The Great Epochs of European Art: The Art of the 19th Century / The Art of the 20th Century

The Art of the 19th Century spans from Goya's "pinturas negras" to the light-flooded pictures of the Impressionists. Selected masterpieces of Classicism, Romanticism, Realism, Historicism and Impressionism illustrate the manifold and diverse phenomena ofthis most extensive epoch in architecture, sculpture and painting. The Art of the 20th Century depicts the break with tradition, the revolt against the traditional concept of art and the search for new horizons, paths and forms. It was in the avant-gardecurrents of the new art trends - Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, Surrealism and Constructivism - at the beginning of this century that the foundations for contemporary art were laid.