An interactive, single-page timeline of art movements from ~40,000 BCE to the present. Made with the help of Claude.
A self-contained HTML page (art-movements-timeline.html) covering 9 eras and dozens of movements:
- Prehistoric & Ancient Non-Western
- Classical Mediterranean & Asian
- Medieval European
- Renaissance & Early Modern
- 18th–19th Century
- Early 20th Century Avant-Garde
- Mid-20th Century
- Late 20th Century
- Contemporary (21st Century)
Each movement includes origin context, a description, key artists (linked to Wikipedia), and links to museums/resources.
- Search — filter movements by name, artist, or concept
- Era filters — toggle visibility by historical period
- Expand/collapse — view details for individual movements or all at once
- Dark theme — designed for comfortable reading
Open art-movements-timeline.html in any modern browser. No build step, no dependencies.