Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

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Timelines (10) Southern Europe, 8000–2000 B.C. Southern Europe, 2000–1000 B.C. Italian Peninsula, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D. Italian Peninsula, 1–500 A.D. Italian Peninsula, 500–1000 A.D. Italian Peninsula, 1000–1400 A.D. Venice and Northern Italy, 1400–1600 A.D. Venice and Northern Italy, 1600–1800 A.D. Southern Europe, 1800–1900 A.D. Italian Peninsula, 1900 A.D.–present

Thematic Essays (43) Anatomy in the Renaissance Architecture in Renaissance Italy Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) (1571–1610) and his Followers The Chopine Commercial Exchange, Diplomacy, and Religious Difference between Venice and the Islamic world Domestic Art in Renaissance Italy El Greco (Domenico Theotocopulos) (1541–1614) Famous Makers and European Centers of Arms and Armor Production 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 Gardens of Western Europe, 1600–1800 Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778) Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696–1770) The Idea and Invention of the Villa Islamic Art and Culture: the Venetian Perspective Italian Porcelain in the Eighteenth Century List of Rulers: Europe Made in Italy: Italian Fashion from 1950 to Now Maiolica in the Renaissance Mannerism: Bronzino (1503–1572) and his Contemporaries Manuscript Illumination in Italy, 1400–1600 Northern Italian Renaissance Painting The Opera The Rediscovery of Classical Antiquity The Religious Relationship between Byzantium and the West Renaissance Drawings: Material and Function Sixteenth-Century Painting in Emilia-Romagna Sixteenth-Century Painting in Lombardy Sixteenth-Century Painting in Venice and the Veneto Textile Production in Europe: Lace, 1600–1800 Textile Production in Europe: Silk, 1600–1800 Titian (ca. 1488–1576) Venetian Color and Florentine Design Venice and the Islamic World, 828–1797 Venice in the Eighteenth Century Venice's Principal Muslim Trading Partners: the Mamluks, the Ottomans, and the Safavids Violin Makers: Nicol˜ Amati (1596–1684) and Antonio Stradivari (ca. 1644–1737) Woodcut Book Illustration in Renaissance Italy: The First Illustrated Books Woodcut Book Illustration in Renaissance Italy: Venice in the 1490s Woodcut Book Illustration in Renaissance Italy: Venice in the Sixteenth Century