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Concept
Western painting
Summary
The history of Western painting represents a continuous, though disrupted, tradition from antiquity until the present time. Until the mid-19th century it was primarily concerned with representational and Classical modes of production, after which time more modern, abstract and conceptual forms gained favor.
Initially serving imperial, private, civic, and religious patronage, Western painting later found audiences in the aristocracy and the middle class. From the Middle Ages through the Renaissance painters worked for the church and a wealthy aristocracy. Beginning with the Baroque era artists received private commissions from a more educated and prosperous middle class. The idea of "art for art's sake" began to find expression in the work of the Romantic painters like Francisco de Goya, John Constable, and J. M. W. Turner. During the 19th century commercial galleries became established and continued to provide patronage in the 20th century.
Western painting reached its zenith in Europe during the Renaissance, in conjunction with the refinement of drawing, use of perspective, ambitious architecture, tapestry, stained glass, sculpture, and the period before and after the advent of the printing press. Following the depth of discovery and the complexity of innovations of the Renaissance, the rich heritage of Western painting continued from the Baroque period to Contemporary art.
Prehistoric art
File:Lascaux 04.jpg|''[[Aurochs]]'' [[Cave painting]], [[Lascaux]], France
File:lascaux2.jpg|Lascaux, ''horse''
File:Lascaux painting.jpg|Lascaux, ''Bulls and Horses''
File:Haljesta.jpg|[[Petroglyphs]], from Sweden, [[Nordic Bronze Age]] (painted)
File:GreatGalleryedit.jpg|Pictographs from the Great Gallery, Canyonlands National Park, [[Horseshoe Canyon (Utah)|Horseshoe Canyon]], [[Utah]], c. 1500 BCE
File:SantaCruz-CuevaManos-P2210651b.jpg|[[Cueva de las Manos]] (Spanish for Cave of the Hands) in the Santa Cruz province in Argentina, c. 550 BC{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}
The history of painting reaches back in time to artifacts from pre-historic artists, and spans all cultures.
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