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Baroque Art
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The Allegory of Divine Providence
The Allegory of Divine Providence, 1639, Fresco of the Barberini Palace, Rome. The Baroque artistic movement illustrates a troubled Europe, emerging from religious wars. The fresco symbolizes the divine power of the Barberini dynasty, the most influential Italian family during the Thirty Years War. The Allegory shows how Baroque art becomes a strong link between religion and power. -
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Rococo
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Mme de Pompadour
François Boucher, Mme de Pompadour, 1756, oil canvas, 210 cm x 157cm The Rococo was an artistic movement that characterized the Europe of the 18th century. It was through its frivoloty, eroticism and exuberance that the movement glorified absolute European societies, such as France.
The painting illustrates the main influence of Rococo, Mme de Pompadour. She symbolizes women's influence and the preponderance of aristocracy during this time -
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Neoclassicism
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Socrates at the Moment of Grasping the Hemlock
Jacques-Louis David, Socrates at the Moment of Grasping the Hemlock, 1787, oil canvas, 129.5 cm × 196.2 cm. Embodies the core elements of neoclassicism, the most influential cultural movement of the 18th century. The suicide of Socrates is a call for uprising through its symbolism of the transcendence of ideas and resistance against tyranny.
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Romanticism
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Wanderer above the Sea of Fog
Caspar David Friedrich, Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, 1818, oil canvas, 98.4 cm × 74.8 cm . The Wanderer is a painting which depicts a man contemplaing the wild upon a precipice . The painting is important because it illustrates the key features of the romantic movement: the evocation of feelings and the unknown future.
The Romantic artistist movement was an important influence in the 19th century that led to the international mobilization of people for the aim of revolution and freedom. -
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Realism
*artistic movement in reaction to the failure of the democratic revolutions of 1848 in Europe -
Barge Haulers on the Volga
Ilya Repin, Barge Haulers on the Volga, 1873, oil canvas, 131.5 cm × 281 cm. Realism was the most influential artisitic movement of the late 19th century and embodied the fin-du-siècle's cultural crisis and transition toward modernity.
The painting shows the unhuman conditions of workers in Russia, a subject central in realism. It is a paradoxal symbol of both human success through technological progress and human misery. -
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Surrealism
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The Face of War
Salvador Dalì, The Face of War, 1940, oil canvas, 100 cm × 79 cm. The painting was made between the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and the Second World War. (1939-1945) It depicts surrealism's irrational and reflection of the subconsisous, as well as an insight in the disillusion and trauma of post-war European societies.
