Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  • 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.
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  • 1400–1600 a.d.
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  • 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
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  Lists of Rulers

Subject Index (R)

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• Renaissance Europe, See Europe, Renaissance Europe
• Raffia, See Textile, Plant Fiber
• Rainbow
• Ram, See Animal, Hoofed
• Rattle, See Musical Instrument, Percussion
• Rayon, See Textile, Rayon
• Realism
• Recorder, See Musical Instrument, Wind
• Regal, See Musical Instrument, Wind
• Regalia
• Relics and Reliquaries
• Relief, See Sculpture, Relief
• Religious Art, Buddhism, See
• Architectural Elements
• Arms and Armor
• Book
• Furniture, See
• Incense Burner
• Musical Instruments
• Painting
• Scroll
• Sculpture in the Round
• Sculpture Relief
• Textile
• Vessel
• Religious Art, Christianity
• Architectural Elements
• Book
• Diptych
• Drawing
• Icon
• Implement
• Needlework
• Painting
• Personal Ornament
• Plaque
• Print
• Reliquary
• Sculpture in the Round
• Sculpture Relief
• Tabernacle
• Textile
• Triptych
• Vessel
• Religious Art, Daoism
• Painting
• Religious Art, Hinduism
• Book
• Sculpture in the Round
• Sculpture Relief
• Textile
• Religious Art, Indigenous
• Painting
• Sculpture in the Round
• Textile
• Vessel
• Religious Art, Islam
• Amulet
• Architectural Elements
• Book
• Calligraphy
• Furniture
• Glass
• Textile
• Religious Art, Jainism
• Architectural Elements
• Book
• Sculpture in the Round
• Religious Art, Judaism
• Painting
• Sculpture in the Round
• Vessel
• Religious Art, Shinto
• Scroll
• Sculpture in the Round
• Ring, See Personal Ornament, Ring
• Rock Art
• Rock Crystal, See Stone, Rock Crystal
• Rococo, See Baroque and Rococo
• Romania, See Europe, Central Europe (including Germany)
• Romanticism
• Rome (Ancient)
• Rubber
• Rug, See Carpet
• Rulers, Lists, See Also Figure, Ruler
• Russia, See Asia, Central and North Asia; Europe, Eastern Europe and Scandinavia; West Asia, Anatolia and the Caucasus
• Rwanda, See Africa, Eastern Africa