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ART HISTORY for kids 

Art History

noun

  1. the academic study of the history and development of painting, sculpture, and the other visual arts.

An art movement is a tendency or style in art with a specific common philosophy or goal, followed by a group of artists during a restricted period of time, (usually a few months, years or decades) or, at least, with the heyday of the movement defined within a number of years. Art movements were especially important in modern art, when each consecutive movement was considered as a new avant-garde.

THIS SECTION OF THE WEBSITE TAKES YOU ON A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME,  TRAVELLING ACROSS THE GLOBE TO DISCOVER ART AND THE CULTURES BEHIND IT. 

PERIODS OF ART HISTORY

cave painting of hands
medieval art depicting the Madonna and child

THE MIDDLE AGES

art from Statement of Ur
art history, renaissance

THE RENAISSANCE

ancient Egyptian art

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN

ancient Greek battle image

GREEK & ROMAN

girl with the pearl earing

BAROQUE

impressionism, art history

IMPRESSIONISM

post impressionism featuring van gogh

POST IMPRESSIONISM

surrealism eye with clouds in eye

SURREALISM

expressionism art
Klimt artwork

EXPRESSIONISM

ART NOUVEAU

Franz Kline, black reflection
Romanticism

ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM 

ROMANTISICM

pop art thumbnail, Andy Warhol

POP ART

Rococo art

ROCOCO

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