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Baroque art was propaganda for the state or for the Church.
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Painters, such as Velázquez, were paid to make royals look more divine than they were.
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The sculptor Donatello gave his proud statues unprecedented realism and emotion.
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Bosch’s three-paneled masterpiece takes you from earthly delights to a nightmarish Hell.
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Rembrandt earned a living painting and told Bible stories with a subtle mastery of drama.
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The Medici family nurtured and employed the great Florentine Renaissance artists.
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A humble monk, Fra Angelico frescoed exquisite sacred scenes for his monastery.
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Toulouse-Lautrec painted the turn-of-the-century bohemian scene on Paris’ Montmartre Hill.
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The true subject of Monet’s “Waterlilies” is the changing reflections on the pond.
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The greatest art of the Middle Ages was Gothic church art.
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Medieval Europe was filled with bronze horses, rich mosaics, and magnificent churches.
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Pro-Vatican Baroque featured big canvases, dramatic statues, and exuberant architecture.
