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Historical timeline

A walk through the centuries

Follow art history era by era, from ancient civilizations to contemporary practice.

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Ancient

Ancient · 2 works

RS
View at The British Museum
196 BCE
Rosetta Stone
Unknown
Three-light candelabrum (one of a pair)
ca. 1785
Three-light candelabrum (one of a pair)
Unknown
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Classical

Classical · 1 works

WV
View at Musée du Louvre
c. 200–190 BCE
Winged Victory of Samothrace
Unknown
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Medieval

Medieval · 4 works

PB
View at Bangkok National Museum
13th–14th c.
Phra Buddha Sihing
Unknown
Night-Shining White
ca. 750
Night-Shining White
Han Gan
B—
View at Borobudur Temple Compound (UNESCO) / Museum Nasional Indonesia
c. 825 CE
Borobudur — Lalitavistara Relief
Unknown
Washington Crossing the Delaware
1851
Washington Crossing the Delaware
Emanuel Leutze
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Renaissance

Renaissance · 2 works

ML
View at Musée du Louvre
c. 1503–1519
Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci
The Abduction of the Sabine Women
probably 1633–34
The Abduction of the Sabine Women
Nicolas Poussin
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Baroque

Baroque · 4 works

Aristotle with a Bust of Homer
1653
Aristotle with a Bust of Homer
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)
LM
View at Museo del Prado
1656
Las Meninas
Diego Velázquez
Venice, from the Porch of Madonna della Salute
ca. 1835
Venice, from the Porch of Madonna della Salute
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Olive Trees
1889
Olive Trees
Vincent van Gogh
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Modern

Modern · 28 works

TT
View at Museo del Prado
1814
The Third of May 1808
Francisco Goya
LL
View at Musée du Louvre
1830
Liberty Leading the People
Eugène Delacroix
TA
View at Istana Kepresidenan / Galeri Nasional Indonesia
1857
The Arrest of Prince Diponegoro
Raden Saleh
Woman at Her Toilette
1875–80
Woman at Her Toilette
Berthe Morisot
TF
View at Musée d'Orsay
1875
The Floor Scrapers
Gustave Caillebotte
Paris Street; Rainy Day
1877
Paris Street; Rainy Day
Gustave Caillebotte
Two Sisters (On the Terrace)
1881
Two Sisters (On the Terrace)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884
1884–86, border added 1888–89
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884
Georges Seurat
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View at National Museum of Fine Arts, Manila
1884
Spoliarium
Juan Luna
Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler)
1887
Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler)
Vincent van Gogh
Self-Portrait
1887
Self-Portrait
Vincent van Gogh
Madame Roulin and Her Baby
1888
Madame Roulin and Her Baby
Vincent van Gogh
SN
View at Musée d'Orsay
1888
Starry Night Over the Rhône
Vincent van Gogh
Wheat Field with Cypresses
1889
Wheat Field with Cypresses
Vincent van Gogh
La Berceuse (Woman Rocking a Cradle; Augustine-Alix Pellicot Roulin, 1851–1930)
1889
La Berceuse (Woman Rocking a Cradle; Augustine-Alix Pellicot Roulin, 1851–1930)
Vincent van Gogh
The Bedroom
1889
The Bedroom
Vincent van Gogh
Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses
ca. 1890
Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses
Paul Cézanne
Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer)
1890–91
Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer)
Claude Monet
The Old Guitarist
late 1903–early 1904
The Old Guitarist
Pablo Picasso
Water Lilies
1906
Water Lilies
Claude Monet
Still Life with Geranium
1906
Still Life with Geranium
Henri Matisse
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View at Museo Reina Sofía
1937
Guernica
Pablo Picasso
Nighthawks
1942
Nighthawks
Edward Hopper
YG
View at Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts
1943
Young Girl with Lily
Tô Ngọc Vân
EP
View at National Gallery Singapore
1955
Epic Poem of Malaya
Chua Mia Tee
NL
View at National Gallery Singapore
1959
National Language Class
Chua Mia Tee
PP
View at Balai Seni Negara (National Art Gallery Malaysia)
1964–1969
Pago Pago
Latiff Mohidin
LB
View at National Gallery Singapore
1975
Life by the River
Cheong Soo Pieng