HUMANITIES PAINTINGS AND PAINTERS REVIEW
MEDIEVAL A.D. ART APPEALED TO THE EMOTIONS AND STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF RELIGION
THE CENTRAL PANEL OF DUCCIO'S HUGE MAESTÀ ALTARPIECE FOR SIENA CATHEDRALDUCCIO MAESTÀALTARPIECESIENA CATHEDRAL
ROSE WINDOW—NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL
ROMANESQUEGOTHIC
RENAISSANCE Tried to reconcile Christian faith and the new discoveries of science and philosophy Rebirth of the Classical ideals of Ancient Greece and Rome New freedom of thought based on reason instead of faith alone
MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI DAVID SISTINE CHAPEL PIETA
LEONARDO DA VINCI THE LAST SUPPERMONA LISA
BAROQUE Rejected the limits of the previous styles Used to restore the power of the monarchy and the church Excess, Ornamentation, Contrast, Tension and Energy
MICHELANGELO MERISI CARAVAGGIO THE CALLING OF SAINT MATTHEW
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN THE NIGHT WATCH
NEOCLASSICISM/CLASSICAL Reacted to the excesses of the monarchy and ornamentation of the Baroque Return to order, reason, and structural clarity in artwork
JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID THE DEATH OF MARATTHE OATH OF THE HORATII
THOMAS JEFFERSON
ROMANTICISM Artists revolted against Neoclassical order and reason. They returned to the beauty of nature, Freedom, emotion, sentimentality, and spontaneity were prized over logic and reason. Their imagination to create works about exotic, patriotic, primitive, and supernatural subjects.
JOHN CONSTABLE THE HAYWAINTHE CORNFIELD
FRANCISCO GOYA THE THIRD OF MAYTHE SLEEP OF REASON PRODUCES MONSTERS
REALISM Realism seeks the truth. Artists found beauty in the commonplace. They focused on the Industrial Revolution and the conditions of the working class.
EDOUARD MANET PORTRAIT OF EMILIE AMBRE AS CARMEN THE BAR AT FOLIES=BERGERE
GUSTAVE COURBET THE STONE BREAKERS BURIAL AT ORNANS
IMPRESSIONISM AND POST- IMPRESSIONISM (1850–1920) Impressionism primarily a visual art movement begun by a group of artists in France who started exhibiting their work in the 1860s. The Impressionist style shows the effects of light and atmospheric conditions in artworks that spontaneously capture a moment of time. Post-Impressionism exclusive to visual art. Post-Impressionists used the art elements to express reality in different ways, expanding the ideas of Impressionism while rejecting the limitations.
CLAUDE MONET IMPRESSION, SUNRISE THE BRIDGE OVER THE WATER-LILY POND
MARY CASSATT THE BATH THE BOATING PARTY
AUGUSTE RODIN THE THINKER THE BURGHERS OF CALAIS
VINCENT VAN GOGH SELF PORTRAIT WITH BANDAGED EAR THE STARRY NIGHT
MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY Modern and Contemporary art forms break with or redefine the conventions of the past. Artists use experimental techniques. Artworks show the diversity of society and the blending of cultures as technological advances bring us closer together.
PABLO PICASSO LES DESMOISELLES D’AVIGNON THE THREE MUSICIANS
SALVADOR DALI--SURREALISM THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORYUNTITLED
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT FALLING WATERGUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
GEORGIA O’KEEFE COW’S SKULL WITH CALICO ROSES ORIENTAL POPPIES
DORTHEA LANGE MIGRANT MOTHER
ANDY WARHOL SELF PORTRAITMARILYN MONROE TABLEAU
JACOB LAWRENCE FORWARD BROWNSTONES