ART HISTORY TIMELINEMichleine Cloutier

“Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the

reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.”

Amy Lowell

Throughout time, man has been compelled to react to the world in which he lives. Even before the existence of language, man would tell his story through art. Join me on a journey through time to explore the artistic history of man.

ANCIENT CIVILIZATION

S30 000 – 2 000

BC

•Cave paintings done by early man

•Egyptian works such as the pyramids and the sphinx

•Art from ancient Greece

THE CLASSICAL PERIOD

500 BC – 476 AD

Ancient Rome

•Painting on plaster (frescoes)

•Realistic sculptures of people

•Battle scene paintings on canvas

•Murals

•Mosaics

THE MIDDLE AGES

500 AD – 1 400 AD

Celtic Art•Abstract•Geometrically balanced

Romanesque Art•Created for the Christian Catholic Church•Stained glass windows•Murals•Religious shrines and decorated caskets

Gothic Art•Evolved from Romanesque in Western and Central Europe•Religious art, little depth to paintings, use of gold leaf•Architecture was the most important art form of the period

Celtic

Romanesque

Gothic

RENAISSANCE1 400 – 1 600 AD

This period gave rise to

famous artists such as Leonardo DaVinci, Michaelangelo and Raphael. The Renaissance movement was large in Europe, specifically Italy.

You may be familiar with some of these paintings.The nymph Galatea

(Raphael)

Mona Lisa (Leonardo DaVinci)

The Creation of Adam (Michaelangelo)

BAROQUE1 600 – 1 700 AD

•Originated in Rome, Italy

•Associated with the Catholic counter Reformation

•Strong religious and political influence

Triumphal Entry of Henry IV into Paris (Rubens, undated)

Apollo and Daphne (Bernini)

PRE-MODERN ART1790’s – 1890’s

Romanticism (1790-1850)

•Revolution against established values such as social order and religion•“Emotion over reason, senses over intellect”•Fascination with nature and the human condition

Realism (1830-1870)

•Expresses an object as it is•Every day, ordinary objects are considered worthy as art subjects•Gustave Corbert of France gave the movement its name

Impressionism (1860’s-1890’s)

•French movement•Fascination with effects of light and movement on appearance of an object and how the human eye perceives it.

Realist painting, entitled “Three Women in Church” (Wilhelm Leibl)

“Sunrise” (Claude Monet) Impressionism

Monastery Graveyard in the Snow, 1817-19Casper David FriedrichRomanticism

MODERN ART1 880 – 1 950

Post-Impressionism (1880-1910)• term invented by art critic, Robert Fry• Ideas of impressionism pushed in a new direction by exaggerating certain

aspects of impressionism• Famous artists of this movement are Paul Cezanne, George Seurat, Vincent Van

Gogh

Expressionism (1900-1935)• art that aims representing one’s own idea of an object rather than its reality• Wassily Kandinsky is a famous artist of the expressionist movement

Cubism (1905-1920)• Based on geometricity and multiple views• Aims at showing objects as they are rather than how they are perceived• Famous artist of this movement is Pablo Picasso

Surrealism (1917-1950)• Art that depicts images as might be seen in a dream rather than reality• This style is free of reason and convention• Famou artist of this movement is Salvator Dali

Some examples of modern art

ExpressionismComposition IV 1911 Kandinsky

CubismTete d’une Femme LisantPicasso

SurrealismThe Persistence of Memory (SalvatorDali)

Post-ImpressionismStarry Night (Vincent Van Gogh)

Post-ImpressionismWoman by the WaterGeorge Seurat

POST-MODERN art1940’s-1960’s

Abstract1940’s – 1950’s

•This art form does not accurately represent its subject in form or object

•The artist takes an object or idea and simplifies or exaggerates it using shape, colour or form.

Pop art1960’s – 1980’s

•As with cubism, pop art arose from a rebellion against an accepted style•Focus on material realities of life and popular culture such as media and advertising•Celebration of consumer society•Famous pop artists, Andy Warhol, David Hockney

AbstractThe Moon Woman

(Jackson Pollock)

Pop ArtPool With Two FiguresDavid Hockney

Pop ArtDiamond Dust ShoesAndy Warhol, 1980

DIGITAL ART1980’s-present

• Use of digital technology as the main medium

• Also known as computer art and multimedia art

• Created for a range of purposes from advertising to television production and film-making to simple art enjoyment

• Includes digital photography

Digital ArtBy Luke LucasMelbourne, Australia

Mike Chan, Hong Kong

“Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity.”

Daniel Barenboim

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