#art-history

The National Gallery of Art is a world-renowned museum located in Washington, D.C. It is home to an extensive collection of art from around the...    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

Lucian Freud and other figurative painters have made significant contributions to the exploration of the human form and identity in the world of art....    Read more

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 Land Art movement emerged in the United States during the late 1960s and early 1970s, at a time when many artists were challenging the...    Read more

The Santa Maria del Fiore is a cathedral located in the heart of Florence, Italy. Commonly known as the Duomo, it is an architectural masterpiece...    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

The Sistine Chapel is a historic chapel located in Vatican City, Rome, and it is named after Pope Sixtus IV, who commissioned its construction in the...    Read more

The Landscapist painters were a group of artists in the 19th and 20th centuries who focused on painting landscapes. They sought to capture the beauty...    Read more

The Surrealist movement, which emerged in the early 1920s in Europe, had a significant impact on the history of painting. Surrealism was a cultural...    Read more