Western painting

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Western painting represents a historical and contemporary Western painting tradition, from antiquity until the present time. Initially serving imperial, private, civic, and religious patronage, Western painting later found audiences in the aristocracy and middle class. From the Middle Ages through the Renaissance, painters worked for the church and a wealthy aristocracy. The Renaissance saw painting advance significantly, in conjunction with the refinement of drawing, perspective, ambitious architecture, tapestry, stained glass, sculpture, and advent of the printing press. Beginning with the Baroque era, artists received private commissions from a more educated and prosperous middle class. "Art for art's sake" started finding expression in the Romantic painters, influencing Impressionism. Western painting was primarily concerned with representational and traditional art until the mid-19th century, when more modern, abstract and conceptual forms gained favor. Commercial museums and galleries...

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