From Renaissance masters to innovative modern creators, discover the history of art by exploring the major movements that have shaped it

renaissance : baroque : 1400-1800

Renaissance | some of the best ever, Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Botticelli Baroque | everyday life comes to art

pre-modern : 1800-1880

Neo-Classicism | a return to the glory of ancient Greek and Roman art Romanticism | the Greeks and Romans were stuffy, lets get emotional Realism | the ugly but real side of life comes to art Pre-Raphaelite | an attempt to return to the days before Rahael Impressionism | ever heard of Monet?

modernism : 1880-1945

Post-Impressionism | Van Gogh meets Monet Expressionism | emotional expression goes mainstream Fauvism | if you like bright colors, you'll like these guys Cubism | Picasso and his friends start to make things look a little strange Dada | could a movement by this name actually be rational Bauhaus | Hitler goes out...Bauhaus comes in...We all win Harlem Renaissance | N.Y.C neighborhood forges a movement single-handedly Surrealism | melting watches, burning giraffes, oh my!

modern : post-modern : 1945-present

Abstract Expressionism | the ultimate US born freedom of expression Op Art | stop, it's making me dizzy Pop Art | Soup Cans and comic strips, popular culture meets Andy Warhol Minimalism | they say less is more, these artists took it to heart.