When he got older, Goya traveled to Italy to study art and observe art styles of the Italian masters. ... Also, during this period Goya began to synthesize neoclassical and rococo art into his own. ... Gericault was immensely influenced by the works of Michelangelo, the Italian masters of the Renaissance, and the style of Rubens. Gericault discovered at a very young age that he was not an advocate for the popular neo-classical school of art. ... The Raft of the Medusa was truly the quintessential example of romantic art at its highest. ...

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A group of artists and poets, the pre-Raphaelites shared a conviction that art had become corrupt during the Renaissance, beginning with Raphael, and was in decline there after. ... It was an era when major artists were fundamentally questioning and reinventing their art forms. ... The music of art and poetry. ... Yeats follows to imagine his concept of immortality, art heaven, where the artist becomes the artifact. ... Imagination, eternity and art are akin. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The philosophes found the Renaissance and classic cultures appealing because it allowed men like Voltaire, Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Diderot to roll with the times and express their ideas. ... He wrote on philosophy, science, music, and art, and wrote novels, essays, and dramatic pieces Rousseau's most important work is The Social Contract that describes the relationship of man with society. ... There is the first galaxy of artists- poets, painters, musicians, and theorists of art and society an outpouring of genius hard to match in any period for variety and numbers. ...

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