A Thousand Words
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Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake
Scotland Forever!
The Battle of San Romano
Takiyasha the Witch and the Skeleton Spectre
Fine Wind, Clear Morning
A Bar at the Folies-Bergère
Paris Street; Rainy Day
Bal du moulin de la Galette
The Derby Day
The Battle of Alexander at Issus
Liberty Leading the People
The Raft of the Medusa
The Third of May 1808
The Coronation of Napoleon
The Death of Marat
Oath of the Horatii
The Surrender of Breda
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp
The Calling of Saint Matthew
The Last Supper
Northern Renaissance
Flanders and the Low Countries, where oil paint made every detail count.
Italian Renaissance
Florence, Milan and Rome rediscover the ancient world.
The Golden Age
Seventeenth-century Italy, Spain and the Dutch Republic.
Art of Revolution and Empire
France and Spain from the eve of the Revolution to the July Revolution of 1830.
Battle Paintings
Armies, sieges and charges, from the Renaissance to the Victorians.
Modern Life
Crowds, cafés and boulevards in the second half of the 19th century.
Japanese Woodblock Prints
Ukiyo-e, pictures of the floating world, from Edo-period Japan.
