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1600 BCE
The Reader (frontispiece)
Bukhara, Iran -
190
Unswept House
from the emperor Hadrian's villa at Tivoli Sosus of Pergamon -
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 -
786
Great Mosque of Cordoba
interior, Cordoba, Spain -
1285
Madonna Ruccelai
Duccio di Buonisenga
-one of the primary types of images being produced at the time
-good example of hierarchy -
1310
Christ and the Samaritan Woman
Duccio -
1314
Ognissanti Madonna
Giotto
-skills are improved from previous years but perspective is still not quite right -
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 -
1425
Holy Trinity
Masaccio
-one of the first successful perspective attempts
-credited with being the initiator of the new style of realism -
1434
Wedding Portrait
Jan Van Eyck
-fairly realistic
-one of the first successful paintings of a mirror
-good example of geometric orthogonal perspective -
1434
Emerald Buddha
Thailand -
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 -
1450
Bidding Farewell at the Tiger Hill
Shen Zhou
-they want to use the space of the painting intentionally (relating to spirituality and hierarchy) -
1482
The Birth of Venus
Sandro Botticelli -
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 -
1509
School of Athens
Raphael
-comes from Renaissance
-Perspective-major function is to create the illusion of depth or space -
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 -
1515
The Isenheim Altarpiece
Matthias Grunewald -
1526
Pesaro Madonna
Titian
-linear perspective is improved upon
-at this time everything becomes much more realistic -
1530
Recumbent Female Nude Figure Asleep
Rosso Fiorentino -
1547
Le Transi de René de Chalon
Ligier Richier -
1563
Vegetables in a Bowl or the Gardner
Giuseppe Arcimboldo -
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
Jules Hardouin Mansart and Charles le Brun -
Mr. and Mrs. Andrews
Thomas Gainsborough -
The Swing
Jean-Honoré Fragonard -
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
Theodore Gericault -
View from the Window at Le Gras
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce
-The first known photograph -
Liberty Leading the People
Eugène Delacroix -
Boulevard du Temple
Louis Daguerre
-“daguerrotypes” responsible for the creation of developing film
-first known photograph of a person -
Ophelia
John Everett Millais -
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
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
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
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
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
Vassily Maksimov -
At the Milliner’s
Edgar Degas -
Woman in a coffeehouse, Madame Ginoux in the Cafe de la Gare in Arles
Paul Gauguin -
The Night Cafe
Vincent Van Gogh
-no need to be realistic anymore
-images start to be intentionally flattened -
Portrait of Dr. Gachet
Vincent Van Gogh -
Mother and Child
Mary Cassatt -
Two Marquesans
Paul Gauguin -
Les Demoiselles d’Avignon
Pablo Picasso -
Tote Mutter (Dead Mother)
Egon Schiele
-beginning of Expressionism
-distorted figures show the response to the war -
Jingster Tag (Last Judgement)
Wassily Kandinsky -
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
James Ensor
-evokes the last supper, except Jesus and Apostles are replaced with grotesque people -
Marcel Duchamp
Joseph Stella -
Yellow Calla
Georgia O’Keefe -
Artichoke
Edward Weston -
Marlene
Hannah Hoch
-she’s questioning gender bias -
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)
Pablo Picasso -
Guernica
Pablo Picasso -
The Two Fridas
Frida Kahlo
-shows the two halves of her life
-painted after her divorce so it relates to splitting in two -
Nighthawks
Edward Hopper -
Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Homes So Different, So Appealing?
Richard Hamilton -
Pantone
-printing company in the 50s
-standardizes color, streamlines it for industry -
Pie Counter
Wayne Thiebaud -
Interaction of Color
Josef Albers
-streamlined the study of color interaction -
Marilyn Monroe
Andy Warhol -
U.S. Pavilion
R. Buckminster Fuller -
Las Tres Marias
Judith Baca -
TV Buddha
Nam June Paik
-the artist recognizes the implications of media on the self -
Witchetty Grub Dreaming
Paddy Carroll Tjungurrayi -
Sun Mad
Ester Hernandez -
Untitled (Self-Portrait of Marilyn Monroe)
Cindy Sherman -
Human/Need/Desire
Bruce Nauman -
Draped Reclining Mother and Baby
Henry Moore -
The Artifact Piece
James Luna -
Immersion (Piss Christ)
Andres Serrano -
October 18, 1977
Gerhard Richter -
Untitled (Your body is a battleground)
Barbara Kruger -
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
Juane Quick-To-See Smith -
Guggenheim Bilbao
Frank O. Gehry -
99 Cent
Andreas Gursky -
Dandelion Line
Andy Goldsworthy -
Dolorosa
Bill Viola -
Junk
Tony Oursler -
One Hundred Lavish Months of Bushwack
Wangechi Mutu -
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
Marlene Dumas -
The Matter of Time
Richard Serra -
The New York City Waterfalls
Olafur Eliasson
