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
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    • Egyptian Art
    • European Art
    • Greek and Roman Art
    • Islamic Art
    • Medieval Art
    • Oceanic/Pacific Art
    • Prehistory
  • Browse by Geographical Region
    • Africa
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    • Central and North Asia
    • 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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    • American Decorative Arts
    • American Paintings and Sculpture
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    • Asian Art
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    • Objects Conservation
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    • Scientific Research
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• Works of Art
• Index

Subject Index: Europe, France

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Timelines (10) Western and Central Europe, 8000–2000 B.C. Western and Central Europe, 2000–1000 B.C. Western and Central Europe, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D. Western and Central Europe, 1–500 A.D.ht France, 500–1000 A.D. France, 1000–1400 A.D. France, 1400–1600 A.D. France, 1600–1800 A.D. France, 1800–1900 A.D. France, 1900 A.D.–present

Thematic Essays (115) The Age of Saint Louis (1226–1270) Americans in Paris, 1860–1900 Arms and Armor—Common Misconceptions and Frequently Asked Questions Art Nouveau Auguste Rodin (1840–1917) The Ballet Barbarians and Romans The Bikini Burgundian Netherlands: Court Life and Patronage Burgundian Netherlands: Private Life Chauvet Cave (ca. 30,000 B.C.) Claude Monet (1840–1926) The Countess da Castiglione Cubism Daguerre (1787–1851) and the Invention of Photography The Daguerreian Age in France: 1839–1855 The Decoration of Arms and Armor Dressing for the Cocktail Hour Dutch and Flemish Artists in Rome, 1500–1600 Edgar Degas (1834–1917): Bronze Sculpture Edgar Degas (1834–1917): Painting and Drawing Édouard Baldus (1813–1889) Édouard Manet (1832–1883) Eighteenth-Century European Dress Eighteenth-Century Silhouette and Support Eighteenth-Century Women Painters in France Empire Style, 1800–1815 Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) and Art Eugène Atget (1857–1927) Europe and the Islamic World, 1600–1800 European Clocks in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century European Exploration of the Pacific, 1600–1800 European Revivalism European Tapestry Production and Patronage, 1400–1600 European Tapestry Production and Patronage, 1600–1800 The Face in Medieval Sculpture Fashion in European Armor, 1000–1300 Fashion in European Armor, 1300–1400 Fashion in European Armor, 1400–1500 Fashion in European Armor, 1500–1600 Fashion in European Armor, 1600–1700 Fauvism Feudalism and Knights in Medieval Europe Fire Gilding of Arms and Armor Fontainebleau François Boucher (1703–1770) Francisco de Goya (1746–1828) and the Spanish Enlightenment The French Academy in Rome French Furniture in the Eighteenth Century: Case Furniture French Furniture in the Eighteenth Century: Seat Furniture French Porcelain in the Eighteenth Century French Silver in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries From Italy to France: Gardens in the Court of Louis XIV and After Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel (1883–1971) and the House of Chanel Gardens in the French Renaissance Gardens of Western Europe, 1600–1800 Georges Seurat (1859–1891) and Neo-Impressionism Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680) The Golden Age of French Furniture in the Eighteenth Century The Grand Tour The Greek Key and Divine Attributes in Modern Dress The Guitar Gustave Le Gray (1820–1884) Haute Couture Henri Matisse (1869–1954) How Medieval and Renaissance Tapestries Were Made Impressionism: Art and Modernity The Industrialization of French Photography after 1860 Interior Design in England, 1600–1800 Introduction to Prehistoric Art, 20,000–8000 B.C. Japonisme Jean Antoine Watteau (1684–1721) Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806) Lascaux (ca. 15,000 B.C.) Le Colis de Trianon-Versailles and Paris Openings The Legacy of Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825) List of Rulers: Europe Lithography in the Nineteenth Century Louis-Rémy Robert (1810–1882) Mannerism: Bronzino (1503–1572) and his Contemporaries Manuscript Illumination in Northern Europe Mission Héliographique, 1851 The Nabis and Decorative Painting Nadar (1820–1910) The Neoclassical Temple Neoclassicism Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665) Nineteenth-Century European Textile Production Nineteenth-Century French Realism Northern Mannerism in the Early Sixteenth Century The Nude in Baroque and Later Art The Opera Orientalism in Nineteenth-Century Art Orientalism: Visions of the East in Western Dress Patronage at the Early Valois Courts (1328–1461) Patronage at the Later Valois Courts (1461–1589) Paul Cézanne (1839–1906) Post-Impressionism The Print in the Nineteenth Century The Printed Image in the West: Mezzotint Provinces of the Late Roman Empire (1–500) The Rediscovery of Assyria The Roman Empire (27 B.C.–393 A.D.) Romanticism The Salon and The Royal Academy School of Paris Sèvres Porcelain in the Nineteenth Century Symbolism Textile Production in Europe: Embroidery, 1600–1800 Textile Production in Europe: Lace, 1600–1800 Textile Production in Europe: Printed, 1600–1800 Trade Relations among European and African Nations Twentieth-Century Silhouette and Support Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890): The Drawings