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Final Review

by aliya1470, Dec. 2014

Subjects: History of Art 11

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	Campin Merode Alterpiece	1425 Achieves realism through surfaces and light Humanizes the Holy family Makes visual world more special Catholic Church is not as close or powerful, so private devotional objects became more common
	Seurat A Sunday Afternoon on La Grande Jatte	1884 * Developed pointillism from divisionism * Small dots of color blend together * Painting for a mechanized age * Stiff, utopian figures * Varying social classes together
	Boucher Madame de Pompadour at her Toilette	1758 * Shows beautifying ritual tied with identity, status, and politics * Half length, intimate portrait * Addresses affair with Louis with bracelet * Has signals that are related to self-portraits * Makes her seem like an artist herself
	Balla Street Lamp Carra Interventionist Demonstration Marinetti Apres la Marne	1909 * Finds beauty in speed and the machine * Gives emotion and kinetic energy to object 1914 * Free word collage in shape of propeller * Encourages war (many artists fought) 1914 * Celebrates success on a front * Reshapes language to a visual word map
	Balla Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash Boccioni Unique Forms of Continuity in Space	1912 * Turns the dog into a machine that is a blur * Captures multiple moments in one image * No person; feet are a machine * Inspiration of Chrono photography 1913 * Breaking physical form through movement * Not self contained; not an individual * Body is continuous with atmosphere
	Boccioni A Fight in the Arcade	1910 * Place of political gathering; electricity * Sophisticated and affluent city of Milan * Center for industrialization * Acidic, harsh colors in small pieces * Juxtaposition of highly saturated color
	Callibotte Man at a Window Paris Street, a Rainy Day	1877 * Highlights the idea of observation * Looks at the space of a reformed world * Viewer must fill in the story 1876 * Strolling Flaneur; more aware of the public * Each figure has an unknown story * Era of always being in the middle of something * Wide space; cutoff, incomplete
	Kandinsky Composition 6	1913 * Distinguished sections of shapes and movement * Colors are balanced and expressive * No form; true abstract * Interested in synesthesia
	Courbet Peasants of Flagey... Burial at Ornans	1849 * They dominate the landscape; not charming or whimsical * No sense of harmony or unity; some confusing or awkward figures * No eye contact with viewer; things are not how you would expect * Dark groupings of figures * Viewer is placed in the grave; event of burial * Distraction and discourse * No insight to emotions or thoughts
	Courbet After Dinner at Ornans The Stonebreakers	1848 * Considered Avant-Garde Realism * Every day should be considered history (large) * Showed reality of country-life * Private; viewer is excluded 1849 * Repetitious labor of the common man * No harmonious connection to the land * Depicts hardships and ugly-side of country
	De Chirico The Rose Tower Dali The Persistence of Memory	1913 * Images that are dreamlike and nostalgic * Realistic, but something is off * Stripped down to the basics * Use of space, lighting, and perspective 1931 * Image of a place in Spain from childhood * Freudian ideas * Discredits realism in painting
	David Death of Marat Napoleon Crossing the Alps	1793 * Revolution had begun; he was a journalist * Occurs around time of The Terror * Reduced image with little background * Confrontation with dead body and clues * Condensed representation of values 1801 * Napoleon is emperor in 1804 * Portrait of a powerful modern figure using past sources of equestrian portraits * Sense of drama and movement; event * Mastery of land and animal
	David Bellisarius Begging for Alms The Oath of the Horatti	1781 * Pre-revolutionary painter * Addresses problem of history painting * Scene from ancient Rome * Style is reduced, moral, classical * Moves towards neoclassical style * Emphasis on civil duty once Revolution begins 1785 * Three groups, masculine doric order * Collective cause is more important than individuals
	David Lictors Bearing to Brutus the Bodies of his Sons Oath of the Tennis Court	1789 * Emphasizes duty and loyalty over family * Women are portrayed as weak * Men are strong and clear headed 1790 * How to paint history when it is taking place * National Assembly in process of creating a new constitution * Eventually represented disunity
	Degas The Dance Class The Dance Rehearsal	1874 * Vantage point is in the midst of the scene * Studio is an unusual location for an artist * Arrangement of natural, candid poses 1873 * Awkward placement behind the stairs * Cutoff scene of dancers in the background * Painter is not entirely upright
	Duchamp L.H.O.O.Q. Fountain	1919 * Cheap postcard; unoriginal * Letters are a French, offensive pun * Breaks down stereotypes of what an artist is 1917 * Found object, created to fit a new purpose * Signed with fake name
	Duchamp Nude Descending Staircase Bottle dryer Advancement of a Broken Arm	1912 * Submitted to the Armory Show in NY * Created avant-garde sensibility in US * Repeated images in planes 1914 * Emphasizes a simple, pragmatic purpose * Questions originality, beauty, appreciation 1913 * Tells an entire narrative with single object
	Goya Disasters of War: Barbarians	1810-1820 * Hybrid set of documentation of war; some are journalistic, some are imagined * Reason and Romanticism = imagination and eye witness * Universal figure represents a whole * Intimate, close scene; shows inhumanity
	Friedrich Abbey in the Oak Grove Wanderer Above a Sea of Mist	1809 * Former religious structure ad cemetery; some event took place to create desolation * Light comes directly through window * Creates a sense of presence and absence 1818 * Example of the sublime; beautiful and fearsome * Confrontation; nervous energy * Uncomfortable, serious, anonymous, strange
	Gericault Charging Chasseur The Raft of Medusa	1812 * Developed a freer, more dynamic style * Heavy pigment and brushwork * Dynamic twisting of romantic hero 1818 * Romantic and Academic style; history piece * Event in 1816 was controversial * Depicts moment of climactic relief * Chaos is created through a unified pyramidal composition; viewer must guess what occured
	Goya Caprichos	1799 * Considered human vices and errors a good subject of painting * Shows pleasures and follies of life * Comments on stupidities of people * Shows disturbing creatures and witchcraft * Idea that writing is reason, and sleep allows true thoughts to come out
	Goya Majas on a Balcony Saturn Devouring his Children	1810 * Figures are engaging the viewer * Ominous setting with male figures lurking * Uncomfortable location for the viewer 1821 * Black paintings during later time in life when he was unhappy, sickly, and going blind * Deliberate, violent use of paint * More graphic than past depictions
	Heda Breakfast Still Life	1631 * Strong sense of absence; can detect the person that is no longer there * Everything is partially completed * Things have fallen * Addresses fleeting pleasures
	Kruger I Shop, Therefore, I Am Sherman Film Still #6	1987 * Appropriation art was starting point for many successful woman artists * Commentary on "can women be creative?" * Used ads that objectified women 1978 * Photography not considered art * Plays variety of female types in the media * Costume = all and none of them (identities)
	Goya Family of Charles IV	1800 * Reflects Las Meninas because the artist is placed in the picture as a figure of importance * Objective witness to the family's events * Not especially flattering * Reveals the complications of the family * Serves as a social commentator
	David Le Secre	1806 * Coronation of Napoleon and Josephine * Pope is present, but he crowns himself and his wife * Considered scandalous; picture focuses more on the wife * Technique of conservative history painting
	Valazquez Las Meninas	1656 * Court painter to the Spanish throne and the King's Master of the House * Figures are responding to the viewer's world * Paints himself pausing in the moment * Seems to be responding to what is happening in the mirror * Assumes king and queen have entered; not actually painting what we are seeing * Viewer becomes the subject
	Rigaud Louis XIV Louis XV Boucher Madame de Pompadour	1701, 1715 * All artists are placed into academies under Royal authority * Wealth is overwhelming; everything is perfected and all surfaces are ideal * All visual traditions come together; mastery 1750 * Patron of the arts; epitome of nobility * Demand for intimate scenes * Loosely handled, not sharp, fluffy * Shows delicate, fleeting moments
	Manet The Balcony Luncheon in the Grass	1868 * Troubling contemporary subjects * Little context; figures are engaged elsewhere * Quick brushstrokes * Rupture in painting; no before or after 1863 * Displayed in Salon de Refuses * Frankness and discomfort were disliked * Not the typical 'model' type * Addresses the idea of being nude and naked
	Manet Olympia A Bar at the Folies Bergere	1863 * Viewed as a joke, incomplete, offensive * Contemporary woman (prostitute) * Confronting the viewer in a private moment * Sturdy, in control position; flowers are the male presence in the situation 1881 * Distorted space and shapes; discomfort * Represents mixing of social groups * Debate if it is a mirror
	Warhol Marilyn Diptych	1962 * There is no original Marilyn * Shows how people forget the origin of the thing they idolize * Celebration of the hollowness of American Culture
	Matisse The Joy of Life Kandinsky Composition 7	1905 * Has figures, but no narrative * Focus on use of color and expression * No depressing subjects; free and relaxed 1913 * Heavy, linear surface movements * Has shapes and rhythm * Moves towards center of the composition * Not bound by one sense
	Michelangelo Doni Tondo Titian Venus of Urbino	1504 1538
	Millet The Sower The Gleaners	1850 * Simple, rough depiction * Colors stand out against the bleak background * Brisk, repetitive motion of work 1857 * Shows the lowest form of work * Honey light and unity gives a nostalgic mood * Does not challenge the Parisian viewer like Courbet does
	Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa Michelangelo David	1517 1501
	Monet Water Lilies	1905 * Retreats to home to avoid social conflict and changing times * Studies nature in his garden * Progressively gets more blurry and simple * Ends up strictly painting water and the lilies
	Monet Argenteuil, Bank in Flower Rouen Cathedral at Noon	1877 * Chaos of quickly brushed color * Placed directly in flowering bushes * Human activity present; factories, boats 1894 * Records the same building at different times * Focuses on how light affects form
	Manet Boating Monet Impression Sunrise	1874 * Impressionistic style with Realism * Quick, brisk strokes, still some level of detail * No explanation or help from the figures 1872 * No narrative or figure * Focus on capturing a moment; speed * Viewer must do some work * Use of black was not traditional
	Poussin Et in Arcadia Ego	1650 * Mythical place with no pain or death * Basis of academic painting; classical imagery * Addresses death with inscription, shadow, and tomb-like structure * Renaissance Themes: warm colors, musculature, fabric, atmospheric perspective, looking for a deeper meaning
	Picasso Portrait of Kahnweiler Ma Jolie Chair Caning	1910 * New idea of art dealers and their relationship * Figure and bottles are hidden underneath * Ground is pressed forward 1910 * Hidden image of woman playing guitar * The letters are real, but so is the image brought up by them 1912 * Synthetic cubism; collage of real items * Caning is printed
	Picasso Self Portrait Les Demoiselles d'Avignon Fan, Salt Box, and Melon	1906 * Deeply cut eyes * Incredibly reduced form * rough modeling alludes to volume 1907 * Considered first cubist painting * Group of prostitutes; discomfort * No visitor; viewer is placed directly in front * No fixed vantage point 1909 * Blending of fore and background * Broken into basic planes
	Picasso Seated Nude Nude with Arms Raised	1907 * Large, blocky, column life * Scratched in modeling to create bends * Face is slightly different tone; frozen mask * Awkward and strangely proportioned * No effort to describe * No distinction between figure and background * Influence of African masks
	Pissarro Red Roofs Cezanne Still Life with...	1877 * No specific subject; focus is color and light * Color of roofs are shifting in hues with distance * Background houses move forward; pushes 1894 * Lack of distinction; leads to Cubist ideas * Interested in color and form * Not a stable scene; viewed from different angles that are all placed in one scene * Oscillating objects, flat planes, reduced space * Mobile viewer and artist
	Pollock Cathedral Lavender Mist	1947 * Controlled pallet between black, white, gray, orange, yellow * Often some kind of line that is more prominent and holds it together * Unmediated painting experience 1950 * Drip paintings were signature; free movement * Different types of paint to create effects
	Renior Luncheon of the Boating Party Dancing at the Moulin de la Galette	1881 * Favorite topic was leisure * Middle class scenes of Paris * New era of social development * Play of speckled light 1876 * Blending of people * Movement and social interactions
	Boucher The Shepherd Fragonard The Swing	1737 * More variety of color * French nobility * Unrealistic attire for work * Idealistic, harmless setting 1767 * More of an action or description * Softer porcelain figures * Intentionally playful to address momentary emotion * Picturesque; nature is tamed and soft * Rubanesque color and surfaces
	Rubens Rape of the Daughters of Leucipus Claesz Vanitas	1618 * Spirited appeal overrides viewer's darker reflections about the abduction * Represents the wrestling of control of political powers; woman, city, wealth, all seen as trophies * Interlocking, crowded figures to create a charged erotic action 1656 * Sense picture as a surface * Shows worldly pleasures with underlying themes of death and religion * Meant to be scrutinized; high level of mimicry * Collection of Momentos Morie
	Pollock Mural	1943 * Commissioned by Peggy Guiggenheim * Scrolls of blue works from one side to the other * Black lines emphasize other colors * White background provides contrast * Meant for free association
	Seurat Bathers at Asnieres	1884 * Impressionistic because of leisure, social mixing, and incomplete surfaces * Divisionism of color; full saturation and placement creates scene * Hardly any use of line * Background contrasts bodies; light and dark areas create shape
	Sherman Untitled (Caravaggio) Untitled Film Still	1978, 1979 * Imitates famous works of art * Questions identity and traditional art ideals * She is the model and the artist * Use of props and prosthetics * Makeup usually creates beauty, not awkward discomfort
	Monet Bridge at Argenteuil	1874 * Location of many people who have relocated into the cities * Off centered, non-framed composition * Unsure of what the specific subject is * Broken brushwork * No strong line between reality and reflection * Japanese woodblock influence * Different times of day in different locations
	Goya Third of May, 1808	1814 * Commissioned by Bonaparte to honor uprising * Soldiers are machine-like structures of war * Spanish are humanized and highlighted * Shows one individual that represents a whole * Pathos; heroic sacrifice * Implies repetition * Nocturne
	Vermeer The Music Lesson The Art of Painting	1665 * Figures are placed far away * No explanatory text; deliberately murky * Must first see rug, table, and cello before scene * Light provides sense of recession 1666 * Allegory painting; has history theme * Curtain is pulled back to reveal himself painting * Map of the Dutch republic shows world view * Artist is recording history through mimicking surfaces
	Vermeer Woman Reading a Letter The Geographer	1659 * Obscured only symbols of what the letter really is * Pleasure of navigating different surfaces * Accompanying still life * Figure is placed in the back * Reflection on glass and play of light 1668 * Metaphor for artist; figure is putting space on a map * Staring into the light; emphasis on surface * Analogy to the art of painting * Different kinds of represented surfaces
	Vermeer View of Delft The Milkmaid	1660 * Painting of town; seems slightly off * No direct subject matter or figure * Large body of water common; large skyscape 1658 * Subjects are unaware; simple observation * Scene is cutoff * Utilized Camera Obscura * Breaks up detail and intensifies primary colors * Space is created by layering light
	Lin Vietnam Memorial	1982 * Captures the idea of the screen * Reflective, immersive, embodies grief and honor * Effacing and blending with terrain * Represents a healing wound * Names create a narrative of the war; unified * Opposed codes of vertical monuments symbolizing power and honor
	Warhol Gold Marilyn Campbell's Soup	1962 * Mocks how celebrities are idolized/worshiped * Gold reflects medieval works * Shows how she is a replica * Worked as an illustrator for companies * New notion of modern commodities * Required white walls
	Whiteread Ghost Vienna Holocaust Memorial	1990 * Installation piece created from molds of spaces * It represents the absence of a container * Looking at a space where the room was * Calls up vanished experiences 2000 * Location of an old temple * Impression of a tomb surrounded by books that are turned so you cant read them * Represents death and untold stories * Is the space, not the container
	Wiley AfterA Bacchante After Sir Joshua Reynolds Sleep	2007 * Black male subjects shown with grand gestures * Placed in same style as classical works * Flooded with light; bling, commodity * Baroque use of textiles * Parallels between youth's values and European opulence * Frames and backgrounds are elaborate; wealth * Male power and prestige of hip-hop

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