Presents a thematic, chronological, and geographical exploration of global art history through The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection. The Timeline is structured with four components: Essays, which focus on specific themes in art history; Works of Art, which offer exemplary art contextualized chronologically, geographically, and thematically; Chronologies, which provide a linear outline of art history by geographical region; and Keywords, which are categorized by art movement and style, artists and makers, geography (present-day nation states and historical regions), time period, material and technique, object, and subject matter.

270 Timelines, which can be easily narrowed to 13 discrete subject areas.

Timelines divided into six geographic regions covering a specific era. The timelines feature brief summaries of important events in the visual arts; many of the summaries are accompanied by an image, and all link to articles in Grove Art Online for further reading.