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# Modern Art History Poster
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/modern-art-history-poster/
- Published: 2010-02-07T00:52:02.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:37:07.000Z
- Description: Being part of the art world means that many of our jokes fall flat or are incomprehensible to outsiders. That's alright, this poster of traditional Western art history makes the art geeks among us chuckle, while it might just help the uninitiated get up to speed.
- Author: Hrag Vartanian
- Tags: Opinion, #image-position-hidden, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-17 09:23 (2009-2011)

Being part of the art world means that many of our jokes fall flat or are incomprehensible to outsiders. That’s alright, this poster of traditional Western art history makes the art geeks among us chuckle, while it might just help the uninitiated get up to speed.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2010/02/arthistory1-e1265501432284.jpg)

And you thought Art History 101 was useless. (click for larger images)

*Via* [*Swissmiss*](http://www.swiss-miss.com/2010/02/art-history-poster.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)*, and as an added bonus, she links to a fantastic graphic which outlines the* [***Evolution of Type Taste***](http://www.swiss-miss.com/2010/02/evolution-of-type-taste.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) *from grade school to art school.*