Art History

  • The Reader (frontispiece)
    1600 BCE

    The Reader (frontispiece)

    Bukhara, Iran
  • Unswept House
    190

    Unswept House

    from the emperor Hadrian's villa at Tivoli Sosus of Pergamon
  • Portrait of Ezra from the Codex Amiatinus
    700

    Portrait of Ezra from the Codex Amiatinus

    After the creation of Christianity(390AD), information was presented in a codex, basically like a bound book; the format of the book itself had to be created
  • Great Mosque of Cordoba
    786

    Great Mosque of Cordoba

    interior, Cordoba, Spain
  • Madonna Ruccelai
    1285

    Madonna Ruccelai

    Duccio di Buonisenga
    -one of the primary types of images being produced at the time
    -good example of hierarchy
  • Christ and the Samaritan Woman
    1310

    Christ and the Samaritan Woman

    Duccio
  • Ognissanti Madonna
    1314

    Ognissanti Madonna

    Giotto
    -skills are improved from previous years but perspective is still not quite right
  • The Effects of Good Government
    1338

    The Effects of Good Government

    Ambrogio Lorenzetti
    -Italian masters were not a great example of perspective but it was the best they had at the time
  • Holy Trinity
    1425

    Holy Trinity

    Masaccio
    -one of the first successful perspective attempts
    -credited with being the initiator of the new style of realism
  • Wedding Portrait
    1434

    Wedding Portrait

    Jan Van Eyck
    -fairly realistic
    -one of the first successful paintings of a mirror
    -good example of geometric orthogonal perspective
  • Emerald Buddha
    1434

    Emerald Buddha

    Thailand
  • Lucca Madonna
    1436

    Lucca Madonna

    Jan Van Eyck
    -a single example of an image done many times
    -Mary is seen as caring, her form complements the architecture
    -oranges reference paradise
  • Bidding Farewell at the Tiger Hill
    1450

    Bidding Farewell at the Tiger Hill

    Shen Zhou
    -they want to use the space of the painting intentionally (relating to spirituality and hierarchy)
  • The Birth of Venus
    1482

    The Birth of Venus

    Sandro Botticelli
  • David
    1504

    David

    Michealangelo
    -the head and hands are much larger in proportion to the rest of the body compared to true human form so that they wouldn’t appear smaller when looking up at it
  • School of Athens
    1509

    School of Athens

    Raphael
    -comes from Renaissance
    -Perspective-major function is to create the illusion of depth or space
  • Madonna of Loreto
    1509

    Madonna of Loreto

    Raphael
    -depicts a tender relationship between Mary and Jesus
    -some believe Joseph is a psychic which is why he looks forlorn
  • The Isenheim Altarpiece
    1515

    The Isenheim Altarpiece

    Matthias Grunewald
  • Pesaro Madonna
    1526

    Pesaro Madonna

    Titian
    -linear perspective is improved upon
    -at this time everything becomes much more realistic
  • Recumbent Female Nude Figure Asleep
    1530

    Recumbent Female Nude Figure Asleep

    Rosso Fiorentino
  • Le Transi de René de Chalon
    1547

    Le Transi de René de Chalon

    Ligier Richier
  • Vegetables in a Bowl or the Gardner
    1563

    Vegetables in a Bowl or the Gardner

    Giuseppe Arcimboldo
  • Still Life with Dead Game, Fruits, and Vegetables in a Market

    Still Life with Dead Game, Fruits, and Vegetables in a Market

    Frans Snyders
    -Cucumber and gold finch are symbols of redemption—ties in with religion
  • Hall of Mirrors

    Hall of Mirrors

    Jules Hardouin Mansart and Charles le Brun
  • Mr. and Mrs. Andrews

    Mr. and Mrs. Andrews

    Thomas Gainsborough
  • The Swing

    The Swing

    Jean-Honoré Fragonard
  • Grande Odalisque

    Grande Odalisque

    Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
    -mythology is taken away and depicts a real-life prostitute, however the coyness of the painting still makes it acceptable
  • The Raft of Medusa

    The Raft of Medusa

    Theodore Gericault
  • View from the Window at Le Gras

    View from the Window at Le Gras

    Joseph Nicéphore Niépce
    -The first known photograph
  • Liberty Leading the People

    Liberty Leading the People

    Eugène Delacroix
  • Boulevard du Temple

    Boulevard du Temple

    Louis Daguerre
    -“daguerrotypes” responsible for the creation of developing film
    -first known photograph of a person
  • Ophelia

    Ophelia

    John Everett Millais
  • Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe

    Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe

    Édouard Manet
    -credited with being one of the first to start impressionism
    -brush strokes loosen up as photography is invented
    -we don’t need paintings to show what things look like anymore
    -decline of naturalism
  • Olympia

    Olympia

    Edouard Manet
    -image is more empowering
    -the women’s posture shows how she is aware of what she is about to do, no coyness
  • Woman with Parrot

    Woman with Parrot

    Gustave Courbet
    -the breaking point of the odalisque women
    -she is very disheveled, depicting the women after sex
  • Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1

    Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1

    James McNeill Whistler
    -painting of the artist’s mother
    -composition shows reverence and respect towards mother however it also shows fear
    -the woman is very austere
  • Entrée du village de Voisins

    Entrée du village de Voisins

    Camille Pissarro
    -Impressionism is a reaction to photography, we no longer need paintings to represent what is really seen
    -painting is now about paint, light, and experience
  • The Sick Husband

    The Sick Husband

    Vassily Maksimov
  • At the Milliner’s

    At the Milliner’s

    Edgar Degas
  • Woman in a coffeehouse, Madame Ginoux in the Cafe de la Gare in Arles

    Woman in a coffeehouse, Madame Ginoux in the Cafe de la Gare in Arles

    Paul Gauguin
  • The Night Cafe

    The Night Cafe

    Vincent Van Gogh
    -no need to be realistic anymore
    -images start to be intentionally flattened
  • Portrait of Dr. Gachet

    Portrait of Dr. Gachet

    Vincent Van Gogh
  • Mother and Child

    Mother and Child

    Mary Cassatt
  • Two Marquesans

    Two Marquesans

    Paul Gauguin
  • Les Demoiselles d’Avignon

    Les Demoiselles d’Avignon

    Pablo Picasso
  • Tote Mutter (Dead Mother)

    Tote Mutter (Dead Mother)

    Egon Schiele
    -beginning of Expressionism
    -distorted figures show the response to the war
  • Jingster Tag (Last Judgement)

    Jingster Tag (Last Judgement)

    Wassily Kandinsky
  • Mystery and Melancholy of a Street

    Mystery and Melancholy of a Street

    Giorgio de Chirico
    -images start to resemble early renaissance paintings again
  • The Banquet of the Starved or Comical Repast

    The Banquet of the Starved or Comical Repast

    James Ensor
    -evokes the last supper, except Jesus and Apostles are replaced with grotesque people
  • Marcel Duchamp

    Marcel Duchamp

    Joseph Stella
  • Yellow Calla

    Yellow Calla

    Georgia O’Keefe
  • Artichoke

    Artichoke

    Edward Weston
  • Marlene

    Marlene

    Hannah Hoch
    -she’s questioning gender bias
  • Votive picture (Strangling Angel)

    Votive picture (Strangling Angel)

    Méret Oppenheim
    -a woman strangles a newborn child
    -shows the desire to escape tradition
    -the artist did not want to be a mother because she did not want her life to stop
  • The Weeping Woman (La Femme qui pleure)

    The Weeping Woman (La Femme qui pleure)

    Pablo Picasso
  • Guernica

    Guernica

    Pablo Picasso
  • The Two Fridas

    The Two Fridas

    Frida Kahlo
    -shows the two halves of her life
    -painted after her divorce so it relates to splitting in two
  • Nighthawks

    Nighthawks

    Edward Hopper
  • Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Homes So Different, So Appealing?

    Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Homes So Different, So Appealing?

    Richard Hamilton
  • Pantone

    Pantone

    -printing company in the 50s
    -standardizes color, streamlines it for industry
  • Pie Counter

    Pie Counter

    Wayne Thiebaud
  • Interaction of Color

    Interaction of Color

    Josef Albers
    -streamlined the study of color interaction
  • Marilyn Monroe

    Marilyn Monroe

    Andy Warhol
  • U.S. Pavilion

    U.S. Pavilion

    R. Buckminster Fuller
  • Las Tres Marias

    Las Tres Marias

    Judith Baca
  • TV Buddha

    TV Buddha

    Nam June Paik
    -the artist recognizes the implications of media on the self
  • Witchetty Grub Dreaming

    Witchetty Grub Dreaming

    Paddy Carroll Tjungurrayi
  • Sun Mad

    Sun Mad

    Ester Hernandez
  • Untitled (Self-Portrait of Marilyn Monroe)

    Untitled (Self-Portrait of Marilyn Monroe)

    Cindy Sherman
  • Human/Need/Desire

    Human/Need/Desire

    Bruce Nauman
  • Draped Reclining Mother and Baby

    Draped Reclining Mother and Baby

    Henry Moore
  • The Artifact Piece

    The Artifact Piece

    James Luna
  • Immersion (Piss Christ)

    Immersion (Piss Christ)

    Andres Serrano
  • October 18, 1977

    October 18, 1977

    Gerhard Richter
  • Untitled (Your body is a battleground)

    Untitled (Your body is a battleground)

    Barbara Kruger
  • Immediate Family

    Immediate Family

    Sally Mann
    -showed something sensual about childhood which disturbed a lot of people
    -addresses that sexuality begins earlier than society says it does
    -shows ways in which people become more open about sexuality
  • Genesis

    Genesis

    Juane Quick-To-See Smith
  • Guggenheim Bilbao

    Guggenheim Bilbao

    Frank O. Gehry
  • 99 Cent

    99 Cent

    Andreas Gursky
  • Dandelion Line

    Dandelion Line

    Andy Goldsworthy
  • Dolorosa

    Dolorosa

    Bill Viola
  • Junk

    Junk

    Tony Oursler
  • One Hundred Lavish Months of Bushwack

    One Hundred Lavish Months of Bushwack

    Wangechi Mutu
  • Self Portrait Nursing

    Self Portrait Nursing

    Catherine Opie
    -duel image of a women nursing her child, but her body represents sexuality that is not approved of
    -despite this it doesn’t take away the image of motherhood
  • Stern

    Stern

    Marlene Dumas
  • The Matter of Time

    The Matter of Time

    Richard Serra
  • The New York City Waterfalls

    The New York City Waterfalls

    Olafur Eliasson