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 OATH OF THE HORATTI |
JAQUES-LOUIS DAVID 1784STORY OF VIRTUE AND THE READINESS TO DIE FOR LIBERTY. THE THREE BROTHERS PLEDGE TO TAKE THE SWORDS THEIR FATHER OFFERS IN ORDER TO DEFEND ROME. THE WOMEN IN THE PICTURE SEEM OVERCOME BY EMOTION, UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN SERIOUS DECISIONS REQUIRED OF MEN WHO WOULD DEFEND HOMELAND. APART OF THE NEOCLASSICISM STYLE.
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 A SUNDAY ON LA GRANDE JATTE |
GEORGES SEURAT 1884-1886SET OUT TO SYSTEMIZE THE OPTICAL COLOR MIXING OF IMPRESSIONISM AND TO CREATE SOLID, FORMAL ORGANIZATION WITH SIMPLIFIED SHAPES.
PRECEDED WITH MORE THAN FIFTY DRAWN AND PAINTED PRELIMINARY STUDIES IN WHICH HE EXPLORED THE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL RELATIONSHIPS, THE CHARACTER WITH EACH SHAPE, AND THE PATTERNS OF LIGHT, SHADE, AND COLOR. FINAL PAINTING SHOWS TOTAL CONTROL THAT SEURAT SOUGHT THROUGH APPLICATION OF HIS METHOD. |
 MONTICELLO |
THOMAS JEFFERSON 1793-1806BASED ON PALLADIO'S RENAISSANCE REINTERPRETATION OF ROMAN COUNTRY STYLE HOMES. BOTH MONTICELLO AND JEFFERSONS DESIGNS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF VA SHOW ROMAN PHASE OF NEOCLASSICAL AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE, OFTEN CALLED FEDERAL STYLE.
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 OXBOW |
THOMAS COLE 1836INSPIRATION FOR AMERICAN LANDSCAPE PAINTING FOR SEVERAL GENERATIONS
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 NUDE DESCENDING STAIRCASE |
MARCEL DUCHAMP 1912FUTURISTS BROUGHT DIMENSION TO CUBISM
INFLUENCED BY STROBOSCOPIC PHOTOGRAPHY IN WHICH SEQUENTIAL CAMERA IMAGES SHOW MOVEMENT BY FREEZING SUCCESSIVE INSTANTS. PRESENTS THE MOVEMENT OF A BODY MOVING THROUGH SPACE. |
 STREET OF BERLIN |
ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER 1913ELONGATED FIGURES ARE CROWDED TOGETHER, REPEATED DIAGONAL LINES CREATE AN URBAN ATMOSPHERE CHARGED WITH ENERGY. DISSONANT COLORS, CHOPPED OUT SHAPES, ROUGH HEIGHTEN EMOTIONAL IMPACT
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 IMPRESSION SUNRISE |
CLAUDE MONET 1872MONET AND HIS COLLEAGUES WERE DUBBED IMPRESSIONISTS BY CRITICS WHO OBJECTED SKETCHY QUALITY OF THEIR PAINTINGS. TERM WAS SUGGESTED BY IMPRESSION SUNRISE. WAS SUPPOSE TO BE DERAGATORY BUT ARTISTS ADOPTED THE TERM TO DESCRIBE THEIR WORK.
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 THE LAST SUPPER |
LEONARDO DA VINCI 1495-1498CONTAINS A HIDDEN GEOMETRY, WHICH STRUCTURES THE DESIGN AND STREGTHENS SYMBOLIC CONTENT. INTERIROR IS BASED ON 1 PT LINEAR PERSPECTIVE WITH A SINGLE VANISHING PT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COMPOSITION. CHRIST IS IN THE CENTER REPRESENTING INFINITY.
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