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Jun 1, 1400
The Renasissance
The renaissance rediscovered and celebrated learning though the classical arts. Lamentation Over The Dead Christ, Andrea Mantegna 1490. Renaissance on Wikipedia -
Jan 1, 1527
Mannerism
Mannerism developed as a reaction to early renaissance naturalism and celebrated artificial qualities in the figures' limbs and poses. La Madonna del Collo Lungo, Parmigianino, 1535 Mannerism on Wikipedia -
Baroque
Baroque developed in opposition to the formulaic style of Mannerism. Baroque art is emotionally charged and generally religious. This Painting: The Adoration of the Magi, Peter Paul Rubens, 1624. Baroque on Wikipedia -
Neoclassical
Neoclassical art is harsh and unemotional artform returning to the art of Greece and Rome. The rigidity of the style is a reaction to the overused and emotional Baroque style. This painting: Oath of the Horatii, Jacques-Louis David, 1784. To learn more: Neoclassical Art on Wikipedia -
Romanticism
Romanticism was a reaction to Neoclassicism, celebrating emotion and imagination and avoiding religous subject matter. This Painting: Liberty Leading the People, Eugène Delacroix, 1830. Romanticism on Wikipedia -
Realism
Realism artists depicted the everyday, rejecting idealism to investigate the real world around them. This painting: Bonjour, Monsieur Courbet, Gustave Courbet,1854. Realism on Wikipedia -
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Realism
Celebrating working class and peasants; en plein air rustic painting -
Modernism
Modernism artists experimented with new ways of seeing, moving away from the representational towards abstraction. This painting: Le bonheur de vivre, Henri Matisse, 1905. Modernism on Wikipedia -
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