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Two hundred works in nine period bands. Fold a period away, or narrow to one movement.
Showing every work. Tap any work to read its story.
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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
1700 – 1799 8 works
The Embarkation for Cythera
Antoine Watteau · 1717
Rococo
The Ray
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin · c. 1728
Rococo
The Shrimp Girl
William Hogarth · c. 1745
Rococo
Whistlejacket
George Stubbs · c. 1762
Rococo
The Swing
Jean-Honoré Fragonard · 1767
Rococo
An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump
Joseph Wright of Derby · 1768
Rococo
The Blue Boy
Thomas Gainsborough · c. 1770
Rococo
Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat
Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun · 1782
Rococo