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Cave painting, fertility goddesses, megalithic structures
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Warrior art and narration in stone relief
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Art with an afterlife focus: pyramids and tomb painting
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Greek idealism: balance, perfect proportions; architectural
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Serene, meditative art, and Arts of the Floating World
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Roman realism: practical and down to earth; the arch
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Heavenly Byzantine mosaics; Islamic architecture and amazing
maze-like design -
Celtic art, Carolingian Renaissance, Romanesque, Gothic
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Rebirth of classical culture
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The Renaissance spreads north- ward to France, the Low
Countries, Poland, Germany, and England -
Art that breaks the rules; artifice over nature
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Splendor and flourish for God; art as a weapon in the religious
wars -
Art that recaptures Greco-Roman grace and grandeur
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The triumph of imagination and individuality
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Celebrating working class and peasants; en plein air
rustic painting -
Capturing fleeting effects of natural light
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A soft revolt against Impressionism
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Harsh colors and flat surfaces (Fauvism); emotion distorting
form -
Ridiculous art; painting dreams and exploring the
unconscious -
Post–World War II: pure abstraction and expression
without form; popular art absorbs consumerism -
Art without a center and reworking and mixing past styles