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.
