In art history, an art period is understood as a particular span of time that encompasses various artists and their artworks, whose works are classified under a particular style or movement within art.
Collections of videos and essays covering the fundamentals of art history. Use these guides to get an introductory understanding of art historical skills and terminology.
art history, historical study of the visual arts, being concerned with identifying, classifying, describing, evaluating, interpreting, and understanding the art products and historic development of the fields of painting, sculpture, architecture, the decorative arts, drawing, printmaking, photography, interior design, etc.
The history of art focuses on objects made by humans for any number of spiritual, narrative, philosophical, symbolic, conceptual, documentary, decorative, and even functional and other purposes, but with a primary emphasis on its aesthetic visual form.
The Art Story is the History of Visual Art that is optimized for the web: we clearly and graphically overview and analyze classical and modern artists, movements, and ideas.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History presents a thematic, chronological, and geographical exploration of global art history through The Met collection.
We understand the history of humanity through art. From prehistoric depictions of woolly mammoths to contemporary abstraction, artists have addressed their time and place in history and have expressed universal human truths for tens of thousands of years.
Art History is an international, peer-reviewed journal for original and path-breaking research. Since 1978, it has published essays, critical reviews, and special issues that expand the terms and scope of the discipline.
Art history encompasses many movements and periods, including prehistoric and ancient art, Renaissance art, modern art as well as music, film and literature.