One of the most important and influential figures in the creation and history of western art, Giotto di Bondone was a Renaissance artist working in Florence between the late thirteenth and early fourteenth century. Giotto’s work saw a clear shift in the departure from the Byzantine style, which, in contrast, was more static, ornate, and less anatomically correct.

The most revered and influential painter of the Venetian Renaissance, Tiziano Vecellio (otherwise known as Titian) transformed the practice of painting in sixteenth-century Venice, introducing new techniques, styles, and subject matter that inspired and informed the careers of artists working three hundred years after his death.

Located on the left bank of the Seine, the Musée d'Orsay is home to one of the foremost collections of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings in the world.