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Giovanni Bellini, Madonna and Saints. c 1505.

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Early Renaissance in 15th - Century Italy

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Early Renaissance in 15th - Century Italy

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Linear perspective that guides your eyes to Madonna and creates a triangle shape in the composition.

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Masaccio, The Tribute Money, Brancacci Chapel, c. 1427

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Early Renaissance in 15th - Century Italy

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Early Renaissance in 15th - Century Italy

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Focuses more on classicalism. They have more realistic bodies. They are not stiff and have more relaxed features and poses. There is more study of the body during this time period and they also focus on making the body accurate.

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Descent from the Cross, Rogier van Der Weyden. c. 1435

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The bright colors of the clothing and of the background create contrast against Christ's body which helps him stand out.

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Robert Campin, The Merode Altarpiece, c. 1425-28

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During this time period they focus on iconology. You see many figures painted very heavenly. You also see a lot of detail in these paintings.

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Portrait of Ginerva de' Benci, Leonardo da Vinci. c. 1474-78

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The delicate pattern and dark colors in the background make the woman's face become the vocal point.

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You start to see the realistic depiction of both physical and psychological features. You also see tone contrast. Sfumato was also a characteristic that was common during this time.

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You also see tone contrast. You also see Sfumato throughout the piece. The body and characteristics are defined.

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The tones and shadows in the face create form in the face.

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You see great realism, and subtle details that reveal the meaning. You also see during this time a lot of paintings portraying everyday art.

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The perspective of the hand makes the hand seem larger then it is and grabs your attention before it guides you up to the face.

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Parmigianino, Madonna with the Long Neck, c. 1535

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You see a lot of twisted poses, elongated features and harsh contrast.

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Te Pehi Kupe, portrait of Maori chief Te Pehi Kupe, 1826

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They had continuous themes of supernatural, fertility, ritual, and religion. Oceanic mediums were myriad as well and included carving in stone and wood, painted and carved petroglyphs, tattooing, and textiles.

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Judith and her maidservant with the head of holofernes, Artemisia Gentileschi. c. 1625

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The harsh lighting helps define a lot of the details in the painting. The lighting help creates definite lights and shadows.

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Caravaggio, Judith Slaying Holofernes, 1599

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It is very dramatic and has vitality and movement. This painting has dark backgrounds and draws you in emotionally.

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The King Drinks, Jacob Jordaens. c. 1638

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The artist paid attention to details especially in the peoples faces. Each face has a different expression that helps you see what is going on in the painting.

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Peter Paul Rubens, Elevation of the Cross, 1610

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Very dramatic scene, rich, deep color, and intense light and dark shadows.

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The Swing, Jean-honore Fragonard. c. 1767

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The background is monochromatic and has a cooler tones which brings attention to the woman who is pink and is warmer.

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Antoine Watteau, Return from Cythera, 1717-19

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You have elaborate ornamentation, a pastel color palette, and a lot of brush stroke qualities. Rococo art works often depict themes of love, classical myths, youth, and playfulness.

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Lady Sarah Bunbury Sacrificing to the Graces, Joshua Reynolds. c. 1765

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The dress on Lady Sarah has that "wetlook" that you see in Ancient Greece. The dress clings a little bit to her body and shows form.

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Angelica Kauffman, Cornelia Presenting Her Children as Her Treasures, c. 1785

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You see use of straight lines, a smooth paint surface, the depiction of light, a minimal use of color, and the clear, crisp definition of forms.

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The Third of May, Fransisco Goya. c. 1808

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The light and the direction of where the guns are pointing create guiding lines that lead you to the subject and tell you the story of what is happening.

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Eugene Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People, 1830

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Focuses on motion and feelings. This specific art piece focuses on revolution. You see the brushwork became looser and less precise.

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The Stone Beakers, Gustave Courbet. c. 1849

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The paid attention to accuracy within the people and the details. The people look atomically correct.

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Jean Francois Millet, The Gleaners, 1857

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This painting focuses on the accurate, detailed and unembellished depiction contemporary life. It doesn't show any elaborate details and lacks color.

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Impression, Sunrise, Claude monet. c. 1872

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The painting has a lot of shapes that help you know what the objects are. There are not a lot of details which helps you focus on the feeling you experience while looking.

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Claude Monet, Saint-Lazare Train Station, 1877

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You see relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities. You also have ordinary subject matter.

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Mont Sainte - Victorie Seen from Bibemus Quarry, Paul Cezanne. c. 1897-1900

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This painting is more abstract focusing more on shapes then detail. Different paint strokes help define light and shadows that create form.

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You see vivid colors that are unnatural, a thick application of paint and real-life subject matter. You have geometric forms that are emphasize and have distorted forms for an expressive effect.

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Self Portrait (Man Twisting Arm Around Head) Egon Schiele. c. 1910

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There are a lot of harsh and Sharpe lines that define a lot of his features.

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Vasily Kandinsky, The Blue Mountain, 1908-09

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This piece focuses on capturing emotions and feelings, rather than what the subject actually looks like. You see vivid colors and bold strokes are used to exaggerate the subject and the emotions and feelings.

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The abstract shapes in this painting form into a man that you can see when studying it for a long period of times. the differences in tone and harsh and soft lines help you see the man.

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Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, 1907

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The woman have emphasized features, are flat, and have a two-dimensional surface of the picture plane. This painting has no traditional techniques.

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The shapes and the line work create an abstract form of a head. The artist use shapes that are similar to the parts of a face that help you know what you are looking at.

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This is made for Humor. Laughter is often one of the first reactions to Dada art and literature. During this time art was made for nonsense and fun. Artist experienced artistic freedom during this time.

Artistic Freedom. ...

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Bicycle Wheel, Marcel Duchamp. c. 1913/1950

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The Bicycle Wheel that was mounted in the middle of the stole makes it unusable. These two objects are not related to one another nor do they belong together.

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Frank Lloyd Wright, Kauffman House (Falling Water), Bear Run, Pennsylvania, 1936

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Innovation and experimentation with form and focuses on individuality.

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You can see the woman very clearly because of the clear defined lines that separates it from the different strokes and colors.

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Valuing freedom, spontaneity and personal expression, the movement naturally produced a variety of technical and aesthetic innovations.

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Drowning Girl, Roy Lichtenstein. c. 1963

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There are bold, thick lines. It's very flat be use there are no lights and shadows to provide form.

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Pop art was popular ,low cost to mass produce, and was found and fresh. They focused on popular things that young people loved.

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The lights are evenly spaced and creates balance. The lights guide your eye from the left to the right of the room. And their placement on the bottom brings your eyes down.

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Important characteristics of Minimalism include the repetition of simple geometric forms, like lines or squares. Focused on hard, clear edges and being precise.