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Period: Apr 11, 1300 to
Renaissance
The Renaissance is a period in Europe, from the 14th to the 17th century, considered the bridge between the Middle Ages and modern history. It started as a cultural movement in Italy in the Late Medieval period and later spread to the rest of Europe. The Renaissance's basis was its own version of humanism, derived from the rediscovery of classical Greek philosophy. Renaissance art, took as its foundation the art of Classical antiquity. -
Apr 11, 1495
The Last Supper
The mural on the back wall of the dining hall of the Dominican convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy, was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci. Not much of the original painting survived because of many factors, and what can be seen today are mainly repairs. -
Apr 11, 1503
Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa or La Gioconda, is a half-length portrait of a woman by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, which has been acclaimed as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world". -
Apr 11, 1511
The creation of Adam
The famous fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City was painted by Michelangelo. His masterpiece is one of the most famous works of both High Renaissance and religious art. -
Apr 11, 1563
The Wedding at Cana
The Wedding at Cana by Paolo Veronese is an oil on canvas that was painted in 1563. It describes the Biblical Wedding Feast at Cana where according to the New Testament, Jesus performed his first miracle by turning water into wine. -
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Romanticism
Romanticism was an artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe. Romanticism was characterized by its emphasis on emotion and individualism as well as glorification of all the past and nature, preferring the medieval rather than the classical. -
Fishermen at Sea
Joseph Mallord William Turner was an English Romanticist landscape painter. Fishermen at Sea was the first oil painting exhibited by him at the Royal Academy. Turner was particularly fascinated with the power of the ocean and the changes of nature. -
Wonder About the Sea of Fog
It conveys both the infinite potential and possibilities of man and the awesome, mysterious grandeur of nature -
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Modern Art
Modern art includes artistic work produced during the period from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the style and philosophy of the art produced during that era. The term is usually associated with art in which the traditions of the past have been thrown aside in a spirit of experimentation. Modern artists experimented with new ways of seeing and with fresh ideas. -
Country Road in Provence by Night
Country Road in Provence by Night, is an 1890 oil on canvas painting by Dutch post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh. He experiments with his use of colour and the rhythmic wavy brushstrokes placed side by side give the painting great dynamism. -
Les Demoiselles d’Avignon
This paintings was painted in 1907 by Pablo Picasso, and it was called the most innovative painting since the work of Giotto. The reductionism and contortion of space in the painiting was incredible, and dislocation of faces explosive. -
Liberty Leading the People
This painting celebrated the day, during the 1830 Revolution, that the people rose and fought for their liberty. Delacroix used the painting as a political poster for the revolution, and he placed himself into the picture as the man on the left wearing a top-hat. -
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Contemporary Art
Contemporary art is art produced at the present period in time. Contemporary art includes, and develops from, postmodern art, which is itself a successor to modern art. -
Drowning Girl
The image, a crop from a panel in an early-’60s comic book titled Run for Love!, shows that Lichtenstein is in full command of his style, employing not only his well-known Ben-Day dots but also bold black lines corralling areas of deep blue.