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Bill Reid (Haida People, Pacific Northwest). The Raven and the First Men, 1983. Laminated yellow cedar, height 6 ft 2 1/4 inches. [Shape and mass; volume; light]
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James Turrell (U.S. Artist and building designer). Live Oak Friends Meeting House. Located in Houston, Texas. Completed in 2001. [Light as form]
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Georges Seurat (France). A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, 1884-86. Oil on canvas. 6 ft 9 3/4 in x 10 ft 1 3/8 in. [Color mixing]
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Mona Hatoum (Palestinian, b. Beirut, lives in London). Prayer Mat, 1995. Nickel-plated brass pins, brass compass, canvas, glue, 26 1/8" x 44 1/8" x 5/8”. [Texture]
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Alberto Giacometti (Italy). The Nose, 1947. Bronze, iron, twine, and steel wire, 32" x 28 1/2" x 15 3/8". [Space]
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Henri Matisse (France). Memory of Oceania, 1953. Gouache on paper, cut and pasted, and charcoal on white paper, 9ʼ 4" x 9ʼ 4 7/8". [Unity and Variety; Balance]
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Joseph Cornell (U.S.). The Hotel Eden, 1945. Assemblage with music box. 15 1/8 x 15 18 x 4 3/4. [Unity and Variety; Balance]
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Isamu Noguchi (Japan/U.S.). Cube, 1968. Steel subframe with aluminum panels. 28 ft. high. Marine Midland building, New York. [Balance]
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Frida Kahlo (Mexico), Las Dos Fridas, 1939. Oil on canvas, 69 1/2" x 69 1/2". [Symmetrical Balance]
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Gustav Klimt (Austria). Death and Life, circa 1911-1915. Oil on canvas, 5' 10" x 6' 6". [Asymmetrical Balance]
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Edouard Manet (France). A Bar at the Folies-Bergére. 1881-82. Oil on canvas. 37 3/4 x 51 1/4 inches. [Asymmetrical Balance and Point of View]
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