This course of study in art and culture begins with the Stone Age (30,000 BCE to 2500 BCE) and continues from the early civilizations such as Mesopotamia (3500 BCE to 539 BCE) and Ancient Egypt (3100 BCE to 30 BCE) to Greek and Hellenistic art (850 BCE to 31 BCE). It then proceeds to the Persian Empire (550 BCE to 330 BCE) and ancient Iranian art. After that, it covers Roman art (500 BCE to 476 CE), art from India, China, and Japan (653 BCE to 1900 CE), Byzantine and Islamic art (476 CE to 1453 CE), and the Middle Ages (500 to 1400 CE). Following these, it explores the Early and High Renaissance periods (1400 to 1550 CE), Venetian and Northern Renaissance (1430 to 1550 CE), and Mannerism (1527 to 1580 CE). Moreover, it delves into the Baroque period (1600 to 1750 CE), Neoclassical art (1750 to 1850 CE), Romanticism (1780 to 1850 CE), Realism (1848 to 1900 CE), Impressionism (1865 to 1885 CE), Post-Impressionism (1885 to 1910 CE), Fauvism and Expressionism (1900 to 1935 CE). It further covers Cubism, Futurism, Suprematism, Constructivism, and De Stijl (1905 to 1920 CE), Dada and Surrealism (1917 to 1950 CE), Abstract Expressionism (1940s to 1950s CE) and Pop Art (1960s CE), and finally Postmodernism and Deconstructivism (1970 CE to present). These periods in art history represent significant milestones in human artistic and cultural development, shaping the trajectory of art and culture through the ages.
- Teacher: Vahid Shakeryengejeh