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Art History – Ancient Art Based On Civilizations & Period

Prehistory

Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) Art – 30,000-10,000 B.C.
Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age) Art – 10,000-8000 B.C.
Neolithic (New Stone Age) Art – 8000-3000 B.C.
Bronze Age Art – 2500-800 B.C.
Iron Age Art – 750-50 B.C.

Ancient Civilizations

Mesopotamia
Sumerian Art – 3000-2300 B.C.
Akkadian Art – 2300-2150 B.C.
Neo-Sumerian Art – 2150-2000 B.C.
Babylonian Art – 1900-1600 B.C.
Assyrian Art – 900-612 B.C.
Neo-Babylonian Art – 625-539 B.C.
Egypt
Early Dynastic Art – 3500-2686 B.C.
Old Kingdom Art – 2686-2185 B.C.
Middle Kingdom Art – 2133-1750 B.C.
Early New Kingdom Art – 1570-1353 B.C.
Amarna Art – 1353-1332 B.C.
Late New Kingdom Art – 1332-1075 B.C.
Late Period Art – 750-332 B.C.
Macedonian Dynasty Art – 332-304 B.C.
Ptolemaic Dynasty Art – 304-30 B.C.
Art under the Roman Emperors – 30 B.C.-395 A.D.
The Cycladic Islands/Crete
Early Minoan Art – 2800-2000 B.C.
Middle Minoan Art – 2000-1700 B.C.
Late Minoan Art – 1550-1400 B.C.
Phoenician Art – 1500-500 B.C.
Nomadic Tribes
Luristan Art – 700-500 B.C.
Scythian Art – 600-300 B.C.
Persian Empire Art – 539-331 B.C.

Classical Civilizations

Greek Art
Mycenaean Art – 1550-1200 B.C.
Sub-Mycenaean Art – 1100-1025 B.C.
Proto-Geometric Art – 1025-900 B.C.
Geometric Art – 900-700 B.C.
Archaic Art – 700-480 B.C.
Orientalizing Phase – 735-650 B.C.
Early Archaic – 700-600 B.C.
High Archaic – 600-520 B.C.
Late Archaic – 520-480 B.C.
   Classical Art – 480-323 B.C.
Early Classical – 480-450 B.C.
High Classical – 450-400 B.C.
Late Classical – 400-323 B.C.
Hellenistic Art – 323-31 B.C.
Early Hellenistic – 323-250 B.C.
High Hellenistic – 250-100 B.C.
Late Hellenistic – 100 -31 B.C.
    Etruscan Art
Early Iron Age Art – 9th century-ca. 675 B.C.
Orientalizing Phase – ca. 675-ca. 575 B.C.
Archaic Period Art – ca. 575-ca. 480 B.C.
Classical Period Art – ca. 480-ca. 300 B.C.
Hellenistic Period Art – ca. 300-ca. 50 B.C.
    Roman Art
Republican Art – 510-27 B.C.
Early Roman Empire Art – 27 B.C.-235 A.D.
Augustan – 27 B.C.-14 A.D.
Julio-Claudian – 14-68
Flavian – 69-96
Trajanic – 98-117
Hadrianic – 117-138
Antonine – 138-192
Severin – 193-235
Late Roman Empire/Late Antique Art – 235-476
Judean Art – 600 B.C.-135 A.D.
    Celtic Art
Early Style – ca. 450-ca. 350 B.C.
Waldalgesheim Style – ca. 350-ca. 250 B.C.
Sword and Plastic Styles – ca. 250-ca. 125 B.C.
Oppida Period Art – ca. 125-ca. 50 B.C.
Britain and Ireland before 600 A.D.
Parthian and Sassanidic Art – 238 B.C.-637 A.D.

Non-Western Ancient Art

    China
Neolithic – ca. 6,000–ca. 1,600 B.C.
Shang Dynasty – 1,766–1,045 B.C.
Zhou Dynasty – 1,045–256 B.C.
Qin Dynasty – 221–206 B.C.
Han Dynasty – 206 B.C.–220 A.D.
Three Kingdoms Period – 220–280
Western Jin Dynasty – 265–316
Six Dynasties Period – 222–589
Northern and Southern Dynasties Period – 310–589
    Japan
Jomon – 4,500–200 B.C.
Yayoi – 200 B.C.–200 A.D.
Kofun – 200–500
    Indian Subcontinent
Indus Valley – 4,000–1,800 B.C.
Sarasvati-Sindhu Civilization – 3,000–1,500 B.C.
Aryan India – 1,500–500 B.C.
The Mauryan Empire – 321–233 B.C.
Gandhara and Kushan School – 1st–3rd centuries A.D.
The Gupta Dynasty – 320–510
    Africa
Rock Art in Southern Africa
Sahara – Bubalus Period – ca. 6,000–ca. 3,500 B.C.
Lower Nubia – ca. 3,500–2,000 B.C.
Kush – 2,000 B.C.–325 A.D.
Pre-dynastic Kemet – to 3,050 B.C.
The Nok Culture – 400 B.C.–200 A.D.
Aksum – 350 B.C.–1,000 A.D.
    North America
Mexico
Olmec Art – 1,200–350 B.C.
Zapotec Art – 1,400 B.C.–400 A.D.
Huastec Art – ca. 1000 B.C.-1521 A.D.
Mayan Art – 300 B.C.–800 A.D.
    South America
Valdivian Art – ca. 4,000-ca. 1,500 B.C.
Chavin Art – ca. 2,600-ca. 200 B.C.
San Agustin – ca. 800 B.C.-ca. 1630 A.D.
Moche and Nasca Art – ca. 200 B.C.-ca. 600 A.D.