History of Art Timeline

History of Art Timeline

1. Symbolism

   • 1880 - 1910
     • EVENTS
       • Germany, Italy and Austria - Hungary form the Triple Alliance - 1882
         • The machine gun is invented by Hiram Maxim - 1885
           • First airplane flight by the Wright brothers - 1903
   • Gustav Klimt
     • Portrait of Adele Bloch - Bauer
       • 1903 - 1907
     • 1862 - 1918

2. Surrealism

   • The Persistence Of Memory
     • Salvador Dali
       • 1904 - 1989
     • 1931
   • 1920 - 1966
     • EVENTS
       • The Great Depression - 1929 - 139

3. Cubism

   • 1908 - 1914
     • The Titanic sinks after crashing into an iceberg - 1912
       • Panama Canal is complete - 1914
         • First film in Hollywood is made - 1910
     • EVENTS
   • Clarinet and Bottle of Rum on a Mantelpiece
     • 1911
       • Georges Braque
         • 1882 - 1963

4. Art Nouveu

   • 1890 - 1910
     • Queen Victoria dies at aged 81 - 1901
       • An all steel bridge is built over the Firth of Forth - 1890
         • Diesel engine is patented by Rudolf Diesel - 1897
     • EVENTS
   • Alphonse Mucha
     • Byzantine Head. The Blonde
       • 1897
     • 1860 - 1939

5. Dada

   • 1916 - 1924
     • EVENTS
       • Jazz is introduced into Europe from America - 1918
   • Prelude to a Borken Arm
     • 1915
       • Marcel Duchamp
         • 1887 - 1968

6. Pop Art

   • Roy Lichenstein
     • 1923 - 1997
     • Crying Girl
       • 1963
   • 1950's - 1970's
     • Events
       • Neil Armstrong is the first man to land on the moon - 1969
         • Civil Rights demonstrations in America - 1956

7. Earth Art/Land Art

   • 1960's - 1970's
     • EVENTS
       • J.F.K is assassinated in Dallas - 1963
   • Robert Smithson
     • 1938 - 1973
     • Spiral Jetty
       • 1970

8. Impressionism

   • 1870's - 1880's
     • EVENTS
       • The Great Exhibition opened in Hype Park in the Crystal Palace - 1851
         • The first transatlantic cable is laid - 1866
           • The opening of the Suez Canal - 1869
   • Claude Monet
     • Impression, Sunrise
       • 1872
     • 1840 - 1926

9. Fauvism

   • 1905 - 1908
     • EVENTS
       • Emile Cohl creates the first ever animated cartoon - 1907
         • Einsteins theory of relativity - 1905
   • Henri Matisse
     • 1869 - 1954
     • Blue Nude
       • 1907

10. Renaissance

    • EVENTS
      • Davinci completes The Last Supper - 1498
        • The Black Death swept Europe - 1300's
    • 1300 - 1600
    • Mona Lisa
      • 1503
    • Leonardo Da Vinci
      • 1452 - 1519

11. Romanticism

    • 1770 -1850
      • EVENTS
        • The French Revolution - 1789
          • Mary Shelley publishes Frankenstein - 1818
    • Liberty Leading the People
      • 1830
    • Eugene Delacroix
      • 1798 - 1863

12. Realism

    • 1850 - 1870
      • EVENTS
        • The Industrial Revolution - 1760 - 1860
          • Thomas Edison creates the first working light bulb - 1870
    • Whistlers Mother
      • 1871
    • James Abbott McNeill Whistler
      • 1834 - 1903

13. Baroque

    • 1600 - 1700
      • EVENTS
        • Death of Queen Elizabeth I - 1603
          • Discovery of New York - 1626
            • The Thirty Year War - 1618 -1648
    • The Elevation of the Cross
      • 1610
    • Peter Paul Rubens
      • 1577 - 1640

14. Rococo

    • 1730 - 1800"s
      • EVENTS
        • The French Revolution
    • Francois Boucher
      • 1703 - 1770
    • Madame Bergeret
      • 1766

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