Hall I
European Painting
From gold-ground altarpieces to the luminous interiors of Delft.
I
Gold Ground to Perspective
Giotto broke with Byzantine flatness; Masaccio and Alberti gave painting the geometry of space.
II
Oil and the North
The van Eycks perfected oil glazes, achieving jewel-like detail and light.
III
Baroque Light
Caravaggio, Rubens, Velázquez and Rembrandt made light itself the drama.
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