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30,000BC - 25,000BC

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STONE AGE

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  • cave paintings, fertility goddesses, megalithic structures
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STONE AGE

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Major artwork of the stone age is believed to be constructed on several stages and is now one of the most famous prehistoric landmarks in the United Kingdom.

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Stonehenge (3000 – 2000BC)

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Era around 3500BC - 539BC

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MESOPOTAMIAN

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  • warrior art and narration in stone relief.
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MESOPOTAMIAN

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black stone stele containing the Code was carved from a single, four-ton slab of diorite.

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Hammurabi’s Code (1792 - 1750 BC)

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Era at 3100BC - 30BC

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EGYPTIAN

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  • art with an afterlife focus.
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EGYPTIAN

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was a high official and an architect who oversaw the construction of Egypt’s first monumental stone pyramid.

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Imhotep

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Major artwork in Egyptian period

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Statue of Seated Imhotep (332–30 BC)

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Era around 850BC - 31BC

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GREEK AND HELLENISTIC

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  • Idealism on balance and proportion.
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GREEK AND HELLENISTIC

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Major artwork in Greek period

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Elgin Marbles (447 – 468 BC)

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The sculptor of the Elgin Marble is also a renowned painter and architect

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Phidias

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500BC – 476AD

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ROMAN

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  • realism, practical, down-to-earth and grand arches.
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ROMAN

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The statue is an idealized image of Augustus, a pose of a Roman orator.

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Augustus of Prima Porta (447 – 468 BC)

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653BC – 1900AD

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INDIAN, CHINESE, AND JAPANESE

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INDIAN, CHINESE, AND JAPANESE era about?

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  • serene and meditative art
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the painting was rendered in 1nk and light color on silk measuring 111.76 × 55.88 cm.

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A Solitary Temple Amid Clearing Peaks (919 – 967 AD)

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476BC – 1453AD

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BYZANTINE AND ISLAMIC

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  • heavenly and maze art like design
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BYZANTINE AND ISLAMIC

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a palace and fortress complex located in Andalusia, Spain. Originally constructed as a small fortress in 889 AD

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Alhambra

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500 – 4100

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MIDDLE AGES

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  • Celtic, Carolingian, Romanesque, Renaissance & Gothic
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MIDDLE AGES

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  • is a Norman building constructed between 1093 and 1133 in the Romanesque style.
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Durham Cathedral

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1400 – 1550

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EARLY & HIGH RENAISSANCE

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  • Rebirth of classical culture
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EARLY & HIGH RENAISSANCE

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early renaissance painting by an Italian Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi known as Sandro Botticelli.

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Mars and Venus (1485)

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1430 – 1550

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VENETIAN & MODERN RENAISSANCE

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  • Northward spread of high renaissance.
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VENETIAN & MODERN RENAISSANCE

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a painting by the Italian master Giorgione.

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The Tempest (1508)

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1527 – 1580

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MANNERISM

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  • breaking the rules, artifice vs nature
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MANNERISM

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is an oil on panel painting of the Visitation by Jacopo Carucci also known as Jacopo Pontormo.

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The Carmignano Visitation (1528)

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1600 – 1750

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BAROQUE

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  • splendor and art as a religious weapon
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BAROQUE

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the home to the Kings of France, one of the most important landmarks in French history

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Palace of Versailles (1650)

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1750 – 1850

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NEOCLASSICAL

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  • recapturing Greco-Roman grandeur
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NEOCLASSICAL

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sculpture by an Italian Antonio Canova, often regarded as the greatest Neoclassical artist

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Venus Victrix (1808)

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1865 – 1885

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REALISM

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  • rustic painting, working class, peasants.
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REALISM

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– a painting by the American artist Benjamin West dated 1806.

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The Death of Nelson (1806)

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1848 – 1900

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REALISM

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  • rustic painting, working class, peasants.
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REALISM

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– a painting by the French painter Gustave Courbet. A work of social realism, depicting two peasants breaking rocks

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Stone Breaker (1849)

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1865 – 1885

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IMPRESSIONISM

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  • fleeting effects of natural light.
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IMPRESSIONISM

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also known as Family Portrait, an oil painting on canvas by Edgar Degas.

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The Bellelli Family (1867)

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1885 – 1910

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POST-IMPRESSIONISM

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  • post revolt against impressionism.
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POST-IMPRESSIONISM

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a painting by Paul Gauguin. The painting depicts two women

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Tahitian Women on the Beach (1891)

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1900 – 1935

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FAUVISM AND EXPRESSIONISM

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  • harsh colors, emotion-distorting forms
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FAUVISM AND EXPRESSIONISM

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is an abstract oil painting by Wassily Kandinsky. It features beautiful bright colors and a variety of different shapes.

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Yellow-Red-Blue (1925)

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1970 – PRESENT

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POST-MODERNISM

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  • without center, remixing past styles.
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POST-MODERNISM

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is a 57,500 m² building complex in Baku, Azerbaijan designed by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid

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The Heydar Aliyev Center (2012)

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