Major Historical Periods in Art

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A heavily ornamented and often lavish style of architecture art, and music that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the late 18th. This style followed the Renaissance and preceded Rococo

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Baroque

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A 16th-century style of art and design characterized by the human figure’s artificiality, beauty and sensual distortion

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Mannerist Art

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A modern movement that involves decorative and visual art, music, theater and architectural designs that draw influence and inspiration from the ancient classical artists and ancient Greek and Roman cultures

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Rococo Art

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An exuberantly decorative European sculpture, architecture and interior decoration style of the 18th century that typically drifted from about 1730 and 1780

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Rococo

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Art during the Middle Ages, spanning from the fall of the Roman Empire in AD 300 until the beginning of the Renaissance in AD 1400.

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Medieval Art

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Art created by Christians or under Christian patronage from the earliest date of Christianity until sometime between 260 and 525

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Early Christian Art

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Art that flourished in Western Europe with cathedrals decorated with monumental sculptures and stained-glass windows - marked by a pointed gothic arch

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Gothic

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Art that represents the Sumerian, Akkadian, Assyrian and Babylonian customs, practices, beliefs, and way of life.

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Ancient Mesopotamian Art

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Artifacts made before a written record was produced.

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Prehistoric Art

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European art that drew inspiration from ancient Greek and Roman cultures, produced between the 14th and 16th century.

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Renaissance Art

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It is usually split into three periods of style: the Archaic, the Classical, and the Hellenistic.

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Ancient Greek Art

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Refers to the arts produced in Ancient Rome and in the territories of the Roman Empire.

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Ancient Roman Art

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Refers to the body of the Eastern Roman Empires Christian Greek artistic artifacts, as well as the nations and states which culturally inherited from the empire.

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Ancient Roman Art

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European art from around 1000 AD until the emergence of Gothic style, depending on the region, in the 12th century or later.

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Romanesque Art

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The painting, sculpture, architecture and other arts produced by the ancient Egyptian civilization in the lower Nile valley from around 3000 BC to 30 AD.

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Ancient Egyptian Art