Return to order
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The return to order was a European art movement following the First World War that rejected the extreme avant-garde art of the years up to 1918 and emphasized the classical ideals of order and rationa
Pablo Picasso, 1921, Head of a woman, pastel on paper, 65.1 x 50.2 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Painting by Renoir that displays an emphasis on line and clarity
Pablo Picasso, Example of the classical principles of art during the return to order.
Painting of a landscape with family, Mariano Andreu
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir was a leading French Impressionist artist. In his depiction of feminine beauty, Renoir has been described as "the final representative of a tradition which runs directly from Rub
Return to order
…painting. Among the many artists who participated in the movement were notable figures in modernism such as Picasso, Braque, Matisse, Cezanne, Renoir, and many of the Italian Futurists. Artists of the return to order placed high emphasis on the classical ideals of rationality, quality of line…
Renoir, c. 1875
Renoir, Pierre Auguste 1841 1919 15 Signature
A Box at the Theater (At the Concert), 1880, Clark Art Institute, Williamstown
The Swing (La Balançoire), 1876, oil on canvas, Musée d'Orsay, Paris