These discussions heavily inspired Johann Joachim Winckelmann, his contributions to art history, and the artistic movement ...

William Adolphe Bouguereau was a French painter, best known for his realist depictions of the human figure set within Neoclassical and rustic settings. Born in La Rochelle, France on November 30, 1825 ...

Franz Xaver Winterhalter was a German artist best known for his airy, idealized portraits of European royalty that were influenced by the Rococo and Neoclassical painting. Over the course of his ...

The fading Baroque was replaced by the exuberant Rococo, which deplored intensity, and the Neoclassical, which tried to reflect ... The rise of romanticism We will look at the birth of romanticism in ...