The masterpieces everyone should recognize and the movements that produced them — Renaissance to Modern, one work or artist per card. Learn it so a museum becomes a story you can read, and you catch the references hidden in design, film, and memes everywhere.
Art history can look like a wall of names and "-isms," but the story underneath is simple: a chain of **rebellions**, each generation reacting against the conventions of the last. The **Renaissance** chased lifelike realism; the **Baroque** added drama and motion; the **Impressionists** fled the…