Art Appreciation Artist Ch1-4

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Beatrice Wood

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Chalice 1986, Pottery created for ritual use

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Rembrandt

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Numerous self portraits 1968 oil on canvas

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Yong soon min

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Dwelling 1994 White dress, Korean script inside, floating above American books on the floor-mixed media

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Romare Bearden

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Rocket to the moon, collage on board, tribute to his African American Culture, interest of Jazz & Communication

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Francisco Goya

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The Disasters of War No 18 (untitled) Bury them and say nothing, documents atrocities committed by troops as they invaded Spain Etching&Aqua tint

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Felix Gonzalez Torres

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Untitled (Death by gun) 1990 Large sheets showing photos of all victims who died of gun shot in the U.S

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Chaz Maviyane Davies

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Global warning 1997 poster for the 3rd Nation's convention on climate change

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Miriam Schapiro

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The Heartland, 1985 acrylic, fabric, glitter on canvas, shape of a heart

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Edward Western

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Pepper #30 1930 time exposure of over 2hours A living presence that resembles an embrace

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Leonardo da vinci

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Tricks by gypsies 1943

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Vincent Van Gogh

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Used black crayon to draw a Carpenter 1983, old man with head in his hand, also made the skull with burning cigarette

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James Hampton (night janitor)

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Throne of the 3rd Heaven of the Nation's made of trash, Gold& silver aluminum foil, kraft paper, plastic sheets over wood, paper board & glass outsider art

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William Harnett

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A smoke backstage, tromp l' oeil cause the pipe and match are almost life size and look real

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Ray Beider

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Says this is not a pipe in French, its a painting of a pipe, wanted the viewer to look deeper

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Doesburg

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Abstraction of a cow, 1916 studies for composition

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Nancy Graves

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Foot Scray from Australian series 1985, oil, acrylic, glitter, on canvas, painted aluminum

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Rodin

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The kiss 1986, marble, life size human figures that represent Western ideals of the masculine & feminine. He captured that moment when lovers embrace.

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Brancusi

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The kiss 1916, limestone, used a block of stone to express lobe, the concept of 2 becoming 1.

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Georgia O Keefe

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Jack on the pulpit, No.V oil on canvas 1930, Oriental poppies 1927 oil on canvas, primary subject bones cause she lived in the dessert in New Mexico there were no flowers

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Paul Klee

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Landscape of yellow birds, 1923 water color, newspaper, black base, visual, simplified & flattened the solid masses of natural plant and bird forms so that they read as flat shapes against a dark background

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Alexander Calder

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Hi 1928, lady standing on guys arm, her arms spread wide, brass wire shaped into place??

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Kiki Smith

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Ginzer a depiction of her cat, etching, aqua tint, dry point, on mold made paper.

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Tori Kiyonobu

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Woman dancer with fan, and wand, 1708 wood black print

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marc chagall

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I and the village 1911 oil on canvas horse looking at man, implied lines

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Mc Esher

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Sky and water, dark geese up on a white background as we look down the light upper background becomes fish against a black background

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Giacometti

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Man pointing 1947

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Raphael

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School of Athens, 1pt perspective, Renaissance style, his depiction of the Greek philosophers

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Shen Zhou

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Poet on a mountain top presents poetic symbols of landforms rather than real. Album leaf mounted as a hand scroll, ink, and water color, silk mount

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Doug Aitken

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Sleepwalkers, 2007 video installation view of the exhibition 5 parallel narratives about actors awakening at sunset and their urban roads at night

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Jenny Holler

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Untitled electronic display sign board with sayings of her own invention

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Sonnier

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Motordom, light installationat caltrans district 7 headquarters

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Gorges Pierre Seuret

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L'echo used conte crayon to build up the illusion of 3 dimensional form using chiaroscuro

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Whistler

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Nocturne blue and gold old battersea bridge monocramatic N

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Keith Haring

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day glow paint on wood shows the effect of complimentary color

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Lawrence

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Gouache balanced unity and variety Going home

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Henry Matisse

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Large reclining nude lady oil on canvas, its not a woman but a picture of a woman

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Edgar Degas

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Jockeys before the race oil, essence, gouache

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Nicolas Poussin

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The Holy family on the steps 1648 oil on canvas

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Damien Hirst

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The Holy Place , butterflies and household gloss on canvas

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Michaelangelo pieta

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Italian renaissance marble, using features that would make you feel something more spiritual

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Roettgen pieta

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German pieta painted wood not really focused on spiritual but more on the pain of Christ.

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Derrain

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Portrait of henry mattise oil on canvas