Art history: artists, movements and museums

Art History Guides

Illustrated art history guides

Art history: artists, movements and museums

Explore the great periods of painting, follow the artists in their workshops and towns, then find the works in the museums that preserve them.

Start the visitSee all stylesClaude Monet and ImpressionismMovementsVincent van GoghArtistsGustav Klimt and Art NouveauWorks
Famous artistsBiographies, places and periods.Artistic movementsDates, styles and differences.Works analyzedComposition, color and context.Museums of the worldCollections and visiting tips.

Explore all painting styles

Essential guides

Artistic movements: the great chronology of stylesFrom the Renaissance to surrealism, with dates, visual signs and essential artists. Impressionism: history, artists and masterpiecesMonet, Renoir, Degas, Morisot and the birth of a new way of painting. Van Gogh: famous works and career of the painterArles, Saint-Rémy, Auvers, Tournesols, Starry Night and letters to Theo. Claude Monet: life, family and artistic journeyFrom Le Havre to Giverny, discover the man, the series and the impressionist light.

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Van GoghWorks, places, colors and major periods of the painter. Claude MonetBiography, Giverny, Water Lilies, series and impressionism. Pierre-Auguste RenoirLife, figures, light, portraits and scenes of modernity. Gustav Klimt and Art NouveauGolden period, Viennese secession, portraits and symbols. CubismPicasso, Braque, fragmented forms and revolution of the gaze. Museums of the worldLarge institutions, attendance and visiting advice.