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Art Movement Timeline
Pre Renaissance – 18th Century
Century
Time Line
Art Movement
Description
Artists &
examples
PrePre-Renaissance
5th Century to 16th
Gothic Art
Century A.D.
Rooted in religious
devotion, e.g.:
distinctive arched
1150 - 1230 AD
design of its churches,
Benedetto Antelami
its stained glass, and
its illuminated
manuscripts.
133
1336 - 1345 AD
Master of the Dominican
Effigies
1415 - 1440 AD
5th Century A.D. to 1453
Henri Bellechose
Byzantine Art
Byzantine art is the
art of the Byzantine
Empire, centered in
Constantinople (now
1290 - 1347 AD
Istanbul).
It was the art of the
Lippo Memmi
Orthodox church; the
painting of icons and
the decoration of
1370 - 1430 AD
AD
churches with frescoes
and mosaics.
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The Renaissance
Italy, 15th Century
The Early
Renaissance
1445 - 1510 AD
The Renaissance was a
period of great creative and
intellectual activity, during
which artists broke away
from the restrictions of
Byzantine Art.
Sandro Botticelli,
Throughout the 15th
century, artists studied the
1449 - 1494 AD
natural world in order to
perfect their understanding
of such subjects as
anatomy and perspective.
Domenico Ghirlandaio,
1397 – 1475 AD
Paolo Uccello and
1422 – 1492 AD
Piero della Francesca.
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Italy, Early 16th
The High
The High
Century
Renaissance
Renaissance was the
Some of the greatest
artists in history:
culmination of the
artistic developments
of the Early
Renaissance, and one
1475
1475 - 1564 AD
of the great explosions
Michelangelo Buonarroti,
of creative genius in
history.
1483 - 1520 AD
Raphael Sanzio and
1452 – 1519 AD
Leonardo da Vinci.
1477 -1510 AD
Giorgione da
Castelfranco
Titan Vecellio
1430 – 1516 AD
Giovanni Bellini
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15th-16th Centuries
The Northern
Centered in Germany
Renaissance
and the Netherlands,
Northern European
tradition of Gothic
1395 - 144
1441 AD
Art was greatly
affected by the
Jan van Eyck
technical and
philosophical
advancements of the
Renaissance in Italy.
Northern artists were
masters of technique,
1375 -1444 AD
Robert Campin
and their works are
marvels of exquisite
detail.
1400 - 1464 AD
Europe, Mid to Late
Rogier van der Weyden
Mannerism
16th Century.
Mannerism, the
artistic style which is
Raphael and
Michelangelo Buonarroti
considered to be a
period of technical
1495 – 1540 AD
accomplishment but
also of formulaic,
theatrical and overly
Rosso Fiorentino,
stylized work.
Mannerist Art is
characterized by a
complex composition,
with muscular and
1494 – 1556 Ad
elongated figures in
complex poses.
1503 - 1540 AD
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Pontormo,
Parmigianino.
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Europe, 17th Century
Baroque Art
Baroque art is less
complex, more
realistic and more
emotionally
1571 – 1610 AD
affecting than
Mannerist art.
Caravaggio,
It was encouraged
by the Catholic
Church, seen as a
return to tradition
1598 – 1680 AD
and spirituality.
Gianlorenzo Bernini
1560 – 1609 AD
Annibale Carracci,
1577 -1640 AD
Peter Paul Rubens,
16061606-1669 AD
Rembrandt,
Vermeer
1632 – 1675 AD
1599 – 1660 AD
Velázquez.
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18th Century
1715 to 1774 AD
The Rococo Style
Rococo Art succeeded
Baroque Art in
Europe. It was most
popular in France,
and is generally
17321732-1806 AD
associated with the
reign of King Louis
Jean-Honore Fragonard,
XV (1715-1774). It is
a light, elaborate
and decorative style
of art.
17031703-1770 AD
François Boucher,
16841684-1721 AD
Jean-Antoine Watteau
16961696-1770 AD
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.
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MidMid-18th Century to
Neoclassicism
EarlyEarly-19th Century
Neoclassical Art is a
Architects
severe and
unemotional form
of art returning to
17521752-1845 AD
AD
the art style of
ancient Greece and
Robert Smirke
Rome.
Its rigidity was a
reaction to the
overbred Rococo style
17281728-1792 AD
and the emotional
charged Baroque
Robert Adam
Sculptors
style.
The rise of
Neoclassical Art
was part of a
17571757-1822 AD
general revival of
interest in classical
Antonio Canova
thought, which was
of some importance
in the American
and French
revolutions.
17411741-1828 AD
17701770-1844 AD
Jean-Antoine Houdon
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Painters
17801780-1867 AD
Jean August D. Ingres
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Jacques-Louis David
17481748-1825 AD
Anton Raphael Mengs
17281728-1779 AD
French Academy and
Academic Art
the 19th century salons
Academic Art is the
painting and
sculpture produced
under the influence
of the Academies in
18241824-1904 AD
Europe and
Jean-Leon Gerome
especially France,
where many artists
received their formal
training. It is
characterized by its
highly polished
18251825-1905 AD
style, its use of
Adolphe WilliamBouguereau
mythological or
historical subject
matter, and its
moralistic tone.
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Japan, Edo Period
Japanese Ukiyo-e
1600s to 1867 AD
Ukiyo-e was a
popular form of
Founder Hishikawa
Moronobu 1618-1694
printed art in Japan,
inexpensive and
usually depicting
scenes from everyday
life in Japan's urban
17971797-1858 AD
centers - fashions,
Ando Hiroshige,
entertainment, and
the pleasures of the
flesh. Ukiyo-e is
especially known for
17601760-1849 AD
its exceptional
Hokusai Katsukika
woodblock prints.
17541754-1806 AD
Kitagawa Utamaro
17701770-1825 AD
Toshusai Sharaku.
I have started almost each art movement on a new page so that you can study the art movement
in detail. There are several artists whose lives and art movements overlap. They could be placed
side-by-side on the time line.
The timeline can be used in several ways:
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Print out as a Art Book of Centuries, or added to a student's own Book of Century
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Cut and paste the pages end-to-end as a art timeline
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Cut out and add the artists and their art work thumbnails to a dedicated art timeline or
an existing timeline
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Laminate and cut the artists as cards and let children match the artists to the eras
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