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By the High Renaissance, the artists had already mastered many techniques. The High Renaissance was the final stage of Renaissance art, and had a preoccupation with the idealization of nature.

Leonardo Da Vinci's The Last Supper

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The imitation of nature was the primary goal of the early Renaissance. Individuality was stressed as a response to humanism, which created a desire for portraits. A mathematical side of painting also became popular.

Filippo Bruneschelli's Church of San Lorenzo

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Northern Renaissance art was divided between using the human as the primary form of expression in Italy, and in the north, the Gothic style was more popular with detailed images.

Jan Van Eyck's Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride

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Renaissance art was a time of rebirth of the Greco Roman antiquity and styles. The artists of the Renaissance tried to imitate nature. Frescoes also became popular.

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Andy Warhol was a prominet artist in the movement of modern art called "pop art" and his works portary the various relationships of culture during his time. His paintings are some of the most expensive paintings that have ever been sold.

One of Warhol's more famous paintings, Marilyn Monroe

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Middle age art was quite basic. Most, if not all of the art was religious and was meant to depict scenes from the Bible. The art was 2-dimensional and was made of Tempera paint which had an egg yolk base, this is why the art is usually cracked and the color is muted. The Middle ages began in 476 AD after the fall of the Western Roman Empire and is considered to have ended in the 15th century. Some notable Middle Age artists include Giotto di Bondone and Cimabue with his "Maestà di Santa Trinità". Interestingly, Cimabue was so haughty and proud that if someone pointed out to him any mistake or defect in his work, or if he had noted any himself...he would immediately destroy the work, no matter how precious it might be.

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William Wordsworth was a significant English poet in the romanticism era. Wordsworth's work focused mainly on nature and saw it as alive and sacred.

Wordsworth's most famous work is a lyrical poem called I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.

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Friedrich was a German romanticism landscape painter, who was considered one of the most important German painters of his generation. Many of Friedrich's works gave nature an emotional aspect.

One of his most famous works is called Wanderer above the Sea of Fog.

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Romanticism was a musical, literary, and artistic movement following the enlightenment in the 1800s to the 1850s. The focus of the romanticism was all about emotions, individualism, and nature.

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Jackson Pollock often painted using large canvases that he often laid out on the floor. This was different from the traditional easel and brush painting.  Pollock's technique was depended on the flow of the paint to the canvas, the absorption of paint into the canvas, how he moved his body, and gravity.

One of Pollock's most famous paintings, No. 5,1948

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Modern art came into being during the 1860s to the 1970s. It can be traced back to the industrial revolution and challenged the idea of art being used to realisitically portray the world. It is a response to the rationalism and the new lives created by the industrial revolution. It is characterized based on how realistically the artist wishes to portray the subject.

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Greek Art stands out for its natural yet idealistic portrayal of the human body. Some of the best examples survive in sculpture.

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After a tour around the museum, visit our highly appraised cafe!

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Our bathrooms and cafe are to the right!

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This art originated from the lower Nile Valley somewhere around 3000 B.C. Ancient Egyptian Art was highly stylized and symbolic.

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After humans began to advance, settling down and using technology to make life easier, they began to have leisure time which they could use to create art. The large and thriving civilizations we know today each had their own unique style; but all were flat and rudimentary.

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Rococo is the late 18th century artistic movement in France. The art was graceful with playful themes. A well known rococo artist was Jean-Honoré Fragonard.

One of Fragonard's most well regarded pieces is The Swing.

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Neoclassical art took inspiration from classical Greco-Roman ideals. Jacques-Louis David was a well distinguished French neoclassical artist.

One of David’s most well known creations is the Oath Of Hoartii.

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This beautiful exhibit would not have been possible without the help of our team:
Introduction and Classical Civilizations Curator: Jade Margolis
Middle Ages and Renaissance Arts Curator: Spiros
Enlightenment and Romanticism Arts Curator: Emma
Interpretive Arts Curator: Ryan
Realism and Modern Arts Curator: Nina

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Art during the Enlightenment differed from the art in the middle ages. Art began to focus less on the subject of religion and move towards individualism. There were two main styles of art that swept over Europe during the Enlightenment: Neoclassical and Rococo.

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The most famous Post-Impressionist painter was Vincent van Gogh. He believed that artists should feel what they paint and express their emotions in color which would express his inner feelings.

Vincent van Gogh's most famous painting, Starry Night

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Pablo Picasso is considered the father of Cubism. He used geometric designs to create a new reality in people’s minds.

Picasso's first Cubist painting, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon

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Interpretive art had many sub schools which included Impressionism, a style based on the depiction of light and color, Post-Impressionism, a style based on Impressionism but also structure in order to show inner feelings, Expressionism, a style in which figures were contorted and strong colors used to express anxiety and yearning, Fauvism, a style that used intense color to show light and space, Cubism, a style that abandoned perspective and explored open form, and Futurism, a style that celebrated technology and modern urban culture.

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Interpretive art is a style of art that came around in the late 1800s during the Age of Progress. People could now paint whatever they wanted because they no longer had to accurately depict things due to the invention of the camera. Also, people’s acceptance of different styles increased which widened people's options and allowed experimentation. In expanding limits, many of the art styles and famous pieces of art now stem from this school.

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Our World-renowned facility features the number one collection of Western Art in all of sixth period.

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Courbet  emphasized the accurate portrayal of the everyday subjects. His workers were common people such as factory workers. Courbet found no subject too ordinary to capture.

One of his most famous works, The Stonebreakers

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Millet mostly painted scenes from rural life, such as peasants working in the fields.  However, Millet's Realism  still had elements of sentimentality that was attributed to Romanticism.  He was criticized for his unorthodox technique and unrefined subject matter.

One of his most famous works, The Gleaners

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Realism was the rejection of Romanticism, as well as the rebellion against unusual subjects and the extreme emotions and drama. Realist artists wanted to depict everyday life and everyday people, such as workers and peasants.

Romanticism became popular in 1850

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Welcome to Musee d' Pamplemousse
The curated pieces in this museum have been arranged in the order and periods that they emerged in time.

They have been arranged as so:
Exhibit 1: Early or Classical Civilizations
Exhibit 2:  Middle Ages
Exhibit 3: Renaissance
Exhibit 4: Enlightenment
Exhibit 5: Romanticism
Exhibit 6: Realism
Exhibit 7: Interpretive Art
Exhibit 8: Modern Art