The art of Europe, also known as Western art, encompasses the history of visual art in Europe. European prehistoric art started as mobile Upper Paleolithic...

Rock art has been produced in Europe since the Upper Palaeolithic period through to recent centuries. It is found in all of the major regions of the continent...

Romanesque art is the art of Europe from approximately 1000 AD to the rise of the Gothic style in the 12th century, or later depending on region. The preceding...

The medieval art of the Western world covers a vast scope of time and place, with over 1000 years of art in Europe, and at certain periods in Western...

The culture of Europe is diverse, and rooted in its art, architecture, traditions, cuisines, music, folklore, embroidery, film, literature, economics...

Contemporary art Contemporary art is a term used to describe the art of today, and it generally refers to art produced from the 1970s onwards. Contemporary...

Renaissance art (1350 – 1620) is the painting, sculpture, and decorative arts of the period of European history known as the Renaissance, which emerged...

European art cinema is a branch of cinema that was popular in the latter half of the 20th century. It is based on a rejection of the tenets and techniques...

Art history is, briefly, the history of art—or the study of a specific type of objects created in the past. Traditionally, the discipline of art history...

Prehistoric art In the history of art, prehistoric art is all art produced in preliterate, prehistorical cultures beginning somewhere in very late geological...

Indian art Indian art consists of a variety of art forms, including painting, sculpture, pottery, and textile arts such as woven silk. Geographically...

like in other parts of Europe, Italian Neoclassical art was mainly based on the principles of Ancient Roman and Ancient Greek art and architecture, but...

Elements of art are stylistic features that are included within an art piece to help the artist communicate. The seven most common elements include line...

the arrival of Europeans, on grounds of dating these are covered at pre-Columbian art and articles such as Maya art, Aztec art, and Olmec art.[citation...

humanist interest in art and science which led to the modern era. Since the Age of Discovery, led by Spain and Portugal, Europe played a predominant role...

styles and philosophies of the art produced during that era. The term is usually associated with art in which the traditions of the past have been thrown...

as far back as 100,000 years ago. A form of prehistoric art found all over the world, especially in Europe, small prehistoric statuettes known as Venus...

European academic traditions, fine art is made primarily for aesthetics or creative expression, distinguishing it from decorative art or applied art,...

An art movement is a tendency or style in art with a specific art philosophy or goal, followed by a group of artists during a specific period of time...

Postmodern art Postmodern art is a body of art movements that sought to contradict some aspects of modernism or some aspects that emerged or developed...

This is a list of fine art universities and colleges in Europe, containing academic institutions of higher (tertiary) undergraduate education, postgraduate...

Art Nouveau (/ˌɑːr(t) nuːˈvoʊ/ AR(T) noo-VOH, French: [aʁ nuvo] ; lit. 'New Art') is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially...

Renaissance that occurred in Europe north of the Alps. From the last years of the 15th century, its Renaissance spread around Europe. Called the Northern Renaissance...

in the cave systems of parts of Western Europe. Rock art continues to be of importance to indigenous peoples in various parts of the world, who view them...

earliest art academies were established. Up through the nineteenth century, these academies multiplied through both Europe and North America, and art began...

media were quickly in place. Early colonial art on the East Coast initially relied on artists from Europe, with John White (1540-c. 1593) the earliest...

Art is a diverse range of human activity and its resulting product that involves creative or imaginative talent generally expressive of technical proficiency...

such as performing arts, conceptual art, and textile arts, also involve aspects of the visual arts as well as arts of other types. Also included within...

Art of Mesopotamia The art of Mesopotamia has survived in the record from early hunter-gatherer societies (8th millennium BC) on to the Bronze Age cultures...

history of art in Asia parallels the development of Western art. The art histories of Asia and Europe are greatly intertwined, with Asian art greatly...