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Art History 202 with Marshall at University of Wisconsin - Madison

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The slave ship

-turner 1860 british

- throwing slaves overboard for life insurance

- nature is in chaos and judging them for lose of human life

liberty leading the people

- delacroix french 1830

- power to charles X returned things back to catholic church and restricted voting rights

- figure is nude which makes her allegorical figure of liberty

watson and the shark

- copley 1778 am

- watson attacked by shark and lost leg until rescued in havana

- black man is copleys sympathizing for african slaves after am rev

third of may, 1808

goya, spanish 1815

- napoleon conquered; spanish welcomed france until rumor that they were going to overtake royal family--> battle

- pose of victim is reference to christ as a martyr

raft of medusa

- gericault french, 1818

- ship abandoned and trapped between desolation and rescue

- placing black at top shows that sometimes ppl on the bottom means freedom often dependent on most opressed

niagra falls

church am 1850

- rainbow ending in american signifying looking out into america as promise land

- transcendent experience of god

the hay wain

constable 1821, british

- only paint places of familiarity, own place that bonded to

- nostalgic painting looking back into simpler england

the nightmare

fuseli, 1781 brit

- folklore said that demon would take soul as you slept

- artist fantasizing himself on top of girl because he dreamt of girl and loved her

the oxbow

cole, 1836, am

- noa in the background is hebrew for new settlement

- hudson school river painter, painted landscapes to help am find identity

monk by the sea

friedrich, 1809, german

- tiny figrue of monk demonstrates infinity and sublimity of the vast landscape

- influenced by thought that landscape was god's book of nature

olympia

manet, french, 1863

- hand signifies that she is inviting in, prostiture staring directly at viewer, olympia is stage name

- contrast to titians venus of urbino because she is not accomodating female, reverses roles of female nude

luncheon on the grass

manet, french, 1863

- assumed women were prostitutes and men were the customers

- based on classical renaissance paintings (judgement of paris) and it has direct contrast to birth of venus for acceptable norms

ophelia

millais, 1850, brit

- dress movement in water suggest movement from life to death as she drowns

- drowning due unrequited love of hamlet in the play as she exits the scene

arrival of a train

monet, 1877, french

- scene is represeting different atmospheric affects in central paris going NW

- smoke was carefully planned because space was left to paint over it

dancer at age 14 years

degas, french, 1877

- criticized for looking ape like because had high nose and carriage that mimicked animal

- distinctive of society and way people read faces based on socio status

the gleaners

millet, french 1857

- suspected by french govmt because thought it was a backlash against society

- figures are separate from community through social status, people watching their work in background

burial at ornans

courbet, french, 1850

- clergy distracted and bored on the left to represent the indifference of the order of france after the war

- compared to deposition but confused and lost in the set up of things

moulin de la galette

renoir, french, 1876

- afternoon dance hall that opened to the public in good weather

- interactions between people= conflict in background and flirtation in foreground plays down social division

the gross clinic

eakins, am, 1875

- painting american hero, samuel gross who developed new techniques and saved limbs, feared by poor--> meant death

- light similar to rembrandt on gross's head signifies the significance of gross's intelligence

harvest of death

gardner, am , 1863

- battle of Gettysburg

- picture isnt necessarily real because moved the bodies around

the railway station

frith, 1862, brit

- trains connected to time and the use of industry and factories influencing people

- more rigidity on time meant less flexibility between time, thats why people rushing

the grainstack

monet, 1890, french

- series in order to see suns relation to each other

- transcience of light through different seasons and angles

impression: sunrise

monet, french, 1872

- brush dragged through wet paint to create strokes

- no horizon line, and no foreground background, paintings rendered as unfinished

the veteran in a new field

homer, am, 1865

- stick and position similar to grimm reaper which is dramatic idea

- looking out into the battlefield of work and grain which is his future

annunciation

rosetti, 1850, brit

- draws on fra angelicas anunciation and arnolfinis two people taking up space

- lack of idealization, realistic details of the girls face

birth of venus

cabanel, 1863, french

- purchased by napoleon III for private collection

- cabanel mastered anatomy and created erotic charge to painting

glass of absinthe

degas, french, 1860

- absinthe dangerous drink, shows decadence of paris as city of pleasure

- relationship between men and women disconnected through no communication and women absorbed in own world

bar at folies bergere

manet, 1870, french

- tribute to early years when able to go to bars and drink, mirror shows different classes mingling and dancing at a theater

- art is response to world and mirror should mimic reality but doesnt so what is reality

the star

degas, 1877, french

- could be performance or rehersal because people are standing causually in the wings in informal attire

- inside the intimacy of the performer which translates to intimacy of the show

street

kirchner, 1913, berlin

- women are prostitutes as sign of what is wrong in modern society's culture (seen from lavish clothes)

- dehumanized figures with faces like masks and stiff gestures shows artificiality

improvisation

kandinsky, 1913, german

- theme of war because destruction of old art for the new

- stimuli the inner senses and not the outer visual sense

the scream

munch, 1893, germany

- scream is in reation to the wind and natures scream that rolls through in response to tech innovations

- scream stripped to bones just like humans and stripped of any connection to human nature

spirit of the dead watching

gauguin, 1892, french

- suggests scene from tahitian religion

- not supposed to evoke mood or senses but just to render a specific scene

night cafe

van gough, french

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the large bathers

cezanne, french, 1906

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the bath

cassat, 1891, am

- distant echo of virgin and child

- portrayal of relationship not just act of taking bath

the kiss

klimt, 1907, austrian

- exploration of sexuality (passion or violence)

- men encrusted with black and white which shows shift from simpler elegant worker

sunday afternoon in the island of la grande jatte

seurat, french, 1884

- used complementary 11 colors and mixed with white and black to create diff hues

- park had hierarchy, grand jatte was lower class because faced indusrialed area across river

the psyche

morisot, 1876, morisot

- reflecting rockby venus when girl looks in the mirror

- looking in reflection stems from narcissism but the reflection is blurry

woman in black at the opera

cassat, 1879, am

- cassat from wealthy background, able to paint but discouraged by dad although at this time females enouraged to paint

- direct contrast to renoirs opera because this women is here for the opera and not to be an object of attention although man in background still objectifying her

Starry night

van gogh, 1889, dutch

- cypress tree symbol of both life and death while it connects the world to the sky above

- brightest star is venus which represents love--> suggesting that van gogh wants in death what he could not get in life, love

la grande odalisque

ingres, french, 1814

- represents orienalism but rooted in neoclassical training

- gaze is looking at ingres and patrons version of a "white" slave

death of sardanapalus

delacroix french, 1818

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maturity

claudel, 1895, french

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self potrait with bandaged ear

van gogh, dutch, 1889

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joy of life

matisse, 1905, french

- draws on folk art with unmodeled forms and strong outlines, and strong use of color

- avant garde because figures are flattened and the space between is distorted showing expressiveness through the painting and not the faces of the figures

black supremasist square

malevich, russian, 1914

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les demoiselles of a'vignon

picasso, spanish, 1907

- influenced by african art and masks and faces get more animalistic as move from left to right

- demoiselles slang for prostitutes and aviignon was a populated area of prostitutes so the painting is heavily charged with sexuality and unconvential femininity

unique forms of continuity and space

boccioni, italy, 1912

- person flowing through space powerfully like ancient god nike

- made of plaster cast in bronze

still life with chair caning

picasso, spanish, 1912

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the persistance of memory

dali, spanish, 1930

- figure on the floor is part self portrait, part human, part strange land

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guernica

picasso, 1937 spanish

- based on the german bombings of the city of guernica based on nationalist franco forces

- bull and the horse represent republican and nationalist forces and the terror and anguish that stemmed from their reign

the large glass

duchamp, 1915, french

- broke glass and put back together because loved the effect, foil metal and paint

- top shape is bride (reduced to mechanics, no sexuality in her) and bottom are bachelors always reaching up to the bride

american gothic

wood, am , 1930

- satire on middle american small mindedness or the celebration of that, old fashioned because in the midwest uncorrupted by the coasts

- daughter and father. daughters face mimicks fathers and likely to never be married

composition of red, yellow, and blue

mondrian, dutch, 1930

- designed so that universal beauty would balance and purify the world, no longer need for art when he has acheived universal beauty

- used yellow and blue as contrasting colors and red was the conjoining colors, horizontal lines are [erfectly balanced to create dynamic equilibrium

fountain

duchamp, french, 1917

- by putting signature on it and turning it on its side, its art--> ready made art

- art is what i say it is, uses worlds most degraded functions and turns into art, changed perspective of what are was

cut with a kitchen knife

hoch, german 1919

- used as political propaganda, in form of collage

- no sense of religion or war except for the hell of war, put figures together in absurdist ways to return to eccentric ways like basch

ma jolie

picasso, 1912, spanish

- originally a women holding stringed instrument but reorganized in abstract form

- use of horizantal brushstrokes and vertical lines to create a grid in the painting

mountains and the sea

frankenthaler, 1950, am

- poured colors onto the canvas and outlined forms in charcoal

- reminded her of the coast of nova scotia where she frequently wanted to sketch

nine jackies

warhol, 1960, am

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canyon

Rauschenberg, 1960, am

- believed viewers should find own meaning in the piece in resemblance of modern urban art

- combination of sculpture and canvas painting, dirty pillow and wood

homage to matisse

rothko, am, 1950

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144 pieces of zinc

andre, am, 1967

- material items that are reproduced in factory, andre didnt actually make but sent in sketch to workers to make

- supposed to experience with sound and touch, no moralizing story just about materials repeating themselves

repetition 19, III

hesse, am, 1969

- quality of humans is minimal and simplistic

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target with plastic casts

johns, am, 1955

- target and casts are a reference to popular culture and the world around johns

- both a sculpture and a painting and mocks the nonhierarchal part of expressionism and the hierarchy of the target

women I

de kooning, am, 1950

- careful underdrawings where he painted and scraped several layers of paint in process of creating single canvas and repeated until he got mark he wanted, carefully planned

- woman supposed to be fertility goddess and koons used her to symbolize sexuality and eroticism in painting

migration series

lawrence, 1941, am

- a bunch of panels describing the immigration of the blacks from south to north

- segregation suggested by line in the middle showing the extreme poverty of those in south looking for work

god marylin monroe

warhol, 1960, am

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nighthawks

hopper, 1942, am

- figure with back to us is potentially a self portrait, placing himself separate from mainstream society

- rendered america lifestyle as having hideous beauty, distinctive am life as lonely

black iris

o'keeffe, am, 1926

- distances herself from being a painter of femininity yet picture resembles female genitalia

- black iris is subject only available for a couple of weeks

die

smith, 1962, am

- minimal in visual because supposed to make a connection to piece and have a responsive relationship to it

- 6x6 is reminiscent of 6 ft under as well as the 6 sides of a dice--> playfulness of pop art

Whaam!

Lichtenstein, 1963, am

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number 1

pollock, am, 1948

- used handprints to make his mark on painting and create his own presence, action painting

- associated with the american west and male masculinity

the two fridas

khalo, mexico, 10939

- about her experience of breaking up with her husband because her husband didnt like both fridas

- mexican frida on right and euro frida on left( representing father) an both are equal showing that she loves both parts of herself equally

charles the first

basquiat, 1980, am

- uses crown to show that he is king of urban art at 22 but dies early from OD

- cycles of art disappearing and then bringing it back in new ways, used oil paint

cornered

piper, am, 1980

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untitled (portrait of ross in lA)

gonzalez, 1990, am

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Piss christ

serrano, 1987, am

- bodily functions used as mediums to represent christ as more human with bodily functions

- associated with public funds and although serano didnt use public funds the SECCA profitted from the endowment of art, controversy over what art should be available and funded

we wont play nature to your culture

kruger, am, 1983

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film still no. 6

sherman, 1979

- makes viewer aware of voyerism as artist herself is portrayed in eerie positions

- comments on feminism as people view women and their feminine roles as wife or object to look at

big self portrait

- divide canvas into small sections and then fill in with spraypaint

- considered minimalist and resisted label of photo realism

spiral jetty

smithson, 1970, am

- picked the spiral to symbolize life and death and the constant growth and decay, destruction and construction of life

- incoorperated red alga in work that turns reddish under certain conditions

vietnam veterans mmorial

lin, 1980, am

- black gash of shame because commemerated something that was bad, first war we didnt win

- the wall is made of reflective qualities made to bring past and present together

away from the flock

hirst, am, 1990

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how to blow up two heads at once

shonibare, 2006

- skintone is indeterminate and shonibare questions race, property, violence, and class

- fabric came from indonesia, imported by dutch to africa and now reproduced there

the dinner party

chicago

- each plate commemorating famous women in history, 13 in each side = number in witches coven, suggesting connection between women and natural

- each plate resembles genitalia to connect all the ladies in history

tree of life

mendieta, cuba, 1977

- celebrates that women have a deeper connection to earth than men do

- raised hands like an earth goddess to symbolize her getting herself connected to her maternal source as part of nature

one and three chairs

kosuth, am, 1965

- his work doesnt deal with beauty but the imperfect possibilities of communication

- leaves viewer to identify what the real chair is, the picture, sculpture or definition

the new

koons, 1980, am

- commentary on how americans are obsessed with the idea of buying new things

- uses consumerism and corporate culture and uses ready mades and installs them in a way we recognize them as art

coyote: like america and america likes me

beuys

- drawing on coyotes energy to suggest how he was in harmony with animal kingdom

- coyote symbolizes native americans. wanted to end racism by those that had been displaced

interior scroll

schneemann, 1977

- taking back the female body by having things that were once marginalized as socially appropriate like the female body

- painted body signifies art and the female body is productive being

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