The Art Academies, also known as Academic Classicism, was created in Italy in the XVI century and controlled the Europe's art world for over two centuries. As it takes the place of the medieval learning system, the Academic way of teaching spread all throughout Europe. Studying in these institutions..

The Pre-Raphaelites were a secret society founded in 1848 by seven students of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, with the academy's first president still in charge, Sir Joshua Reynolds. Originally called the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, meaning the Brotherhood "before Raphael." The group was against the strict stipulations.

The beginning of the XVII century was quite eventful, with Descartes philosophy planting the seed of query in people's minds, Isaac Newton and Galileo with new scientific discoveries, not to mention the autocratical government flaunting their extravagant riches. The religious scene was tense, as the Protestant Reformation.

The Hudson River School began during the 1850's in New York City and was a fraternity for landscape painters. The artists of this group had an academic background, attended the same places, as well as they all worked in Studio Building, the first place designated for artists to work in New York.

Post-impressionism is a term used to categorize certain artists that started working after the Impressionism, being that most of them went through an impressionist phase or just were inspired by certain aspects of the movement. These artists did not follow the same objective or have similar styles, they all had different reactions.

Post-impressionism is a term used to categorize certain artists that started working after the Impressionism, being that most of them went through an impressionist phase or just were inspired by certain aspects of the movement. These artists did not follow the same objective or have similar styles, they all had different reactions.