Western art
Louvre's cultural heritage
The artistic tradition originating in Europe and its cultural descendants, spanning from ancient Greece through contemporary movements.
Western art encompasses Renaissance painting, Baroque sculpture, Impressionism, and modern abstraction—distinguished from Eastern, African, or Indigenous traditions: Art history courses often focus heavily on Western art. (Lowercase western art depicts the American frontier.)
- CubismFragmented geometric abstraction
- BaroqueOrnate artistic period
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
- Old MastersPre-modern European artists
- ImpressionismArt movement emphasizing light
Surrealism · Dutch Golden Age · Romanticism · Postmodernism · chiaroscuro · Michelangelo · Minimalism · Picasso · Mannerism · masterpiece · Neoclassicism · Futurism · da Vinci · Humanism · golden ratio · Titian · vanishing point · linear perspective
- American ArtHudson River School, American Renaissance, Ashcan School, Abstract Expressionism, Harlem Renaissance
- Western civilizationphilosophy, history, literature, classics, democracy
- art museumspaintings, The Louvre, galleries, permanent collection, exhibitions
- WestWestern civilization, Western culture, Western Europe, Western powers, Western values
- South DakotaMount Rushmore, Badlands, Black Hills, Sioux Falls, Pierre
Western artAsian art
Creative output from Eastern cultures
Chinese art · Japanese art · African art · Islamic art · Indian art