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THE HEILBRUNN TIMELINE OF ART HISTORY
The Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History is a database of over 8000 works of art from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The timeline “pairs essays and works of art with chronologies, telling the story of art and global culture through the Museum’s collection” and is also searchable by theme, artist, time or place.
Geography / Chronology
STYLE OF ART or ARTIST
‘WESTERN’ ART WEBSITE SAMPLER
When you are using the Heilbrunn Timeline, notice how the Overview, Key Events and Gallery Images work.
Read the Overview. Notice the Timeline and how many trends overlap in time and place.
Skim the Key Events. Notice that hovering over the underlined items will reveal images.
View the Gallery Images shown at the top. Click on the right hand arrow to reveal more images.
Archaic: Egypt and Ancient Nubia
Egypt, 2000–1000 B.C.
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/03/afe.html
Classical: Greece
Ancient Greece, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/04/eusb.html
Classical: Roman Empire
Italian Peninsula, 1–500 A.D.
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/05/eust.html
More than Vikings: Scandinavia
Eastern Europe and Scandinavia, 500–1000 A.D.
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/06/eue.html
Medieval: Great Britain and Ireland
Great Britain and Ireland, 1000–1400 A.D.
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/07/euwb.html
Medieval: Spain and Portugal
Iberian Peninsula, 1000–1400 A.D.
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/07/eusi.html
Medieval: France
France, 1000–1400 A.D.
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/07/euwf.html
Renaissance: Italy
Florence and Central Italy, 1400–1600 A.D.
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/08/eustc.html
The Baroque Era: Italy
Baroque Rome, 1600+ A.D.
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/baro/hd_baro.htm
The Dutch Golden Age: Holland
Dutch Golden Age 1600+ A.D.
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/keywords/dutch-golden-age/ (hover over images to read further)
Romanticism: France
French Romanticism, 1800+ A.D.
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/roma/hd_roma.htm
NeoClassicism: Europe
NeoClassicism 1750+ A.D.
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/neoc_1/hd_neoc_1.htm
France: Emerging trends
Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Art Nouveau
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/10/euwf.html
Art Nouveau: Western Europe
Art Nouveau, 1880s-1910+ A.D.
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/artn/hd_artn.htm
France: Impressionism
Impressionism: Art and Modernity, 1874+ A.D.
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/imml/hd_imml.htm
France: Post-Impressionism
Post-Impressionism
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/poim/hd_poim.htm
20th Century: First half, Europe, Modern
Modernism: Many simultaneous trends
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/m/modernism
20th Century: First half, US, Harlem
Harlem Renaissance, 1900+ A.D.
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/most/hd_most.htm
20th Century: Second half, New York
Abstract Expressionism
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/abex/hd_abex.htm
20th Century: Fourth Quarter
Postmodernism
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/keywords/postmodernism/
21st Century: Contemporary Art
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