Time travel with paintings
Art Through History
From the battlefield of Marathon to the surface of the Moon: pick a big moment in Western history and see how artists painted it — some who were there, some centuries later.
Classical World
The Middle Ages
Renaissance & Reformation
Age of Reason & Revolution
The 19th Century
43 events · 517 artworks See the tree of history ↓
🌱 The rootsAncient Greece & Rome
Classical WorldGreece & Rome
Classical Greece: From Marathon to Socrates490–399 BC9 artworks
Alexander the Great336–323 BC11 artworks
Founding of Rome & the Early Republic753–264 BC9 artworks
Hannibal & the Punic Wars264–146 BC10 artworks
Julius Caesar & the Fall of the Roman Republic100–27 BC9 artworks
Cleopatra, Antony & the Rise of the Empire44 BC – 14 AD11 artworks
Imperial Rome & Pompeii14–18015 artworks
The Fall of the Western Roman Empire312–4769 artworks
The Middle AgesVikings to Constantinople
Charlemagne & the Early Middle Ages768–8149 artworks
The Viking Age793–106611 artworks
The Norman Conquest1066–108711 artworks
The Crusades1095–129113 artworks
The Hundred Years' War & Joan of Arc1337–145312 artworks
The Black Death1347–135110 artworks
Byzantium & the Fall of Constantinople527–145312 artworks
Renaissance & ReformationNew worlds, new ideas
The Renaissance1400–160010 artworks
Columbus & the Age of Discovery1492–160011 artworks
The Protestant Reformation1517–164814 artworks
Elizabeth I & the Spanish Armada1558–160313 artworks
The Thirty Years' War & the Dutch Revolt1568–164813 artworks
The Pilgrims & Colonial America1607–170014 artworks
Age of Reason & RevolutionThrones toppled
The English Civil War1642–168812 artworks
Peter the Great & Russia Turns West1682–172511 artworks
The Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment1600–178913 artworks
The Seven Years' War & the End of New France1754–176312 artworks
The American Revolution1765–178313 artworks
The French Revolution1789–179911 artworks
Napoleon & the Napoleonic Wars1799–181513 artworks
The 19th CenturySteam, nations & empires
The Industrial Revolution1760–190018 artworks
Independence & Revolutions (1820–1848)1820–184813 artworks
The Unification of Italy & Germany1815–187112 artworks
The Crimean War1853–185611 artworks
Slavery & the Fight for Freedom1780–186512 artworks
The American Civil War1861–186512 artworks
Westward Expansion & the Frontier1803–189012 artworks
The Franco-Prussian War & the Paris Commune1870–187111 artworks
The 20th CenturyWorld wars & beyond
🌿 …and the story goes on