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Bailey, Self-portrait with Vanitas Symbols, 1651
-Transient Symbols within image
-skull, death
-hourglass
-flowers
-pearls
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Audrey Flack, Wheel of Fortune, 1977
-still life
-individual symbolism
-painted work = massive size
-transient symbols
-burning candle
-grapes
-hourglass (passing of time)
-mirror (vanity
-makeup, lipstick
-calendar
-taret card
-dice
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Durer, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 1948
-death, war, famine, pestilence
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Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People 1830
-personification of liberty
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Man in the Golden Helmet
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Rembrandt, Polish Rider 1655
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Ghent Altarpiece, Jan Van Eyck, 1432
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Ingres, Portrait of Napoleon on his Imperial Throne, 1806
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Nicola Pisano, Pulpit of the Baptistery, Pisa, Italy 1259-1260
-Byzantine and classical worlds in art and architecture
-arches = medieval tradition
-religious symbolism
-references from roman antiquity
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Sarcophagus of a Philosopher ca. 270-280 ce
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Giovanni Pisano, Annunciation, Nativity and Adoration of the Shepherds
-more "international style"
-more delicate features
-gothic influence
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Bonaventura Berlinghieri, Panel from the Saint Francis Altar Piece
-very flat
-figures in the air
-interest in making subjects appear holy
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Facade of Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy, 1246-1470-battista
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Cimabue, Madonna Enthroned With Angels and Prophets
-meant as a devotional object
-reminder of sacrifice
-Byzantine influence. Gold background, flat
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Simone Martini and Lippo Memmi, Annunciation, altarpiece
-stolen by Florence from Siena during invasion
-very decorative (colors, gold background)
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