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Picasso invented Cubism, captured the horror of warfare, and found freedom in abstraction.
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Gustav Klimt, with paintings like “The Kiss” captured a simmering hedonism in Vienna.
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Toulouse-Lautrec painted the turn-of-the-century bohemian scene on Paris’ Montmartre Hill.
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20th-century art was a parade of isms: Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism, Surrealism.
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Van Gogh’s wild brush strokes and vivid colors portrayed the world he felt so intensely.
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Dots, slabs, primitive Tahitian scenes, wild brush strokes, and vivid colors.
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This mini piano concert demonstrates how Baroque music can be like Bernini for your ears.
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Rubens painted mythic battles, Catholic miracles, bloody hunts, and “Rubenesque” women.
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Gritty realism, stark lighting, and drama gave Caravaggio’s art an emotional punch.
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The roots of Baroque go back to the 1500s when it told the story of the religious wars.
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Versailles, with its heavenly painted ceilings, was the ultimate Baroque palace.
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Giotto covered Scrovegni Chapel with frescoes telling Bible stories with a new realism.
