This timeline offers the overlook of history of art and major historical events. Here a comparison is possible between works of art of different cultures which were created during the same time period.
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| 3000 B.C. |
Wheeled carts, Sumer; Sailboats, Egypt
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Egyptian
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Cosmetic Palette
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Figure of a Man
c.2494-2345B.C.
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| 2000 B.C. |
Bronze tools,Egypt
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Egyptian
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Model Boat
c.1991-1633B.C.
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Mummy Case of Djed Mout,c 945-712B.C.
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| 600 B.C. |
Sophocles, (496-406); Parthenon
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Greek
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Neck Amphora
c.530-520 B.C.
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Oinochoe
c.470-460B.C.
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| 300 B.C. |
Alexander the Great occupies Egypt and founds Alexandria, 333
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Egyptian
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Greek
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Mummy Covering, c.300B.C.
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Sicilian Funerary Vase, c.225-200B.C.
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Athena, 2nd-1st c.B.C.
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Roman Empire; spread of Christianity |
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Roman
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Aphrodite, 1st century
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Funerary Monument, 1st century
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| 200 |
Roman military controls much of Europe
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Roman
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Herakles
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Emperor Caracalla
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| 500 |
Maya record history, create cities in Central America |
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Ancient American
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African
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Female Deity
c.600-900
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Maya, Ball Court Marker, c.550-850
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Nigeria, Nok
c.600
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| 1200 |
Gothic cathedrals in Northern Europe |
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Italian
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French
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Follower of Berlinghero, 1240
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Madonna and Child c.1250-70
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| 1300 |
Gothic throughout Europe; Giotto |
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Italian
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Segna di Bonaventura 1325
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Giotto
1310-15
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| 1400 |
Renaissance in Italy and Flanders |
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Italian
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French
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German
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School of Pavia,
1400-1450
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Francia 1495-1500
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Master of the Latour d'Auvergne Triptych 1496-97
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Peter Koellin 1470
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| 1500 |
Columbus discovers America; Protestant Reformation |
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Italian
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African
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German
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Raphael 1503
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African
Upper Guinea Coast
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Riemenschneider
1505
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| 1550 |
Vasari publishes lives of the artists, 1550 |
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Netherlandish
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Italian
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Aertsen 1551
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J. Breughel
1596
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Veronese 1550-60
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| 1600 |
Thirty years' war, 1618-48; Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) |
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Italian
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Dutch
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Spanish
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Netherlandish
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Guido Reni 1630
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Lievens 1625
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Ribera 1624
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Rubens 1635
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| 1650 |
John Milton publishes Paradise Lost 1667 |
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Dutch
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Gerrit Berckheyde
1675-80
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L. Backhuysen
1695-1700
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| 1700 |
Glorious Revolution against James II of England, 1688, Bill of Rights |
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Italian
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British
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Batoni 1737
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Bellotto 1748
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Wilson
1745
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| 1750 |
American Revolution, 1775-83;French Revolution, 1789 |
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French
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American
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Boucher 1766
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Peyron 1794
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Copley 1770
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Copley 1778
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British
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Beechey 1789
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| 1800 |
Napoleon crowns himself emperor, 1804; Hudson River painters |
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Italian
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American
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British
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Canova 1815-22
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Cole 1826
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Audubon (Carolina Parrot), 1827-38
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Raeburn 1815
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| 1850 |
American Civil War (1861-65); German National Union founded, 1859; Giuseppe Verdi (1813- 1901) |
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French
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American
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Millet 1855
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Mignot 1859
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| 1875 |
Franco-Prussian War, 1870; France defeated, 1871; Bismarck chancellor of the German Empire, 1871 |
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French
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American
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African
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Claude Monet 1883
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Moran 1875
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J.G.Brown 1886
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Nigeria, Yoruba
Late 19th-early 20th c.
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| 1900 |
"Die Brucke" formed, Dresden; Bauhaus, Weimar, 1919 |
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American
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German
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African
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M. Hartley
1914
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E.L.Kirchner 1910
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K.Schmidt Rottluff 1919
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Mali,Bamana
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| 1940 |
United Nations Charter 1945; Israel independent 1948; Nato 1949
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American
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G. O'Keeffe 1945
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A.N. Wyeth 1946
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| 1950 |
Abstract Expressionism |
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American
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African
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F. Kline 1955
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R. Diebenkorn
1954
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Nigeria, Yoruba
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| 1960 |
J.F.Kennedy assassinated 1963; John Cage publishes Silence 1961 |
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American
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British
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M. Louis 1960
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R. Bladen
1966-67
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H. Moore
1961
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| 1970 |
Vietnam War ends 1974; Buckminster Fuller publishes Synergetics 1975 |
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American
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Israeli
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F. Stella 1970
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M. Kupferman
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| 1980 |
Earthworks; Public Art |
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German
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British
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American
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A. Kiefer 1980-86
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G. Richter
1985
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©Gilbert&George
1982
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J. Shapiro
1989-90
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| 1990 |
The Internet |
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American
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Argentine
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E.Murray 1991
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E. Ruscha
1993
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E. Moses
1995
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G. Kuitca 1993
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