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Diego Velazquez, the featured Baroque artist with a detail (above) of "Las Meninas", perhaps one of the first political paintings and centuries ahead of its time with the handling of space.
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Mona Lisa

Considered to be Leonardo da Vinci's most enigmatic and labored works, the Mona Lisa is an oil on wood painting from the Italian Renaissance is an icon of western culture or, the best thing that man is capable of doing. The study of Western Art is a journey of self-discovery through understanding past art movements and the issues that inspire the changes in art. The Renaissance period in Europe was a synthesis of the past with the future, combining the Classical with the Christian to create what is now contemporary western civilization, and the Mona Lisa more than any other image represents that radical paradigm shift.
Discover the artist's world by exploring the artwork of historical paintings from Andy Warhol, Frida Kahlo, Pablo Picasso, Cezanne, Monet, Manet, Raphael and many others, from the Renaissance to Pop to Post Modernism.
The Art History Digital Image Library consists of digital images of paintings, sculptures, prints, and architecture from Western art. It is a work in progress with more images and artists being added continually. Arthistorylibrary.com is not a source for content of text, but images of artworks from famous artists in the public domain.

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