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'''Historical Painting''' is a branch of [[painting]] that represents significant events of [[history]], [[religion]] or [[literature]]. Their subjects can be taken from the [[Bible]], from mythology or other forms of secular literature, from historical events; or they can be allegories. [http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/glossary/history-painting] It was viewed as the most important of the painting genres from about the 16th century until [[Paul Cezanne]]'s era. It was a category of art in the old academic tradition, based on the values of ancient Greece and Rome. [http://arthistory.about.com/od/glossary_h/a/h-history-painting.htm] History Painting and Historical Painting, both terms are still often used in a confusing manner.
'''Historical Painting''' is a branch of [[painting]] that represents significant events of [[history]], [[religion]] or [[literature]]. Their subjects can be taken from the [[Bible]], from mythology or other forms of secular literature, from historical events; or they can be allegories. [http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/glossary/history-painting] It was viewed as the most important of the painting genres from about the 16th century until [[Paul Cezanne]]'s era. It was a category of art in the old academic tradition, based on the values of ancient Greece and Rome. [http://arthistory.about.com/od/glossary_h/a/h-history-painting.htm] History Painting and Historical Painting, both terms are still often used in a confusing manner. Historical painting is generally understood to have diclined dramatically during the [[Victorian Age|Victorian period]]. [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:9MoshlkHpFYJ:www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/uploads/docs/s1_23.pdf+Paul+Barlow+Professor&hl=en&gl=uk&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjcjev4zZWsyXRk2Qb0TAbQHs52uwq7cmMmRBnlY97ah2aGpKYtVsGu-QOIeMciCrUfH45N1knB0NFikusclJybCwP5TMoAMaQJNS8TPzZFOBvOQvtUrmEPUT--Kqw8tmhvKr8G&sig=AHIEtbSRK7DWVGwdLbYF38jvUAihfTFS0Q]
[[File:Rembrandt Historical Painting 1626.jpg|thumb|center|300px|Palamedes before Agamemnon by [[Rembrandt]], 1626.]]
[[File:Rembrandt Historical Painting 1626.jpg|thumb|center|300px|Palamedes before Agamemnon by [[Rembrandt]], 1626.]]
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Image:Creation of Adam.jpg|Creation of Adam by [[Michelangelo]], 1512.
File:Villalpando Los desposorios de José y Asenet.jpg|Los desposorios de José y Asenet by [[Cristóbal de Villalpando]].
File:David La morte di Seneca 1773.jpg|[[Jacques-Louis David]], The Death of Seneca, 1773.
File:David The Death of Socrates.jpg|[[Jacques-Louis David]], The Death of Socrates, 1787.
File:Delacroix La liberte guidant le peuple.jpg|La liberte guidant le peuple by [[Eugene Delacroix]], 1830.
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