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Ancient civilisations
Early Arts and Prehistory is a period to follow to understand visual productions antérieures or outside European academic canons, from prehistoric objects to ritual forms; this page gathers exhibitions and references.
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Ancient Egypt is an essential period to follow to understand the civilization of the Nile valley, its temples, tombs, royal images, hieroglyphs, and objects related to the passage to the afterlife; this page gathers exhibitions and historical reference points.
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Greek and Roman Antiquity is a period to follow in order to understand the Greek and Roman worlds, their myths, cities, empires, architectures, sculptures, and objects of civic or domestic life; this page gathers exhibitions and useful historical landmarks.
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Early China is a period to follow to understand Chinese dynastic traditions, from ritual objects to literate painting, from ceramics to calligraphy; this page gathers exhibitions and useful historical references.
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Ancient India and Southeast Asia is an era to follow for understanding the ancient cultures of India and Southeast Asia, marked by the Hindu, Buddhist, courtly, and merchant worlds; this page gathers exhibitions and historical reference points.
PeriodsFrom the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment
The Middle Ages is an era to follow to understand the medieval period, between religious images, manuscripts, stained glass, sculpture, precious arts, and court culture; this page gathers exhibitions and useful historical references.
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The Renaissance is an era essential to understand the period of humanist rebirth where perspective, anatomy, recovered antiquity, portraiture, and the status of the artist undergo profound changes; this page gathers exhibitions and useful historical references.
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Grand Siècle, XVIIe siècle is a period worth following to understand the 17th century of monarchies, academies, religious arts, baroque théâtre, French classicism, and grand settings; this page gathers exhibitions and useful historical references.
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The 18th century is a crucial period to understand the Age of Enlightenment, salons, Rococo, Neoclassicism, decorative arts, and a new form of social interaction; this page brings together 4 exhibitions and useful historical references.
PeriodsThe nineteenth century
The 19th century is a key period to follow to understand the century of salons, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, photography, and urban modernity; this page gathers exhibitions and useful historical references.
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End of the 19th Century - Beginning of the 20th Century is an era to follow in order to understand the turning point period where symbolism, art nouveau, modernism, photography, design and avant-gardes prepare the 20th century; this page gathers 3 exhibitions and useful historic.
PeriodsThe twentieth century, decade by decade
The 20th century is an era to follow in order to understand the age of avant-garde, world wars, abstractions, design, photography, cinema, conceptual art, and contemporary practices; this page gathers 2 exhibitions and the useful historical reference points.
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The 1920s is an essential era to follow in order to understand the post-war decade, Art Déco, jazz, the avant-garde, modern photography, and new social freedoms; this page gathers exhibitions and useful historical reference points.
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The 1930s is a pivotal era to understand a decade of crisis, political engagement, surrealism, social photography, modern architecture, and international tensions; this page gathers exhibitions and historical reference points.
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The 1940s is an era to follow in order to understand the decade of war, occupation, exile, resistance, and then the post-1945 cultural reconstruction; this page brings together exhibitions and useful historical references.
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The 1950s is an era to follow in order to understand the decade of reconstruction, abstraction, modern design, humanist photography, and new forms of realism; this page gathers exhibitions and useful historical milestones.
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The 1950s and 1960s is an era to follow in order to understand the transition from post-war reconstruction, consumer culture, abstraction, design, neo-realism, and the emergence of pop art; this page gathers relevant exhibitions and historical reference points.
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The 1960s is an era to follow to understand the decade of pop art, new media, political protest, colorful design, performance, and conceptual art; this page gathers exhibitions and useful historical landmarks.
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The 1970s–1980s is an era to follow in order to understand a period of pluralism where performance, video, photography, installations, postmodernism, design, and countercultures developed; this page gathers exhibitions and historical references.
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Contemporary era is a key period to follow in order to understand the current state of creation, characterized by installation, performance, video, digital imagery, situated narratives, and global issues; this page gathers exhibitions and the.
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