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[[File:Alma Tadema Egyptian Chess Players 1865.jpg|thumb|[[Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema]], Egyptian Chess Players, 1865.]]

[[File:Alma Tadema Egyptian Chess Players 1865.jpg|thumb|[[Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema]], Egyptian Chess Players, 1865.]]

'''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]  

'''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 Art|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]