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. Rome and Southern Italy, 1400–1600 A.D. Rome and Southern Italy, 1600–1800 A.D. Southern Europe, 1800–1900 A.D. Italian Peninsula, 1900 A.D.–present

Thematic Essays (62) American Neoclassical Sculptors Abroad Anatomy in the Renaissance Annibale Carracci (1560–1609) The Antonine Dynasty (138–193) Architecture in Renaissance Italy Art of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries in Naples Augustan Rule (27 B.C.–14 A.D.) The Augustan Villa at Boscotrecase Baroque Rome Boscoreale: Frescoes from the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) (1571–1610) and his Followers The Chiton, Peplos, and Himation in Modern Dress Domestic Art in Renaissance Italy Dutch and Flemish Artists in Rome, 1500–1600 El Greco (Domenico Theotocopulos) (1541–1614) Fashion in European Armor, 1000–1300 Fashion in European Armor, 1300–1400 Fashion in European Armor, 1400–1500 Fashion in European Armor, 1600–1700 Filippino Lippi (1456/47–1504) The Flavian Dynasty (69–96) The French Academy in Rome From Italy to France: Gardens in the Court of Louis XIV and After Gardens of Western Europe, 1600–1800 Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680) Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778) Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696–1770) The Golden Harpsichord of Michele Todini (1616–1690) The Grand Tour The Greek Key and Divine Attributes in Modern Dress Hendrick Goltzius (1558–1617) The Idea and Invention of the Villa Italian Painting of the Later Middle Ages Italian Painting of the Later Middle Ages: Fresco Italian Painting of the Later Middle Ages: Panel Painting Italian Porcelain in the Eighteenth Century The Julio-Claudian Dynasty (27 B.C.–68 A.D.) 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 Medicine in Classical Antiquity Neoclassicism Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665) Painting in Oil in the Low Countries and Its Spread to Southern Europe The Papacy and the Vatican Palace The Praenestine Cistae The Rediscovery of Classical Antiquity Renaissance Drawings: Material and Function Roman Cameo Glass Roman Copies of Greek Statues The Roman Empire (27 B.C.–393 A.D.) Roman Painting Roman Portrait Sculpture: Republican through Constantinian Roman Portrait Sculpture: The Stylistic Cycle The Roman Republic The Seleucid Empire (323–64 B.C.) The Severan Dynasty (193–235) Southern Italian Vase Painting Woodcut Book Illustration in Renaissance Italy: The First Illustrated Books The Year One