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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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