Art Periods and Styles to 1450
PreHistory
· Paleolithic Art
· Mesolithic Art
· Neolithic Art
Ancient Near East
· Mesopotamian
· Summerian
· Akkadian
· Neo-Sumerian
· Babylonian
· Hittate
· Elamite
· Assyrian
· Neo-Babylonian
· Achaemid
· Persian
· Sassanian
Ancient Egyptian Art
· Pre-Dynastic
· Early Dynastic
· Old Kingdom
· Middle Kingdom
· New Kingdom
· Late Period
· Ptolemaic Dynasty
Ancient Greek Art
· Cycladic
· Minoan & Mycenaean
Etruscan Art
Ancient Roman Art
Early Christian Art
Byzantine Art
Art in Early Europe
· Scythian
· Celtic
· Iron-Age Europe
· Anglo-Saxon
· Viking
Islamic Art
· Umayyad
· Abbasid
· Samanid
· Ghaznavids
· Almorvid
· Seljuq
· Ilmanid
· Mamluk
· Nasirid
· Timurid
· Mughal
· Safavid
· Zand
· Qajar
· Ottoman
Early Medieval Art
· Romanesque
Gothic Art
Early Renaissance in Italy
· 13th & 14th Centuries
Databases
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Academic Search PremierThe world's largest scholarly, multidiscipline, full-text database designed specifically for academic institutions. Contains full text for more than 4,600 peer-reviewed publications, in nearly all academic areas of study.
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Art and ArchitectureComprehensive art database with images and articles exploring art in all its forms.
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Credo ReferenceDigital reference material. Search by topic, name, or keyword.
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JSTORA full-text archival database providing access to 88 journals in the fields of the language, literature, art, and folklore.
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MasterFILE PremierAccess to information on a broad range of topics including general interest, business, health, and multicultural.
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Oxford Reference CollectionAccess the content of more than 100 Oxford reference books with a single search.
Searching JSTOR
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Grecian Vase
Black-figure vase painting showing
Achilles and Ajax playing checkers
Painted by Exekias
450 B.C.
Selected Artists to 1450
Alberti
Cenni D Pepi (Cimabue)
Claus Sluter
Donato di Niccolo Bardi (Donatello)
Duccio
Filippo Brunelleschi
Fra Filippo Lippi
Francesco Traini
Gentile Da Fabriano
Giotto di Bondone
Giovanni Da Milano
Jan van Eyck
Melchior Broederlam
Pietro & Ambrogio Lornzetti
Pietro Cavallini
Rogier van der Weyden
Simone Martini
Taddeo Gaddi
Tommaso di Ser Giovanni (Massaccio)