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One window on roof of building in background
Red building to the left
Woman (on left of painting) looking out and to her left
Bald man (on right of painting) with eyeglasses
Style: Social Realism |
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American Gothic
By: Grant Wood |
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Nine men clad in black with white neck collars
Titular character farthest left wearing a black hat
Caucasian male lying with left arm uncovered to show bone
Style: Dutch Baroque |
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The Anatomy Lessor of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
By: Rembrandt |
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Two shoes in the lower lefthand corner
Open window to the left
Three key colors: Purple, Green, and Red
Chandelier centered and hanging from the top
Brown dog at base of two figures' feet
Noted for its depiction of non-Euclidean geometry
Style: Expressionism |
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The Arnolfini Wedding (or Arnolfini Portrait)
By: Jan van Eyck |
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Woman whose face is a blend of white and blue on the right
Man in black with black hat in far back
Lower left corner taken over by a bare wooden table
Style: Post-Impressionism |
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At the Moulin Rouge
By: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec |
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Term
Flowers fall from upper left
Four characters; three females and a male
Two thirds of painting covered in water, other third in trees
Figure on right moving toward central figure with a red gown
Titular figure standing on large seashell, nude
Style: Renaissance |
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The Birth of Venus
By: Sandro Botticelli |
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Blue violet arching bridge two thirds of the way up the painting
Area above bridge painted as trees
Area underneath bridge covered in titular vegetation
Style: Impressionism |
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Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies
By: Claude Monet |
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Top half of object red, bottom half white
Displays titular object (a can of liquid) with the word "CONDENSED" underneath company name
Style: Pop Art |
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Campbell's Soup
By: Andy Warhol |
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Young girl dressed in pink toward lower lefthand corner
Brown farmhouse in the distance in the upper righthand corner
The girl (also the titular figure) lying in a field
Style: Contemporary Realism |
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Christina's World
By: Andrew Wyeth |
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Term
Top half of painting completely dark
Objects include a quill, a letter, a wooden crate, and ink
Titular figure slumping toward bottom left, dead
Style: Neoclassicism |
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Death of Marat
By: Jacques-Louis David |
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Bottom middle appears to be a tree
Colorful villaige of houses in distance
White horse looking toward green person
Woman milking a cow visible on horse's cheek
Man wielding a scythe and upside-down violinist present
Style: Avant-Garde |
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I and the Village
By: Marc Chagall |
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Term
Small boat in center of scene
Orange sun in upper right quarter reflects into water below
Blend of greens, blues, and purples for sky and water
Style: Impressionism |
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Impression, Sunrise
By: Claude Monet |
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Term
Barebreasted woman holding red flag in center
Several armed people following titular figure
City skyline blocked by smoke in the upper right
Live people walking over dead
Style: Romaniticism |
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Liberty Leading the People
By: Eugène Delacroix |
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Term
Black and white checkerboard on the right
White figure with flower coming out of her head kneeling
Yellow reflection of white figure emerging from pond
Large red rock behind yellow figure
Style: Surrealism |
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Metamorphosis of Narcissa
By: Salvador Dalí |
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Term
Background of winding paths leading toward icy mountains
Central figure a brunette woman with no facial hair
Titular characters right arm grapsing her left wrist
Style: Expressionism |
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Mona Lisa
By: Leonard da Vinci |
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Drum emerging from right
Blue and yellow flag in upper left
Several men in foreground with a dark background
Central Figures
Willem van Ruytenburch, clad in yellow with a white sash
Frans Banning Cocq, clad in black with a red sash
Style: Dutch Baroque |
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Night Watch
By: Rembrandt |
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Term
Four people sit inside a bar titled "Phillies"
Two benches in front of closed store on left
Yellow door on right
Style: Realism |
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Nighthawks
By: Edward Hopper |
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Term
Jumbled white shapes in the center bordered by darker shapes
Stairwell-like images in upper right and upper left
Style: Cubism |
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Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2
Marcel Duchamp |
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Term
3 sons on the right reaching toward a sword held by their dad
Sons wearing gladiator helmets, father wearing red cape
Two women sit on a bench, heads toward each other, on left
Columns creating archways in background
Style: Neoclassicism |
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Oath of the Horatii
Jacques-Louis David |
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Term
Titular Goddess stands on the right grasping a golden axe
She is stroking the titular creature who
Stone ledge in upper left that runs down left side
Water in background
Style: Renaissance |
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Pallas and the Centaur
By: Sandra Botticelli |
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Term
Two headed man in lower righthand corner
Rainbow colored object protruding rightwrad
Skydiver falling to the right of the bluish-white Eiffel Tower
Upside-down train visible behind rainbow object
Style: Avant-Garde |
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Paris Through the Window
By: Marc Chagall |
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Large piece of earth in upper righthand corner
Black-dotted orange object in lower left
'Y' shaped branch on left
Main colors: blues and whites
Large white creature disfigured in center
Style: Surrealism |
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The Persistence of Memory
By: Salvador Dalí |
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Six female figures, two male, and a blind putto
Setting is an orange grove
Figures on left are dancing
A cherub flying over the central figure has an arrow ready
Venus is central
Style: Renaissance |
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Primavera (also Allegory of Spring)
By: Sandro Botticelli |
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Large waves in background headed toward crumbling wood raft
Dead men line bottom border of painting
Live figures reach toward upper right
In upper right, an African-American man waves a red kerchief
Men have spotted a rescue boat
Style: Romanticism |
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Raft of the Medusa
By: Théodore Géricault |
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Sky shown as cloudy by use of white
Oranges and yellows prominent
Train emerges from mid-right horizon between brown lanes
Actual location is Maidenhead Railway Bridge (circa Thames)
Style: Neoclassicism |
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Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway
By: J.M.W. Turner |
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Sky clouded by bluish-gray clouds
Central figure resembles the skull of the titular animal
Beneath the skull, reddish-brown hills/mounds are present
To the left of the skull (painting's right) is the titular flower
Style: American Western |
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Ram's Head, White Hollyhock and Little Hills
By: Georgia O'Keeffe |
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Main colors: blues and greens
Tall, skinny building on left overlooking several houses
Crescent moon seen in upper righthand corner
Swirls represent wind and whisps
Actual subjects = Alpilles (building) and Saint-Rémy (houses)
Style: Post-Impressionism |
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Starry Night
By: Vincent Van Gogh |
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Term
Multiple cats seen; umbrellas and hats abound
Center figure only one of several people looking toward viewer
Woman in black top and purple bottom on right
Bottom half of painting on shaded grass, rest in sun or trees
Style: Pointilism |
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Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
By: Georges Seurat |
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Term
Series of paintings of the titular flowers
Main color: yellow
Some flowers are live, some are blooming, some are wilted
Style: Post-Impressionism |
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Sunflowers
By: Vincent Van Gogh |
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Term
Double image
Reflections of titular birds make them look like titular mammals
Self-portrait of the painter on the left
Several barren trees in middle
Style: Surrealism |
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Swans Reflecting Elephants
By: Salvador Dalí |
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Term
Tryptic painting; square mid panel flanked by rectangular sides
Left: God presenting Adam to Eve
Center: Sexually engaged nude figures, animals, and large fruit
Right: Eternal Damnation
Outer wings display a grisaille when folded shut
Style: Renaissance |
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The Garden of Earthly Delight
By: Hieronymus Bosch |
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Term
Titular man lays on brown earth, naked, on the right
Bearded man surrounded by other figures and a maroon swirl
They are reaching toward each other, though not touching
Portion of the Sistine Chapel
Style: Renaissance |
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The Creation of Adam
By: Michaelangelo |
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Displays the titular Dutch artist from his back
The figure is kneeling with his arm in a crutch-like support
His outstretched leg balances a bottle and a small glass
The top 3/4 of the painting is a tan-brown sky
Dark colors; mainly oranges and browns
Style: Surrealism
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The Ghost of Vermeer of Delft Which Can Be Used as a Table
By: Salvador Dalí |
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Term
Woman in blue is closest to viewer
Man in a red cape with a feather hat behind her
The two are engaging in the titular action
Three steps visible on the right infront of a brick wall
Style: Romanticism |
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The Kiss
By: Gustav Klimt |
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Term
A large map of the Netherlands is in the background wall
Painter in black with a black beret has his back turned to viewer
Painter's subject is a women clad in blue holding a yellow book
A curtain is folded in the upper-left third of the painting
Black and white checkerboard floor
Style: Baroque |
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The Art of Painting (also Allegory of Painting)
By: Johannes Vermeer |
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Term
13 men are the only figures
Central figure is in a red and blue outfit
Men on either side of central figure lean away from him
The top of a chair can be seen in the foreground
A table with a white tablecloth is riddled with foodstuffs
Three windows visible in background
Style: Renaissance |
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The Last Supper
By: Leonardo da Vinci |
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Term
The central figure is the titular nude, caucaisan, brunette woman
She is reclining on a bed of white pillows
She visibly has no pubic hair
The artist made a second rendition, but clothed the figure
Style: Romanticism |
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La Maja Desnuda (or The Naked Maja)
By: Francisco de Goya |
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Term
A women kneels in a pond near a wood boat in the background
Blue clothes an a picnic basket are messy the lower left corner
Two bearded men in black tops and gray pants are sitting
A nude woman looks at the viewer, who sees her from the side
The setting is a forest with an abundance of trees
Style: Impressionism |
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The Luncheon on the Grass
By: Édouard Manet |
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Term
Five peasants sit around a table in a room lit only by a gas lamp
One woman is viewed only from the back
A tea kettle is seen in the bottom right-hand corner
Figure on right is pouring tea into white cups
A plate of the titular food is in the center of the table
Style: Post-Impressionism |
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The Potato Eaters
By: Vincent van Gogh |
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Term
The sky is a swirl of oranges and yellows
The central figure stands on a bridge with two others figures
The bridge is over a body of water
Entire painting comprised of swirls
The main figure has his hands on his head, doing the title act
Style: Expressionism |
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The Scream
By: Edvard Munch |
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Term
The sun is setting over the rough sea
Sea is rough, as shown by greens and blacks in waves
In the background, the faint outline of a ship can be seen
Upper right corner almost completely whitish-ultra light blue
Style: Neoclassicism |
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The Slave Ship
By: J.M.W. Turner |
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