#art-history

Baroque architecture is a highly ornate and theatrical style that emerged in Italy in the early 17th century and spread throughout Europe and the...    Read more

The Impressionist and Expressionist movements are two of the most well-known artistic movements that originated in Europe during the late 19th and...    Read more

Black Mountain College was a small, experimental liberal arts college located in Black Mountain, North Carolina. The college was established in 1933,...    Read more

American artists have contributed significantly to American culture through their artwork. From the early colonial period to the present day,...    Read more

Henri Rousseau was a French painter known for his naïve, or primitive, style that often depicted exotic landscapes and animals. His works were...    Read more

Magic Realism is an art movement that originated in the 1920s and 1930s, which combined realistic depictions of everyday life with fantastical or...    Read more

Medieval and Renaissance art are two distinct periods in art history that are often compared due to their differences in style, subject matter, and...    Read more

The Baroque and Rococo art movements were two major periods in European art history that followed one another in the late 16th century to the 18th...    Read more

Auguste Renoir was one of the key figures in the development of Impressionism, a revolutionary movement in art that emerged in the late 19th century....    Read more

Camille Pissarro was a French painter known for his contributions to Impressionism. He was one of the leading figures of the movement and played an...    Read more