European Paintings

The European canon, hung end to end.

Here is the through-line most of Western painting was measured against for centuries: the Italian Renaissance discovery of depth and grace, refined and disputed across Spain, the Low Countries, and France, until the Impressionists tore up the rulebook in plain sight.

Trace it from a gold-ground altarpiece to Vermeer's quiet light, then to Manet's flatness, Cézanne's faceted apples, and a Monet dissolving into atmosphere. One unbroken conversation about what paint can be made to do.