Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  • 1–500 A.D.
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  • 1400–1600 A.D.
  • 1600–1800 A.D.
  • 1800–1900 A.D.
  • 1900 A.D.–Present
• Timelines
  • 8,000–2,000 b.c.
  • 2,000–1,000 b.c.
  • 1,000 b.c.–1 a.d.
  • 1–500 a.d.
  • 500–1,000 a.d.
  • 1,000–1400 a.d.
  • 1400–1600 a.d.
  • 1600–1800 a.d.
  • 1800–1900 a.d.
  • 1900 a.d.–present
• Thematic Essays
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    Select a Thematic Category African Art American Art Ancient Near Eastern Art Art of the Americas Asian Art Byzantine Art Egyptian Art European Art Greek and Roman Art Islamic Art Medieval Art Oceanic/Pacific Art Prehistory Select a Department American Decorative Arts American Paintings and Sculpture Ancient Near Eastern Art Arms and Armor Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas Asian Art The Costume Institute Drawings and Prints Education Egyptian Art European Paintings European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Greek and Roman Art Islamic Art The Libraries Medieval Art and The Cloisters Musical Instruments Nineteenth-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art Objects Conservation Paintings Conservation Paper Conservation Photographs Robert Lehman Collection Scientific Research Textile Conservation

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  • Select a Geographical Region Africa Central America Central and North Asia East Asia Europe North America Oceania South America South and Southeast Asia West Asia All Geographical Regions Select a 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 All Time Periods
    
• Works of Art
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  Title Description
  Artist
  Material and Technique
  Credit Line
  Accession Number

• Index

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  Lists of Rulers

Subject Index (L)

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• Lace, See Textile, Silk; Textile, Cotton
• Lacquer
• Lajvardina, See Ceramic, West Asia
• Lamp, See Furniture, Lamp
• Lance, See Arms and Armor, Lance
• Landscape
• organized by geography
• Landscape, Central America
• East Asia
• China
• Japan
• Korea
• Europe
• Central Europe
• France
• Great Britain and Ireland
• Iberian Peninsula
• Italian Peninsula
• Low Countries
• North America
• Oceania
• South America
• South and Southeast Asia
• West Asia
• Anatolia and the Caucasus
• Eastern Mediterranean
• Iran
• organized by type
• Allegorical
• Arboreal
• Architectural
• Historical
• Marine
• Mountainous
• Pastoral
• Lapis Lazuli, See Stone, Lapis Lazuli
• Latin America, See Alkazzi, Basil (Kuwaiti, born 1938); Americas, Maya Area; Americas, Mexico
• Lawrence, See Figure, Saint, Lawrence
• Lead, See Metalwork, Lead
• Leather
• Lebanon, See West Asia, Eastern Mediterranean
• Leonard, See Figure, Saint, Leonard
• Liberia, See Africa, Guinea Coast
• Libya, See Africa, Western North Africa
• Liechtenstein, See Europe, Central Europe (including Germany)
• Limestone, See Stone, Limestone
• Linen, See Textile, Linen
• Literature and Literary Connections
• American Poetry
• British Literature
• British Poetry
• Shakespeare
• Chinese Poetry
• French Literature
• German Literature
• Greek Comedy and Tragedy
• Greek Poetry
• Homer: Illiad and Odyssey
• Italian Literature
• Japanese Literature
• Japanese Poetry
• Norse Myths
• Persian Poetry
• Portraits of Writers
• Roman Poetry
• Ovid: Metamorphoses
• Virgil: Aeneid
• Russian Literature
• Lithograph, See Print, Lithograph
• Lithuania, See Europe, Eastern Europe and Scandinavia
• Locomotive
• Louis, See Figure, Saint, Louis
• Love
• Low Countries, See Europe, Low Countries
• Lucy, See Figure, Saint, Lucy
• Lusterware, See Ceramic, Glazed
• Lute, See Musical Instrument, Stringed
• Luxembourg, See Europe, Low Countries
• Lyre, See Musical Instrument, Stringed