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10,000 BCE
venus of willendorf, austria
Mesolithic era -
Period: 2650 BCE to 2631 BCE
Stepped Pyramid of Djoser and Tomb Complex 2650-2631
This piece demonstrates artistic vision and the cultural environment that fosters it -
1113 BCE
Churing the ocean of Milk, Angkor Wat
This piece demonstrates rhythm, a principle of art. The composition repeats an element which comes across as rhythm -
650 BCE
Ashurbanipal II Killing Lions, Assyria
created from limestone, now located in British museum, london -
490 BCE
Red Figure Kylix
by Douris at Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. -
125
Pantheon
Located in rome. Made out of concrete and marble which encompassed divine qualities -
650
Shrine to Vairocana Buddha
located in Luoyang, Valley of the Yellow River. Natural rock carving -
687
Dome of the Rock
located in jerusalem -
Period: 900 to 1300
Serpent Mound
near Locust Grove
sculpture using the land -
Period: 1100 to 1100
Codex - Ancient Greece 1100 AD
trunk of tree of block of wood - series of sheets of paper - bound and fixing on one end. Basically the first "book." -
Period: 1185 to 1204
Deesis Mosaic
This mosaic depicts a good example of tactile texture that is perceived due to the materials themselves -
1233
Rose Window
from the north transept of chartes cathedral -
1377
Jikji
Moveable metal type -
1427
Masaccio. The Expulsion from Paradise
Florence Italy, 1427. Fresco. -
1436
Jan Van Eyck
lucca madona -
1482
Sandro Botticelli. The Birth of Venus,
This piece of art has balance, imagery and cultural references (Greek Mythology). -
1492
Leonardo Da Vinci. proportions of the human figure
this piece conveyed some elements of science interjecting with art. Da Vinci also demonstrated a grasp on proportional drawings -
1495
The Unicorn in Captivity
Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr -
1499
Ryoanji Zen Garden of Contemplation
a walled garden in Japan -
1501
Michealangelo Buonarroti
David, Italy
Galleria dell'accademia, Florence -
1505
Madonna of the Meadow,
by Raphael, italy
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. -
1505
The Isenheim Altarpiece,
By Matthias Grünewald, Germany
located in Musée d’Unterlinden, Colmar, France -
1509
madonna of loreto raphael
Mary depicted as a young women with jesus -
1512
Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
this piece is done by Michealangelo in the Vatican Rome -
1513
Knight, Death, and the Devil, Albrecht Durer - 1513
This masterpiece is an example of engraving- where ink is rubbed into the recessed lines of laminated woodblock or polished metal plate. -
1538
Venus of Urbino,Titan ( Tiziano Vecellio)- 1538
This oil painting uses powdered pigments grounded into a slow drying oil. Titan started this painting as an opaque monochrome underpainting, which then had many layers of jewel-like glazes applied to the surface. -
1563
Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Vegetables in a bowl -
Juan Sanchez Cotan
Still Life With Quince, Cabbage, Melon and Cucumber -
Jan Bruegel
A Stoneware Vase of Flowers, c.1607. Oil on Panel -
Artemisia Gentilesch, Judith and Holofernes
An important large historical painting that Artemisia executed and was considered skilled for her position -
Abduction of the daughters of leucippus
peter paul rubens
piankothek, munich -
Gianlorenzo Bernini
Baldacchino St. Peter’s, Rome -
Peter Paul Rubens
Venus and Adonis -
The Night Watch, Rembrandt Van Rijn - 1642
This oil painting represents the usage of context. Historical circumstances influenced this artist. This artist showed members of the ordinary merchant class representing a Protestant middle-class culture. -
Cornaro Chapel with the Ecstasy of St. Theresa, Gianlorenzo Bernini -1645-1652
In the Church of Santa Maria Della Vittoria, Rome, this installation which is mixed media artworks designed for a specific interior or exterior space, there is a dramatic stage for the statue of St. Theresa. -
taj mahal
located in india -
The Milkmaid
Johannes Vermeer -
Jan Steen
The Dissolute Household -
Hall of Mirrors
Jules Hardouin Mansart and Charles le Brun
Versailles, France -
Palace of versailles
sponsored by Loui the 14th -
Hall of Mirrors
Francios de cuvillies
Amalienburg hunting lodge, germany -
Yama, Tibet - mid 1700s-1800
This piece is a form of iconography, which is a system of symbols that allows artists to refer to complex ideas. This piece symbolizes the Indian God of Death, who later became the Protector of the adherents of the Buddhist religion. -
Kitagawa Utamaro, a pair of lovers
Frontispiece from poem of the pillow, japan -
Komurasaki of the tamaya teahouse
Kitagawa utamaro
japan
tokyo national museum -
John Constable
The Haywain, England, 1821. Oil on canvas -
First known Photograph
"Heliography" -
The peaceable Kingdom
by Edward Hicks, united states. Held at the Brooklyn Museum of Art -
arch de triumph
Start of period of romanticism and sponsored by napoleon -
John James Audubon
Carolina Paroquet, USA
Watercolor -
house of parliament
Charles Barry and A. W. N. Pugin -
Utagawa Kunisada, shook the demon of queller
this piece demonstrates a good diverse example of line quality. -
Valley of the Shadow of Death - Roger Fenton- 1855
This photograph was produced twice to record images of war. There was a debate to see if the photographer physically moved the cannonballs into the next photo or if they actually were bombed. -
Pierre Auguste Renoir
.The Luncheon of the Boating Party, France -
La grande Jatte
Georges seurat, france
the art institute of chicago -
Van Gogh potato eaters
-Humble meal around humble table in a dirty room
- Drinkingteaorcoffee
- able to see the peasant life -
Portrait of dr. Gachet
Vincent Van Gogh, Netherlands, oil on canvas -
Maternite
Marie Cassatt -
Claude Monet
Claude Monet paints multiple pieces at different times of day to convey how light looks at different times of day -
Henride Toulouse Lautrec
At the Moulin Rouge -
claude monet
water lilies, oil on canvas -
Grand Mosque Djenne, Mali, 1906-1907
The mosque shown shows differences in cultural styles -
James Ensor
The Banquet of the Starvedor Comical Repast -
Marcel Duchamp Fountain 1917
"this is art because I say it is" -
Watts tower
simon rodia, united states
reinforced concrete with mixed media -
F.T Marinetti and Fillia
The Futurist Cookbook -
Salvador Dalí
Persistence of Memory, Spain, 1931.
salvador painted this landscape that doesn't make sense with such realism for the viewer to step into the scene -
José Clemente Orozco.
Gods of the Modern World, Mexico, 1932. Fresco, -
The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti
Ben Sahns, united states, held n whitney museum of american art -
Migrant Mother
By Doorthea Lange, nipomo valley, united states
Famous photograph of a mother and her two children -
Meret Oppenheim
The Luncheon in Fur, practicing realism -
The Weeping Woman, Pablo Picasso - 1937
This pice of art used the etching method which is when a metal plate is coated wot a stick protective ground, into which the artist scratches a design. The plate is then placed into an acid bath which eats away the exposed metal surface. -
Nighthawks
By Edward Hopper now located Art Institute of Chicago -
Norman Rockwell
freedom from want -
Le Corbusier
Notre Dame du Haut -
Blue Veil
by morris louis -
Joern Utzon
Opera House, Sydney, Australia, -
Panal of Independence, Father Hidalgo, Juan O'Gorman-1961
This piece of art represents idealogical criticism, which is the political underpinnings of art. This scene shows atrocities committed against the indigenous people, as well as representing the church, army, and the major leaders in the struggle. -
Claes Oldenburg
floor burger -
andy warhol
campbell soup -
Wayne Thiebaud, Pie Counter
This oil piece deals with food as a visual display and a popular icon -
Bridget Riley
"current"
piece that involves optics
says vision is psychological -
Marcel broodthaers
Iron pot, mussel shells and paint -
Robert Smithson
spiral jetty 1970
Utah
Working with the land directly as a material
Constantly changing -
Nancy Holt
Sun tunnels
1973
Not directly manipulating nature but working with the environment to create an installation -
Man Ray
artist who created surrealism by working with exposure and taking images and creating them to be something they're not but creating something that feels right -
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
running fence
Fence of fabric in California over hills
1976 -
TV Buddha - Nam June Paik- 1976
This piece is an idea about self, Buddha is watching himself on a live feed. This was basically the first idea of "self streaming" or "selfies." -
Walter de maria
The lightning Field (1977)
Capturing nature through installation
experience of the piece happens due to the natural environment -
Sun Mad
Ester Hernandez, United States -
Cindy Sherman
this is a self portrait of Marilyn Monroe, Cindy Sherman tries to portray popular women in a stereotypical role -
Jaune Quick-to-seesmith. Genesis, 1993
This piece is an oil painting which exemplifies an innovative and unique style while borrowing other artists existing styles -
speechless
Shirin Neshat which is pen and ink -
sophia calle the chromatic diet
conversation between novelist and graphic designer -
Frank Gehry
Walt Disney Concert Hall, USA, 2003 -
40-channel video installation with tables and chairs; color, sound.
Kutlug Ataman. Küba, 2004
commissioned by carnegie
