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Title: A Burial at Ornans
Artist: Gustave Courbet
Date: 1849–1850
Movement: Realism
About two sentences: This monumental canvas shows a provincial funeral in unidealized detail, elevating common rural life to the scale of history painting. Its stark honesty challenged academic traditions and scandalized audiences.
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Title: Luncheon on the Grass (Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe)
Artist: Édouard Manet
Date: 1863
Movement: Realism / Proto-Impressionism
About two sentences: Manet presents a nude woman calmly dining with clothed men in a modern setting, disrupting traditional depictions of the nude. The bold brushwork and direct gaze made it a key precursor to modern art.
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Title: A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
Artist: Georges-Pierre Seurat
Date: 1884–1886
Movement: Post-Impressionism / Pointillism
About two sentences: Seurat depicts Parisians at leisure using tiny dots of color (pointillism) to create shimmering light. The work balances scientific precision with a serene, timeless atmosphere.
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Title: Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?
Artist: Paul Gauguin
Date: 1897–1898
Movement: Post-Impressionism / Symbolism
About two sentences: Gauguin paints a vast allegory of human life stages, drawing on Tahitian culture and myth. Its vibrant color and symbolic imagery reflect his search for spiritual meaning.
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Title: Le Bonheur de Vivre (The Joy of Life)
Artist: Henri Matisse
Date: 1905–1906
Movement: Fauvism
About two sentences: Matisse fills the canvas with nudes in a radiant landscape, using pure, bright colors and flowing forms. The painting celebrates harmony, sensuality, and liberation through color.
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Title: Starry Night
Artist: Vincent van Gogh
Date: 1889
Movement: Post-Impressionism
About two sentences: With turbulent brushwork and glowing contrasts, Van Gogh transforms a quiet village under the night sky into an emotional vision of cosmic energy. The painting reflects both his inner turmoil and awe of nature.
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Title: The Kiss
Artist: Gustav Klimt
Date: 1907–1908
Movement: Symbolism / Art Nouveau
About two sentences: Klimt cloaks a couple in gilded, decorative patterns, merging sensuality with transcendence. The flat ornamentation and shimmering gold evoke timeless intimacy.
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Title: The Death of Socrates
Artist: Jacques-Louis David
Date: 1787
Movement: Neoclassicism
About two sentences: David depicts Socrates’ calm acceptance of death, elevating him as a model of virtue and reason. The work embodies Enlightenment ideals of stoicism and moral conviction.
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Title: Oath of the Horatii
Artist: Jacques-Louis David
Date: 1784
Movement: Neoclassicism
About two sentences: Three brothers pledge loyalty to Rome before their father, symbolizing civic duty and sacrifice. Its rigid composition and clear lines reflect Neoclassical ideals of discipline and order.
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Title: Lion Hunt
Artist: Eugène Delacroix
Date: 1855
Movement: Romanticism
About two sentences: Delacroix captures the frenzy of hunters battling lions with sweeping brushwork and dramatic color. The dynamic energy reflects Romanticism’s fascination with exoticism and raw emotion.
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Title: The Banjo Lesson
Artist: Henry Ossawa Tanner
Date: 1893
Movement: Realism / American Genre Painting
About two sentences: Tanner tenderly portrays an elderly man teaching a boy to play banjo, conveying intimacy and dignity. The work breaks stereotypes by showing African American life with warmth and humanity.
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Title: The Angelus
Artist: Jean-François Millet
Date: 1857–1859
Movement: Realism
About two sentences: Two peasants pause their field work to pray at dusk, embodying piety and humility. Millet elevates rural laborers with solemn dignity and reverence.
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Title: The Scream
Artist: Edvard Munch
Date: 1893
Movement: Expressionism / Symbolism
About two sentences: A figure cries out against a blood-red sky, the distorted forms expressing existential dread. Munch conveys inner anguish with bold color and sweeping lines.
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