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Timeline of French art
From 30,000 years ago to 10,000 years ago:
Prehistoric cave paintings and cave art
Around 2,000 years ago:
1200-1500:
Medieval art / International Gothic (usually in the form of book illuminations and religious texts)
1500 - 1800:
Classical art in France art moves from the (Italian influenced) renaissance, via Baroque art, and to the classical
Around 1840-1860:
first transition towards the modern a new approach - the change from Ingres and David to Delacroix and Millet
1880 - 1910:
The French Impressionists light and shade from Manet, Monet and Renoir
1890-1910:
The post-impressionists painters in France art becomes a creation in itself, from Cezanne and Gauguin and Van Gogh
1910-1950:
Modern art in France
an end to traditional painted art with the experiments and works of Matisse,
Braque and Picasso...fauvism, cubism, surrealism
The timeline of art in France is an exciting one, as art follows the transition from simply recreating a scene to becoming an object of interest in itself - the fundamental change from classical art to modren art.
