Art Movements
Explore paintings by art movement and discover the stories behind each style.
Impressionism
Light, colour and everyday scenes — Monet, Renoir, Degas
Post-Impressionism
Bold colours and personal expression — Van Gogh, Cézanne, Gauguin
Baroque
Drama, movement and grandeur — Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Rubens
Renaissance
Rebirth of classical ideals — Da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo
Romanticism
Emotion, nature and the sublime — Delacroix, Turner, Friedrich
Realism
Everyday life depicted honestly — Courbet, Millet, Daumier
Surrealism
Dreams and the unconscious — Dalí, Magritte, Kahlo
Cubism
Multiple perspectives at once — Picasso, Braque, Léger
Expressionism
Raw emotion over representation — Munch, Kirchner, Kandinsky
Abstract Expressionism
Spontaneous abstraction — Pollock, Rothko, de Kooning
Fauvism
Wild, vivid colour — Matisse, Derain, Vlaminck
Neoclassicism
Classical antiquity revived — David, Ingres, Canova
Symbolism
Myth, dreams and mystery — Moreau, Klimt, Redon
Art Nouveau
Organic forms and decorative beauty — Mucha, Klimt, Toorop
Dutch Golden Age
Mastery of light and everyday life — Vermeer, Rembrandt, Hals
Mannerism
Elegant distortion after the Renaissance — Pontormo, Bronzino
Pop Art
Consumer culture as high art — Warhol, Lichtenstein, Hockney
Minimalism
Reduced to essentials — Malevich, Mondrian, Albers