Timeline: Art

• 650 BCE
  Earliest large scale Greek marble sculpture.
• 470 BCE
  Statue group of Harmodius and Aristogiton in Athens.
• 140 BCE
  Venus of Milo is completed.
• 43 BCE - 17 CE
  Life of the Roman writer Ovid, author of Metamorphoses.
• 6 May 1432 CE
  The famous Ghent Altarpiece, begun by the artist Hubert van Eyck and completed by his brother, Jan van Eyck, is consecrated and installed at the Church of Saint John (present-day Saint Bavo Cathedral), in Ghent, Belgium.
• 1500 CE - 1571 CE
  Life of the Italian Renaissance artist Benvenuto Cellini.
• 9 May 1761 CE
  The Exhibition of the Society of Artists of Great Britain (known as the Exhibition of 1761) opens at Spring Gardens, Westminster, London, to highlight the work of living artists. The event laid the foundation for the later Royal Academy of Arts.