– Prehistoric and Ancient Art
– Paleolithic Art – 2.5 million – 10,000 BC
– Neolithic Art – 10,000 – 2,000 BC
– Ancient Egyptian Art – 3,000 – 30 BC
– Ancient Greek Art – 850 – 31 BC
– Roman Art – 500 BC – 476 AD
– Medieval and Gothic Art
– Early Christian Art – 260 – 526 AD
– Byzantine Art – 330 – 1453 AD
– Romanesque Art – 1000 – 1150 AD
– Gothic Art – 1150 – 1520 AD
– International Gothic – 1375 – 1420 AD
– Renaissance and Baroque Art
– Early Renaissance – 1400 – 1490 AD
– High Renaissance – 1490 – 1527 AD
– Mannerism – 1520 – 1600 AD
– Baroque – 1600 – 1750 AD
– Rococo – 1700 – 1800 AD
– Neoclassicism and Romanticism
– Neoclassicism – 1750 – 1830 AD
– Romanticism – 1800 – 1850 AD
– Hudson River School – 1850s – 1880s
– Orientalism – 1800 – 1880 AD
– Realism – 1848 – 1900 AD
– Modern and Contemporary Art
– Impressionism – 1860 – 1900 AD
– Post-Impressionism – 1886 – 1905 AD
– Fauvism – 1900 – 1930 AD
– Cubism – 1907 – 1920 AD
– Surrealism – 1920 – 1950 AD
This is a chronological list of periods in Western art history. An art period is a phase in the development of the work of an artist, groups of artists or art movement.
