Art and architecture from Europe and the Americas, spanning classical antiquity through modern and contemporary movements.
AD 1950-present
Art expands beyond traditional forms, embracing new media, global perspectives, and ideas that challenge how art is created and experienced.
AD 1800-1950
Artists broke from tradition to explore abstraction, emotion, and experimentation, responding to industrialization, revolution, and modern life.
AD 1400-1800
Marked by the Renaissance and Baroque, this era revived classical ideals while celebrating humanism, proportion, realism, and dramatic expression.
3000 BC - A.D. 1400
From ancient Greece and Rome to the medieval world, Western art focused on myth, religion, and civic life through sculpture, architecture, and symbolic imagery.