Art Movement Timeline

The Stone Age

30,000BC - 25,000BC

Egyptian

3100BC- 30BC

Romans

500BC - 476BC

Indian, Chinese and Islamic

653BC - present

The Middle Ages

500- 1400

Early and High Renaissance 

1400-1550

Mannerisim

1527-1580

Art by Giuseppe Arcimboldo

Baroque

1600-1750

The Calling Of Saint Matthew by Caravaggio in 1600

Neoclassical

1750-1850

Oath of the Horatii by Jacques-Louis David

Romanticism

1780-1850

Nebuchadnezzar by William Blake in 1805

Realisim

1848-1900

a burial at ornans by Gustave Courbet 1850

Impressionism

1865-1885

the water lily pond by Claude Monet in 1899

Post Impressionism

1885-1910

 starry night by van gough in 1889

Expressionism

1900-1935

the scream by Edvard Munch in 1900

Cubism and Futurism

1905-1920

the old guitarist by Pablo Picasso in 1905

Surrealism

1917-1950

the son of the man by René Magritte in 1964

Abstract Expressionism

1940-1950

in the car by Roy Lichtenstein in 1950

Postmodernism

1970-

marylyn Monroe by Andy warhol in 1972

Whats the Point?

The point of creating a timeline for something like art history is so that we can pull inspiration from not just recent art movements but also some earlier works, this will set the bar high for a good production of work and will also set our work from others. Also using a timeline will expand our knowledge on the history of art, it can also be a place in which you can refer to for inspiration instead of having to hold all the information in your head. The chronological order can be much easier to read and understand.