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Chronosome / Cultural Archive
PAINTINGS
Six centuries of paint, canvas, and human vision
Painting is the oldest form of visual storytelling. Every brushstroke is a record of how humanity once perceived light, space, and the soul.
16
Works
5
Eras
4
Correlations
Early Renaissance
Masterpiece 1486
The Birth of Venus
Sandro Botticelli, 1486
Tempera on canvas
High Renaissance
Masterpiece 1503
Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci, 1503
Oil on poplar panel
High Renaissance
Masterpiece 1511
The School of Athens
Raphael, 1511
Fresco
High Renaissance
Masterpiece 1512
Sistine Chapel Ceiling
Michelangelo, 1512
Fresco
Baroque
Masterpiece 1642
The Night Watch
Rembrandt van Rijn, 1642
Oil on canvas
Baroque
Masterpiece 1656
Las Meninas
Diego Velázquez, 1656
Oil on canvas
Romanticism
Masterpiece 1830
Liberty Leading the People
Eugène Delacroix, 1830
Oil on canvas
Impressionism
Masterpiece 1872
Impression, Sunrise
Claude Monet, 1872
Oil on canvas
Post-Impressionism
Masterpiece 1886
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte
Georges Seurat, 1886
Oil on canvas
Post-Impressionism
Masterpiece 1889
The Starry Night
Vincent van Gogh, 1889
Oil on canvas
Cubism
Masterpiece 1907
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
Pablo Picasso, 1907
Oil on canvas
Surrealism
Masterpiece 1931
The Persistence of Memory
Salvador Dalí, 1931
Oil on canvas
Surrealism
Masterpiece 1937
Guernica
Pablo Picasso, 1937
Oil on canvas
Abstract Expressionism
Masterpiece 1948
No. 5, 1948
Jackson Pollock, 1948
Oil on fiberboard
Pop Art
Masterpiece 1962
Marilyn Diptych
Andy Warhol, 1962
Silkscreen ink on synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Neo-Expressionism
Historical Landmark 1981
Untitled (Skull)
Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1981
Acrylic, oil stick on canvas