Timeline for Art, Music, and Literature in History 1450-2000
1501-1504: Michelangelo sculpts David
1508-1512: Michelangelo paints the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
1513: Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince
1550-1725: Baroque era of art
1604: William Shakespeare writes the play Othello
1690: John Locke writes Essay Concerning Human Understanding
1720-1780: Rococo becomes a popular style in art and decoration
1765: Philosophes publish Encyclopedia: The Rational Dictionary of the Sciences, the Arts, and the Crafts
1770-1830: Classical style of music becomes popular
1776: Thomas Paine writes Common Sense
1790-1850: Romanticism becomes popular in art and literature
1791: Jacques-Louis David paints The Tennis Court Oath
1830: Eugene Delacroix paints Liberty Leading the People
1848: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels write The Communist Manifesto
1850-1870: Beginning of Realism art movement
1870: Impressionism becomes a popular art movement
1899: Rudyard Kipling writes "The White Man's Burden"
1900-1929: Modernism becomes a popular art movement
1905-1930: Cubism becomes a popular art movement
1920: Dadaism and Surrealism become popular art movements
1508-1512: Michelangelo paints the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
1513: Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince
1550-1725: Baroque era of art
1604: William Shakespeare writes the play Othello
1690: John Locke writes Essay Concerning Human Understanding
1720-1780: Rococo becomes a popular style in art and decoration
1765: Philosophes publish Encyclopedia: The Rational Dictionary of the Sciences, the Arts, and the Crafts
1770-1830: Classical style of music becomes popular
1776: Thomas Paine writes Common Sense
1790-1850: Romanticism becomes popular in art and literature
1791: Jacques-Louis David paints The Tennis Court Oath
1830: Eugene Delacroix paints Liberty Leading the People
1848: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels write The Communist Manifesto
1850-1870: Beginning of Realism art movement
1870: Impressionism becomes a popular art movement
1899: Rudyard Kipling writes "The White Man's Burden"
1900-1929: Modernism becomes a popular art movement
1905-1930: Cubism becomes a popular art movement
1920: Dadaism and Surrealism become popular art movements