Starry night by vincent van gogh

Early and Modern Art Timeline

  • 5000 BCE

    Petroglyphs

    Petroglyphs
    A petroglyph is a picture carved or engraved into a large piece of rock. It is the earliest form of art.
  • 400 BCE

    Sculptures

    Sculptures
    Sculptures are two or three dimensional models made from multiple different materials such as metal, stone, wood, clay and ceramics.
  • 1301

    Visual Arts

    Visual Arts
    The visual arts produce objects. Examples are ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking. Also, modern visual arts which use technology: photography, video, filmmaking and architecture.
  • 1410

    Canvas Paintings

    Canvas Paintings
    Canvas is one of the most common support for oil painting, in place of wooden panels. It was first used in the 14th century in Italy but it wasn't very common.
  • Fine Arts

    Fine Arts
    Fine art is art developed primarily for aesthetics or beauty.
  • Watercolor Paintings

    Watercolor Paintings
    Watercolor is the method of which people use paint made with a water-soluble binder and thinned with water instead of oil, giving the painting a transparent color.
  • Modern Art

    Modern Art
    Modern art movements include Neo-Impressionism, Symbolism, Fauvism, Cubism, Futurism, Expressionism, Suprematism, Constructivism, Metaphysical painting, De Stijl, Dada, Surrealism, Social Realism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop art, Op art, Minimalism, and Neo-Expressionism.
  • Abstract Art

    Abstract Art
    Abstract art is a form of art that does not represent an accurate depiction of visual reality and instead uses shapes, colors, forms and lines to create an image.
  • Digital Art

    Digital Art
    Probably the most modern form of art that we use today. People have even created graphic tablets. A graphics tablet is a computer input device that allows a user to create hand-drawn images, animations and graphics, with a pen-like stylus, almost like the way a person would draw images with a pencil and paper.