The Renaissance is a period in the
history of Europe beginning in
about 1400 "Renaissance" is a
French word meaning "rebirth".
Leonardo Da Vinchi
The Last Supper
(1495-1498)
(500AD)
Fall
of
Rome
Symbolism
(1880-1940)
Frida Kahlo
(1882)
Germany,Italy
and
Austria-Hungary
form the Triple
Alliance
(1885) The
Machine
gun is
invented
by Hiram
Maxim
Self-Portrait with Thorn
Necklace and Hummingbird
(1940)
The Symbolism in this
painting is firtly the
butterflies. They
symbolize
resurrection and it
may refer to her
rebirth in life after the
accident.
Furthermore, thorn
necklace she wears
may be the symbol of
Jesus’s crown thorn,
which was worn while
dragged and crucified.
Post-Impressionism (
Vincent van Gogh
Sunflowers
(1888)
My opinion on
this painting
is that i love
the textures
ad how bright
and bold the
overall image
is
Art Nouveau Period
(1890-1905)
Gustav Klint
(1890) An
all steel
bridge is
built over
the Firth of
Forth
(1901)
The
death of
Queen
Victoria
Portrait of Adele Bloch
(1907)
What i love
about Gustavs
images is the
patterns
layerd on top
of the bright
gold to create
contrast with a
bold dark
pattern to a
more soft
background
Surrealism
(1924-1966)
Salvador Dali
(1920) The
first radio
transmissions
(1927)
The first
talkig
film, "The
Jazz
Singer" in
America
(1939)
Second
World War
begins
(1941)
Japan
bombs
Pearl
Harbour -
America is
now at
war
Metamorphosis of Narcissus
(1937)
Pop Art
(1950-1970)
Andy Warhol
(1948)
The State
of Israel
is born
(1952) The
accession
of Queen
Elizabeth II
on the
death of
King
George VI
(1953)
Commercial
television
begins
Marilyn Diptych
(1962)
Impressionism
(1870-1888)
(1869) The
opening of
the Suez
Canal
(1876) The
four-strokeinternal
combustion engine
is developed by
Nikolaus Otto
Summer
1909
Frank Weston Benson
Frank Weston Benson
Summer 1909
Fauvism
(1904-1910)
Andre Derain
Portrait of Henri Mattise
(1905)
Romanticism
(1800-1850)
Joseph Mallord William Turner
( AKA J. M. W. Turner)
(1851) The Great
Exhibition at
crystal Palace
The Fighting Temeraire
(1939)
(1498) Last
Supper
painting by
Leonardo
Da Vinchi
(1685)
First
camera
invented
by
Johann
Zahn
Photorealism
(1960s onwards)
Richard Estes
(1955) Blue
jeans
become a
number
one best
seller
(1956) Civil
rights
demonstrations
in America
The Pictures
Generation - Post
Modernism
(1974-1984)
Sandy Skoglund
(1972)
Britain joins
the EEC
membership
(1973) Skylab
launched into
orbit by
America
Revenge of the Goldfish
(1981)
(1961) First
manned
space
flight by
Uri Gagarin
(1966)
Barclaycard-
first
British
credit
card
(1969) The
first man
walks on
the moon
Telephone Booths
(1968)
Cubism
(19071908)
Pablo Picasso
(1907) The first
animated cartoon
made by Emile Cohl
(1912) Titanic
hits an iceberg
and sinks
(1910) First
film is
made in
Hollywood
The Weeping Woman
(1937)
Expressionism
(1905-1920)
(1905)
Einstein's
theory of
relativity
Edvard Munch
The Scream
(1893)
Dadaism
(1915-1920)
Marcel Duchamp
(1915)
America
enters the
war
(1914)
The First
World
War
begins
(1918) Jazz
introduced into
Europe from
America
(1918) The
First World
War ends
L.H.O.O.Q.
(1919)
Illustration
(2000s onwards)
Bárbara Hulanicki
(2001)
Wikipedia
is
launched
(2009) Barack Obama is
sworn in as 44th
president of the USA
(2006)
Saddam
Hussein is
executed
and
Twitter is
launched
(2005)
YouTube is
launched
No name given
(1903) The first
aeroplane flight by
the Wright brothers