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Visual Culture - Week 11 Post - Timelines/ Art Movement Research 1

Updated: Jul 7, 2023


Fig.1- Art and Design Timeline


Difference between Art Periods and Art Movements


Art Periods: An Art period is a longer piece of time including numerous diverse craftsmen and their works of visual craftsmanship, music, theatre, and writing. A craftmanship period ordinarily incorporates a few craftmanship developments with a shared centre or objective. Craftsmen and their works of craftmanship are ordinarily gathered into craftsmanship students of history after the period has come and gone.

Examples of Art Periods are:

  • The Ancient period

  • The Modern Time Period

  • The Early Modern Time Period

  • Medieval and Renaissance Time Period

Art Movements: An Art Movement is a collection of artists and their work that share a common philosophy, goal, technique, style, or period. Many movements have formed clubs that host manifestos, speakers, and special art exhibitions.

Examples of Art Movements are:

  • Pop Art

  • Fauvism

  • Surrealism

  • Futurism


Fig 2- Art History Overview


Below is a video that explains the difference between Art Periods and Art Movements.


Western Art and Design Timelines



Fig.3 - Western Periods of Timelines


The Western Art period started in the 15th Century, European artists started showing their skills and styles to the new world which created or paved the way for American and Canadian traditions to also start exploring, so their traditions were mixed with that of the Europeans.



Graphic Design (Commercial Art) History Timeline


Fig. 4 History of Graphic Design Timeline- Austin Northcutt



Graphic Design was said to originate from early cave paintings by historians about 38,000 BCE. The early forms of paintings in caves were how people use to communicate from generation to generation. William Morris was the founder of graphic art and aesthetics.


Image List:

Fig. 1-Art and Design Timeline (2023) [print] Available on the VLE, Simon and Alicia [Assessed on the 2nd of May 2023]


Fig. 2- WordPress, Art History Overview (n.d) [print] Retrieved from:


Fig. 3- Louse, A. Western Periods of Timelines (2023), [print] Retrieved from:


Fig. 4- Northcutt, A. History of Graphic Design Timeline (2016), [Print] Retrieved from:https://judsartwork.wordpress.com/2016/10/17/notes-on-graphic-art-graphic-design/ [Assessed 3 May 2023]


Reference List:

Ridge Light Ranch. (n.d.). Art Periods and Movements. [online] Available at: https://ridgelightranch.com/art-periods-and-movements/. [Assessed 3 May 2023]


Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopaedia (2019). Western arts. Encyclopedia Britannica.[online] Available at: https://www.britannica.com/art/Western-arts. [Assessed 3 May 2023]


Galvan, M. (2020). A brief history of graphic design. [online] Medium. Available at: https://uxdesign.cc/a-brief-history-of-graphic-design-90eb5e1b5632 [Assessed 3 May 2023]



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