Periods

Our curators use the term period to refer to a chronological timeframe, historical period, or artistic movement.

While dates may be fuzzy or unknown, and the boundaries of some artistic movements are open to interpretation, these descriptions help to create connections among works.

Different curatorial departments use descriptive terms in different ways. Over time, this creates tremendous diversity in the vocabulary that appears in collection records. Inconsistencies, incomplete information, and obsolete terminology are par for the course, and we are working to reduce the instances in which they occur.

Rococo — there are 1,116 objects made around this time which is about 0.92% of our online collection
Hudson River School — there are 1,072 objects made around this time which is about 0.88% of our online collection
Neoclassical — there are 811 objects made around this time which is about 0.67% of our online collection
American Modern — there are 530 objects made around this time which is about 0.44% of our online collection
Wiener Werkstätte — there are 437 objects made around this time which is about 0.36% of our online collection
early Modern — there are 312 objects made around this time which is about 0.26% of our online collection
Art Deco — there are 238 objects made around this time which is about 0.20% of our online collection
postwar — there are 133 objects made around this time which is about 0.11% of our online collection
Civil War — there are 117 objects made around this time which is about 0.10% of our online collection
Baroque — there are 78 objects made around this time which is about 0.06% of our online collection
Victorian — there are 44 objects made around this time which is about 0.04% of our online collection
post-Civil War — there are 40 objects made around this time which is about 0.03% of our online collection
Modern — there are 39 objects made around this time which is about 0.03% of our online collection
Regency — there are 27 objects made around this time which is about 0.02% of our online collection
American Arts and Crafts — there are 23 objects made around this time which is about 0.02% of our online collection
Late Renaissance — there are 17 objects made around this time which is about 0.01% of our online collection
Renaissance — there are 17 objects made around this time which is about 0.01% of our online collection
Contemporary — there are 16 objects made around this time which is about 0.01% of our online collection
Neapolitan — there are 16 objects made around this time which is about 0.01% of our online collection
Northern Renaissance — there are 16 objects made around this time which is about 0.01% of our online collection
Postmodern — there are 13 objects made around this time which is about 0.01% of our online collection
Louis XIV — there are 13 objects made around this time which is about 0.01% of our online collection
Directoire — there are 11 objects made around this time which is about 0.01% of our online collection
Northern Baroque — there are 11 objects made around this time which is about 0.01% of our online collection

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