Historical conditions in which the culture of Western Europe developed.

The history of Western civilization or the history of Europe has its own periodization: ancient history, ancient history, history of the Middle Ages, history of modern times, recent history. In accordance with these periods, European culture also developed. Long history – culture of fetishism, animism, magic; ancient history – the culture of Greece and Rome; Middle Ages – Baroque, Rococo culture; New history – the culture of romanticism, avant-garde, surrealism and modernism; Recent history is the culture of postmodernism.