Characterized by highly stylized paintings, sculptures, and monumental pyramids; focused on gods, pharaohs, and the afterlife.

• Mesopotamian Art

• Egyptian Art

• Greek Art

• Roman Art

Development of naturalistic sculpture, pottery, and architecture

• Mesopotamian Art

• Egyptian Art

• Greek Art

• Roman Art

Realistic portraiture, mosaics, frescoes, and grand architecture.

• Mesopotamian Art

• Egyptian Art

• Greek Art

• Roman Art

Pointed arches, stained glass windows, flying buttresses, and highly detailed sculptures.

• Byzantine Art

• Romanesque Art

• Gothic Art

Religious mosaics, icons, and illuminated manuscripts with gold backgrounds and spiritual themes.

• Byzantine Art

• Romanesque Art

• Gothic Art

Exaggerated forms, elongated proportions, and emotional intensity.

• Early Rennaisance

• High Rennaisance

• Mannerism

• Baroque

• Rococo

Dramatic lighting, movement, grandeur (e.g., Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Bernini).

• Early Rennaisance

• High Rennaisance

• Mannerism

• Baroque

• Rococo

Perspective, realistic human forms, and classical themes (e.g., works by Masaccio, Botticelli).

• Early Rennaisance

• High Rennaisance

• Mannerism

• Baroque

• Rococo

Emphasized emotion, nature, and the sublime (e.g., Delacroix, Goya, Turner).

• Neoclassicism

• Romanticism

• Realism

• Impressionism

• Post-Impressionism

Emphasized personal expression and vivid colors (e.g., Van Gogh, Gauguin).

• Neoclassicism

• Romanticism

• Realism

• Impressionism

• Post-Impressionism