Artists and works Flashcards

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fra angelico

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italian painter known for deposition of christ

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hieronymus bosch

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Dutch painter best known for The Garden of Earthly Delights

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sandro botticelli

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italian painter best known for the birth of venus

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Edgar Degas

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french artist famous for his paintings of dancers

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donatello

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italian sculptor known for his bas-relief

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Paul gaugin

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french painter known for his paintings of tahitian subjects

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alberto giacometti

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swiss sculptor who works in bronze

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francisco goya

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spanish painter known for black paintings

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winslow homer

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american painter known for his marine painting and landscapes

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edward hopper

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american realist painter; one of his famous works is chop suey

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jasper johns

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american pop art painter; one of his famous works is three flags

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paul klee

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swiss/german painter known for twittering machine

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gustav klimt

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austrian painter known for the kiss

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roy lichtenstein

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american pop artist famous for his art in the style of comic strips

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eduoard manet

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french painter known for olympia

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henri matisse

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french painter known for his bold use of colors; one of his greatest works is la danse

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michelangelo

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italian painter and sculptor known for his sculpture david and for his paintings in the sistine chapel

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joan miró

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spanish painter who worked in the surrealist style

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mona lisa

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famous painting by leonardo de vinci; displayed in the louvre

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piet mondrian

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dutch painter known for his abstract works using primary colors

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claude monet

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french impressionist painter known for haystacks

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edvard munch

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norwegian painter best known for the scream

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thomas nast

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german-born caricaturist; created the republican party elephant

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georgia O’keeffe

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American artist who lived in the Southwest; most famous for her paintings of flowers

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pablo picasso
spanish painter; one of his famous works is guernica
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jackson pollock
American painter known for his technique of dripping paint onto canvas
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rembrandt
dutch portrait painter
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pierre-auguste renoir
french impressionist painter
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auguste rodin
french sculptor of the thinker
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peter paul rubens
Flemish painter who worked in the baroque style
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john singer sargent
american portrait painter known for portrait of madame x
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titian
italian painter known for his use of color
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vincent van gogh
Dutch painter; one of his famous works is Starry Night
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venus de milo
Greek statue of the goddess Venus, located in the Louvre
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andy warhol
American pop artist known for his Campbell’s soup cans paintings
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grant wood
American artist who painted American Gothic