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1300Italian Renaissance Ming Dynasty Kingdom of Kongo Northern Renaissance Spanish Renaissance Mughal Art Mannerism Baroque Edo Period Qing Dynasty Academic Art The Enlightenment Western Esoteric Art Rococo Neoclassicism1850

Industrial Revolution

1800Romanticism Hudson River School Early Photography Barbizon School Pre Raphaelites Realism Impressionism Meiji Art Early Modernism Post-Impressionism1900

Art Deco

1920 — 1940

Geometry, ornamentation, and lots and lots of money

Portrait of Marquis d'Afflito

Portrait of Marquis d'Afflito

Tamara de Lempicka1925

The Beautiful Rafaela in Green

The Beautiful Rafaela in Green

Tamara de Lempicka1927

Empire State Building

Empire State Building

Shreve, Lamb and Harmon1930-1931

The Blue Hour III

The Blue Hour III

Tamara de Lempicka1966

Tamara de Lempicka

Portrait of Tamara de Lempicka

Tamara de Lempicka

Rediscover the elegance with luminous and brilliant colors

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Art created without reason, aesthetics or morality.