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painting on limestone; Egyptian lower classes were depicted more naturally than were the members of the ruling class
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Musician and instrument seem combined in a simplified smooth forms
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wall painting of youthful acrobats leaping over the back and the horns of a bull
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Medieval handbook on good health
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the head is disproportionate; the arms and legs create diagonals that frame the face
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Original catholic bible elements and has section about the devil; latin for "trunk of a tree"; series of sheets of paper that are bound with a cover; Christians claim the use of the codex
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limited group of all men have access to books and knowledge
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focused on proportions
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Columns moved slightly which tricks the eye and creates an illusion. Greeks had some sense of linear perspective
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set the standards for most Western theaters and auditoriums
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The earliest for of wood block printing occupied in 220 AD in China. It was used for money and textile design
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war architecture that is a "wonder of the world"; new pieces are still being discovered
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mosaic from the Emperor Hadrian's villa at Tivoli Sosus of Pergamon. It was on the floor to express wealth, and a creature in the mosaic was common during this time
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built along the Via Sacra in Rome, Italy by Titus's brother Domitian; the single passageway arch is a mini-barrel vault
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lavishing decorated and ambitiously engineered because of the political importance of the building and the events staged in it; dedicated to blood sports
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large drawing was created when brown surface rocks were scraped away to reveal yellowing surface below
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in the Church of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy; Justinian dominates the image just as he dominated the Byzantine Empire; he wears purple, a jeweled crown and carries a golden bowl used in Christian ritual; halo indicates divine status
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the cup makes a rattling noise like the chattering of monkeys
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once held up the temple roof; "supported" the religion
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mound shaped into a snake that has eroded over time
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Northern Song Dynasty made moveable type with sticky clay to make characters
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In ancient Egypt, members of the rulers class were depicted in art in a formal, compact, frontal, idealized way
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example of hierarchy
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Perspective is not accurate
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This work shows how common citizens prosper when Justice, Prudence, Temperance, and Fortitude reign. He contrasted the political turmoil in the Italian city-states with this piece.
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exemplifies the ancient Egyptian concept of female beauty
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first good example of metal type
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More proportionate, initiated of new style of perception in paintings, figures are roughly life sized
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This piece utilizes space, realistic lighting, and symbolism. The lady is painted pregnant because that was the goal of marriage during the time (Northern Renaissance). It is also a successful painting of a mirror and perspective.
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Example of color mixing; colors are formed from other colors, mixing darks and lights
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Mary becomes part of the architecture; drapery echoes structure of a throne; Lion symbolizes Solomon and oranges symbolizes paradise
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The press was made of metal with screw press and metal type to print at a greater speed. This created more copies
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eventually made 42 lines per page; printed in black letter type
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Tempera and gold on wood; motif-cucumber and goldfinch are symbols of redemption; fly-evil; master of foreshortening
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garden that is meant to be contemplated from the side
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emphasizes a fantastic creature; symbolizes Jesus or true love in the Age of Chivalry
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He did not sculpt it in perfect proportion. He made the head and hands much larger.
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Joseph in background; veil represents nativity and crucifixion; Mary depicted as young lady
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The two people in the piece exemplify the humanistic influence in active and contemplative life
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art that also expresses anatomical science. Reflects attitudes about human nature that were prevalent during the time
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combined objects to look like something else when oriented; very contemporary for this time
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Renaissance painter and printmaker who focused on peasant life
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characterized by exaggeration, overstatement, and a flare for artifice and the theatrical
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Baroque Period; symbolic fruit representing good vs. evil
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realistic in detail but not in the grouping of flowers because the blossoms shown come from various places and bloom in different seasons
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gesturing to God; the deer represents purity of the heart
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reflects culture's ideals on felinity and masculinity
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landscape painting that made pristine nature once again available
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pouring milk into dutch oven
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working class woman that appears dignified within a glowing space
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connects the royal apartments with the chapel
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Sir Isaac Newton came up with the color wheel which experiments with prism and that white is the combination of all colors.
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comedic painting; satires the English upper classes in 18th century
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metaphor for the dark side of the human mind
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Experimented with the psychological effect of colors, optical illusions, and the way pigments mix in a subtractive way
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expresses the upper class engaged in frivolity
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reflects masculinity and femininity in the 18th century
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Physicists who believed colors have effects on other colors around them
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image of him right after he was murdered; background looks unfinished; has skin disease but you can not see it
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Painted from sketches Francisco made at the actual event; a pivotal protest against Napoleon's occupational army in Madrid; guy in white is posed like the crucified Jesus Christ; dehumanized the soldiers with hidden faces
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Peace offering made of hickory wood, silver, iron, and lead; may have been made by European, American, or Ottawan metalsmiths due to the engravings
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illustrates a broad countryside that emphasizes an open-air quality but the painting was made in his studio
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created the first known photograph (view from the Window at Le Gras). The exposure took him days
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Watercolor piece that is a valuable resource today
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Liberty has been personified as a partially nude women but reminiscent of a Greek goddess in her profile and in her idealized body. She carries a rifle and the flag of the French Revolution
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Oil on canvas based on biblical passage from Isaiah that expresses peace
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political cartoon
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first known photograph of a person
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New technology regularly replaces the old but the artist asks whether this represents actual progress or mere innovation
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The representamen- sign's form
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documented Korean War as the truth; beginning of manipulation/propaganda
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Signifier (physical existence) and Signified (mental concept)
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a retreat from the bustling New York City
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Made of otter pelt, grizzly claws, glass beads, and silk ribbon; represented the strength and tenacity of the grizzly bear which added to the dignity of its owner
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It utilizes impressionism. Based on proportions, the lady is too big.
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Union dead on the battlefield at Gettysburg; he moved bodies around to get the perfect photo
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taken during the Civil War which was the first war to be documented in world history
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subject of male desire
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reverence and respect for a mother
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Impressionism as a reaction to photography
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a Native American's point of view about this war; he stacked figures above each other to show both chaos and the detail of the battle
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working class home; icons of Christ depicted
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illustrates the middle class enjoying leisure time in Europe
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Utilizes conceptual point and thick paint
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Artist and Educator; immigrated to US and taught at Black Mountain; head of design department at Yale, wrote an interaction of color book with illusions and color relativity
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visual record of inner emotional state
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representations of the female figure
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"art is a harmony running parallel to nature
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captures the expression of performance for theater or dance
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captures the color and brilliance of natural light
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illustrates an uprising in the Peasant War in Germany; emphasizes the destructiveness of war; shows a woman leading the revolt which goes against stereotypes during this time
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prominent in ritual feasts when the leadership of the clan changed
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female representation of the image of death
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painting that was accepted in Russia during this time
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newborn baby died in childbirth
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distorted human figure by external forces
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evokes the Last Supper; Jesus and the disciples are replaced by grotesque characters; piece symbolizes famine
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Pen and ink; exposes doctors and officers who sent the sick and elderly to the front lines to fight for Germany in WWI
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Industrialism and modernism has produced forms and shapes that artists have found exciting and innovative
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built by a working class man in his spare time
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creates unreal things that are real; questions the truth
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blending of aztec ritual and catholicism
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promotes the status and creates a positive perception of a racial group; shows the confident, affluent people of the Harlem Renaissance in the US.
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Futurist movement where people acted based on the way they ate
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photo journalist who used a police scanner to wait for something bad to happen to be able to get photos
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strangling newborn child which was the most devastating image
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Surrealism presents dreams, intuition, and visions as a kind of knowledge
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philosophical observations on the nature of life
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Tells the story of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian immigrants who were active in labor organizations
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cover for AIZ magazine; depicts the Nazi Field Marshal as a butcher; news photographs are combined and manipulated with drawing
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one of the few female artist during this movement
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poverty stricken mother during Great Depression
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Gelatin silver print that originally appeared in a San Francisco newspaper and created an outpouring of food donations for the migrant workers
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Enamel on wood; expresses the horrors of the Spanish Civil War; shows child sitting among debris and destruction from the war; colors emphasize the somber tone of the piece
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surrounded her different portraits with symbols of her personal history and of Mexican history that were significant in her life
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shows two halves of her life; connected by the removed heart and the replaced heart
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surrealist painting
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shared the prize for best film at the Cannes Film Festival
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"gestural abstraction"-came from the movement of the artist
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performed and filmed before a live audience; rated number one during this time
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sacred spaces in art; spiritual world and culture
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fourth Dimension; surrealist landscape
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commemorates the soldiers who died during the battle for Iwo Jima in WWII; soldiers form a triangle to represent strength and solidity; a real flag is raised and lowered everyday on the memorial
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standardizes color
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resembles billowing sails
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The women didn't feel like they were being disrespected; they believed to be equals in the piece
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It was designed to destroy itself in one evening in the gardens of the Museum of Modern Art in NYC
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post war; Warhol produced fine art prints
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performance art; shaped the future for art
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Painting on canvas made into a sculpture
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performance piece; audience members cut away pieces of her black dress
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reflects how the human eye works
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part of "Happening"; this piece started simple and eventually progressed in unexpected ways
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image of electric chair after he saw a plane crash in 1962
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geometric abstract sculpture that reflects some qualities of machines
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He criticizes the way society deals with people it deems incompetent. An installation that exposes the neglect and filth he found in a state mental hospital
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series of date paintings; each painting is of that day's date; had magazine clippings on the back but can not see that when they are in the museum; there are 3,000 of them
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thinks about space and ritual in a less religious way
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museum set in nature; cultural treasures and natural treasures mix in this park-museum
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dirt was shaped to create this massive earthwork
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Carol Goodden, Tina Girouard, Gordon Matta Clark opened a restaurant in NY that was the first to make vegetarian dishes
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naturally formed crater in Arizona
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woodblock print that is an example of the beautiful woman theme
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has an image of the founder of the clan and is used in rituals to promote fertility and the well-being of the community
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expresses the loss of self and individuality
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This work exposes the dangerous chemical pesticides that are used in vineyards to grow grapes that eventually become raisins.
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memorial to San Francisco's mayor
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black granite wall that contains the names of 58,000 men and women who died in the Vietnam War; located on the Mall in Washington D.C.
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abstract painting about family life
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Silkscreen on Rives paper
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collection of photographs of her children, husband, and herself
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illustrates three men in bed in the clouds
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underground activist group who noticed how exclusive the art world was; they call out galleries and museums and started protests
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fingerpainting
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intended to debunk a simplistic image of Native Americans
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contemporary art that reflects on art history
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photographs overlaid
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offset lithograph
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references various parts parts of the world and the consumption of culture through media, without direct contact
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the dingo is able to walk through a fence made by humans
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title refers to mystical Hebrew writings that tell of the Divine essence whose power filled and shattered the fragile vessels of the universe upon Creation
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175lbs of hard candy where visitors take a piece of candy representing a diminishing heart
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used a cheap camera to create a blurry but evocative double portrait
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look at violent death
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emphasizes personal identity, the body, surveillance and control
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art examines the beauty of her body even with disease
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represents the women in Iran
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the two characters represent the country's police and politicians that conspired in the 1980s to create an oppressive regime in El Salvador
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protest the colonial past and to show the complexity of world trade and culture
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death of Christ and Mary's mourning; no evidence of crucifixion; Mary's body gets bigger to look more natural to support full size human being
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Monkey symbolizes human behavior
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video replayed slowly, so that the viewers have a chance to study the intense emotions
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concrete cast of a library
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there is no single focal point in this concert hall design
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body represents sexual identity that is not typically accepted
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Gelatin silver photograph
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taxidermies horse; Jesus of Nazareth King of the Jews
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struck by lightning; fire destroyed inner structure
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illustrates a boy controlling a robot; expresses the development of technology and art
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last meal on death row
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The living need light, the dead need music; funeral traditions of South Vietnam
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female form is often central in her work
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teens started this movement; women of color in front of paintings
