Styles and Periods

The Styles and Periods hierarchy contains the names of art and architecture styles, historical periods, and art movements. Names of cultures, peoples, individuals, and sites are included only if they designate styles or periods (e.g.g., Yoruba, Celtic, Louis XIV). Geographic descriptors are included only for broad cultural regions and nations. Relation to Other Hierarchies: Descriptors for genres of art, including all the arts not specific to a given people or period (e.g.g., amateur art, pattern poetry) are found in the Associated Concepts hierarchy, as are descriptors for general approaches to art (e.g., realism) while specific movements named after such approaches are found here (e.g., Realist).