Understanding the “Timeline” of Art

An understanding art history can seem like a rigid timeline of styles. This will give the art viewer an understanding of where styles and movements come into play

List of major Western art movements:

• Medieval art
• Renaissance (1300–1600)
• Baroque (1600–1730)
• Rococo (1720–1780)
• Neoclassicism (1750–1830)
• Romanticism (1780–1880)
• Impressionism (1860–1890)
• Post-impressionism (1886–1905)
• Expressionism (1905–1930)
• Cubism (1907–1914)
• Futurism (1910–1930)
• Art Deco (1909–1939)
• Abstract Expressionism (1940s)
• Contemporary Art (1946 — present)