Timeline History of aart

Art History timeline

By Blanca Arguedas

Contemporary Age

Middle Ages

Prehistory

1492 XV / 1789 XVIII

3.500 a.C/500 d.C

1789/ rigth now S.XIX and S.XX

476 /1492 XV

2million a.C/3.500 a.C.

Ancient Age

Modern Age

• Depictions of daily life: Neolithic art often reflected scenes of daily life, such as hunting, food gathering, and farming.

Paleolithic

• Use of natural materials: Neolithic artists used materials available in their environment, such as stone, bone and clay. These materials were sculpted and some used them for their daily lives.

Neolithic

• Scenes from everyday life, such as farming and hunting.

• Decorated ceramics and cult figurines.

Age of metals

• Creation of artistic objects using metals such as copper, bronze and iron with intricate designs.

• Making jewelry and ornaments that reflected social status and craft skills.

• Reliefs of war and ceremonial scenes in palaces.

Mesopotamia

• Monumental ziggurats and sculptures of deities.

• Use of hieroglyphics and wall paintings in tombs and temples.

Egypt

• Rigid and hieratic statues of pharaohs and gods.

Greece

• Realistic sculpture that idealizes the human body.

• Use of architectural orders such as the Doric and Ionic.

Rome

• Realistic portrait in busts and statues.

• Advanced engineering in aqueducts and amphitheaters

• Massive architecture with semicircular arches and barrel vaults.

Romanic

• Religious painting and sculpture with stylized figures.

Gotic

• Cathedrals with pointed arches and colorful stained glass windows.

• Detailed and naturalistic sculpture on facades and porticos.

Renaissance

• Rediscovery of perspective and classic proportions.

• Painting with religious and mythological themes

Baroque

• Lush ornaments and elaborate details in architecture and sculpture.

• Religious and mythological themes treated with emotion and movement.

Neoclasic

• Classical inspiration: It is based on Greek and Roman antiquity, using columns and balanced proportions in architecture and art.

• Rationality and order: It highlights simplicity and clarity, promoting civic and moral values, moving away from baroque drama.

• Values ​​the expression of feelings and personal experience, in contrast to the rationality of Neoclassicism

Romanticism

• Representación de la naturaleza en su forma más grandiosa y aterradora, mostrando la pequeñez del ser humano ante ella

Realism

• It focuses on portraying scenes of daily life and social conditions without idealization.

• Use of detailed techniques to capture reality accurately, emphasizing common and ordinary aspects.

Impressionism

• They sought to capture the momentary impression of a scene, especially how the light and color changed over time.

• Using quick, visible brush strokes to create a sense of movement and life in his works

• Use of new techniques and materials, such as structural steel, to build skyscrapers.

Chicago school

• Building design that emphasizes functionality and features clean lines and structures without excessive adornment.

• Abandonment of historical styles and ornamentations in favor of new and functional forms.

Modernism

• Use of materials such as steel, concrete and glass to create innovative and efficient structures.

Racionalism

• Buildings are designed with a focus on efficiency and rational use of space

• Using straight lines, geometric shapes and a limited color palette to create a clean and uncluttered appearance.

Post impresionism

• Experiment with more abstract and expressive shapes and colors

• Pointillism and the use of symbolic color