Movements

Art Movements

224 movements across the catalog, from the canon-defining schools to the rare and short-lived, shelved by the era their paintings inhabit.

Romanticism1800–1900Storms, ruins, and feeling over reason — Europe’s painters turn inward.25,594 worksImpressionismfrom 1860Quick strokes and open air; light itself becomes the subject.24,342 worksRealism1840–1870Ordinary labor and plain fact, painted without apology.23,582 worksBaroque1600–1750Theatrical light and full-tilt drama in the age of Caravaggio.15,170 worksRenaissance1400–1650Perspective, anatomy, and the return of classical form.10,489 works

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