This document provides a chronological overview of artistic styles and movements from prehistoric cave paintings in Algeria from around 6000 BC to works by contemporary artist Jenny Saville who was born in 1970. It traces the evolution of art from early cave paintings through Egyptian wall paintings, Greek vase paintings, early Christian art, Renaissance works by Cimabue and Leonardo da Vinci, Romanticism depicted by Delacroix, Impressionism and Renoir, Cubism and Duchamp, Expressionism and Picasso, Abstract Expressionism and De Kooning, Photo Realism and Chuck Close, and Contemporary art with Jenny Saville.

1. Prehistoric Cave Paintings, Algeria, ca 6000 bc

2. Egyptian wall paintings, ca 1000 BC

3. Greek Vase Paintings, ca 500 BC

4. Early Christian
Cimabue,
Madonna and Child,
1280 AD

5. Renaissance
Leonardo, Vitruvian Man, 1490

6. Renaissance
Raphael,
Madonna and Child,
ca. 1500

7. Romanticism
Delacroix,
Liberty Leading
the People, 1830

8. Impressionism
Renoir,
Le Moulin de La Goulette,
1876

9. Cubism
Marcel Duchamps,
Nude Descending a
Staircase, 1912

10. Expressionism
Pablo Picasso,
The Guitar Player,
1903

11. Abstract
Expressionism
Willem De Kooning,
Woman and Bicycle,
1952

12. Photo Realism
Chuck Close,
Self Portrait,
1967

13. Contemporary
Jenny Saville,
b.1970