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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    • Medieval Art
    • Oceanic/Pacific Art
    • Prehistory
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  • Browse by Time Period
    • 20,000–8000 B.C.
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    • 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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• Cabanel, Alexandre (French, 1823–1889)
• Cahusac, Sr., Thomas (British, 1714–1798)
• Calandri, Filippo
• Callahan, Harry (American, 1912–1999)
• Calle, Sophie (French, born 1953)
• Calligrapher: List of Artists
• Callot Soeurs (French, active 1895–1937)
• Calverley, Charles (American, 1833–1914)
• Camaldolese, Don Simone (Italian, active 1375–98)
• Cambiaso, Luca (Italian, 1527–1585)
• Cameron, Julia Margaret (British, 1815–1879)
• Campagnola, Giulio (Italian, Paduan, 1482–1515)
• Campanus, Johann Jacob (German, active Ulm 1620–40)
• Campin, Robert (South Netherlandish, active by 1406, died 1444)
• Canaletto (Canal, Giovanni Antonio) (Italian, 1697–1768)
• Canova, Antonio (Italian, 1757–1822)
• Capa, Robert (American, born Hungary, 1913–1954)
• Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da (Italian, 1573–1610)
• Cardin, Pierre (French, born 1922)
• Carjat, Étienne (French, 1828–1906)
• Carnevale, Fra (Bartolomeo di Giovanni Corradini) (Italian, Marchigian, active by 1445, died 1484)
• Caro, Anthony (British, born 1924)
• Carpaccio, Vitore (Italian, ca. 1460 – ca. 1526)
• Carpeaux, Jean–Baptiste (French, 1827–1875)
• Carpi, Ugo da (Italian, ca. 1480–after 1525)
• Carracci, Agostino (Italian, 1557–1602)
• Carracci, Annibale (Italian, 1560–1609)
• Carracci, Ludovico (Italian, Bolognese, 1555–1619)
• Carrier–Belleuse, Albert Ernest (French, 1824–1887)
• Carriera, Rosalba (Italian, 1675–1757)
• Carrière, Eugène (French, 1849–1906)
• Carteron, Nicolas (French, 1694–1764)
• Cartier–Bresson, Henri (French, 1908–2004)
• Cashin, Bonnie (American, 1915–2000)
• Cassatt, Mary (American, 1844–1926)
• Castiglione, Giovanni Benedetto (Italian, 1609–1664)
• Castiglione, Giuseppe (Italian, 1688–1766)
• Catlett, Elizabeth (American, born 1915)
• Ceracchi, Giuseppe (Italian, 1751–1802)
• Ceramicist: List of Artists
• Cesena, Peregrino da (Italian, active Bologna, ca. 1490–1520)
• Cézanne, Paul (French, 1839–1906)
• Chagall, Marc (French, born Russia, 1887–1985)
• Chalayan, Hussein (British, born Cyprus, 1970)
• Chambi, Martín (Peruvian, 1891–1973)
• Chanel, Gabrielle "Coco" (French, 1883–1971)
• Chaplet, Ernest (French, 1835–1909)
• Chardin, Jean Siméon (French, 1699–1779)
• Chase, Anne (American, born 1709)
• Chase, William Merritt (American, 1849–1916)
• Chassériau, Théodore (French, 1819–1856)
• Chauvassaignes, Franck–François–Genès (French, 1831–after 1900)
• Chen Hongshou (Chinese, 1598–1652)
• Chikanobu Hashimoto (Japanese, 1838–1912)
• Chippendale, Thomas (British, 1718–1779)
• Choiselat, Marie–Charles–Isidore (French, 1815–1858)
• Chokha (Indian, active 1799–1825)
• Christus, Petrus (Netherlandish, active by 1444, died 1475/76)
• Church, Frederic Edwin (American, 1826–1900)
• Cigoli (Cardi, Ludovico) (Italian, 1559–1613)
• Claesz, Pieter (Dutch, 1596/97–1660)
• Clarkson, Elizabeth Van Horne (American, 1771–1852)
• Class of the One–Handled Kantharoi
• Cleve, Joos van (Netherlandish, active by 1507, died 1540/41)
• Cleyn, Francis (German, 1582–1658)
• Clifford, Charles (British, 1821–1863)
• Clodion, Claude Michel (French, 1738–1814)
• Clouet, Jean (French, active by 1516, died 1540/41)
• Coburn, Alvin Langdon (British, born American, 1882–1966)
• Cochin, Charles–Nicolas (French, 1715–1790)
• Cock, Jan Wellens de (Netherlandish, ca. 1480–before 1527)
• Coeck van Aelst, Pieter (Netherlandish, 1502–1550)
• Coggeshall, Martha (Patty) (American, 1780–1797)
• Cohen, John (American, born 1932)
• Cole, Thomas (American, 1801–1848)
• Coleman, Ruth Culver (American, no dates)
• Collaert, Hans (Flemish, 1571–1633)
• Colman, Samuel (American, 1832–1920)
• Colombo, Joe (Italian, 1930–1971)
• Colonna, Édouard (German, 1862–1948)
• Colt, Samuel (1814–1862)
• Commes des Garçons (French, founded 1969)
• Connor, Millsent (American, born 1789)
• Constable, John (British, 1776–1837)
• Coper, Hans (British, born Germany, 1920–1981)
• Copley, John Singleton (American, 1738–1815)
• Coriolano, Bartolomeo (Italian, Bolognese, ca. 1599–ca. 1676)
• Corneille de Lyon (Netherlandish, active by 1533, died 1575)
• Cornu, Jean (French, 1650—1710)
• Corot, Camille (French, 1796–1879)
• Correggio (Antonio Allegri) (Italian, Parma, died 1534)
• Cort, Cornelius (Flemish, ca. 1533–1578)
• Cortese, Cristoforo (Italian, active ca. 1390–died before 1445)
• Cortona, Pietro da (Italian, 1596–1669)
• Cot, Pierre–Auguste (French, 1837–1883)
• Courbet, Gustave (French, 1819–1877)
• Cousin, Jean, the Elder (French, ca. 1500–ca. 1560)
• Cox, James (English, ca. 1723–1800)
• Cozens, John Robert (British, 1752–1798)
• Cozette, Michel–Henri (French, 1754–1822)
• Cranach, Lucas, the Elder (German, 1472–1553)
• Crawford, Thomas (American, 1814–1857)
• Cristofori, Bartolomeo (Italian, 1655–1731)
• Crivelli, Carlo (Italian, Venetian, active 1475–93)
• Cropsey, Jasper Francis (American, 1823–1900)
• Cross, Henri–Edmond (French, 1856–1910)
• Cummings, Thomas Seir (American, 1804–1894)
• Cuvelier, Eugène (French, 1837–1900)
• Cuyp, Aelbert (Dutch, 1620–1691)
• Czapek, François (Swiss, born 1811, recorded 1839–65)