Mood
Browse by Mood
Browse paintings by the feeling they project — the serene and the dramatic, the intimate and the sublime. Each mood gathers the works across five centuries that share its emotional register.
ContemplativeThe contemplative picture turns the viewer inward.21,788 worksSereneSerenity is harder than drama.15,495 worksIntimateIntimacy shrinks the world to arm’s reach: a letter half-read, a child dressed, two heads bent close in lamplight.10,744 worksPlayfulPlay loosens painting’s solemnity.7,543 worksDramaticDrama is painting raised to the pitch of theatre: the decisive instant, the gesture frozen at its climax, light flung across the scene like a spotlight.5,435 works
