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"Napoleon Crossing the Alps" - David, 1800
David worked for Napoleon as a court painter - created images to show Napoleon as feared, powerful leader; major painter who influenced many - Neo-Classical, conventional |
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"The Third of May, 1808" - Goya, 1814
Based on real French invasion of Spain; Goya worked for the Spanish king - given freedom to paint subjectively - broke conventions by using aggressive brush strokes, dark/heavy color, lots of emotion |
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Nail Figure - Zaire, 19th century
Figure is contract between disputing parties: shaman carves figure, asks spirit into it, parties put a nail in figure to activate spirit and be sure anyone who breaks the agreement will be sought out by the spirit |
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"Untitled (Portrait of Ross in LA)" - Felix Gonzales-Torres, 1991
Unconventional - pile of candy represents dead partner (Ross) who was sweet, lively, beautiful - museum refills candy pile to 175 (Ross's weight when healthy) pounds each morning; museum customers eat candy, making Ross disappear but allowing them to experience him |
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"Protect Me From What I Want" - Jenny Holzer, 1979
Unconventional; Holzer writes thought provoking phrases in public places - this work is temporary and site-specific - asks viewer to interpret in own way...in a sense it is a comment on technology and society |
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"Surrounded Islands" - Christo and Jeanne Claude, 1982
Unconventional - makes you question your daily environment (temporary and site-specific), cannot be owned |
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"Horn Players" - Basquiat, 1983
Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker painted the way their music made him feel - Started as street artist SAMO (graffiti) - discovered and funded by Andy Warhol - paints in a stream-of-consciousness manner which represents conceptual understanding |
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"Untitled" - Agnes Martin, 1979
Minimalist, non-objective - makes you consider what the least she can do to still be called art |
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"Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2" - Duchamp, 1912
Influenced by photos of Muybridge, studies motion - used classic, conventional subject matter and made completely unconventional portrait |
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"Self-Portrait" - Mapplethorpe, 1989
After raising national debate with his X-portfolio, Mapplethorpe contracted AIDS - follows vanitas tradition of putting skull in painting to remind us of our own mortality and to live the rest of life as the best people we can be |
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"The Holy Virgin Mary" - Olfili, 1996
Unconventional - Mary is black with exaggerated features, surrounded by explicit photos, adorned with elephant dung - Olfili was interested in the ideas of sacred and profane in different cultures - caused major controversy for Brooklyn Museum |
