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Western Art

Baroque

1600–1680

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

The Calling of St. Matthew , 1600

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

David , 1623

Peter Paul Rubens

The Elevation of the Cross , 1610

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn

The Night Watch , 1642

Rome. Active 1571–1610.

Rome. Active 1598–1680.

Antwerp, Flanders. Active 1577–1640.

Amsterdam, Netherlands. Active 1606–1669.

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The Calling of St. Matthew by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio — Public domain Wikimedia Commons

Public domain Wikimedia Commons

David by Gian Lorenzo Bernini — Public domain Wikimedia Commons

Public domain Wikimedia Commons

The Elevation of the Cross by Peter Paul Rubens — Public domain Wikimedia Commons

Public domain Wikimedia Commons

The Night Watch by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn — Public domain Wikimedia Commons

World Art Timeline surveys 4 traditions, 26 major periods and 95 sub‑periods from 3500 BCE–Present, with 202 figures. Summaries are paraphrased from Wikipedia, not reproduced verbatim.

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