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Periods and movements

Browse by century, or by the movement and period labels the museums give their works.

Centuries

6th century8 works

7th century10 works

8th century10 works

9th century15 works

10th century16 works

11th century21 works

12th century13 works

13th century37 works

14th century97 works

15th century314 works

16th century369 works

17th century452 works

18th century635 works

19th century2039 works

20th century900 works

Movements and periods

Each bar spans the dates of most of the works here with that label (the earliest and latest 5% are left out).

Medieval11 works · c. 1235–1392

Renaissance66 works · c. 1440–1627

Mannerism8 works · c. 1525–1608

Mughal painting8 works · c. 1585–1725

Baroque20 works · c. 1555–1742

Neoclassicism11 works · c. 1769–1826

Edo period88 works · c. 1675–1862

Romanticism9 works · c. 1793–1880

Barbizon School19 works · c. 1844–1874

Realism59 works · c. 1673–1906

Meiji period14 works · c. 1867–1895

Impressionism164 works · c. 1864–1909

Post-Impressionism61 works · c. 1880–1905

Pictorialism33 works · c. 1889–1906

Early Modernism44 works · c. 1865–1921

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