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Artist: Shaykhzada Title: Bahrum Gur and the Princess in the Black Pavilion
-a Persian illumination, from a manuscript of Hatifi's Haft Manzar (Seven countenances), 1538
-a small gouache painting on paper: about 13"
-gouache- watercolor, with the addition of chalk or opaque white pigment. watercolor is transparent, gouache is not.
-illumination- an elaborately hand-drawn illustration or decoration in a manuscript.
-Bahram Gur is a famous persian legend.
-the artis set up a school because he was a master. his work is very decorative and complex; jewel like surfaces |
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Artist: Raphael Sanzio, an Italian Renaissance artist
Title: School of Athens
-large true fresco painting, 1509-1511
-located in the Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican Palace, Rome
-Raphael painted it for Pope Julius II. Painted four walls for each subject the pope had to be educated in.
-Classicalism- refers to art, the tradition, and the legacy of ancient Greece or Rome
-the painting epitomizes the renaissance ideals of realism and linear perspective, as well as classicalism. |
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Artist: Frida Kahlo, a Mexican Modern Era artist Title: The Two Fridas
-large oil painting; 1939
-Kahlo obsessively painted herself
-he ouvre was an autobiography
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Artist: Vincent van Gogh, Dutch Modern Era artist
Title: The Potatoe Eaters
-a medium-large sized oil painting
-May 1885, Nuenen, Holland, during Van Gogh's "Dutch Period"
-people in the painting are portrayed after the de Groot family.
-Van Gogh studies them and makes sketches before doing the final painting.
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Artist: Vincent van Gogh, Dutch Modern Era artist, Post Impressionist painter
Title: Sunflowers
-a medium sized oil on canvas
-painted in Arles, France in 1888
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Artist: Paul Gauguin, a Modern Era artist, a Post Impressionist painter
Title: Spirit of the Dead Watching
-a medium sized oil on burlap mounted on canvas
-painted in Tahiti, 1892
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Artist: Michaelangelo Buonarroti, from the Italian Renaissance Period, In the Vatican Complex, Rome
Title: The Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
-a very large fresco painting on a barrel vaulted ceiling
-took Michaelangelo 4 years to plan and paint, 1508-1512
-commissioned by Pope Julius II
-Michaelangelo was origanally commissioned to make the tomb for Pope Julius II.
-he only agreed to paint the ceiling if he could finish the tomb, but the pope lied.
-the subject was the human body in classical form, from creation stories of the Old Testament.
-Ignudi: nude youthful classical figures
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Artist: Jan van Eyck, a Northern Renaissance artist
Title: the Arnolfini Double Portrait
-a moderatede sized oil painting on oak panel, 1434
-used the "Flemish method of glazing"
-Oil Paint- made by combining powdered pigment with linseed oil then grinding them into a smooth paste.
-oil paint came in frequent use during the 1400's in Flanders when artists wanted to realistically depict nature in their paintings.
-historians believe painting is wedding that van Eyck and one other person witnessed |
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Artist: Walton Ford, a contemporary American artist
Title: Falling Bough
-large watercolor, gouache, ink and pencil on paper work of art
-his intent with the piece is to make it disturbing.
-part of a private collection in Tennessee |
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Artist: George Seurat, a Post Impressionist artist
Title: A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
-large oil on canvas, 1884-1886
-La Grande Jatte was well known and popular in Paris
-also known for prosititution at one point
-method of painting was Pointilism- dotting with paint
-Seurat made at least 57 preliminary studies for his painting
-he was obsessed with theory and method |
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Artist: Michaelangelo Buonarroti, Italian Rennaissance artist
Title: David
-double life size marble sculpture
-sculpted 1501-1504, when Michaelangelo was 26
-now in the Academy Gallery, Florence, Italy |
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Artist: Auguste Rodin, a Modern Era sculptor
Title: The Gates of Hell
-18-feet high plaster sculpture, posthumously cast in bronze
-comissioned in 1880, the doors to the Museum of Decorative Arts, Paris
-almost 200 fluidly moving figures; The Thinker, the only still figure |
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Artist: Auguste Rodin, a Modern Era sculptor
Title: The Thinker
-over-life-sized bronze sculpture, with green patina
-located outside the Cleveland Museum of Art
-originally called the poet
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Artist: Christo and Jeanne-Claude, contemporary artists
Title: Running Fence
-environmental art; composed of nylon fabric and steel poles
-1972-1976; exhibited only 2 weeks in Sonoma and Marin counties, California
-evironmental sculptors |
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Artist: James Turrell, a contemporary American artist
Title: Roden Crater
-a work in progress, located in Arizona, near Flagstaff and the Painted Desert
-project began in 1972 |
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Artist: Andy Warhol, a Modern Era Pop artist
Title: Marilyn
-a serigraph (silkscreen print) on paper, 36" square, 1967
-Warhol loved celebrities and wanted to be a famous celebrity artist |
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