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Rococo

Playful, intimate, pastel colors; ornate curves; aristocratic leisure scenes. Artists: Watteau (“Return from Cythera”), Fragonard (“The Swing”), Balthasar Neumann (Vierzehnheiligen), Vigée-Le Brun (Marie Antoinette).

Neoclassicism

Inspired by ancient Greece/Rome; moral virtue, civic duty, clarity, frieze compositions. Artists: Jacques-Louis David (“Oath of the Horatii,” “Death of Marat,” “Napoleon Crossing the Alps”), Angelica Kauffmann, Monticello/White House architecture.

Romanticism (Art)

Emotion, exotic settings, sublime nature, individuality; dramatic color and brushwork. Artists: Girodet (“Entombment of Atala”), Turner (“Slave Ship”), Constable (“Hay Wain”), Friedrich (“Wanderer”), Géricault (“Raft of the Medusa”), Goya (“Third of May,” “Saturn”), Delacroix (“Liberty Leading the People”).

Realism

Honest depictions of working-class life; earthy palette; anti-idealized; influenced by photography and Marxism. Artists: Courbet (“Burial at Ornans,” “Stone Breakers”), Daumier (“Rue Transnonain”), Millet (“The Gleaners”).

Academism (Academic Art)

Idealized, polished technique; mythological/history subjects; smooth finish; male gaze; Orientalism. Artists: Gérôme (“Dance of the Almeh”), Ingres (“Grand Odalisque”), Bouguereau (Shepherdess paintings).

Impressionism

Capturing fleeting light; en plein air; visible brushstrokes; complementary colors; modern life. Artists: Manet (“Olympia”), Monet (“Impression: Sunrise”), Morisot (“The Cradle”), Renoir (“Le Moulin de la Galette”), Degas (“The Dance Class”), Pissarro (“Red Roofs”), Rodin (“The Thinker”).

Post‑Impressionism

Builds on Impressionism but more structured, symbolic, or experimental. Includes Pointillism, Primitivism, Art Nouveau. Artists: Seurat (“La Grande Jatte”), Gauguin (“Vision after the Sermon”), Guimard (Paris Métro), Tiffany Studios (“Wisteria” lamp).

Art Nouveau

Organic, flowing lines; floral motifs; decorative arts integrated with architecture. Artists: Guimard (Métro entrances), Tiffany Studios (stained glass lamps).

Art Deco

Geometric, bold colors, luxury materials; 1920s–30s modernity. (No specific artists listed in your document, but style definition included.)