The rebirth of Classical ideals lead to a Europe-wide flowering of the arts
A curvaceous take on Classicism
A baroque painter of fussy British portraits set in Renaissance-style scenes
A Titan of England's early baroque era
A classicist French baroque painter
A French rococo baroque painter of grandly theatrical works
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