Welcome to our Community Auction! Click on the pictures in the auction scene to view each work of art more closely. As college students, we are quite aware of the difficulty you would have purchasing any of these works during your visit today, so feel free to browse with no obligation to purchase! In this representation of the five dominant movements in art history, we have included two works from each of the five periods. While browsing through these ten works from Western Civilization, notice the specific qualities that make it apparent that these five artistic periods were dictated primarily by religion.
Listed below are the five major movements in art history. Click on the titles to learn more about each period and view sample artwork illustrating religious influence in art.
Produced by: Jen VanDeventer, Brook Eide, Robin Horstmeyer,
Mike Swartz, and Mike Wildermuth
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Bredins, A. Rembrandt: The Complete Edition of the Paintings. Revised by H. Gerson. London: Phaidon Publishers Inc., 1969.
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Taylor, Francis Henry. Fifty Centuries of Art. New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1954.
Westendorf, Wolfhart. Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture of Ancient Egypt. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Publishers, 1968.
World Book Encyclopedia. 1996 edition.
