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10,000 BCE
Prehistoric Cave Drawings
The Altamira and Lascaux caves were some of the first known caves from the paleolithic era with art in them. The sort of drawings included hand painted animals such as goats or horses. -
3100 BCE
Ancient Egyptian Artforms
The Ancient Egyptian civilizations created art forms to praise their Gods, including hieroglyphics. -
800 BCE
Ancient Greece Art forms
The people of Ancient Greece society created art similar to the Ancient Egyptians in order to praise their gods, like Zeus, Poseidon, and so on. The Greek art was geometrical, classical, hellenistic, and Archaic. Lots of pot art. -
476
Middle age artforms
The middle ages, also known as the dark ages in Europe, dabbled in artforms such as Byzantine artforms. -
1300
Renaissance Art
The Renaissance, or rebirth period, is a huge art era, including the works of people like Leonardo Da Vinci, Renaissance art is focused around Philosophy, literature, and Science. Much of the art form is sculpture. -
1545
Counter reformation Art
The counter reformation period was in response to the Protestant reformation, therefore featuring many religious works and paintings -
Baroque Period
A period of art that exxagerates motion and clear detail to produce drama and tension in painting. The baroque period is known for being the time of art becoming more complex. -
Rococo Art period
Rococo Art is characterized by the use of long drawn out curves and fancy asymmetrical lines and shapes. as art continues to become more and more complex. -
Impressionism Art
Deriving from France, impressionism uses light and shade to capture feelings or emotions. -
Fauvism Art
Artists like Matisse specialize in this, Fauvism is vivid expressions and non natural use of color, also deriving from Europe.