Art History Periods, Art Movements, Styles of Art

Periodes de l'art  Periodos de arte

A Comprehensive Website Listing



Art periods listed alphabetically:
Abstract Expressionism
Art Deco/Nouveau
Arte Povera Arts &Crafts
Baroque Bauhaus Body art Cave art
Conceptual art
Cubism Dada Dada
Expressionism Fauvism Fluxus Folk art
Futurism Digital Art Impressionism Installations
Islamic art Mannerism Medieval Minimalism
Modernism Nineteenth Cent Performance Pointillism
Pop art Pre-Historic Pre-Rhaphaelite Realism
Renaissance Rococo Romanticism Russian
Surrealism Symbolism Twentieth Cnt Victorian
Video art Wall art Web art

Art period timeline:
Pre-Historic/Ancient Art
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Near East Ancient Greek/Roman
Medieval/Gothic Renaissance
Baroque Rococo
18th Century
Neoclassicism
19th Century Romanticism
Victorian Art Pre-Rhaphaelites
Impressionism Symbolism
Cubism Expressionism
Dada Futurism
Surrealism Modernism
Contemporary


Art history timelines: websites:

Art history timeline from The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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European painting by historical period. LACMA
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History of European art. The Web Museum
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Kunstpedia.com
Kunstpedia is a database with articles on the fine and decorative arts, with the exception of contemporary art. The basis of Kunstpedia.com is formed by a diversity of articles in Dutch and English, which have been posted by art historians, collectors, art  galleries, antique dealers and museums. Contributors include the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Hermitage Amsterdam, Milwaukee Art Museum, The Royal Collection Buckingham Palace and the Seattle Art Museum.
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Art History

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Abstract expressionism
Abstract Expressionism, Abstract Expressionists.
An image gallery (from the Image Artchive).
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Artlex entry on abstract expressionism.
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Guggenheim Collection of Abstract Expressionist works.
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PBS entry on abstract expressionism.
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WebMuseum entry on abstract expressionism.
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Wikipedia entry on abstract expressionism.
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Works by abstract expressionists in art museums.
Artcyclopedia

Abstract expressionist artists

Appel, Karel. Karel Appel
Karel Appel on the internet.
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Gorky, Arshile. Arshile Gorky.
Artcyclopedia

Guston, Philip. Philip Guston
Philip Guston on the internet.
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de Kooning, Elaine Fried. Elaine Fried de Kooning
Elaine Fried de Kooning on the internet.
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de Kooning, William. William de Kooning.
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

William de Kooning
Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Johns, Jasper. Jasper Johns
Jasper Johns on the internet.
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Kline, Franz. Franz Kline
Franz Kline on the internet.
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Motherwell, Robert, Robert Mothetwell
Robert Motherwell on the internet. Art museums.
Noland, Kenneth. Kenneth Noland
Kenneth Noland on the internet.
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Pollack, Jackson. Jackson Pollack
Jackson Pollack on the internet.
Jackson Pollack
WebMuseum
Reindardt, Ad. Ad Reinhardt on the internet.
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Rothko, Mark. Mark Rothko
Artcyclopedia.com.

Mark Rothko
National Gallery of Art
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Mark Rothko
Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Ancient art  See also: Ancient Art
The Ancient world. Exploring ancient world cultures.
A searchable index of readings and images from Greece, India, China, Islam, the Near East, Egypt and Medieval Europe.
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The Ancient World Web
Extensive collection of internet links.
Animals / painters of animal pictures.
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Appropriation art

Appropriation art.
Wikipedia entry.

Art Deco  See also: Art Deco
Art Deco architecture.
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Art Deco Society, California.
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Art Deco Society, New York.
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Erte
Arte Povera
Arte Povera special exhibition, The Tate Gallery, London.
From Zero to Infinity.
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Arte Povera. Exposition. Arte Povera
Works and Documents from the Goetz Collection from 1958 to the Present. Art Contemporain
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Art Nouveau  See also: Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau architecture, image samples.
Cupola's Galleries.
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Jules Marie Aime Lavirotte
ARCHInform
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Paris. Art nouveau buildings in Paris. A tour.
Arts and Crafts Movement
Arts and Crafts Movement
Founders of the Arts and Crafts Movement in America and Britain, 1870-1900.
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The Arts & Crafts Society
The Arts and Crafts Society is an extensive online (only) resource of information about the movement, with bibliographies, details of historic sites, and an events calenda
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Arts and Crafts movement,
Wikipedia entry.
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Blackwell, The Arts and Crafts House
Blackwell is Britain's finest surviving Arts and Crafts house by MHBaillie Scott, situated in the English Lake District.
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Founders of the Arts and Crafts Movement:
John Burrows's collection of essays and lectures by Morris, Oscar Wilde, W. R. Lethaby, Walter Crane, Rosamund Marriott-Watson and others, with links to other related sites.
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Lutyens, Edwin. Edwin Lutyens, Wikipedia entry.

The Lutyens Trust
The Lutyens Trust is an educational charity which acts as a source of information and help on the care and maintenance of the works of Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens.

MacKintosh, Charles Rennie. The Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society

Buildings by Charles Rennie MacKintosh. Archinform.net

Morris, William. The William Morris Society

William Morris. Works by William Morris at Project Gutenberg.
Ashcan School
The Ashcan School
An image gallery of Ashcan artists.
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Ashcan School,
Wikipedia entry.
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The Ash Can School and American Scene Painting
Artcyclopedia
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Barbizon School
Barbizon School Art
Artists, Artworks and Biographies, WWAR
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Barbizon School members.
Artcyclopedia
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Barbizon School
Wikipedia entry.


Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot Online

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Web Museum
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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Artchive
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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
National Gallery

Gustave Courbet. The complete works.

Gustave Courbet
Wikipedia
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Gustave Courbet
WebMuseum
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Gustave Courbet
Artchive

Jean-Francois Millet
Wikipedia

Jean-Francois Millet
WebMuseum
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Jean-Francois Millet Online
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Jean Millet
Artchive
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Jean Francois Millet,
Discover France
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Jean-Francois Millet. The complete works.

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Baroque  See also: The Baroque Art Page
Baroque Art Internet Resources
Images, Baroque artists, essays on the Baroque.
Bauhaus
Bauhaus, Suprematism. The Bauhaus  School.
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Bauhaus Archive Museum, Berlin.
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Bauhaus-archiv Museum of Design
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Bauhaus Dessau
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Foundation Bauhaus Dessau
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Kandinsky, Wassily. Wassily Kandinsky
Wikipedia
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Hotel Brandenburger Hof Berlin with Bauhaus design furniture.
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Marguerite Wildenhain and the Bauhaus
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Gunta Stölzl
Bauhaus textile designs by Gunta Stolzi, the only female member of the Bauhaus group.

Fabric designs by Gunta Stolzi.

Wikipedia entry on Bauhaus.
Der Blaue Reiter

Der Blaue Reiter
Wikipedia

Body art  See: Tattoos
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Die Brucke

Die Brucke
Wikipedia
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Marc, Franz. Paintings of Franz Marc

Gallery of Marc's work

Franz Marc
WebMuseum

Macke, August. August Macke Haus web site.

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Cave paintings
American Rock Art Research Association
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The Bradshaw Foundation
A non-profit making organisation dedicated to the study, recording and protection of rock art. Aims, directors, CD-rom, types and examples of rock art from across the world.
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Centro Studi e Museo d'Arte Preistorica
Study Centre and Museum of Prehistoric Art, Pinerolo, Italia.
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EuroPreArt
Database of European Prehistoric Art
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Malaysian Caves
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Cave paintings in Castell de Castells Spain
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Tour of Afghan cave paintings
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The Hohokam
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Lascaux caves

Lascaux tour guide.
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Lascaux Cave Paintings and Location
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Lascaux Caves, France.
Sacred Destinations
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Wikipedia entry on the Lascaux caves.
 
The Paleoamericans:
Issues and Evidence Relating to the Peopling of the New World.
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Rock Art Net
A project to provide information about online Rock Art resources. By Footsteps of Man (Orme dell'Uomo).
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Rock Art Foundation
The Rock Art Foundation  exists to promote the conservation and study of the Native American rock art in the Lower Pecos region of Southwest Texas.
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Wikipedia entry on cave painting.
Conceptual art, conceptualism, minimalism
See:  Conceptual Artists
See also: Minimalism, Minimalist Artists



Cubism  See: Cubism

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