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Baroque_art

Stone becomes flesh and ceilings dissolve into the infinity of heaven—artists such as Bernini, Caravaggio, Rubens, Velazquez and Rembrandt were masters of drama and illusion.

British_art_in_the_18th_century

Britain and America were at war but shared a common artistic tradition. From Hogarth’s biting satire to Jefferson’s Monticello—here is invention, wit, nobility.

Rococo

Overgrown gardens heavy with the scent of roses, palaces and luxury; the artists Watteau, Boucher, and Fragonard typify the aristocratic style known as Rococo.

Neo_Classicism

Jacques Louis David invented a style reflecting Enlightenment ideas by looking back to ancient art. He became a revolutionary and 1st painter to Napoleon.