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Global Prehistory (30,000–500 BCE)

The earliest art, from cave paintings to megaliths.

  1. 1Global PrehistoryUp next28 lessons
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Ancient Mediterranean (3500 BCE–300 CE)

The Near East, Egypt, Greece, Etruria, and Rome.

  1. 1Ancient Near East and Egypt33 lessons
  2. 2Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Art32 lessons
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Early Europe and Colonial Americas (200–1750 CE)

Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque art.

  1. 1Medieval Art30 lessons
  2. 2Renaissance and Baroque Art63 lessons
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Later Europe and Americas (1750–1980 CE)

Neoclassicism through Modernism.

  1. 118th- and 19th-Century Art11 lessons
  2. 2Modern Art5 lessons
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Indigenous Americas (1000 BCE–1980 CE)

Art of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas.

  1. 1Indigenous Americas15 lessons
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Africa (1100–1980 CE)

Art from across the African continent.

  1. 1Africa36 lessons
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West and Central Asia (500 BCE–1980 CE)

Islamic art and art of West and Central Asia.

  1. 1West and Central Asia14 lessons
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South, East, and Southeast Asia (300 BCE–1980 CE)

Buddhist, Hindu, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean art.

  1. 1South, East, and Southeast Asia45 lessons
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The Pacific (700–1980 CE)

Art of Oceania, Polynesia, and Australia.

  1. 1The Pacific14 lessons
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Global Contemporary (1980 CE–present)

Art made since 1980 around the world.

  1. 1Global Contemporary Art30 lessons