Draft:Outline of art history

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to art history:

Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today, art history examines broader aspects of visual culture, including the various visual and conceptual outcomes related to an ever-evolving definition of art. Art history encompasses the study of objects created by different cultures around the world and throughout history that convey meaning, importance or serve usefulness primarily through visual representations.

What type of thing is art history?

Art history can be described as all of the following:

Art history, by Region

African

Art of Africa

American

• Visual art of the United States
• African-American art

Asian

Art of Asia

European

Art of Europe

• Minoan art
• Ancient Greek art
  • Classical antiquity
  • Late antiquity
  • Hellenistic period
• Roman art
• Medieval art
  • Anglo-Saxon art
  • Carolingian art
  • Insular art (Hiberno-Saxon)
  • Merovingian art
  • Migration art
  • Ottonian art

• Gothic art
• International Gothic
• The Renaissance
  • Italian Renaissance
  • High Renaissance
  • Northern Renaissance
  • Early Netherlandish painting
  • Dutch Golden Age painting
• Mannerism
  • Antwerp Mannerism
  • Northern Mannerism
• Baroque
  • Flemish Baroque painting
  • Lutheran art
• Rococo
  • Rocaille
  • Friderizianisches Rokoko
• Neoclassicism
  • Empire style
• Romanticism
  • Danish Golden Age
  • German Romanticism
  • Troubadour style
• Academic art
  • Orientalism
• Realism
• Modern art
  • Expressionism
  • Impressionism
    • Amsterdam Impressionism
    • Neo-Impressionism
    • Pointillism
    • Post-Impressionism
  • Symbolism (arts)
• Art Nouveau
  • Jugendstil
• Abstract art
  • Spiritualist art
• Contemporary art

History of European art, by country

• Albanian art
• Armenian art
• Belarusian art
• Belgian art
• Croatian art
• Cypriot art
• Czech art
• Danish art
• Dutch art
• Estonian art
• Finnish art
• Georgian art
• German art
  • Art in Nazi Germany
• Greek art
  • Ancient Greek art
    • Ancient Greek sculpture
  • Byzantine art
    • Macedonian art (Byzantine)
  • Modern Greek art
• History of French art
• Hungarian art
• Icelandic art
• Irish art
• Italian art
• Kazakh art
• Maltese art
• Norwegian art
• Polish art
• Portuguese art
• Romanian art
• Russian art
• Serbian art
• Spanish art
• Swedish art
• Swiss art
• Turkish art
• Art of the United Kingdom
  • English art
  • Northern Irish art
  • Scottish art
  • Welsh art

Latin-American

Latin American art

• Caribbean art
• Mexican art

South American

• Argentine painting
• Brazilian art
• Chilean art
• Colombian art
• Ecuadorian art
• Peruvian art
• Venezuelan art

Art history, by type of art

• History of the performing arts
  • History of dance
  • History of film
  • History of music
  • History of opera
  • History of theatre
• History of visual arts
  • History of architecture (timeline)
  • History of design
  • History of drawing
  • History of film
  • History of painting
  • History of photography
  • History of sculpture

History of art history

History of art history

General art history concepts

• Iconography
• Provenance

Persons influential in art history

Art history scholars

See Category:Art historians

• Émile Mâle
• Erwin Panofsky
• Nikolaus Pevsner
• Ernst Kitzinger
• Jacob Burckhardt
• Heinrich Wölfflin
• Kenneth Clark
• Svetlana Alpers
• Roy Strong
• Nicholas Penny
• Ernst Gombrich
• Meyer Schapiro
• Kurt Weitzmann
• David Rosand
• Germaine Greer
• Sydney Joseph Freedberg
• Vienna School of Art History

See also

• History of art
• Art movement

External links

• Art History 101: A Brisk Walk Through the Art Eras
• Art History Resources on the Web, in-depth directory of web links, divided by period
• Art timeline

Art history