An eighteenth century cultural movement that drew inspiration from the arts and culture of classical antiquity. It embraced classical themes and subject matter as well as principles of linear design, harmony and idealism. Prominent artists include Jacques-Louis David, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, Jean-Baptiste Debret and Angelica Kauffman.
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A genre of paintings associated with the Patna School, which depicted people engaged in caste-based occupations. Frequently produced and sold…
An aesthetic category accorded to pictures that have an agreeable and appealing visual quality, and is particularly used for idealised…
A movement originating in France in the 1840s, which rejected then-prevalent ideals of Romanticism in French art and literature in…
An art movement that emerged after World War II in reaction to academic aesthetics and in favour of obscene and…
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