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Taj Mahal
India
Mughal period 1632

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Communicate a sense of the eternal

symmetrical balance

Tomb for wife

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Frida Kahlo
Las Dos Fridas
1939

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Show two sides of her identity at the same time, as both connected yet in conflict with one another

Symmetrical balance

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Childe Hassam
Boston Common At Twilight
1885

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Highlight the tension between the natural serenity of the common (the park) and human activity of the street

Asymmetrical balance

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Anna Vallayer-Coster
Still life with lobster
1781

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Create a feast for the eyes through the feast on the table, painting as an exercise in good taste

Emphasis

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Georges de La Tour
Joseph the Carpenter
1645

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Candlelight as divine light, foreshadow the eventual crucifixion of Christ upon a cross, here Christ shown as a young boy

Focal point

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Lucas Samaras
Room No. 2 (mirrored room)
1966

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Sensation of being an essential part of the work as a viewer, disorientation and loss of singular identity

Afocal

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Do-Ho Suh
Public Figures
1998

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Acknowledge that heroic nature of the many people who support a hero or help facilitate victory

Scale

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Leonardo da Vinci
Vitruvian Man
1492

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Demonstrate beauty as perfect mathematically derived proportion

Proportion

Unity and variety

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Jacob Lawrence
barber shop
1946

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Capture the rhythm of life in Harlem with the artist grew up in the 1930s, create a sense of connection between the people and the spaces of the community

Rhythm

Repetition

Unity and variety

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Ghislaine Fremaux

Drawing

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Example of the use of charcoal drawing

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Guillermo Del Toro

Pan’s Labyrinth sketches

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Give form to ideas existing in the mind, plan for later finished product

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Leonardo da Vinci
Sketches 1400s:
Drawing for wing of a flying machine
Anatomical

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Give form to ideas existing in the mind, plan for a later finished work

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Workshop of maso finiguerra

Youth drawing

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transition of drawing as a student practice to professional medium
due to the increased accessibility of paper

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Leonardo da Vinci
Madonna and Child Saint Anne and infant Saint John the Baptist
1499

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Cartoon as preparation for fresco

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Michelangelo

Study for the Libyan sibyl

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Preparation for Sistine Chapel,

works out the details before committing to final product

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Leonardo da Vinci
Study of a woman’s Head or the of the angel of the virgine delle roche
1743

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Silverpoint drawing

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Vija celmins
Untitled ocean
1970

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Graphite
less graphite = lighter tones, harder pencil
more graphite = darker tones, softer pencil

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Georgia Okeefe
Banana Flower
1933

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Charcoal and black chalk- charcoal can create details or vague shading

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Käthe Kollwitz
Self portrait, drawing
1933

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Charcoal

Some areas detailed, others unfinished

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Liang Kai
The poet Li Bo walking and chanting a poem
1200

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Ink on paper

Early access to paper in China

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Yooah Park
Movement II
1993

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Ink on paper

Shows motion of dancers

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Henri Matisse
Woman seated in an armchair
1942

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Pen and ink

Contour line- suggest 3D

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Henri Matisse
Icarus
(From Jazz… collection book)
1943

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Paper cuttings

Form of drawing

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Henri Matisse
Venus
1952

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Paper collage cuttings on canvas

Form of drawing

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Whitfield Lovell Whispers from the walls 1999
Mixed media installation Charcoal drawings on walls Remember lost African American community of early 1900s
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Wall painting with horses Chauvet cave France 30000 BC
Example of long history of painting, similarities to modern banksy
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Banksy Rage the flower thrower 2005 Bethlehem
Example of modern painting, similarities to ancient cave wall painting
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Mummy portrait of a man Egypt 160 AD
Encaustic Intended to preserve facial features and likeness of dead person for the after life since mummification failed to accomplish this
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The toreador Palace of Knossos (Crete) 1500 BC
Oldest surviving example of fresco | Restored portions are shown in a lighter color, women are light color and men are dark color
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Giotto Lamentation 1305
Fresco from series done in Italian chapel, focus is Christ, demonstrate gironata
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Fra Andrea Pozzo The glorification of Saint ignatius 1691
Ceiling fresco | Appears to continue from ceiling of the church
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Sandro Botticelli Primavera 1482
Tempera | Painting of Roman gods in springtime
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Andrew Wyeth Christina’s world 1948
Tempera Demonstrate isolation of Christina due to muscular disease, also discuss the importance of the frame used to hold the artwork
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Winslow Homer A wall, Nassau 1898
Water color No white water color, use white paper to show white Barrier between local citizens and wealthy tourist resorts
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Jan de heem Still life with lobster 1640
Oil paint Vanitas Extremely realistic, comment on frivolous nature of life
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Jacques-Louis David Napoleon crossing the St. Bernard 1800
Oil paint | Historically inaccurate, popular for Napoleon
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Kehinde Wiley Napoleon leading the army over the Alps 2005
regular people are models prevalence of white males as traditional leaders and power figures Visually similar to the other Napoleon painting
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Abelard Morella | Multiple works
Camera Obscura | Landscapes, color and black and white, portable camera obscura
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Joseph Niepce View from the Window at Le Gras 1826
Heliograph, first photograph
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Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre Le Boulevard su Temple 1839
Daguerreotype Improved version of heliograph, exposure time is so long that all moving people are invisible except for single man getting his shoes shined
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Anna Atkins Halydrys Siliquosa 1843
Cyanotype, first book of “photos” | Scientific documentation of various plant specimens
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Richard Beard Portrait of Maria Edgeworth 1841
Portrait | Daguerreotype
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Julia Margaret Cameron Portrait of Thomas Carlyle 1863
Portrait | Amateur photographer, faces in light and shadow
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Ansel Adams Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico 1941
Landscape, known for manipulating his photos in the dark room to achieve desired effects, also zone system
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Timothy O’Sullivan and Alexander Gardner A Harvest of Death, Gettysburg Pennsylvania, July 1863 1866
Photojournalism, shows the aftermath of battle since exposure times are still long, ethics of journalism since photographers moved the bodies
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Lewis Wicked Hine Ten Year Old spinner, whitnel cotton mill 1908
Photo journalism, call attention to child labor
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Dorothea Lange Migrant Mother 1937
Iconic image of dust bowl and great depression, photo journalism, edited thumb
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Chandra McCormick and Keith Calhoun Multiple works Johnathan Traviesa
Old pieces transformed by hurricane Katrina can be seen as a new form of art Shows progress from during the storm and after the storm
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Frontispiece, Diamond Sutra | 868
Wood block handscroll print Buddhist imagery Earliest example of printmaking
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Elizabeth Catlett Sharecropper 1952
Linocut Registration Relief
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Hokusai The great wave off kanagawa 1823
Color woodcut Thousands of copies made Symbolizes eternity of Japan
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Albrecht Durer The knight the death and the devil 1513
Engraving Intaglio Christian symbolism, ignore the devil
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Rembrandt van Rijn The angel appearing to the shepherds 1634
Etching Intaglio Christian scene of angels appearing to shepherds, night scene
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Honoré Daumier Rue Transnonain April 15 1834 1834
Lithograph, political cartoon speaking out against the monarchy and authority. Resulted in speech against the monarchy being banned
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Andy Warhol Marilyn Monroe/ four marilyns 1967
Emphasize disconnect between Marilyn Monroe’s outward image of perfection and inward turmoil that ultimately resulted in her suicide silkscreen
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Michelangelo Atlas slave 1513
Marble carving, unfinished work, Michelangelo viewed his sculptures as releasing figures who are trapped in stone
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Menkaure and his queen | 2480 BC
Schist carving, Not meant to be seen, burial purposes for ancient Egyptians, preserve figure Ka
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Pyramids of Giza | 2500 BC
Tombs for Egyptian royalty
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Tomb of Qin Shihuangdi | 221 BC
Casting, ceramic figures, right size, figures are all individually distinguishable, meant to protect the emperor in the afterlife
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Head of an Oba Nigeria, Court of Benin 18th century
Brass and iron casting, Lost wax casting process, tribute to leader, often had ivory tusk sculptures on top
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Maidens and stewards Parthenon 447 BC
Marble low relief, rare representation of common figures in stone artwork
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Warriors and attendants Nigeria, Court of Benin 16th century
High relief, central warrior figure most important
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Gianlorenzo Bernini David 1623
Marble sculpture, freestanding in the round, view changes from all perspectives
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Robert Smithson Spiral Jetty 1970 Great Salt Lake Utah
Earthwork, spiral taken from images in nature, was invisible for many decades and was revealed changed many years later

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