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Prehistory
40000 BCEUpper PaleolithicNeolithicNorte Chico CivilizationIndus Valley CivilizationBronze AgeIron Age0 CE
Ancient World
4000 BCEAncient EgyptMesopotamiaAegean CivilizationsAncient ChinaKingdom of KushLapita ExpansionOlmec CivilizationThe CeltsAncient GreeceThe EtruscansAncient RomeThe IberiansTeotihuacan CultureClassical India500 CE
Middle Ages
300 CEByzantine ArtMedieval ArtTang DynastyMedieval Persian ArtIslamic Dynastic ArtViking AgeClassical OceaniaIgbo-UkwuKhmer ArtSong DynastyGothic ArtInca EmpireYuan DynastyThe Aztecs1500
Industrial Revolution
1800Oceanic ArtRomanticismOrientalismHudson River SchoolEarly PhotographyBarbizon SchoolPre RaphaelitesRealismImpressionismMeiji ArtEarly ModernismPost-Impressionism1900
Modernism
1870SymbolismArt NouveauVienna SecessionFauvismSocial RealismExpressionismFuturismCubismSuprematismDadaDe StijlHarlem RenaissanceConstructivismArt DecoRegionalismSurrealismHanoi SchoolAbstract ExpressionismMinimalism1960
Contemporary Art
1960Pop ArtPost ModernismShona SculptureContemporary Indigenous Australian ArtZaire School of Popular Painting2020
, Velvet Textile for a Dragon Robe

Qing Dynasty

Benevolent emperors and the height of literature and art

Wang Hui 王翚, The Artists

Wang Hui 王翚

An ambitious young artist unifies China's historical painting styles

1632-1717
Giuseppe Castiglione, 郎世寧, The Artists

Giuseppe Castiglione, 郎世寧

A Jesuit missionary paints the emperor of China

1688-1766
Clearing after Rain over Streams and Mountains, Wang Hui 王翚

Clearing after Rain over Streams and Mountains

Wang Hui 王翚, 1662
Buddhist Temple on a Clear Evening, after Oubo Laoren, Wang Hui 王翚

Buddhist Temple on a Clear Evening, after Oubo Laoren

Wang Hui 王翚, 1674-1677
Landscapes 10, 仿古山水圖, Wang Hui 王翚

Landscapes 10, 仿古山水圖

Wang Hui 王翚, 1674-1677
Sand Banks and Rocks, after Chiweng, Wang Hui 王翚

Sand Banks and Rocks, after Chiweng

Wang Hui 王翚, 1674-1677
Shady Summer Woods, after Shuming, Wang Hui 王翚

Shady Summer Woods, after Shuming

Wang Hui 王翚, 1674-1677
Landscapes 4, 仿古山水圖, Wang Hui 王翚

Landscapes 4, 仿古山水圖

Wang Hui 王翚, 1674-1677
Landscapes 5, 仿古山水圖, Wang Hui 王翚

Landscapes 5, 仿古山水圖

Wang Hui 王翚, 1674-1677
Landscapes 6, 仿古山水圖, Wang Hui 王翚

Landscapes 6, 仿古山水圖

Wang Hui 王翚, 1674-1677
Landscapes 7, 仿古山水圖, Wang Hui 王翚

Landscapes 7, 仿古山水圖

Wang Hui 王翚, 1674-1677
Landscapes 8, 仿古山水圖, Wang Hui 王翚

Landscapes 8, 仿古山水圖

Wang Hui 王翚, 1674-1677
Landscapes 9, 仿古山水圖, Wang Hui 王翚

Landscapes 9, 仿古山水圖

Wang Hui 王翚, 1674-1677
Emperor Guan, Qing Dynasty

Emperor Guan

1700
Velvet Textile for a Dragon Robe, Qing Dynasty

Velvet Textile for a Dragon Robe

1700
One Hundred Horses, Giuseppe Castiglione, 郎世寧

One Hundred Horses

Giuseppe Castiglione, 郎世寧, 1728
One Hundred Horses — Detail 1, Giuseppe Castiglione, 郎世寧

One Hundred Horses — Detail 1

Giuseppe Castiglione, 郎世寧, 1728
One Hundred Horses — Detail 2, Giuseppe Castiglione, 郎世寧

One Hundred Horses — Detail 2

Giuseppe Castiglione, 郎世寧, 1728
One Hundred Horses — Detail 3, Giuseppe Castiglione, 郎世寧

One Hundred Horses — Detail 3

Giuseppe Castiglione, 郎世寧, 1728
One Hundred Horses — Detail 4, Giuseppe Castiglione, 郎世寧

One Hundred Horses — Detail 4

Giuseppe Castiglione, 郎世寧, 1728
One Hundred Horses — Detail 5, Giuseppe Castiglione, 郎世寧

One Hundred Horses — Detail 5

Giuseppe Castiglione, 郎世寧, 1728
Rank Badge with Silver Pheasant, Qing Dynasty

Rank Badge with Silver Pheasant

1750
Peacock Spreading Its Tail Feathers, Giuseppe Castiglione, 郎世寧

Peacock Spreading Its Tail Feathers

Giuseppe Castiglione, 郎世寧, 1758
The Qianlong Emperor in Ceremonial Armour, Giuseppe Castiglione, 郎世寧

The Qianlong Emperor in Ceremonial Armour

Giuseppe Castiglione, 郎世寧, 1758
Portrait of Consort Chunhui, Giuseppe Castiglione, 郎世寧

Portrait of Consort Chunhui

Giuseppe Castiglione, 郎世寧, 1760
Portrait of Lady Hoja, Giuseppe Castiglione, 郎世寧

Portrait of Lady Hoja

Giuseppe Castiglione, 郎世寧, 1760
Portraits of Emperor Qianlong, the Empress, and Eleven Imperial Consorts, Giuseppe Castiglione, 郎世寧

Portraits of Emperor Qianlong, the Empress, and Eleven Imperial Consorts

Giuseppe Castiglione, 郎世寧, 1736-1770
Formal Collar, Qing Dynasty

Formal Collar

1800
Next Movement
Academic Art, Age of Exploration

Academic Art

Allegory, craft, and the unrelenting dictatorship of the Academy

1661-1900

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