Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

• World Regions
  • All World Regions
    • 8000–2000 B.C.
    • 2000–1000 B.C.
    • 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.
    • 1–500 A.D.
    • 500–1000 A.D.
    • 1000–1400 A.D.
    • 1400–1600 A.D.
    • 1600–1800 A.D.
    • 1800–1900 A.D.
    • 1900 A.D.–Present
  • Africa
    • 8000–2000 B.C.
    • 2000–1000 B.C.
    • 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.
    • 1–500 A.D.
    • 500–1000 A.D.
    • 1000–1400 A.D.
    • 1400–1600 A.D.
    • 1600–1800 A.D.
    • 1800–1900 A.D.
    • 1900 A.D.–Present
  • Central America
    • 8000–2000 B.C.
    • 2000–1000 B.C.
    • 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.
    • 1–500 A.D.
    • 500–1000 A.D.
    • 1000–1400 A.D.
    • 1400–1600 A.D.
    • 1600–1800 A.D.
    • 1800–1900 A.D.
    • 1900 A.D.–Present
  • Central and North Asia
    • 8000–2000 B.C.
    • 2000–1000 B.C.
    • 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.
    • 1–500 A.D.
    • 500–1000 A.D.
    • 1000–1400 A.D.
    • 1400–1600 A.D.
    • 1600–1800 A.D.
    • 1800–1900 A.D.
    • 1900 A.D.–Present
  • East Asia
    • 8000–2000 B.C.
    • 2000–1000 B.C.
    • 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.
    • 1–500 A.D.
    • 500–1000 A.D.
    • 1000–1400 A.D.
    • 1400–1600 A.D.
    • 1600–1800 A.D.
    • 1800–1900 A.D.
    • 1900 A.D.–Present
  • Europe
    • 8000–2000 B.C.
    • 2000–1000 B.C.
    • 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.
    • 1–500 A.D.
    • 500–1000 A.D.
    • 1000–1400 A.D.
    • 1400–1600 A.D.
    • 1600–1800 A.D.
    • 1800–1900 A.D.
    • 1900 A.D.–Present
  • North America
    • 8000–2000 B.C.
    • 2000–1000 B.C.
    • 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.
    • 1–500 A.D.
    • 500–1000 A.D.
    • 1000–1400 A.D.
    • 1400–1600 A.D.
    • 1600–1800 A.D.
    • 1800–1900 A.D.
    • 1900 A.D.–Present
  • Oceania
    • 8000–2000 B.C.
    • 2000–1000 B.C.
    • 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.
    • 1–500 A.D.
    • 500–1000 A.D.
    • 1000–1400 A.D.
    • 1400–1600 A.D.
    • 1600–1800 A.D.
    • 1800–1900 A.D.
    • 1900 A.D.–Present
  • South America
    • 8000–2000 B.C.
    • 2000–1000 B.C.
    • 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.
    • 1–500 A.D.
    • 500–1000 A.D.
    • 1000–1400 A.D.
    • 1400–1600 A.D.
    • 1600–1800 A.D.
    • 1800–1900 A.D.
    • 1900 A.D.–Present
  • South and Southeast Asia
    • 8000–2000 B.C.
    • 2000–1000 B.C.
    • 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.
    • 1–500 A.D.
    • 500–1000 A.D.
    • 1000–1400 A.D.
    • 1400–1600 A.D.
    • 1600–1800 A.D.
    • 1800–1900 A.D.
    • 1900 A.D.–Present
  • West Asia
    • 8000–2000 B.C.
    • 2000–1000 B.C.
    • 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.
    • 1–500 A.D.
    • 500–1000 A.D.
    • 1000–1400 A.D.
    • 1400–1600 A.D.
    • 1600–1800 A.D.
    • 1800–1900 A.D.
    • 1900 A.D.–Present
• Timelines
  • 8,000–2,000 b.c.
    • Africa
    • Central America
    • Central and North Asia
    • East Asia
    • Europe
    • North America
    • Oceania
    • South America
    • South and Southeast Asia
    • West Asia
  • 2,000–1,000 b.c.
    • Africa
    • Central America
    • Central and North Asia
    • East Asia
    • Europe
    • North America
    • Oceania
    • South America
    • South and Southeast Asia
    • West Asia
  • 1,000 b.c.–1 a.d.
    • Africa
    • Central America
    • Central and North Asia
    • East Asia
    • Europe
    • North America
    • Oceania
    • South America
    • South and Southeast Asia
    • West Asia
  • 1–500 a.d.
    • Africa
    • Central America
    • Central and North Asia
    • East Asia
    • Europe
    • North America
    • Oceania
    • South America
    • South and Southeast Asia
    • West Asia
  • 500–1,000 a.d.
    • Africa
    • Central America
    • Central and North Asia
    • East Asia
    • Europe
    • North America
    • Oceania
    • South America
    • South and Southeast Asia
    • West Asia
  • 1,000–1400 a.d.
    • Africa
    • Central America
    • Central and North Asia
    • East Asia
    • Europe
    • North America
    • Oceania
    • South America
    • South and Southeast Asia
    • West Asia
  • 1400–1600 a.d.
    • Africa
    • Central America
    • Central and North Asia
    • East Asia
    • Europe
    • North America
    • Oceania
    • South America
    • South and Southeast Asia
    • West Asia
  • 1600–1800 a.d.
    • Africa
    • Central America
    • Central and North Asia
    • East Asia
    • Europe
    • North America
    • Oceania
    • South America
    • South and Southeast Asia
    • West Asia
  • 1800–1900 a.d.
    • Africa
    • Central America
    • Central and North Asia
    • East Asia
    • Europe
    • North America
    • Oceania
    • South America
    • South and Southeast Asia
    • West Asia
  • 1900 a.d.–present
    • Africa
    • Central America
    • Central and North Asia
    • East Asia
    • Europe
    • North America
    • Oceania
    • South America
    • South and Southeast Asia
    • West Asia
• Thematic Essays
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    • African Art
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    • Art of the Americas
    • Asian Art
    • Byzantine Art
    • Egyptian Art
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    • Greek and Roman Art
    • Islamic Art
    • Medieval Art
    • Oceanic/Pacific Art
    • Prehistory
  • Browse by Geographical Region
    • Africa
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    • East Asia
    • Europe
    • North America
    • Oceania
    • South America
    • South and Southeast Asia
    • West Asia
  • Browse by Time Period
    • 20,000–8000 B.C.
    • 8000–2000 B.C.
    • 2000–1000 B.C.
    • 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.
    • 1–500 A.D.
    • 500–1000 A.D.
    • 1000–1400 A.D.
    • 1400–1600 A.D.
    • 1600–1800 A.D.
    • 1800–1900 A.D.
    • 1900 A.D.–Present
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• Works of Art
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• Racine, Johann G. (Swiss, active Berlin, recorded 1748)
• Raimondi, Marcantonio (Italian, ca. 1480–before 1534)
• Rakotoarimanana, Martin (Malagasy, born 1963)
• Ram, Sita (Indian, active 1810–1822)
• Ramage, John (Irish, ca. 1748–1802)
• Ramírez, Manuel (Spanish, 1864–1916)
• Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Marchigian, 1483–1520)
• Rasch, Anthony (American, born Germany, active ca. 1807–57)
• Ratel, Stanislas (French, 1824–1904)
• Rauchwolff, Sixtus (German)
• Rauschenberg, Robert (American, 1925–2008)
• Ray, Man (American, 1890–1976)
• Recco, Giuseppe (Italian, Neapolitan, 1634–1695)
• Redlin, Michel (German, active 1680s)
• Redon, Odilon (French, 1840–1916)
• Regiomontanus (Johannes Müller of Königsberg, 1436–1476)
• Regnault, Henri (French, 1843–1871)
• Reiber, Émile (French, 1826–1893)
• Reinhart, Johann Christian (German, 1761–1847)
• Rembold, Matthäus (German, 1629–1657)
• Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)
• Remiet, Pierre (French, 1368–1396)
• Remington, Frederic (American, 1861–1909)
• Ren Yi (Ren Bonian) (Chinese, 1840–1896)
• Reni, Guido (Italian, 1575–1642)
• Renoir, Auguste (French, 1841–1919)
• Repin, Ilia Efimovich (Russian, 1844–1930)
• Revere, Paul (American, 1734–1818)
• Reymond, Pierre (French, 1513–after 1584)
• Reynolds, Joshua (British, 1723–1792)
• Ribera, Jusepe de (Spanish, 1591–1652)
• Riccio, Il (Andrea Briosco) (Italian, Paduan, 1470–1532)
• Richards, William Trost (American, 1833–1905)
• Richter, Gerhard (German, born 1932)
• Rie, Lucie (British, born Austria, 1902–1995)
• Riemenschneider, Tilman (German, 1460–1531, active in Wurzburg, 1483–1525)
• Riesener, Jean–Henri (French, 1734–1806)
• Rigaud, Jacques (French, 1681–1754)
• Rinehart, William Henry (American, 1825–1874)
• Ring, Ludger tom, the Younger (German, 1522–1584)
• Ringgold, Faith (American, born 1930)
• Ringuet–Leprince, Auguste–Émile (French, 1801–1886)
• Rio Branco, Miguel (Brazilian, born 1946)
• Rivera, Diego (Mexican, 1886–1957)
• Riza Abbasi (Iranian, ca. 1565–1635)
• Robert, Hubert (French, 1733–1808)
• Robert, Louis–Rémy (French, 1810–1882)
• Roberts, Mary (English, active United States, died 1761)
• Robertson, Walter (Irish, ca. 1750–1802)
• Robetta, Cristoforo di Michele (Italian, Florentine, b. 1462–1535)
• Robinson, Henry Peach (British, 1830–1901)
• Robinson, Theodore (American, 1852–1896)
• Roche, Thomas C. (American, died 1895)
• Rochford, Daniel (American, 1900–1989)
• Rodchenko, Aleksandr (Russian, 1891–1956)
• Rodin, Auguste (French, 1840–1917)
• Roentgen, David (German, 1743–1807)
• Rogers, Ruth (American, born ca. 1731)
• Roghman, Geertruyt (Dutch, 1625—1651/57)
• Rohlfs, Charles (American, 1853–1936)
• Romagnési, Joseph–Antoine (French, ca. 1782–1852)
• Romanino, Girolamo (Italian, 1484/87–?1560)
• Romano, Giulio (Italian, Roman, ca. 1499–1546)
• Romney, George (British, 1734–1802)
• Rooker, Edward (British, 1711–1774)
• Roosevelt, Nicholas (American, 1715–1769)
• Rosa, Salvator (Italian, 1615–1673)
• Rosaspina, Francesco (Italian, 1762–1841)
• Rosenquist, James (American, born 1933)
• Rosler, Martha (American, born 1942)
• Rosselli, Cosimo (Italian, Florentine, 1440–1507)
• Rosselli, Francesco di Lorenzo (Italian, Florentine, 1448–before 1513)
• Rossellino, Antonio (Italian, Florentine, 1427–1479)
• Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (British, 1828–1882)
• Rosso Fiorentino (Italian, Florentine, 1494–1540)
• Rosso, Medardo (Italian, 1858–1928)
• Rothko, Mark (American, born Russia, 1903–1970)
• Rousseau the Younger, Jean (Swiss, 1606–1684)
• Rousseau, Eugéne (French, 1827–1891)
• Rousseau, Théodore (French, 1812–1867)
• Roux, Alexander (American, born France, 1813–1886)
• Rovner, Michal (Israeli, born 1957)
• Rowlandson, Thomas (British, 1756 or 1757–1827)
• Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish, 1577–1640)
• Ruckers, Hans, the Elder (Flemish, ca. 1545–1598)
• Ruff, Thomas (German, born 1958)
• Ruge, Willi (German, 1882–1961)
• Ruhlmann, Emile–Jacques (French, 1879–1933)
• Rumney, William (American, 1837–1927)
• Ruscha, Ed (American, born 1937)
• Russell, Andrew Joseph (American, 1830–1902)
• Russell, Clarissa Peters (American, 1809–1854)
• Rysbrack, John Michael (Flemish, 1684–1770)
• Ryuryukio Shinsai (Japanese, mid–18th–early 19th century)