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Renaissance in the U.K.

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Renaissance (1550-1650)

Renaissance (1550-1650)

The revival of classical ideals—and Italian style

Portrait of Donatello by an unknown 16C artist, in the Louvre Museum, Paris (Photo by sailko)

Renaissance and Baroque

The rebirth of Classical ideals lead to a Europe-wide flowering of the arts

The Painter and his Pug, a 1745 Self-portrait by William Hogarth, at the Tate Britain (Photo by the Tate Britain)

William Hogarth

An English painter in the Flemish mold, depicting wonderful slices of life in early 18C England

Self-Portrait (c. 1748) by Joshua Reynolds, aged 24, at the National Gallery, London (Photo courtesy of the National Gallery)

Joshua Reynolds

A baroque painter of fussy British portraits set in Renaissance-style scenes

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