The
Arnolfini Wedding, Jan van Eyck
1434  |
Name: Jan
van Eyck Dates:1390 - 1441 Born/Died in: Unknown/ Bruges Nationality: Netherlands Movements: Northern Renaissance Schools: n/a Court Painter:city of Bruges/Philip the Good of Burgundy Major Works: Ghent Altarpiece (1425-1432) Man in a Red Turban (1433) Giovanni Arnolfini and Giovanna Cenami(1434) Interesting Facts: *worked with his brother Hubert van Eyke on the Ghent Altarpice * Vasari wrongly credited him with the invention of oil painting, although he re-introduced and perfected oil painting in modern times *used miniaturism in his works, known for accurate detail |
The
Birth of Venus, Sandro Botticelli
1480  Primavera, Sandro Botticelli 1478  |
Name:Alessandro
(Sandro) Botticelli, real name Alessandro di
Mariano Filipepi Dates:1444-1510 Born/Died in:Florence/ Florence Nationality:Italian Movements:High Renaissance Schools: Court Painter: Major Works: *Primavera (1478) *Birth of Venus (1480) *made illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy * Adoration of the Magi (1475) Interesting Facts: * His nickname means "little barrel" and was given to him because of his corpulence *he was apprenticed as a goldsmith, but then left and was taught by Fra Fileppo Lippi *he is known for his flat ornate style with no perspective, his themes in early works are religious * his later works are Neoplatonic, using classical roman mythological themes with Christian ideals *at the end of his life he was influenced by Savonrolla *was a painter for the Medici family |
Perseus
With the Head Of Medusa, Benvenuto Cellini 1563 |
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The
Persistence of Memory, Salvador Dalí
1931  The Halucinogenic Toreador. Dali  |
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The
Kiss, Auguste Rodin
1886 The Thinker, Auguste Rodin 1880-1  The Gates of Hell, Auguste Rodin  |
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Mona
Lisa, Leonardo da
Vinci 1500 Last Supper, Leonardo da Vinci 1495-1498 (Reproduction)  |
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Liberty
Leading the People, Eugene Delacroix 1830 Death of Sardanapalus, Eugene Delacroix  Massacre at Chios, Eugene Delacroix  |
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David,
Michelangelo
1504 Pieta, Michelangelo  Moses, Michelangelo  The Last Judgement, Michelangelo  Creation of Adam, Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo  |
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School
of Athens, Raphael
1509 St. George Fighting the Dragon, Raphael  |
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The
Death of Marat, Jacques-Louis David 1793 Oath of the Horatii, David  Napoleon at St. Bernard, David  |
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Luncheon
on the Grass Édouard Manet 1863 Bar at the Folies-Bergere, Manet  Olympia, Manet  |
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American
Gothic, Grant Wood
1930 |
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Arrangement
in Grey and Black, No. 1: The Artist's
Mother, James
Whistler 1871 |
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Bird
in Space, Constantin Brancusi
1919 |
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Fallingwater,
Frank Lloyd Wright
1936 |
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The
Hay Wain, John Constable
1821 |
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Nighthawks,
Edward Hopper
1942 Early Sunday Morning, Edward Hopper  |
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Las
Meninas, Diego Velázquez
1656 Innocent X, Velazquez  The Surrender of Breda (Lances), Velazquez  |
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The
Blue Boy (John Buttal), Thomas Gainsborough 1770 |
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I
and the Village, Marc Chagall
1911 |
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The
Scream, Edvard Munch
1893 |
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Guernica,
Pablo Picasso
1937 Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, Pablo Picasso 1907  |
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Impression:
Sunrise, Claude Monet
1872 Venice at Sunset, Monet  Waterlillies, Monet  Moring Snow Effect, Monet  |
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Burial
at Ornans, Gustave Courbet
1849-50 |
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David,
Donatello
c. 1440 |
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The
Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, Gianlorenzo Bernini  David, Bernini  Vatican Piazza Bernini  |
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The
Four Horsemen of the Apocolypse, Albrect Durer  Adam and Eve, Albrect Durer  |
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The
Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp, Rembrant The Nightwatch, Rembrant  |
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View
of Toledo, El
Greco Burial of Count Orgaz, El Greco  |
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The
Calling of St. Matthew, Carrivagio The Conversion of St. Paul, Carrivagio  |
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Christina's
World, Andrew Wyeth
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The
Absinthe Drinkers, Degas Dance Class Dress Rehersal, Degas  Race Horses, Degas  |
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Grande
Odalisque, Ingres |
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Hunters
in the Snow, Pieter Bruegel
 The Pesant Wedding, Bruegel  Landscape With the Fall of Icarus, Bruegel  |
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Judith
with the Head of Holofernes, Artemesia Gentileschi |
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Madonna
of the Long Neck, Parmigianino  |
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Campbell's
Soup Cans, Andy Warhol
 Marilyn Monroe, Warhol  |
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The
Gleaners, Millet |
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The
Raft of the Medusa, Gericault  |
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Return
from the Island of Cythera, Watteau  |
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The
Garden of Earthly Delights, Bosch  Paradise and Hell, Bosch  The Last Judgement, Bosch  |
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Blam,
Roy Lietchenstein |
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Broadway Boogie
Woogie, Piet Mondrian
 Composition in Red, Yellow, and Blue, Piet Mondrian  |
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Three
Flags, Jasper Johns
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The
Fountain, Duchamp
 Nude Descending a Staircase, Duchamp  |
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Starry
Night, Vincent Van
Gogh  The Night Cafe, Van Gogh  Portrait of Dr. Paul Gachet, Van Gogh  Irises, Van Gogh  |
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Dance, Henri Matisse  |
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Golden Eagle (Among other
birds), J.J. Audubon
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Fur Traders Descending the
Mississippi, Bingham
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Wrapped
Reichstag, Christo
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The Oxbow, Thomas Cole  |
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Watson and the
Shark, Copley  |
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Third Class
Carriage, Daumier |
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The
Swing, Fragonard
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Guggenheim Bilbao, Gehry  |
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The
Ambassadors, Hans Holbein
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The Gulf Stream, Winslow Homer  Snap the Whip, Winslow Homer  |
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Two Fridas, Frida Kahlo  |
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The Kiss, Klimt |
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The Rock n' Roll Hall of
Fame, I. M. Pei  |
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Lavender Mist,
Jackson Pollack  |
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Rape of the Sabine
Women, Poussin  |
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The Nightmare,
Fuseli  |
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(Murals) Diego
Rivera  |
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The Gateway Arch, Saarinen |
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Sunday Afternoon on the Isle of
la Grande Jatte, Georges Seurat
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The Spiral Jetty,
Robert Smithson  |
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The Slave
Ship, Turner  |
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The Last
Supper, Tinteretto
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Tribute
Money, Masaccio
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Signing of the Declaration of
Independence, Trumbell  |
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View of Delph, Jan Vermeer  Girl With a Water Pitcher, Vermeer  Kitchen Maid, Vermeer  Girl with a Pearl Earing, Vermeer  |
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Death of General
Wolfe, Benjamin West
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The Arrival of Marie d'Medici at
Marseilles, Peter Paul Rubens
 The Rape of Europa, Rubens  |
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Charles I at the
Hunt, Van Dyck  |
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The Laughing
Cavalier, Frans Hals
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Marriage a la Mode (Breakfast
Scene), Hogarth A Rake's Progress, Hogarth  |
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Family of Charles IV, Goya Third of May 1808, Goya  Saturn Devouring His Son, Goya  |
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The Gross
Clinic, Thomas Eakins |
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Madame X, John Singer Sargent |
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Yellow Orange, Rothko |
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Cow Skull, Georgia O'Keeffe |
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Man in a Bowler
Hat, Rene Magritte |
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Innocent
X, Francis Bacon |
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The Morning of Christ
(Grotto), Giotto |
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The Isenheim
Alterpiece, Matthais Grunewald |
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Moulin
Rouge, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec |
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