Through May 27 Early Renaissance to Pop, on view in Gallery 4, features a selected group of major paintings, sculpture, prints, and books created between the fifteenth century and the late twentieth century, drawn primarily from the museum's collection. The exhibition addresses a wide variety of genres and themes. The essential feature of portraiture is the recording of the likeness of a particular person. But beyond that, styles of depiction vary widely.
Landscape painting has a relatively short history within Western art.
Classical examples of the tradition are executed in oil between the seventeenth century and the end of the nineteenth century. This sublime painting depicts the harmony and beauty of nature. John Sloan captured the grit of urban America. The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.