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From prehistory to the present

From the paleolithic era to first civilizations, from the post-classical period to the contemporary era...

The history of human creation, with over 170.000 artworks and 40.000 artists, is divided into 8 periods.

Movements and Styles

Scan through over 200 movements and styles and discover their featured works and artists.

Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Romanticisim, Realism, Impressionism, Pointillism, Symbolism, Art Nouveau, Expressionism, Fauvism, Cubism, Dada, Minimalism, Pop Art, Conceptual Art, Biomorphism, Neo-Minimalism and more

Cultures

From Oceania to Africa, China to Native Americans, Buddhist Art to Islamic Art, more than 300 cultures with featured artworks around the globe.

Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Persian, Mongolian, Filipino, Buddhist, Hindu, Ottoman, Indigenous Australian, New Guinea, Hawaiian, Nok, Akan, Gabon, Yombe, Hopewell, Mississippian, Inca, Olmecs, Aztecs and so much more

Architecture

More than 350 architectural styles and regions, with thousands of notable architectural works.

Neolithic, Mesoamerican, Ancient Roman, Byzantine, Badami Chalukya, Visigothic, Abbasid, Romanesque, Gothic, Indo-Islamic, Tudor, Palladian, Greek Revival, Expressionist, International, Brutalist, Neomodern and more

Architecture in USA, France, Canada, Brasil, Argentina, Morocco, Egypt, China, Austria, Russia, Turkey, Thailand, Indonesia and more

Schools and Groups

Schools and Groups, which have an important place in art history, are environments where artists are trained, interact with each other, and are influenced by each other.

Explore more than 180 Schools and Groups with notable members and artworks.

Florentine, Antwerp, Delft, Utagawa, Barbizon, Hudson River, Bauhaus, Black Mountain, Nazarene, Skagen Painters, Jack of Diamonds, UNOVIS, Fluxus, Young British Artists and more

Most popular items

Explore the lists of most popular artists, architects, artworks, architectural works, and museums for the milestones of art history.

Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, Gustav Klimt, Kandinsky, Pablo Picasso and more

Andrea Palladio, Mimar Sinan, Christopher Wren, Gustave Eiffel, Antoni Gaudí, Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Louis Kahn, Frank Gehry, Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid and more

Galleries

Have you ever wondered how humanity used the horse in works of art throughout history? Or sleep? Or rain? Or Paris?

Autumn, Birds, Children, Dance, Death, Eating, Flowers, Hands, Heaven, London, Musicians, Love, Moon, Moscow, New York, Portraits, Reading, Rome, Summer, Workers and more

Fundamentals of Art

Explore more than 200 art forms, genres, techniques, and terms to understand the art concept better.

Printmaking, Mural, Installation Art, Assemblage, Collage, Interactive Art, Veduta, Found Object, Serial Art, Photogram, Woodcut, Etching, Engraving, Arabesque, Allegory, Biennale, Kitsch, Picturesque, Verism, Visual Poetry, and more.

New discoveries every day

If you don’t know where to start or tend to get bored, we will enrich your knowledge of art history with a new artist/architect, artwork, and architectural work every single day.

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