EUROPE

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From the ruins of Rome to the salons of Paris, European art history spans thousands of years and includes some of the most iconic art today, shaped by empires, revolutions, and big ideas.

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c. 3000 BCE–500 CE


Cities, writing, temples, mosaics, sculpture, and more.

c. 500–1500 CE


Illuminated manuscripts, soaring cathedrals, and portable objects in ivory and bronze.

C. 1400–1980


The Renaissance, Baroque, Romanticism, Impressionism. A lot happens in Europe after 1400.

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