Below is a timeline of art movements throughout history. The beginning of art movements goes back to the dawn of humanity and is still an evolving story.
Before 500 ➤ Ancient Art
Egyptian, Greek/Hellenistic and Roman Art
500-1550 ➤ Medieval Art
Early Christian, Celtic, Byzantine, Coptic, Orthodox, Islamic, Romanesque and Gothic.
1400-1600 ➤ Renaissance Art
Includes Early Renaissance with its Late Gothic elements & Northern Renaissance from c. 1450 & Italian Renaissance aka High Renaissance (1492 to 1527). Coincides with Early Netherlandish(1450 to 1600. Also includes Late Renaissance/ Mannerism/ Transitional Period (1520-1600)
1870-1900 ➤ Impressionism
THE BEGINNING OF MODERN ART
1880-1920 ➤ Post-Impressionism
Includes Neo-Impressionism/ Pointillism/ Divisionism
From 1910 ➤ Abstract art
Includes Abstract Expressionism, De Stijl, Lyrical Abstraction, Rayonism, Suprematism and Op Art
Incl. Minimalism (1960s & 1970s) considered THE LAST MODERN ART MOVEMENT.
From 1920s ➤ Surrealism
1920-1935 ➤ Art Deco
1956-1960s ➤ Pop Art
Photorealism
Considered Contemporary Art
Conceptual Art & Installation Art
Both Considered Contemporary Art/Post-Modern Art
This section includes information about Stuckism, a pro-painting, anti-conceptual art movement.
Click here to read about the origins of modern art.
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