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- Rembrandt
- "self-portrait"
- Oil on convas
- Figurative Art
- Charoscuro
- Emphasis=portrait
- subordinate= background
- Large subject creates more mass than volume within the artwork
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- Goya
- "the third of may"
- oil on canvas
- figurative art
- Iconography shown by hands being held high as if on a crusifix
- Chiaroscuro
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- from spain
- "the alhambra"
- mosaic tile
- decorative art
- unity through repeated shapes, varity through use of various shapes
- monochromatic cool hue variation with hints of a warm yellow
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- Simon Rodia
- "watts tower"
- mixed media
- Abstract art.
- Large mass of the towers are balanced by the larger amount of negative space.
- Creative use of recyling common materials.
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- Edward Weston
- "Pepper"
- Photograph
- the large scale of the pepper creates the possability of the art being abstract or representationl art.
- exposure of photo creates value.
- closed form
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- Paul Klee
- "landscape with yellow birds"
- watercolor
- abstract art
- biomorphic shapes
- Asymmetrical balance
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- Bridget Riley
- "current"
- pain
- Implied motion by use of curving lines.
- Symmetry.
- Unity through repitition of line, variety through curvature of lines
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- Marc Chagall
- "I and the village"
- Paint
- Implied line
- complementary colors
- abstract art
- Artwork about his home town in Russia
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- M.C. Escher
- "ski and water"
- woodcut
- Figure-ground reversal
- reprentational art
- biomorphic shapes encompassed within geometric shape
- artists is concerned with mathimatical pricision.
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- Elizabeth Cattlette
- "Bread"
- Linocut
- Figurative art.
- Implied mass by using value.
- Cattlette desired to display that everyone has a right to eat.
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- Sassatta
- "the meeting of st anthony and st paul"
- Paint
- Simultaneous story
- Figurative art
- Iconography- halo around st anthony
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- India
- "dancing krishna"
- bronze sculpture
- Implied motion.
- Ritualistic/worship art.
- Open form.
- Krishna is a Hindu God
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- Alexander Calder
- "untitled mobile"
- Aluminum and steel
- Kenetic Art
- Primary colors
- Abstract art
- movement via air flow
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- James Whistler
- "Nocturne"
- Paint
- Monochromatic color cheme
- Value
- Reprentational art
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- Magritte
- "this is not a pipe"
- paint
- Representational art
- trompe l'oeil ( realistic)
- value
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- Tlingit
- "Chilkat blanket"
- wool and bark
- Abstract art
- Symmetry
- contour line
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- Picasso
- "Bull drawings series"
- drawing
- Representational art
- abstraction
- Implied mass (first six images)
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- Geogia O'keeffe
- "Poppies"
- Paint
- Representational art.
- scale is used by O'keefe to magnify the flowers.
- Analogous colors for the petals bring out vibrancy
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- Charles Demuth
- "the figure five"
- paint
- Analogous colors
- repitition of the figure five
- Implied line
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- Tony Smith
- "Die"
- steel sculpture
- Symmetry
- Unity- one solid unit
- Geometric shape
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- Jacob Lawrence
- "going home"
- Guache
- Representional art
- Unity through repition of objects and hues
- Primary colors red green and yellow
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- Peter de Hooch
- "Interior of a Dutch house"
- paint
- Figurative art.
- one point perspective going towards left corner.
- repitition of squares/rectangles in foors and hanging artworks.
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- Degas
- "jackies before the race"
- Paint
- Figurative art
- Balance through placements of objects e.g. larger horse on right balanced by the sun on left and red cap on the 2nd jockie.
- Implied motion.
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- Islamic
- "luster painted bowl"
- Earthenwear
- Repitition and rhythm through paterning
- closed form
- symmetry
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- Ogota Korin
- "cranes"
- Ink, color, gold and silver on paper
- repitition of cranes
- implied motion
- directional force to the right
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- Michelangelo
- "pieta"
- marble sculpture
- figurative art
- Iconographic art
- The larger scale of Mary adds to the frail look of Jesus who is sculpted smaller
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