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24 Cards in this Set
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The Gates |
Christo and Jean-Claude USA 23 miles of walkway/ 7503 gates/ 60 miles of fabric Installed in 2005/ up 16 days 4 million viewers |
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Colosseum |
Rome, Italy Ancient Rome 72-80 CE 615 ft x 510ft x 159 ft 45,000 to 55,000 76 entrances doors called vomitoria |
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Sole R. Guggenheim Museum |
Frank Lloyd Wright 1956-1959 Geometric qualities like white circular shape |
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Great Pyramids of Giza |
Egypt Mark Lehner recreated miniature pyramid |
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Tomb mound and complex of Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi |
China Legend until 1974 36 years to build/ 210BCE 8,000 figures guarded the body/ each was unique and life size
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Tilted Arc |
Richard Serra Federal Plaza New York City, USA 1981/ destroyed March 1989 12 ft x 120 ftx 2 1/2 inches Commission by the GSA Made of Cor-ten Steel |
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Apollo, Centaur, and Lapith, fragment relief sculpture |
Greece 460 BCE Pediment of the temple of Zeus Battle between Lapiths of Thessaly and the Centaur (half human half hourse) Idealizing the gods and deities |
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Life of Budha |
India Sandstone stela 475 CE 41 inches heigh Shows Budhas life cycle (bottom is birth, middle is moment of entitlement, above that is his first sermon, and at the very top he achieves tranquility called nirvana) |
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The Ecstasy of St. Teresa |
Gianlorenzo Bernini Italy made between 1647 and 1652 Marble Of St Teresa about to be pierced by an angle's arrow that will infuse her in devine love |
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Rothko Chapel |
Texas, USA Place of worship for all beliefs Octagonal interior with fourteen paintings by Mark Rothko (Abstract Expressionist) paintings hung a certain distance from floor in low lighting Colors ranging from maroon and plum to black field of color is intense and powerful creating a tranquil and contmplative atmosphere |
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Chapel of Rosary |
France Designed by Henery Matisse 1948-51 Built for Monique Bourgeois (a nun) |
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Tlazolteotl giving birth to the maize god |
Mexico C. 1500 Aztec granite carving (8 x 4 3/4 x 5 7/8 inches) A women giving birth was seen as a female warrior and if she died giving birth was afforded the same respect as men who died in battle (same resting place as heros). Goddess Tlazolteotl was an earth mother and patron of childbirth. She would visit people at the ends of their life and abslove their sins
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Julie, Den Haag |
Rineke Dijksta February 29, 1994 Netherlands Picture one hour after birth Positions ar starkly exposes the vulnerability and shock the mother and baby feel |
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Dead Christ |
Andrea Mantegna Itally C. 1500 Tempera on Canvas The scene is forshortened from Christ feet The Virgin Mother and Mary Magdalene by his side |
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The Morgue |
USA Andres Serrano 1992 identy is never know but known as the Gun Murder |
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Woman Holding a Balance |
Johannes Vermeer c. 1664 Oil on Canvas Balance is empty but balanced, suggesting that ones actions rather than possessions are indicators of true worth. |
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Flint depicting a crocodile with passengers |
600-900 CE Mexico The profile of the First Father and 2 of the lords appear on top of the crocodile, leaning back to suggest the speed of the journey
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Flag |
USA Jasper Johns 1965 uses complimentary colors and optical images to cause the viewers to see the flag in its normal colors even though the space is blank. Must stare for a full image on top before moving to the second image. Top image is green and black strips, while black stars are placed on orange background |
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Cow with the Subtle Nose |
Jean Dubuffet 1954 Oil and enamle on Canvas France Is an example of Art Brut Bold outline seperates thecow from the background |
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Details of Central Oculus |
Andrea Mantegna Italy Trompe l'oeil Putti with their chubby baby bodies, some hanging on balustrade, others looking down Dukes recent wife also in painting pottedplant danges off edge |
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Self-Portrait in Convex Mirror |
Parmigianino (Francesco Mazzola) ("the little one from Parma) Italy Gave self portrait to Pope Clement VII in order to attract comission |
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The Old Violin |
William M. Harnett a violin and sheet music so that they appear to be hanging from a real wood door Blue envelope is the only real item and is signed by the artist Guards were needed when first exhibited becasue people tried to touch USA |
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Encore |
Japan Shigeo Fukuda Silhouette of a piano and pianist transform into a violinist when the wood sculpture is viewed from a different angle. |
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Mask II |
Ron Mueck 2001-2 His own sleeping face It is very realistic but extremely oversized. |
