Timeline

Every work on the site, arranged by date from the 1480s to 1930. Scroll to travel through time.

1400–1520

Renaissance

  1. 1480PrimaveraSandro Botticelli
  2. 1485The Birth of VenusSandro Botticelli
  3. 1498The Last SupperLeonardo da Vinci
  4. 1503Mona LisaLeonardo da Vinci
  5. 1511The School of AthensRaphael
  6. 1512The Creation of AdamMichelangelo
  7. 1513The Sistine MadonnaRaphael
  8. 1538Venus of UrbinoTitian
1430–1580

Northern Renaissance

  1. 1434The Arnolfini PortraitJan van Eyck
  2. 1500Self-Portrait (1500)Albrecht Dürer
  3. 1500The Garden of Earthly DelightsHieronymus Bosch
  4. 1533The AmbassadorsHans Holbein the Younger
  5. 1565The Hunters in the SnowPieter Bruegel the Elder
1600–1720

Baroque

  1. 1600The Calling of Saint MatthewCaravaggio
  2. 1601The Supper at EmmausCaravaggio
  3. 1612The Descent from the CrossPeter Paul Rubens
  4. 1620Judith Beheading HolofernesArtemisia Gentileschi
  5. 1642The Night WatchRembrandt van Rijn
  6. 1656Las MeninasDiego Velázquez
  7. 1658The MilkmaidJohannes Vermeer
  8. 1665Girl with a Pearl EarringJohannes Vermeer
  9. 1666The Art of PaintingJohannes Vermeer
1720–1780

Rococo

  1. 1717Pilgrimage to CytheraAntoine Watteau
  2. 1756Madame de PompadourFrançois Boucher
  3. 1767The SwingJean-Honoré Fragonard
1760–1830

Neoclassicism

  1. 1784Oath of the HoratiiJacques-Louis David
  2. 1793The Death of MaratJacques-Louis David
  3. 1802Napoleon Crossing the AlpsJacques-Louis David
  4. 1814La Grande OdalisqueJean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
1790–1850

Romanticism

  1. 1781The NightmareHenry Fuseli
  2. 1808The Monk by the SeaCaspar David Friedrich
  3. 1810The Abbey in the OakwoodCaspar David Friedrich
  4. 1814The Second of May 1808Francisco Goya
  5. 1814The Third of May 1808Francisco Goya
  6. 1818Wanderer above the Sea of FogCaspar David Friedrich
  7. 1819The Raft of the MedusaThéodore Géricault
  8. 1820Saturn Devouring His SonFrancisco Goya
  9. 1821The Hay WainJohn Constable
  10. 1823The Sea of IceCaspar David Friedrich
  11. 1824The Massacre at ChiosEugène Delacroix
  12. 1827The Death of SardanapalusEugène Delacroix
  13. 1830Liberty Leading the PeopleEugène Delacroix
  14. 1836The Course of Empire: DestructionThomas Cole
  15. 1839The Fighting TemeraireJ. M. W. Turner
  16. 1840The Slave ShipJ. M. W. Turner
  17. 1844Rain, Steam and SpeedJ. M. W. Turner
  18. 1850The Ninth WaveIvan Aivazovsky
  19. 1851OpheliaJohn Everett Millais
1840–1880

Realism

  1. 1850A Burial at OrnansGustave Courbet
  2. 1855The Painter's StudioGustave Courbet
  3. 1857The GleanersJean-François Millet
  4. 1859The AngelusJean-François Millet
  5. 1863OlympiaÉdouard Manet
  6. 1863The Third-Class CarriageHonoré Daumier
  7. 1871Whistler's MotherJames McNeill Whistler
  8. 1873Barge Haulers on the VolgaIlya Repin
1860–1890

Impressionism

  1. 1863Luncheon on the GrassÉdouard Manet
  2. 1872Impression, SunriseClaude Monet
  3. 1872The CradleBerthe Morisot
  4. 1874The Ballet ClassEdgar Degas
  5. 1875Woman with a ParasolClaude Monet
  6. 1876Bal du moulin de la GalettePierre-Auguste Renoir
  7. 1876L'AbsintheEdgar Degas
  8. 1877The Gare Saint-LazareClaude Monet
  9. 1877Paris Street; Rainy DayGustave Caillebotte
  10. 1878Little Girl in a Blue ArmchairMary Cassatt
  11. 1881Luncheon of the Boating PartyPierre-Auguste Renoir
  12. 1882A Bar at the Folies-BergèreÉdouard Manet
  13. 1906Water LiliesClaude Monet
1886–1905

Post-Impressionism

  1. 1886A Sunday on La Grande JatteGeorges Seurat
  2. 1888Café Terrace at NightVincent van Gogh
  3. 1888SunflowersVincent van Gogh
  4. 1888The BedroomVincent van Gogh
  5. 1888Vision after the SermonPaul Gauguin
  6. 1889IrisesVincent van Gogh
  7. 1889The Starry NightVincent van Gogh
  8. 1890Almond BlossomVincent van Gogh
  9. 1890Wheatfield with CrowsVincent van Gogh
  10. 1892At the Moulin RougeHenri de Toulouse-Lautrec
  11. 1893The Card PlayersPaul Cézanne
  12. 1897The Sleeping GypsyHenri Rousseau
  13. 1898Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?Paul Gauguin
  14. 1904Mont Sainte-VictoirePaul Cézanne
1900–1930

Modern

  1. 1893The ScreamEdvard Munch
  2. 1908The KissGustav Klimt
  3. 1913Composition VIIWassily Kandinsky
  4. 1930Composition II in Red, Blue and YellowPiet Mondrian