260 BCE -

800 CE

Byzantinian Art

300 CE - 1400 CE

Byzantine art comprises the body of Christian Greek artistic products of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire, as well as the nations and states that inherited culturally from the empire.It is generally characterised by a move away from the naturalism of the Classical tradition towards the more abstract and universal, there is a definite preference for two-dimensional representations, and those artworks which contain a religious message predominate.

300 CE -

1400 CE

Early medieval European art

476 CE - 1000 CE

Early medieval art exists in many media. The works that remain in large numbers include sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, stained glass, metalwork, and mosaics, all of which have had a higher survival rate than fresco wall-paintings and works in precious metals or textiles such as tapestries.

476 CE -

1000 CE

The Islamic World

620 CE - 1400 CE

Islamic art is a modern concept, created by art historians in the nineteenth century to categorize and study the material first produced under the Islamic peoples that emerged from Arabia in the seventh century.

Today Islamic art describes all of the arts that were produced in the lands where Islam was the dominant religion or the religion of those who ruled. Unlike the terms Christian, Jewish, and Buddhist art, which refer only to religious art of these faiths, Islamic art is not used merely to describe religious art or architecture, but applies to all art forms produced in the Islamic World.

https://smarthistory.org/arts-of-the-islamic-world/

620 CE -

1400 CE

Romanesque and Gothic

1000 CE - 1500 CE

The Gothic architecture made the churches bright, colorful, and soaring. The Romanesque architecture had the characteristics of large, internal spaces, barrel vaults, thick walls, and rounded arches on windows and doors. Gothic architecture has many features like highness, flying buttresses, and vertical lines.

1000 CE -

1500 CE

Art of Italy

1280 CE - 1400 CE

Consisting of some of the world’s most famous work of arts and architecture, Italian art has long been the central focus of world history. The cultural advancement and exchange of the popular “boot” has remained consistent throughout centuries, resulting in continuous production of monumental and spectacular works in all spheres of culture and arts. From the classical times and ancient people who had formed the first civilization on the Apennine peninsula, the great Roman Empire as the leading cultural, political, and religious centre of Western world, to the glorious periods of the Renaissance and Baroque, which we simply cannot imagine art without, and the crucial Italian avant garde movements of the past century, Italian art represents one of humanity’s greatest treasures. Its artists, museums, galleries and tendencies have always been closely allied with the intellectual and religious currents, reflecting the notions of their time and shaping an exceptional, inexhaustible legacy. A land where life itself is considered an art form, Italy continues to contribute to the diversity and enrichment of its own and the culture of the world, celebrating the abundance and significance of its tradition.

https://www.widewalls.ch/magazine/italian-art

1280 CE -

1400 CE