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Period: 476 to 1300
week one- The middle ages
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1131
The Virgin of Vladimir, also known as Our Lady of Vladimir
unknown; the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ as an infant and is one of the most culturally significant and celebrated pieces of art in Russian history. Only the faces are original, with the clothes repainted after suffering damage when a metal cover was placed over them, and in a fire in 1195. It has been restored on five occasions.the Greek Patriarch of Constantinople sent the icon as a gift to Grand Duke Yuri Dolgorukiy of Kiev before being transferred to the Cathedral in Vladimir -
1165
The cycle of the seasons
Saint Hildegard. A German Benedictine nun.Born around 1098. Her most significant works were three volumes of visionary theology: Scivias ("Know the Ways", composed 1142–1151), Liber Vitae Meritorum ("Book of Life's Merits" or "Book of the Rewards of Life", composed 1158–1163); and Liber Divinorum Operum "Book of Divine Works", also known as De operatione Dei, "On God's Activity", composed 1163/4–1172 her illuminations represented her spiritual connection that brought her visions. -
Period: 1300 to
week two- The renaissance
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1485
The birth of Venus
Sandro Botticelli was an Italian painter. He belonged to the Florentine School under the patronage of Lorenzo de' Medici. His works included mythological subjects.. This piece depicts the Goddess Venus or as known to the Greeks, Aphrodite. a visualization of the myth that Venus was “born” from the sea foam. On the left are the winds,blowing her onto shore. On the right a woman is running towards the Goddess with a robe. -
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week three- the 17th century
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Susanna and the elders
Artemisia Gentileschi. The subject of the painting comes from the Book of Daniel. The painting shows two elderly men spying on a young woman named Susanna. “Susanna had gone out to the garden one day for a bath, the elders then demanded sexual favors from her. she denied them but they threatened to ruin her reputation if she did not change her mind. Gentileschi portrays Susanna as uncomfortable with the elders stares and attempting to cover up. -
The Fruit and Vegetable Costermonger
Louise Moillon, another female artist in the 17th century. It seems to depict average life in this time period. Two women, One clearly of wealth judging by her clothes and the other is the women selling the produce. Two different social castes shown. This what was expected of women. To perform domestic duties such as buying the groceries or in the case of the working class to lend a hand in small jobs suitable for women. -
Michaelina Wautier
Self portrait. Michaelina Wautier was a painter from the Southern Netherlands. distinguished from other women painters by the diversity of her subjects and formats. In particular, she sold four paintings to Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria. One noteworthy aspect, she didn’t just focus on one genre or style. She was familiar with masculine anatomy and painted it without shame looked down upon at the time for women artists. -
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week four- the 18th century
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The swing, also known as the happy accidents of the swing
Jean-Honoré Fragonard At first glance this painting seems to depict a young women of wealth enjoying time out in a garden on a swing. She appears to have an admirer. At closer look however its clear that the “happy accident” is that the man on the ground can see up the woman’s skirt. And in fact it is no accident at all. The piece was actually a commission request by Baron Louis-Guillaume Baillet de Saint-Julien, who wanted a portrait of his mistress. -
The Interior of an Atelier of a Woman Painter
Marie-Victoire Lemoine Born in Paris, mainly painted portraits, miniatures, and salons.
This piece was a tribute to Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun. depicts Le Brun teaching a young girl. Women were becoming more prominent as artists and Lemoine must have been proud of that fact. The detail that the student is a young girl shows that women will continue to pursue the arts. That detail also hints at the fact that while it was fine for a young girl to learn from a women; unlike young boys. -
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week five- The 19th century
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In the studio
Marie Bashkirtseff a Ukrainian-French diarist, painter, and sculptor, She was privately tutored in music as a child and it is said she was very talented. she lost her chance as a singer when illness destroyed her voice. Later Bashkirtseff decided to pursue art, and she studied painting in France at the Robert-Fleury studio and at the Académie Julian. Many of her works were destroyed by the Nazis during World War II, but at least 60 survive. She painted mostly realism and naturalism. -
The lady Shalott
John William Waterhouse a representation of the ending of Alfred, Lord Tennyson's 1832 poem. the titular character, the Lady had been confined to her quarters, under a curse that forbade her to go outside or even look directly out of a window; her only view of the world was through a mirror. She sat below the mirror and wove a tapestry of scenes she could see by the reflection, She is pictured sitting on the tapestry she has woven. -
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week 6- 20th century(Europe)
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week seven- 20th century(America)
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woman with a hat
Henri Matisse
An oil on canvas, it depicts Matisse's wife, Amelie. Woman with a Hat was at the center of the controversy that led to the term Fauvism. It was also a painting that marked a stylistic shift to a more expressive style. Its loose brushwork and "unfinished" quality shocking viewers as much as its vivid, non-naturalistic colors. -
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (The Young Ladies of Avignon, originally titled The Brothel of Avignon
Pablo Picasso This piece is a large oil painting that portrays five nude female prostitutes in a brothel. The women appear slightly menacing and with angular and disjointed body shapes. an example of primitivism with its flat, two-dimensional picture. Picasso makes a radical departure from traditional European painting. Les Demoiselles was revolutionary and controversial and led to widespread anger and disagreement, even amongst Picasso’s friends. the painting was deemed immoral. -
Christina’s world
Andrew Newell Wyeth. a woman lounging on the ground in a treeless field, looking up at a house a distance away.The woman in the painting is Anna Christina Olson, She probably suffered from a genetic polyneuropathy. Wyeth was inspired to create the painting when he saw her crawling across a field while he was watching from a window in the house. Olson was the inspiration and subject of the painting but she was not the model; Wyeth's wife Betsy posed as the torso of the painting. -
Whistler’s Mother
James McNeill Whistler
This piece is a oil painting. The subject of the painting is Whistler's mother, Anna McNeill Whistler. Its been often described as the American Mona Lisa. The image has been used as an icon for motherhood, affection for parents, and "family values" in general, especially in the United States. It is one of the most famous works by an American artist outside the United States.
