Art Periods

Question 1

Stone Age (30,000 - 2,500 B.C.)

Answer 1

Cave painting, fertility goddesses, and megalithic structures.

Question 2

Mesopotamian (3,500 - 539 B.C.)

Answer 2

Warrior art and narration in stone relief

Question 3

Egyptian (3,100 - 30 B.C.)

Answer 3

Art with an afterlife focus: pyramids and tomb painting.

Question 4

Greek and Hellenistic (850 - 31 B.C.)

Answer 4

Greek idealism: balance, perfect proportions; architectural orders.

Question 5

Roman (500 B.C. - A.D. 476)

Answer 5

Roman realism: practical and down to earth; the arch.

Question 6

Indian, Chinese, and Japanese (653 B.C. - A.D. 1900)

Answer 6

Serene, meditative art, and Arts of the Floating World.

Question 7

Byzantine and Islamic (476 - 1453 A.D.)

Answer 7

Heavenly Byzantine mosaics; Islamic architecture and amazing maze-like design.

Question 8

Middle Ages (500 - 1400 A.D.)

Answer 8

Celtic art, Carolingian Renaissance, Romanesque, Gothic.

Question 9

Early and High Renaissance (1400 - 1550 A.D.)

Answer 9

Rebirth of classical culture.

Question 10

Venetian and Northern Renaissance (1430 - 1550 A.D.)

Answer 10

The Renaissance spreads northward to France, the Low Countries, Poland, Germany, and England.

Question 11

Mannerism (1527 - 1580 A.D.)

Answer 11

Art that breaks the rules; artifice over nature.

Question 12

Baroque (1600 - 1750 A.D.)

Answer 12

Splendor and flourish for God; art as a weapon in the religious wars.

Question 13

Neoclassical (1750 - 1850 A.D.)

Answer 13

Art that recaptures Greco-Roman grace and grandeur.

Question 14

Romanticism (1780 - 1850 A.D.)

Answer 14

The triumph of imagination and individuality.

Question 15

Realism (1848 - 1900 A.D.)

Answer 15

Celebrating working class and peasants; en plein air rustic painting.

Question 16

Impressionism (1865 - 1885 A.D.)

Answer 16

Capturing fleeting effects of natural light.

Question 17

Post-Impressionism (1885 - 1910 A.D.)

Answer 17

A soft revolt against Impressionism.

Question 18

Fauvism and Expressionism (1900 - 1935 A.D.)

Answer 18

Harsh colors and flat surfaces (Fauvism); emotion distorting form.

Question 19

Cubism, Futurism, Supremativism, Constructivism, De Stijl (1905 - 1920 A.D.)

Answer 19

Pre- and Post-World War 1 art experiments: new forms to express modern life.

Question 20

Dada and Surrealism (1917 - 1950 A.D.)

Answer 20

Ridiculous art; painting dreams and exploring the unconscious.

Question 21

Abstract Expressionism (1940s-1950s) and Pop Art (1960’s)

Answer 21

Post-World War II: pure abstraction and expression without form; popular art absorbs consumerism.

Question 22

Postmodernism and Deconstructivism (1970- )

Answer 22

Art without a center and reworking and mixing past styles.