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​HISTORY OF ART

ON THIS PAGE MAY BE FOUND ILLUSTRATED NOTES FROM MY TALKS TO THE U3A (UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE) 

THEY ARE ARRANGED IN REVERSE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER FROM THE MOST RECENT TWENTIETH CENTURY WORKS AT THE TOP TO THE EARLIEST CAVE ART AT THE BOTTOM

​THE SECOND SECTION DEALS WITH THEMES IN ART  

THE THIRD SECTION IS TIMELINES OF THE ARTISTS THROUGHOUT WESTERN ART, ALSO ARCHITECTURE AND PHOTOGRAPHY

AT THE TOP ARE SOME LINKS TO INFORMATIVE ART WEBSITES

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External links
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Moving Pictures is an ongoing BBC radio series exploring artworks in high resolution and fine detail, including links to other works and web pages
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The Toledo Museum of Art (Ohio,USA) has a comprehensive collection of over 30,000 artworks from all periods and cultures. On the Art collection page, search for an artist, open an artwork and the label text. an excellent resource.
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The Web Gallery of Art is a searchable database of European fine arts and architecture (3rd-19th centuries), currently containing over 48.000 reproductions. Artist biographies, commentaries, guided tours, period music, catalogue, free postcard and mobile services are provided.
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Christopher P Jones writes widely on Art and Culture and publishes insightful articles on individual works on the Medium website.  He is the author of many e books including a free Essential Guide to Artistic Styles in Western Art 
Periods and Artists​​
​Modern
Photorealism
British Surrealism
Surrealism part one
Surrealim part two
Metaphysical Art
Morandi
​Marcel Duchamp
Dada part one
Dada part two
Chagall
Constructivism 
Suprematism
Vorticism
Russian Futurism​​
​Italian Futurism
Bauhaus 
The Art of the First World War
Camden Town to the London Group
The Blue Rider
Die Brucke
Cubism one, Picasso and Braque
Cubism two, Cubist Development
Fauvism
The Ashcan School
Munch, Ensor and Kollwitz
Egon Schiele
Gustave Klimt
Klimt, Beethoven Frieze
Vienna Secession
Art Nouveau
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Impressionism and Post impressionism​
​Cézanne part one: The Years of Struggle
Cézanne part two: The Mountain of Victory
Gauguin the Legend
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​van Gogh and Gauguin, Arles and the Aftermath​
​van Gogh and Gauguin,
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the Early Years
Divisionism-Heritage
Neo Impressionism
Degas
Toulouse Lautrec
Monet
Manet
Impressionism
Les Nabis
The Barbizon School
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Nineteenth Century
The Hudson River School, part one; the American Sublime
​The Hudson River School; part two Mountain, Lake and Sea
Symbolism
​Realism one: Corot and Courbet
​Realism two: 
the Realist Heritage
Romanticism ​
Ingres
Constable​
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Eighteenth Century
The Royal Academy and the Academic Tradition
Portrait and Landscape in British Art
France and Venice
Hogarth
Goya​
David​
Blake
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Seventeenth Century
The Dutch Golden Age
Poussin
Claude
Rembrandt
Rubens
Gentileschi
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Renaissance
British Painting in the 16th century
Spain in the 16th and 17th centuries
German Renaissance
Mannerism
Italian High Renaissance
Giorgioni
Cranach​
Carravagio
Tintoretto
Titian
Bruegel​
Hals
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Pre Renaissance
Early Netherlandish Art part one
Early Netherlandish Art part two
Early Italian Renaissance part one
Early Italian Renaissance part two
Bosch​
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Ancient Art
Medieval Art and Architecture
Classical Greek and Roman Art
Cycladic and Etruscan Art
Prehistoric Art
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Themes
The Making of the English Landscape
Painting Trees
Gardens in Art
Atmospheric Abstraction
Art and the Machine
Contrasts and Comparisons
Classicism
The Classical Heritage
Self-Portraits
Three Women Artists
Six Women Artists
The Reclining Nude
The Portrait in the Age of Photography
The Pursuit of Reality
Eight Views of Sculpture
Perspective
Forced Perspective
Techniques of Pritmaking
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Timelines
TL1 1240-1380
TL2 1380-1450
TL3 1450-1520
​TL4 1520-1590
TL5 1590-1660
TL6 1660-1730
TL7 1730-1800
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TL8 America 800-1870
TL8 Britain 1 1800-1970
​TL8 Britain 2 1800-1870
​TL8 Scotland 1800-1870
​TL8 France 1 1800-1840
TL8 France 2 1800-1880
TL8 France 3 1800-1880​
TL8 Germany and the north 1800-1870
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TL9 America 1 1870-1940
​TL9 America 2 1870-1940
​TL9 America 3 1870-1940
TL9 South America 1 1870-1940
​TL9 South America 2 1870-1940
TL9 Britain 1 1870-1940
TL9 Britain 2 1870-1940
​TL9 Britain 3 1870-1940
TL9 Britain 4 1870-1940
TL9 Britain 5 1870-1940
TL9 Britain 6 1870-1940
​TL9 Britain 7 1870-1940
TL9 Scotland 1870-1940
TL9 France 1 1870-1940
​TL9 France 2 1870-1940
TL9 France 3 1870-1940
TL9 Germany, Austria and Switzerland 1 1870-1940
​TL9 Germany, Austria and Switzerland 2 1870-1940
​TL9 Germany, Austria and Switzerland 3 1870-1940
TL9 Germany, Austria and Switerland 4 1870-1940
TL9 Northern Europe 1870-1940​
TL9 Russia 1870-1940
​TL9 Spain, Portugal and Italy 1870-1940
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Architecture and Design
TL9 Architecture, Europe 1870-1940
​TL9 Architecture, Britain and America1870-1940
​TL9 Design 1 1870-1940
​TL9 Design 2 1870-1940
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Photography
​TL9 America1870-1940
​TL9 Britain 1870-1940
​TL 9 France and Germany 1870-1940
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