1. Genre Genre in painting refers to the subject matter. The five genres are: Historical, Portraiture, Genre (everyday life) Landscape Still Life.

2. Historical Paintings of Important events or religious themes. Historical painting was considered the most important of the Genres.

3. GIOTTO di Bondone Italian painter, Florentine school (b. 1267, Vespignano, d. 1337, Firenze) Ognissanti Madonna (Madonna in Maestà) c. 1310Tempera on wood, 325 x 204 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

4. UCCELLO, Paolo Italian painter, Florentine school (b. 1397, Firenze, d. 1475, Firenze) Niccolò da Tolentino Leads the Florentine Troops 1450s Tempera on wood, 182 x 320 cm National Gallery, London

5. GRÜNEWALD, Matthias German painter (b. 1470/80, Würzburg, d. 1528, Halle) The Crucifixion c. 1515 Oil on wood, 269 x 307 cm Musée d'Unterlinden, Colma

6. DELACROIX, Eugéne French painter (b1798 d1863) Liberty Leading the People 1830 Oil on canvas 260 x 325 cm Musee du Louvre, Paris

7. PICASSO, Pablo Spanish painter (b 1839 d 1906) Guernica 1937 Oil on canvas 349cm x 776cm Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid.

8. Portraiture Paintings of people or groups of people. Usually only the rich or important would be able to afford to have a portrait painted.

9. EYCK, Jan van Flemish painter (b. before 1395, Maaseik, d. 1441, Bruges) Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife 1434Oil on oak, 82 x 60 cm National Gallery, London

10. LEONARDO da Vinci Italian painter (b. 1452, Vinci, d. 1519, Cloux, near Amboise) Mona Lisa (La Gioconda) c. 1503-5 Oil on panel, 77 x 53 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris

11. HALS, Frans Dutch painter (b. 1580, Antwerpen, d. 1666, Haarlem) Married Couple in a Garden c. 1622 Oil on canvas, 140 x 166,5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

12. Genre Painting Paintings of everyday life including human figures. Usually only the rich or important would be able to afford to have a portrait painted.

13. MILLET Jean-Francois French painter (b1814 d1875) Shepherdess with Her Flock 1864 Oil on canvas 81 x 101 cm Musee d'Orsay, Paris

14. DAUMIER, Honore french Painter (b1808 d1879) The Third-Class Carraige 1863-65 Oil on canvas 65.4 x 90.2 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

15. SEURAT, Georges French painter (b 1859 d 1891) A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte 1884-86 Oil on canvas Art Institute of Chicago

16. SEURAT, Georges French painter (b 1859 d 1891) Bathers at Asnieres 1883-84 (retouched 1887) 79 x 118 1/2 in National Gallery, London

17. Landscape Paintings of the natural habitat usually without people

18. CONSTABLE, John British painter (b1776 d1837) ImprThe Haywain 1821 Oil on canvas 48 x 63 cm The National Gallery, London

19. MONET, Claude French painter (b1840 d1926) Impression, soleil levant (Impression, Sunrise) 1872 Oil on canvas 48 x 63 cm Musee Marmottan, Paris

20. VAN GOGH, Vincent Dutch painter (b 1853 d 1890) Wheat Field with Cypresses 1889 Oil on canvas 51.5 x 65 cm Private collection

21. Still Life Paintings of inanimate forms, usually indoors.

22. CHARDIN, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon French painter (b. 1699, Paris, d. 1779, Paris) Composition with Jar of Olives 1760 Oil on canvas, 71 x 98 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris

23. CEZANNE, Paul French painter (b 1839 d 1906) Composition 1883-1887 Oil on canvas 25 5/8 x 31 7/8 in Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University

24. VAN GOGH, Vincent Dutch painter (b 1853 d 1890) Sunflowers 1888 Oil on canvas 92 x 73 cm The National Gallery, London