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After capturing Greece around 1200 before Christ, the Doric and the Ionic people stayed in war for ages. It never was a unity, but around 700 before Christ a relatively quiet period began.

discus thrower
Greek

colosseum, roman period
Roman

The Middle Ages started around 500 after Christ. Europe was a chaos due to the many barbarian attacks and after that the large migrations of nations. Much of the ancient culture and knowledge got lost in this period.

notre dame la grande
Romaine

interior of the dom of pisa, romaine period
Romaine

mona lisa, leonardo da vinci
Renaissance

the david, michellangelo
Renaissance

announcement to maria, jacopo tintoretto, 1583-1587
Manierism

cupido and psyche, antonio canova, 1787 - 1793
Neo-Classisism

The Newest Period distinguishes itself from the former periods, because a new gruop in society pressed itself foreward: the workers.

la danaide, auguste rodin
Impressionism

woman with a parasol (right), claude monet
Impressionism

view of st. tropez, Paul Signac
Pointillism

big pine and red earth, paul cezanne
Post-Impressionism

der mandrill, franz marc
Expressionism

blauwe veulens, 1913
Der Blaue Reiter

la sagrada familia (barcelona), gaudi
Jugendstil

toilet, marcel duchamp, 1917
Dada Movement

girl in renaissance kostuum, 1945
Magic Realism

persistance of memory, 1931
Surrealism

rooms by the sea, edward hopper
Magic Realism

birth of the world, miro, 1925
Surrealism


painting of li, H.R. Giger
Surrealism

parthenon, greek period
Greek

zeusT.jpg (2695 bytes)
Mythology

In the Classic Period human formed the central aspect of society.Divinity was the perfect harmony between body and spirit.

alexander de grote
Roman

greek columns: doric, ionic, corinthic
Greek Colums

greek corinthic column
Greek Colums

In thee Middle Ages the church and God formed the basic principle of the society, not the human like in the Classical Period.

royal abbey of st denis
Gothic

interior of the dom of sienna
Gothic

In the New Period the mentality of the European society changed.The people became aware of the capacity to influence their own life.

night watch, rembrandt van rijn
Baroque

the swing, jean-honoré, 1768
Rococo

snowstorm, joseph turner, 1842
Romantic period

The Nieuwste Tijd started with two major changes: The French and the Industrial Revolution.It was the result of the upcoming selfawarenes of the people.

goodday mister courbet, gustav courbet, 1854
Realism


Symbolisme

madame matisse, 1905
The Fauves

tree I, piet mondriaan, 1911-12
Cubism

englishman in moscow, kasimir malevich
Cubic-futurism

white cross on gray, kazimir malevich
Suprematism

composition in rood, geel en blauw, 1921
The Stijl


terre pastorale, corneille, 1966
Cobra

Eyes Heat, 1946
Action Painting

Big flowers, Warhol, 1964
Pop-Art

withoud title,, keith haring
Graffiti Art

1890

Jugendstil

1910

1912

Cubic-futurism/Suprematism

1930

1907

Cubism

1914

1917

The Stijl

1930

1948

Cobra

200 a.C.

Early Christian

476 a.C.

1500

Baroque

1750

Rococo  1760

1840

Realism

1920

Magic Realism

Magic Realism

500 b.C.

Roman

476 a.C.

1150

Gothic

1475

1550

Mannerism     1600

1750

Neo-Classicism

1800

1870

Impressionism

1880

Post-Impr.

1895

1912

Dada

1924

Surrealism

Surrealism

800 b.C.

Greek

140 b.C.

1000

Romaine

1200

1450

Renaissance

1600

1850

Romantic

1880

Symbolism

1905

Expressionism: die Brücke, the Fauves, der Blaue Reiter           1945

Abstract Expressionism: action painting, colourfield painting, pop-art, graffiti-art, material painting, minimal art

Earlier

1000 b.C.

Classic Period

0

300 a.C.

500 a.C.

Middle Ages

1500 a.C.

The New Period

1750 a.C.

The Newest Period / Moderne Period

1900 a.C.

Moderne Art

1950

Moderne Art

Present

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