Timeline · 40,000 BCE to 1950
Epochs
35 periods, schools and traditions in the collection. Each one links to its story, its artists and its works.
Take the grand tourPrehistoric Art
Europe · 40,000 BCE–500 BCE · 8 works
Ancient Near East
Mesopotamia & Persia · 3500 BCE–330 BCE · 7 works
Ancient Egypt
Egypt · 3100 BCE–300 · 6 works
Greek and Roman Antiquity
Mediterranean · 3000 BCE–400 · 36 works
Chinese Art
China · 1600 BCE–1912 · 4 works
Indigenous Arts of the Americas
The Americas · 1500 BCE–1950 · 2 works
Arts of Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa · 500 BCE–1950 · 2 works
Hindu and Buddhist Art
South & Southeast Asia, Himalayas · 250 BCE–1800 · 1 work
Medieval Europe
Europe & Byzantium · 400–1400 · 10 works
Classical Japanese Art
Japan · 600–1900 · 2 works
Arts of the Islamic World
From Spain to India · 650–1900 · 1 work
Northern Song Landscape
China · 960–1127 · 3 works
Italian Renaissance
Florence, Rome & Venice · 1400–1600 · 51 works
Northern Renaissance
Low Countries & Germany · 1430–1580 · 36 works
Mannerism
Italy & Northern Europe · 1520–1600 · 10 works
Mughal and Rajput Painting
India · 1560–1900 · 1 work
Dutch Golden Age
Dutch Republic · 1600–1700 · 23 works
Baroque
Italy, Spain & Flanders · 1600–1720 · 27 works
Ukiyo-e
Edo, Japan · 1670–1900 · 3 works
Arts of Oceania
Pacific Islands · 1700–1950 · 1 work
Rococo
France · 1715–1775 · 5 works
Neoclassicism
Europe & America · 1760–1830 · 10 works
Romanticism
Europe · 1790–1850 · 26 works
Academic Art
France & Europe · 1830–1900 · 12 works
Russian Realism
Russia · 1830–1900 · 8 works
Realism
France · 1840–1890 · 19 works
Pre-Raphaelites
England · 1848–1900 · 6 works
Impressionism
France · 1860–1890 · 21 works
The Aesthetic Movement
Britain · 1860–1900 · 1 work
Symbolism
Europe · 1880–1910 · 2 works
Post-Impressionism
France · 1886–1905 · 18 works
Vienna Secession
Vienna · 1897–1918 · 4 works
Expressionism
Germany & Austria · 1905–1925 · 3 works
Early Abstraction
Europe · 1906–1930 · 4 works
American Regionalism
United States · 1925–1945 · 1 work
