unit 1 Flashcards
leonardo da vinci
-“mona lisa”
-merchant’s wife
took him 4 years
kept the painting
cole
-“the oxbow”
-american artist
duchamp
-“the fountain”
-readymade: found objects exhibited as works of art
-art show in new york…rules: send in your art on time, send in the entry fee
smithson
-“spiral jetty”
-quote: life goes on
-earth work
warhol
-“marilyn diptych”
-pop art: art of popular culture
-warhol was obsessed with death and fame
kruger
-“i shop therefore i am”
-workwork: a contemporary work of art whose imagery consists of words
monet
-“impression sunrise”
-art critic disliked it as it was monet’s impression of a sunrise and monet just made that the name
van gogh
-“starry night”
-painted from inside a mental institution
-impasto : thick application of paint
-sky= heaven, town= earth, syprus tree= jesus
van gogh
-“night cafe”
-complementary colours
-quote: a night cafe is where you go to ruin yourself
-makes you feel uneasy
seurat
-“a sunday afternoon on the island of la grande jatte”
-pointillism: applying small unmixed points or dots of paint
duchamp
-“nude descending a staircase”
-an attempt to capture movement
-inspired by the first motion picture of the horse
halsman
-“dali atomicus”
-quote: appreciate every moment
bernini
-“apollo and daphne”
-motion through sculpture
michelangelo
-“pieta”
-texture: the surface quality of a work
-22 years old when he made this
-made of marble
oldenburg
-“clothespin”
-200 year anniversary of the declaration of independence
-Philadelphia
wood
-“american gothic”
-realism: portrayal of people/things without distortion of abstraction
-the great depression
-the dust bowl
pollock
-“untitled”
-suffered from severe alcoholism
-action painting: the process, not the product
mondrian
-“composition with red yellow and blue”
-severe ocd
-quote: every painting is this”
cara vaggio
“the calling of st. Matthew”
leonardo da vinci
-“the last supper”
-painted on the wall of a cafeteria
leonardo da vinci
-“madonna of the rocks”
-madonna= mary
-atmospheric perspective: objects in the background appear hazy or blurry to imply distance
leonardo da vinci
-“proportions of the human figure”
-he could write with both hands and could write backwards
vermeer
-“woman holding a balance”
polykleitos
-“spear bearer”
-canon of proportion
-the spear was stolen
-back in greek culture they performed nude olympics
-first proportional statue
munch
-“the scream”
-suffered from panic attack disorder
-wrote “a madman would paint this” but covered it up
Van Eyck
Alfornini wedding portrait
