Art History Timeline

Below is a textual show with examples of some early periods in art. Graphical versions of the early periods and also modern art movements are below as a gallery.

Cultures & Periods

Prehistory c. 40,000 - 1000BCE

• Upper Paleolithic >
• Paleo-Neo(Meso) >
• Neolithic > Bronze Age

Mesopotamian 9000-300BCE

• Sumerian >
• Akkadian >
• Lagash >
• Babylonian >
• Assyrian >
• Persian

Egyptian pre 3159-1069BCE

• Predynastic >
• Archaic >
• Old Kingdom >
• First Kingdom >
• Middle Kingdom >
• Second Kingdom >
• New Kingdom

Aegean 3000-1100BCE

• Cycladian >
• Minoan >
• Mycenaean

Ancient Greek 900-30BCE

• Geometric>
• Orientalizing >
• Archaic >
• Severe(Traditional(?)) >
• Mature High Classical >
• Late Classical >
• Hellenistic >
• Roman Empire

Etruscan & Roman 800BCE-395CE

• Pre-Etruscan >
• Etruscan >
• Republican >
• Early Empire >
• Late Empire
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• [Examples Below]

• Examples of artistic ventures during these periods. Pictures provided for each culture below. Page numbers refer to Stokstad Art History Manaul, but are rather old references at that.
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• Prehistory:
• Upper Paleo 40,000-8,000 BCE< (Lion-Human30,000-26,000 BCE (pg 38), Woman from Willendorf 22,000-21,000 BCE (pg 39))
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• Paleo-Neo(Meso) 8,000-7,000 BCE (none skip to Neolithic) Neolithic 8,000-2,300 BCE (Skara Brae 3100-2600 BCE(pg 51), Tombs, Stongehenge 2750-1500 BCE (pg 54), megalithic figures)
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• Bronze Age 2,300-1,000 BCE (Horse & Sun Chariot 1800-1600BCE (pg 58))
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• Mesopotamian:
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• Early Neolithic 9000 BCE Elam 7000-600 BCE(pg 84-85)
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• Sumer 3500 - 2030 BCE (Gilgamesh Epic,Nanna Ziggurat 2100-2050 BCE (pg 67), Votive statues 2900-2600 BCE (pg 70))
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• Akkad 2340 - 2180 BCE (Head of a man 2300-2220 BCE (pg 74), Stela of Naramsin 2254-2218 BCE (pg 74))
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• Lagash 2150 (Gudea 2120 BCE (pg 75))
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• Babylonia 1792-1750 BCE (Stela of Hammurabi 1790-1750 BCE (pg 76))
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• Hittite(Anatolia) 1600-1200 BCE (iron & weapons)
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• Assyrian 1000-612 BCE (Guardian Figure 720 BCE (pg 79))
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• Neo-Babylonia 612-539 BCE (Ishtar Gate 575 BCE (pg 82))
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• Persia 5559-331 BCE (Darius and Xerxes Receiving Tribute 491-486 BCE (pg 87), Bulls Capital 518-c. 46- BCE (pg 86)) 
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• Egyptian:
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• Predynastic pre 3150 BCE
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• Archaic 3150 - 2700 BCE (Palette of Narmer 3150-3125 BCE (pg 97), Hieroglyphics)
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• Old Kingdom 2700-2190 BCE (Djoser's Pyramid 2681-2662 BCE (pg 100), Giza 2601-2515 BCE (pg 102))
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• First 2190-2040 BCE
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• Middle Kingdom 2040-1674 BCE (Senwosret III 1878-1842 BCE (pg 111), Rock-cut tombs, faience/ , Hippopotamus 1962-1895 BCE (pg 112))
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• Second 1674-1552 BCE
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• New 1552-1069 (Temple of Amun, Karnak (1294-1212 BCE(pg 115), Nefertiti, Akhenatekn and his family 1348-1336 BCE (pg 119)) 
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• Aegean:
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• Cycladic 3000-1600 BCE (frying pans, marble figures, landspace painting)
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• Minoan 3000-1400 BCE (Woman or Goddes with Snakes, Bull Jumper, gold jewelry, Kamares ware)
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• Mycenaean 1400-1100 BCE (Citadel at Mycenae, beehive tombs, Treasury of Atreus, Warrior Vase) 
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• Greek:
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• Geometric 900-700 BCE (dipylon vase)
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• Orientalizing 700-600 BCE (Black figure white-ground vase)
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• Archaic 600-480 BCE (doric & Ionic columns, Calf Bearer, Francoius Vase, Temple of Hera I, Sanctuary of Apollo, Siphnian Treasury, Kroisos)
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• Transitional (Early) 480-450 BCE (Kritios boy, Charioteer, Riace Warriors, Myron's Discus Thrower, Artemis Slaying Actaeon)
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• High Classical 450-400 BCE (Canon of Polykleitos, Spear Bearer, Little Girl with birds)
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• Late Classical 400-320 BCE (Aphroditie of Knidos, Hermes and the Infant Dionysos)
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• Hellenistic 320-30 BCE (Nike of Samothrace, Aphrodite of Melos, Laocoön) 
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• Roman:
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• Pre-Etruscan 800-700 BCE
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• Etruscan 700-509 (Apollo from Veii)
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• Republican 509-27 (Sanctuary of Fortuna, Concrete, Head of a man(Verism))
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• Early Empire (Marcus Aurelius, Pantheon, Trajan's Villa, Pompeii, Pliny the Elder)
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• Late Empire 180-395 CE (Baths of Caracalla, Basilica)  
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Early Mesopotamian - Sumerian

Major Trends: 20th Century European and North American Art(Timeline)
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Examples of Aegean artwork.
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Egyptian artworks.
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Examples of Greek Art periods included: Orientalizing, Archaic, Transitional.
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Examples of Greek Art periods included: Transitional(Kritios Boy, Riaace Warrior), Hellenistic (Laocoön) etc.
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Map showing where early cultures/movements took place. Prehistorical art, Aegean Art, Sumerian, Egyptian, Roman, Greek(Not in Chronological order).
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Major Period & Styles in Western Art: 30,000BC - 1900AD
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Early Mesopotamian - Sumerian
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Prehistoric Figures and Early Settlements. From left to right top to bottom... Lion-human figure, Woman from Willendorf, Skara brae, Stone Henge.
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Short Timeline AH
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Conventional Timeline View
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Comparative Timeline of Cultures - Part 1(Span: Pre-history to Greek and Etruscan.) The relative length and time span of the culture is shown through the vertical length of the squares, also the time-span between new art periods within the culture is relative to where the boxes begin. This allows different artistic periods from different cultures to be juxtaposed at around the same time period they occured.
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Comparative Timeline of Cultures - Part 2(Span: Prehistory, Early Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome)
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