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Two hundred works in nine period bands. Fold a period away, or narrow to one movement.
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Ancient Egyptian 1
Roman Egypt 1
Chinese painting 10
Maya art 1
Orthodox icon 2
Islamic art 1
Japanese painting 7
Persian miniature 1
Mughal painting 2
Rajput painting 1
Korean painting 3
Tibetan art 1
Cusco School 1
Proto-Renaissance 1
Early Renaissance 7
High Renaissance 11
Northern Renaissance 13
Mannerism 6
Baroque 13
Dutch Golden Age 9
Rococo 8
Ukiyo-e 6
Neoclassicism 5
Romanticism 19
Hudson River School 2
Realism 18
Pre-Raphaelite 4
Academicism 2
Impressionism 17
Pointillism 1
Post-Impressionism 12
Naïve Art 1
Symbolism 11
Expressionism 1
Regionalism 1
1800 – 1849 1 work
1850 – 1899 17 works
A Burial at Ornans
Gustave Courbet · 1850
Realism
The Gleaners
Jean-François Millet · 1857
Realism
The Angelus
Jean-François Millet · 1859
Realism
Olympia
Édouard Manet · 1863
Realism
The Luncheon on the Grass
Édouard Manet · 1863
Realism
Souvenir de Mortefontaine
Camille Corot · 1864
Realism
Whistler's Mother
James McNeill Whistler · 1871
Realism
Snap the Whip
Winslow Homer · 1872
Realism
Barge Haulers on the Volga
Ilya Repin · 1873
Realism
The Gross Clinic
Thomas Eakins · 1875
Realism
The Valley of Mexico
José María Velasco · c. 1875
Realism
Portrait of an Unknown Woman
Ivan Kramskoi · 1883
Realism
Portrait of Madame X
John Singer Sargent · 1884
Realism
Boyarynya Morozova
Vasily Surikov · 1887
Realism
Morning in a Pine Forest
Ivan Shishkin · 1889
Realism
The Banjo Lesson
Henry Ossawa Tanner · 1893
Realism
The Gulf Stream
Winslow Homer · 1899
Realism