Van Gogh, La Bercuse, 1889

rocking a cradle; background looks like field 

Van Gogh, The Poet, Eugene Boch, 1888

contrasting blue & yellow-complementary

Van Gogh, Portrait of Patience Escalier, 1888

sense of heat; red in cheek echoed in tie, hat, trimmings, sleeve (blue echoes as well)

strong emotional portrait of man who lived hard life

Van Gogh, The Postman Roulin, 1888

hands, gnarled; full of power and feeling 

filled w/ sympathy-desire to connect 

Van Gogh, The Night Café, 1888

same place as gaughins; angled furniture toward viewer; uncomfortable feeling; nightmare painting-harsh colors (glaring)

Van Gogh, The Yellow House at Arles, 1888

Van Gogh, Gauguin's Chairs, 1888

phallic representation (Gauguin's power)

Van Gogh, Vincent's Chair, 1888

Van Gogh, Church at Auvers, 1890

feels gothic; sense of dark & light; desire for transcendence 

Van Gogh, Still Life Vase of Sunflowers, 1889

perfectly tuned to yellow; portraits of flowers 

Van Gogh, Mountains at St. Remy, 1889

flowing curves of once strict geometry

houses blend as well

Van Gogh, The Ravine, 1889

houses are blended in the chaos of the painting (consumed in painting)-lost boundaries-become swallowed in the world (uncomfortable feeling)

Van Gogh, Large Plane Trees, 1889

trees consume the area 

Van Gogh, Fishing Boats at Sea, 1888

sepia Ink (great craftsman); contains crudeness 

Van Gogh, Still Life with Irises, 1889

sensuous curved line (marks age)

Van Gogh, The Road to Tarascon, 1888

south of france; more intense colors 

Van Gogh, Rocks with Trees, Mountmajor, 1888

immensely confident for just taking up (inspired)

Van Gogh, Road with Cyprus and Star, 1890

art nouvou line 

Van Gogh, Starry Night, 1889

connective turmoil; more of a sense of transcendence (stars are less distant)

Van Gogh, Wheat Field with Crows, 1890

display dispair (hopeless); suicidal painting; road is so blocked 

Redon, Apollo's Chariot, 1905-14

symbolism-opposite of realistic take; artfullness; metaphor 

Redon, Cyclops, 1895-1900

reinvigorate subject of myth 

Redon, Head of a Martyr, 1877

nightmarish; artful and elegant 

Redon, Pandora, 1910-14

pastel-soft, glowing, mystery; art for art's sake

Beardsley, Cover Binding for 'Salome' by Oscar Wilde, 1896

art nouvou; art for art's sake; interest in decadence, evil drugs; disengagement with society

Beardsley, Peacock Skirt, Illustration for Wilde's 'Salome', 1894

illustrations for play, contrast, sinuous line, plant-like organic 

Tiffany, Favrile Glass Vases and Bowl, 1895-1909

art nouvou

Brancusi, Bird in Space, 1919

one of the most important sculptors of 20th c.

Brancusi, Bird in Space, 1920

seemingly simple but very complex; handcrafted 

Brancusi, New Born, 1915

elongated, mannerist desire for perfection 

Gaudí, Church of the Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, 1884-1926

medieval, elongated quality; medieval excess 

Gaudí, Casa Mila, Barcelona, 1905-07

Gaudí, Parc Guell, 1900-14

Guell was a BIG patron