Art History Timeline Flashcards
Grade 9 · Art · Flashcards
Key movements, artists, and terms across the full arc of Western and global art history.
Flashcards
- Paleolithic Art
- Prehistoric cave paintings and carvings (c. 40,000–10,000 BCE) like Lascaux; depicted animals and hunting scenes.
- Classical Greek Art
- Greek art (c. 480–323 BCE) celebrated idealized human form, balance, and proportion; exemplified by the Parthenon sculptures.
- Byzantine Art
- Christian art of the Eastern Roman Empire (c. 330–1453 CE) featuring flat, gold-background mosaics and stylized figures.
- Gothic Period
- Medieval European style (c. 1150–1400) marked by pointed arches, flying buttresses, stained glass, and vertical emphasis.
- Italian Renaissance
- 14th–17th century rebirth of classical ideals; key figures include Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael.
- Mannerism
- Late Renaissance style (c. 1520–1600) featuring elongated figures, complex poses, and artificial color—a reaction against High Renaissance harmony.
- Baroque
- 17th-century style using dramatic light/shadow, dynamic movement, and emotional power; Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Rubens.
- Rococo
- 18th-century decorative style characterized by lightness, pastel colors, and playful, ornate design; associated with Watteau and Fragonard.
- Neoclassicism
- Late 18th-century revival of Greek and Roman art and values, emphasizing reason, order, and civic virtue; associated with David.
- Romanticism
- Early 19th-century movement valuing emotion, imagination, and the sublime in nature; Delacroix, Turner, Caspar David Friedrich.
- Realism
- Mid-19th-century movement depicting ordinary life and working people without idealization; Courbet and Millet.
- Post-Impressionism
- Late 19th-century movement building on Impressionism with more structure or emotion; van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne, Seurat.
- Modernism
- Broad 20th-century shift away from tradition, encompassing Cubism, Expressionism, Surrealism, and Abstract Expressionism.
- Postmodernism
- Late 20th-century art that questions grand narratives, blends styles, and embraces irony, appropriation, and pluralism.
Get a personalized course on Art History Timeline built around your child.