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The collection

Twelve eras, one journey through painting.

Each chapter brings together works from one period and briefly explains what defines it: places, ideas and the people who shaped it.

  1. The Adoration of the Magi, Sandro Botticelli

    c. 1400–1600

    Renaissance

    Figures, perspective and classical models shape Renaissance painting. Raphael and Sandro Botticelli combine narrative scenes with carefully ordered compositions.

    In the game Raphael · Vittore Carpaccio · Sandro Botticelli

  2. Esther before Ahasuerus, Artemisia Gentileschi

    c. 1600–1750

    Baroque

    Dramatic gestures and closely observed objects offer two paths into Baroque painting. Artemisia Gentileschi tells stories through figures; Clara Peeters brings flowers and insects into focus.

    In the game Peter Paul Rubens · Artemisia Gentileschi · Clara Peeters

  3. View of Houses in Delft · The Little Street, Johannes Vermeer

    c. 1600–1720

    Dutch painting

    Daily life and landscape become independent subjects. Johannes Vermeer observes Delft’s houses; Jacob van Ruisdael shapes nature into an emotionally charged space.

    In the game Johannes Vermeer · Rembrandt van Rijn · Jan Steen

  4. Entrance to the Grand Canal from the Molo, Venice, Canaletto

    c. 1700–1780

    Rococo and vedute

    Theatre, sociability and decorative movement meet carefully composed city views. This chapter compares French Rococo with Venetian vedute, two distinct fields within eighteenth-century painting.

    In the game Jean Siméon Chardin · Canaletto · Jean Honoré Fragonard

  5. Two Men Contemplating the Moon, Caspar David Friedrich

    c. 1790–1850

    Romanticism

    Landscape conveys feeling, memory and the sublime. Joseph Mallord William Turner dissolves Venice in light; Caspar David Friedrich makes quiet contemplation itself the subject.

    In the game Thomas Cole · Joseph Mallord William Turner · Caspar David Friedrich

  6. View through Three Arches of the Colosseum, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg

    c. 1800–1850

    Danish Golden Age

    Eckersberg’s Roman view brings distant roofs close through a precise stone frame. Warm masonry, blue sky and small plants offer different paths for the eye.

    In the game Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg

  7. The Stream at the Puits-Noir, Gustave Courbet

    c. 1830–1880

    Realism and Barbizon

    Everyday work, animals and familiar landscapes gain new weight. Realist painters challenge grand academic subjects; around Barbizon, artists make woods and fields worthy of sustained attention.

    In the game Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot · Gustave Courbet · Charles-François Daubigny

  8. Paris Street; Rainy Day, Gustave Caillebotte

    c. 1860–1910

    Impressionism

    Light, broken brushwork and modern life take centre stage. Claude Monet explores fleeting impressions; Édouard Manet is one of the movement’s key precursors.

    In the game Claude Monet · Pierre-Auguste Renoir · Camille Pissarro

  9. The Bedroom, Vincent van Gogh

    c. 1880–1910

    Post-Impressionism

    Paul Cézanne builds landscapes from colour and form. The later term Post-Impressionism groups diverse individual approaches rather than one united circle of artists.

    In the game Vincent van Gogh · Paul Gauguin · Paul Cézanne

  10. A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884, Georges Seurat

    from 1886; later developments into the early twentieth century

    Neo-Impressionism

    Separate colour marks meet deliberate composition. Georges Seurat and Paul Signac explore how neighbouring colours affect one another; their followers develop varied rhythms rather than one uniform dotted style.

    In the game Georges Seurat · Henri-Edmond Cross · Paul Signac

  11. Flowers in a Vase, Odilon Redon

    c. 1870–1910; earlier precursors and later continuations

    Symbolism

    Myth, dream and inner experience reshape the visible world. Odilon Redon and other Symbolists use colour and suggestive forms to evoke ideas and feelings whose meaning can remain open.

    In the game Odilon Redon · Arnold Böcklin · Edward Burne-Jones

  12. Landscape at Collioure · Study for The Joy of Life, Henri Matisse

    c. 1905–1908

    Fauvism

    Colour gives Matisse’s streets and trees their own rhythm. Pink ground, blue shadows and green foliage become active parts of the composition.

    In the game Henri Matisse

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