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Most-Loved Works Most-Loved Works The paintings everyone already knows by heart, at full museum resolution. Impressionism Impressionism Broken light, loaded brushes, and a haystack painted forty different ways. Romanticism Romanticism Shipwrecks, sublime peaks, and feeling made larger than the figure. Realism Realism Gleaners, stonebreakers, and ordinary labour granted the scale of history painting. Baroque Baroque Theatrical light, deep shadow, and saints caught mid-ecstasy. Dutch Golden Age Dutch Golden Age Merchant portraits, laid tables, and rooms lit from a single window. Post-Impressionism Post-Impressionism Where colour stopped describing the world and started arguing with it. Landscapes Landscapes Open country, distant weather, and horizons painted to be walked into. Portraits Portraits Faces from five centuries, each holding still long enough to be remembered. Still Life Still Life Peeled lemons, spent candles, and flowers that never had to last. Marine & Seascapes Marine & Seascapes Tall ships, hard squalls, and harbours waiting out the tide. Cityscapes Cityscapes Canals, cathedral fronts, and streets a century before the traffic.