History and Stories 9. How do you make past events personal?
Jacques-Louis David The Oath of the Horatii 1784
Francesco Goya The Third of May
Pablo Picasso Guernica 1937
Theodore Gericault The Raft of the Medusa 1819
Gericault Portrait of an Artist in his Studio (Self-Portrait) 1820 Gericault Portrait Study for Raft of the Medusa
The Raft of the Medusa preparatory sketch and detail
Preparatory work for Raft of the Medusa
Theodore Gericault The Raft of the Medusa 1819
What is this artwork about? 1)What do you see? 2)How is it shown to you? 3)What is the meaning of the different parts? 4)Put it all together: what was Gericault trying to communicate? 5)Did he do a good job? Theodore Gericault The Raft of the Medusa 1819
Christian Boltanski Monument, 1986
Monument (Installation View)
Vue d'installation des Enfants de Dijon Heller Gallery, New York.
Monumenta 2010
Les Ombres
Christian Boltanski Monument, 1986
What is this artwork about? 1)What do you see? 2)How is it shown to you? 3)What is the meaning of the different parts? 4)Put it all together: what was Boltanski trying to communicate? 5)Did he do a good job? Christian Boltanski Monument, 1986
Christian Boltanski Monument, 1986 Theodore Gericault The Raft of the Medusa 1819