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- 3. ART STYLES IN ENGLISH Ancient art: Greek, Roman, Egyptian Medieval: Romanesque, Gothic, Byzantine, Islamic Renaissance Baroque Neoclassical Romanticism /romantic art Realism Impressionism
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