Ap Art Board Game Final Project

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Birth of Venus

Sandro Boticelli

It depicts the goddess Venus emerging from the sea upon a shell in accordance with the myth that explains her birth.

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Water Lilies

Claude Monet

The paintings depict Monet’s own flower garden at Giverny and were the main focus of his artistic production during the last thirty years of his life.

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Night Watch

Rembrandt van Rijn

It depicts a city guard moving out, led by Captain Frans Banning Cocq and his lieutenant, Willem van Ruytenburch. For much of its existence, the painting was coated with a dark varnish which gave the incorrect impression that it depicted a night scene, leading to the name Night Watch.

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The Scream

Edvard Munch

The Scream is a series of expressionist paintings and prints by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, showing an agonized figure against a blood red sky.

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Girl with a Pearl Earring

Johannes Vermeer

Very little is known about Vermeer and his works and this painting is no exception. It isn’t dated and it is unclear whether this work was commissioned, and if so, by whom.

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The Kiss

Gustav Klimt

The Kiss depicts a man and woman kissing and embracing, with their bodies cloaked by elegant golden robes. Along with oil paint, gold leaf was used.

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The Creation of Adam

Michelangelo

Central to the ceiling decoration are nine scenes from the Book of Genesis. Among the last to be completed was the Creation of Adam in which God the Father breathes life into Adam, the first man. The Creation of Adam is one of the famous paintings of all time and has been the subject of countless of references and parodies.

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The Last Supper

Leonardo da Vinci

It represents the scene of The Last Supper when Jesus announces that one of his Twelve Apostles would betray him.

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Starry Night

Vincent van Gogh

The painting shows the village of Saint-Rémy under a swirling sky, in a view from the asylum towards north. The cypress tree to the left was added into the composition.

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The Arnolfini Portrait

Jan Van Eyck

The painting depicted Giovanni di Arrigo Arnolfini and his wife, Giovanna Cenami.

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Francisco Goya

Third of May

This painting shows Napoleon's attack on Spain in 1808.

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American Gothic

Grant Wood

During the Great Depression, this painting became a symbol of the hard-working and determined American people.

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Venus of Urbino

Titian

It depicts a nude young woman, identified with the goddess Venus, reclining on a couch or bed in the sumptuous surroundings of a Renaissance palace

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The Son of Man

Rene Magritte

The theme of the art work is a conflict between that which is visible and that which is hidden. The parts of a person we want to see is often obscured by what is visible.

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Las Meninas

Diego Velazquez

Las Meninas, or The Maids of Honor, depicts a room in the Madrid palace of Spain’s King Philip IV. The painting is famous for its complexities regarding reality and illusion.

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School of Athens

Raphael

The School of Athens is considered Raphael’s master artwork and is considered the perfect example of High Renaissance art.

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A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte

Georges Seurat

This painting is an example of pointillism -- a technique in which many small dots combine to create an image.

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The Persistence of Memory

Salvador Dali

This painting is another example of surrealism, distorting the ideas of hard and soft.

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The Basket of Apples

Paul Cezanne

Cezanne is often said to be a bridge between 19th century impressionism (see below) and the more abstract styles of the 20th century.

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No.5,1948

Jackson Pollock

Pollock was known for using his unique drip technique to create what is called abstract expressionist art.

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The Dance

Henri Matisse

This painting is an example of fauvism -- a style known for its bright colors.

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The Peasant Wedding

Pieter Bruegel

The Peasant Wedding is a 1567 painting by the Flemish Renaissance painter and printmaker Pieter Bruegel the Elder, one of his many depicting peasant life.

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Whistler's Mother

James McNeill Whistler

An example of tonalism -- a style known for dark, neutral shades, this painting is officially titled, "An arrangement in Grey and Black: The Artist's Mother".

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Wassily Kandinsky

Kandinsky was the founder of abstract art -- art that uses symbols and designs rather than real people or things.

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Relativity

M.C Escher

Relativity is a lithograph print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher, first printed in December 1953. It depicts a world in which the normal laws of gravity do not apply.

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Bal du moulin de la Galette

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

The 19th century painting by Renoir portrays working class people dressed up and enjoying a Sunday afternoon at the Moulin de la Galette in Paris.

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Dogs Playing Poker

C.M. Coolidge

Dogs Playing Poker is the collective name of sixteen oil paintings by C.M. Coolidge. Each painting was commissioned to advertise cigars for Brown & Bigelow.

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