The Guitar Player
- Oil
-Manet
-Impressionism - Key themes: sharp contrast of light and dark against neutral background to define the form ( makes it a modern piece)
- somewhat naturalistic subject matter of everyday life
Grainstacks, White Frost Effect
- oil
-Monet
-Impressionism - depict landscape
-capture light with accurate details
-impasto strokes (layering of colors) - pointillism
Sara Handing a Toy to the Baby
- Oil
-Cassatt - Impressionism
-contemporary scenes of life
-gentle, delicate brushstrokes
-transition of shadow and light
-Japanese print inspired (cropped to create a snapshot view)
-naturalistic render in the portrayal of figures
The Stone Breakers
- Oil
-Courbet
-Realism - Capture social realism and human condition, labor
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte
- Oil
-Seurat - Neo-Impressionism (Pointillism)
- depicts modern life in Paris
-showing different social classes
-theme of socialization and relaxation
Still Life with Basket of Apples
-oil
-Cezanne
-Post-Impressionism
- depicts geometric forms
-spatial relationship
-how objects appear in relation to one another
Night Cafe at Arles
-Oil
-Van Gogh
-Post Impressionism
-convey intense emotions from cafe atmosphere
-psychological approach to light and color
-impasto technique
Vision after the Sermon
-Oil
-Gauguin
-Post-Impressionism
- depict emotional & spiritual experience of the divine and earthly
-vibrant red (non-naturalistic)
-Jacob Wrestling with the Angel)
Scream
-Tempra and Pastel
- Munch
-Symbolism
-encapsulate fear and anxiety
-emotional turmoil
-intense, dynamic color & brushstroke
Angels Appearing Before the Shepherds
-Oil
- Tanner
- Symbolism
- a sense of divine and faith present
-naturalistic approach
-biblical moment of announcing the birth of Jesus
color blue & grey: tranquility of god’s grace
The Kiss
-Oil
-Klimt
- Austrian
-explored love and intimacy ( which was new style)
- ethereal quality
-decorative forms and patterns
-geometric gender related patterns
-gold = timeless quality of work
Entry of Christ into Brussels
- Ensor
-Art Nouveau - social commentary
- chaotic composition
- disgust with society
-use of grotesque masks = hypocrisy of society
The Wave
-watercolor, pencil, ink
- Smith ( interest in spirtuality)
- water forms into human forms, but wave-like
-ethereal female figures rising from the ocean
- Symbolism/ Art Nouveau
- explore fluidity and nature
- beauty of nature
- wave= emotion & change
Boutique Foutique
- Mucha
- Art Nouveau style
- intricate decorative patterns
-organic forms inspired by nature
Bronze Age
- Bronze
-Rodin - Sculpture
-Early Modern Sculpture (E.M.S) - explore realism of human form
-capture essence of humanity
La Valse
-Bronze
-Claudel
- Early Modern Sculpture
- desire to explore emotional depth
- theme of passion
-complexities of human relationships
Puddler
- Bronze
-Early Modern Sculpture - Meunier
- explores labor, industrialization
- struggles of working
- naturalism of everyday experiences of workers
The Little 14 Year Old Dancer
- Bronze
- Early Sculpture
- Degas
-explored the observation (immediacy of dance) - explores movement & youth
The Wretched
-Bronze
-Early Sculpture
-Fuller
- explores race & identity to African American experiences
- shows human condition
-deep empathy
- provoke awareness of suffering and shame
