Art Timeline - Timeline

Pablo Picasso finishes Guernica

Egyptian Art - The rigid structure of the Egyptian government had a restrictive effect on the art produced here.

Greek Art - Greek art differed from Egyptian art in how the human body was not structured so rigidly. Many figures were created in action poses rather than static ones.

Roman Art - Roman art borrowed much from Greek art. Often Greek sculptures were directly copied by the Romans.

Byzantine Art -Religious figures and icons were popular in the art of the Byzantines

Giotto Di Bondone - Italian painter and architect who lived in Florence.

Diego Velazquez - One of the most important painters during the Spanish Golden Age. He was the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV.

Claude Lorrain - French Painter of the Baroque Era. One of the earliest important artists to concentrate on landscape painting.

Thomas Gainsborough - Was an English portrait and landscape painter. Is credited as the originator of the 18th century British landscape school.

Rembrandt - A dutch painter who worked in Amsterdam. He painted portraits for wealthy patrons where he often depicted both their wealth and their piety.

Masaccio - First great Italian painter of the Italian Renaissance. Was one of the first to use linear perspective.

Michelangelo - Italian Renaissance man due to his excellence in sculpture, painting, architecture and poetry.

Raphael - Italian painter and Architect who was famous for his frescoes that were practically 3 dimensional due to the amount of paint he used.

Leonardo da Vinci - The true renaissance man a master of skills such as invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography

Monet - French impressionist painter.

Vincent van Gogh - Dutch post-impressionist painter who is one of the most famous and influential painters of western art.

Roy Lichtenstein - An American pop artist. He created works like comic strips that documented and parodied current events.

Andy Warhol - A famous leading figure in the pop art movement. Pursued a successful career as a commercial illustrator.

Jackson Pollock - American painter and figure in the abstract expressionist movement. Well known for his unique style of drip painting.