Obelisk Art History
Prehistory
40000 BCEUpper PaleolithicNeolithicNorte Chico CivilizationIndus Valley CivilizationBronze AgeIron Age0 CE
Ancient World
4000 BCEAncient EgyptMesopotamiaAegean CivilizationsAncient ChinaKingdom of KushLapita ExpansionOlmec CivilizationAncient GreeceThe CeltsThe EtruscansAncient RomeThe IberiansTeotihuacan CultureClassical India500 CE
Middle Ages
300 CEByzantine ArtMedieval ArtTang DynastyMedieval Persian ArtIslamic Dynastic ArtViking AgeKhmer ArtClassical OceaniaIgbo-UkwuSong DynastyGothic ArtInca EmpireYuan DynastyThe Aztecs1500
Age of Exploration
1300Italian RenaissanceMing DynastyKingdom of KongoNorthern RenaissanceKingdom of BeninSpanish RenaissanceMughal ArtMannerismBaroqueEdo PeriodQing DynastyAcademic ArtThe EnlightenmentWestern Esoteric ArtRococoNeoclassicism1850
Modernism
1870SymbolismArt NouveauVienna SecessionFauvismSocial RealismExpressionismFuturismCubismSuprematismDadaDe StijlHarlem RenaissanceConstructivismArt DecoRegionalismSurrealismHanoi SchoolAbstract ExpressionismMinimalism1960
Contemporary Art
1960Pop ArtPost ModernismShona SculptureContemporary Indigenous Australian ArtZaire School of Popular Painting2020
Industrial Revolution

Meiji Art
The end of feudalism begins with the search for knowledge

Meiji Art, Industrial Revolution100 Aspects, No 3. Rising Moon Over Mt. Nanping
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, The Artists

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Ghosts, madness, and the blood-soaked end of feudalism

1839-1892
Hishida Shunsō, The Artists

Hishida Shunsō

A quiet boy paints cats in a new style

1874-1911
Kobayashi Kiyochika 清親, The Artists

Kobayashi Kiyochika 清親

The vast loneliness of progress

1847-1915
Uemura Shōen, The Artists

Uemura Shōen

1875-1949
Masakiyo Conquering Korea, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Masakiyo Conquering Korea

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1864

a fool is a man with no intellect, and a man without learning cannot have intellect

An Encouragement for Learning

Fukuzawa Yukichi, 1872
View of Takanawa Ushimachi under a Shrouded Moon, Kobayashi Kiyochika 清親

View of Takanawa Ushimachi under a Shrouded Moon

Kobayashi Kiyochika 清親, 1879
Kudanzaka at Night in Early Summer, Kobayashi Kiyochika 清親

Kudanzaka at Night in Early Summer

Kobayashi Kiyochika 清親, 1880
100 Aspects, No 3. Rising Moon Over Mt. Nanping, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

100 Aspects, No 3. Rising Moon Over Mt. Nanping

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1885
100 Aspects, No 8. Moonlight Patrol, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

100 Aspects, No 8. Moonlight Patrol

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1885
Moon and Smoke, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Moon and Smoke

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1886
Attacking the Enemy Camp at Jiuliancheng, Kobayashi Kiyochika 清親

Attacking the Enemy Camp at Jiuliancheng

Kobayashi Kiyochika 清親, 1894
Braving the Bitter Cold, Kobayashi Kiyochika 清親

Braving the Bitter Cold

Kobayashi Kiyochika 清親, 1895
The Advance to Weihaiwei, Kobayashi Kiyochika 清親

The Advance to Weihaiwei

Kobayashi Kiyochika 清親, 1895
Reflection in the Water, Hishida Shunsō

Reflection in the Water

Hishida Shunsō, 1897
Autumn Landscape, Hishida Shunsō

Autumn Landscape

Hishida Shunsō, 1899
Fishing Boat on the Lake, Hishida Shunsō

Fishing Boat on the Lake

Hishida Shunsō, 1900
Hydrangeas, 紫陽花, Hishida Shunsō

Hydrangeas, 紫陽花

Hishida Shunsō, 1902
Naval Battle at the Entrance of Inchon, Kobayashi Kiyochika 清親

Naval Battle at the Entrance of Inchon

Kobayashi Kiyochika 清親, 1904
Cat and Plum Blossoms, 猫梅, Hishida Shunsō

Cat and Plum Blossoms, 猫梅

Hishida Shunsō, 1906
Bodhisattva Kenshu, 賢首菩薩, Hishida Shunsō

Bodhisattva Kenshu, 賢首菩薩

Hishida Shunsō, 1907
Fallen Leaves, 落ち葉 (Ochiba), Hishida Shunsō

Fallen Leaves, 落ち葉 (Ochiba)

Hishida Shunsō, 1909

Even if someone paints a 'green sun', I will not say it is wrong.

A Green Sun

Kōtarō Takamura, 1910
Black Cat, 黒き猫, Hishida Shunsō

Black Cat, 黒き猫

Hishida Shunsō, 1910
Daughter Miyuki, Uemura Shōen

Daughter Miyuki

Uemura Shōen, 1914
Yang Guifei, Uemura Shōen

Yang Guifei

Uemura Shōen, 1922
Mother and Child, Uemura Shōen

Mother and Child

Uemura Shōen, 1934
Making a Wish for a Long Life on Chrysanthemums, Uemura Shōen

Making a Wish for a Long Life on Chrysanthemums

Uemura Shōen, 1939
Next Movement
Early Modernism, Industrial Revolution

Early Modernism

Tradition be damned.

1870-1900

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