Art Movements
Six centuries of painting, period by period.
Early Renaissance
Fifteenth-century Italy rediscovers perspective, anatomy and the beauty of classical myth.
22 paintings
High Renaissance
The age of Leonardo, Raphael and Michelangelo — harmony, balance and idealised beauty.
61 paintings
Renaissance
The rebirth of art and learning in Italy and Europe between the 14th and 16th centuries.
22 paintings
Northern Renaissance
Jewel-like detail and oil-painting mastery from Flanders, the Netherlands and Germany.
84 paintings
Baroque
Drama, movement and theatrical light in 17th-century Italy, Spain and Flanders.
84 paintings
Dutch Golden Age
Portraits, interiors and landscapes from the extraordinary century of Rembrandt and Vermeer.
63 paintings
Rococo
Pastel colour, playful love scenes and elegant gardens of 18th-century France.
45 paintings
Neoclassicism
Clarity, line and heroic virtue inspired by ancient Greece and Rome.
44 paintings
Romanticism
Emotion, nature and the sublime — storms, ruins and lone wanderers.
154 paintings
Realism
Ordinary people and real places painted without idealisation.
126 paintings
Pre-Raphaelite
Brilliant colour, detail and medieval romance from Victorian Britain.
70 paintings
Impressionism
Light, colour and fleeting moments captured outdoors in quick, broken brushstrokes.
167 paintings
Post-Impressionism
Van Gogh, Cézanne, Gauguin and Seurat push colour and form beyond Impressionism.
106 paintings
Symbolism
Dreams, myths and hidden meanings in rich, decorative painting.
39 paintings
Expressionism
Inner feeling made visible through distorted form and intense colour.
49 paintings
Abstract Art
Painting freed from depiction — colour and form as pure expression.
15 paintings
Ukiyo-e
Japanese 'pictures of the floating world' — waves, mountains, actors and beauties.
19 paintings
Academic Art
72 paintings
Tonalism
12 paintings
Mannerism
18 paintings
Art Nouveau
3 paintings