Title 

Region/Country

period/style name

approximate dates


 		 period, style, culture, civilization - The term "period," for art historians is often interchangeable with style, culture, and or civilization although there are exceptions to this rule.  Usually a period is the name given to a specific kind of style that is also linked to a style.  Sometimes in some cultures art forms there are different developments in style and so art historians define the segments of time in which a new style has developed as different periods or in the case of Chinese and Egyptian art, they are referred to as dynasties.

In short, art historians pick a general name that defines a specific kind of art and they usually choose from among those names according to the term they think is the most descriptive.

 
 
6-30. Augustus of Primaporta. Early 1st century CE (perhaps a copy of a bronze statue of c.20 BCE.) Marble,height 6'8" (2.03m). Musei Vaticani, Braccio Nuovo, Rome 
  • chapter-plate or figure number
  • artist (when known) (not provided here)
  • title or descriptive name of work
  • date
  • original location (if moved to a museum or other site) (not provided here)
  • material or materials a a work is made of
  • size (height before width) in feet and inches, with centimeters and meters in parenthes
  • present location

Kiva painting from Kuana Pueblo Bonito
1300 CE - 1500 CE
SW United States
Anasazi Culture Classic Period		 Title- The name of the work, sometimes includes extra information

Date- Sometimes historians aren't sure so we give a "range" of dates.

Location or Region- Where the work of art was originally from.  Not where it is now unless it hasn't been moved.

Style, Civilization, Culture, & Period -

Art historians pick a general name that defines a specific kind of art and they usually choose from among those names according to the term they think is the most descriptive.  Usually it is a group of people who have lived during a specific period and share a way of life.

Often I use these terms interchangeably, but they are slightly different.

 
 

Title  Bukwas (Bookwus) 

Region/Country  NW Coast America 

period/style name  Kwakiutl

approximate dates  c. 20th Century


 		 period, style, culture, civilization - 

Historic Era Neolithic Technology Cultures

1125-1200 CE Ansazi
1300-Present  Navajo, Hopi, Zuni,
1300?- Present Kwakiutl, Tlingit, Haida

Title  Bukwas (Bookwus) 

Region/Country  NW Coast America 

period/style name  Kwakiutl

approximate dates  c. 20th Century


 		 period, style, culture, civilization - 

Historic Era Neolithic Technology Cultures

1125-1200 CE Ansazi
1300-Present  Navajo, Hopi, Zuni,
1300?- Present Kwakiutl, Tlingit, Haida

Title  Lyre of Queen Puabi

Region/Country  Mesopotamia or Fertile Crescent or Middle East (UR)

period/style name  Mesopotamian

approximate dates  c. 2600 BCE


 		 Historic Era Neolithic Technology Cultures in the Americas

1125-1200 CE Ansazi
1300-Present  Navajo, Hopi, Zuni,
1300?- Present Kwakiutl, Tlingit, Haida

Paleolithic

600,000-10,000 European Sites: Altamira, Lascaux, Tuc Audoubert, La Madeleine, Willendorf

Neolithic Cultures

4,000-1,500 BCE Europe
6,000-3,500 BCE Ancient Near East Catal Huyuk
800BCE-100 CE North America  Adena (Serpent Mound)

Mesopotamia or Mesopotamian Art
The Fertile Crescent also called the Ancient Near East: Sumerian, Akkadian, and Babylonian Art

Not Art History:
5000-3000 BCE The Copper Age
3,000-1,400 BCE Bronze Age
1400-1   BCE/CE Iron Age

Title Venus of Willendorf

Region/Country Europe (Austria)

period/style name  Paleolithic

approximate dates c. 22,000-21,000 BCE.


 		 Historic Era Neolithic Technology Cultures

1125-1200 CE Ansazi
1300-Present  Navajo, Hopi, Zuni,
1300?- Present Kwakiutl, Tlingit, Haida

Paleolithic

600,000-10,000 European Sites: Altamira, Lascaux, Tuc Audoubert, La Madeleine, Willendorf

Neolithic Cultures

4,000-1,500 BCE Europe
6,000-3,500 BCE Near East Catal Huyuk
800BCE-100 CE North America  Adena (Serpent Mound)

Mesopotamia or Mesopotamian Art
The Fertile Crescent: Sumerian, Akkadian, and Babylonian Art

5000-3000 BCE The Copper Age
3,000-1,400 BCE Bronze Age
1400-1   BCE/CE Iron Age