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Artist: Bernini
Period/century: Baroque (17th century)
Location: Rome
Media: Sculpture (marble)
Size: 5'5"
Context: very intricate, different picture from every side
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Ecstasy of Saint
Teresa
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Artist: Bernini
Period/century: Baroque (17th century)
Location: Cornaro Chapel, Rome
Media: multimedia combining sculpture, architecture, paintings, stained glass, and lighting effects
Context: St.Teresa is a Spanish nun who had visions, miracles defy natural law, shows great skill in the ruffles of the clothing, dramatic face |
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Artist: Bernini
Period/century: Baroque (17th century)
Location: Basilica of St. Peter, Rome
Media: Guilded bronze
Size: 100'
Context:Built over the high altar, which also marks the tomb of St. Peter, the columns symbolize the union of the Christian and Jewish traditions. The vines symbolize the Eucharist, and the twisting columns that are thought to represent columns of the Temple of Solomon
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The Entombment of
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Artist: Caravaggio
Period/century: Baroque (17th century)
Location: Vatican, Rome
Media: Oil on canvas
Size: 9'10" by 6'8"
Context: spotlighting the main subjects with a deep, dark background and shadow |
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The Calling of Saint
Matthew
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Artist: Caravaggio
Period/century: Baroque (17th century)
Location: Rome
Media: Oil on canvas
Size: 11' by 11'
Context: in side a church, Matthew being called to follow |
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Suzanna and the
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Artist: Artemesia Gentileschi
Period/century: Baroque (17th century)
Location: Italy
Media: Oil on canvas
Context: Gentileschi related to the subject because she herself was raped, nude is beautiful while naked is without clothes and exposed, Suzanna is naked and her privacy is being invaded |
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Judith Beheading
Holofernes
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Artist: Artemisia Gentileschi
Period/Century: Baroque (17th century)
Location: Italy
Context: not a well understanding of the male anatomy, follower of Caravaggio as reflected from the dark background |
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Martyrdom of St.
Bartholomew
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Artist: Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish artist)
Period/Century: Baroque (17th century)
Location: Naples
Media: Oil on canvas
Size: 3 1/2' by 4 1/2'
Context: look like everyday people |
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Water Carrier of
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Artist: Diego Velazquez
Period/Century: Baroque (Genre painting) (17th century)
Location: Spain
Media: Oil on canvas
Size: 3 1/2 by 2 1/2'
Context: traveled to Italy twice to study art, was a court painter for King Phillip II of Spain, shows great skill with painting glass |
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Las Meninas (The Maids of Honor)
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Artist: Diego Velazquez
Period/Century: Baroque (17th century)
Location: Spain
Media: Oil on canvas
Size: 10' by 9'
Context: has a lot going on like seing the princess, the maids of honor, the dog, the dwarf, the artist in the background, king and queen being painted, the priest coming in, the noble man and the nun, uses a lose brushstroke |
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The Raising of the Cross
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Artist: Peter Paul Rubens
Period/Century: Baroque (17th century)
Location: Flanders (Spanish Netherlands)
Media: Oil on canvas
Size: center panel 15' by 19'
Context: similar in style to Titian, this could be because Rubens spent 8 years in Italy learning and copying Renaissance style and techniques. It is a very busy picture with lots of bodies and scenes. Very muscalar bodied figures. |
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Henry IV receiving the portrait of Marie de' Medici
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Artist: Peter Paul Rubens
Period/Century: Baroque (17th century)
Location: Flanders (Spanish Netherlands)
Media: Oil on canvas
Size: 13' by 10'
Context: Greco-Roman gods blessing the union, heavily symbolic, love defeats war (angels disarming Henry) |
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Still life with Tazza
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Artist: Pieter Claesz
Period/Century: Baroque (17th century)
Location: Dutch Republic
Media: Oil on canvas
Size: 17" by 24"
Context: has expensive glass, orange (food for the rich), books, and a watch to represent the good things in life. The watch and knocked over cup represent the fleetingness of life |
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Flower Still Life
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Artist: Rachel Ruysch
Period/Century: Baroque (Still Life) (18th century)
Location: Dutch Republic
Media: Oil on canvas
Size: 30" by 24"
Context: women had to paint in the lower genres, but Ruysch was still extremely successful. Has a dark background and depicts the idea of the life cycle of the flower from the buds, full bloom flowers, and wilted flowers. |
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View of Haarlem from the Dunes at Overveen
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Artist: Jacob van Ruisdael
Period/Century: Baroque (landscape genre) (17th century)
Location: Dutch Republic
Media: Oil on canvas
Size: 22" by 24"
Context: shows flat land and an early cloth making factory with the linen left out to bleach in the sun. There is a large church in the background to represent the still present and importance of the church. The linen being made also represents a nationalistic view. |
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Officers of Haarlem Militia Company of St. Adrian
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Artist: Frans Hals
Period/Century: Baroque (17th century)
Location: Dutch Republic
Media: Oil on canvas
Size: 6' by 9'
Context: middle class people could afford portraits by splitting the cost between many |
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The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
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Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn
Period/Century: Baroque (17th century)
Location: Dutch Republic
Media: Oil on canvas
Size: 5' by 7'
Context: the painting was paid for by the students to commemorate the doctor, dark background with spotlight on figures (Caravaggio) |
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Captain Frans Banning Cocq Mustering His Company [The Night Watch]
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Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn
Period/Century: Baroque (17th century)
Location: Dutch Republic
Media: Oil on canvas
Size: 12' by 14'
Context: creates drama and excitement by portraying the moments before a festival. The more of a body is shown, the more a person pays (the man with an arm over his face was probably blocked out for not paying). Was originally a scene during the day but the pigment has darkened with time giving it a night appearance. The young girl in the yellow dress can be seen as an allegorical figure. The painting has been slashed multiple times with a knife. |
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Three Crosses (first state)
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Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn
Period/Century: Baroque (17th century)
Location: Dutch Republic
Media: drypoint and etching
Size: 15" by 18"
Context: explores lighting effects |
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Woman Holding a Balance
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Artist: Johannes Vermeer
Period/Century: Baroque (17th century)
Location: Dutch Republic
Media: Oil on canvas
Size:16" by 14"
Context: woman being bathed in the light as if she were holy ( resembles the virgin mary). Hides elements of Catholicism in the painting of the judgement in the background. Uses a pure, thick white paint to reflect light |
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Artist: Hyacinthe Rigaud
Period/Century: Baroque (17th century)
Location: France
Media: Oil on canvas
Size: 9' by 8'
Context: reflects absolute monarchy and the king's wealth. Louis XIV promoted himself through art |
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Palace of Versailles
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Artist: Le Vau and Mansart
Period/Century: Baroque (17th century)
Location: France
Media: Architecture
Size: Huge
Context: Louis XIV ordered all aristocrats to move to Versailles to keep a close watch on them and to serve him. It has a fairly simple exterior but this is made up for by the extremely complex and luxurious interior. |
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Period/Century: Baroque (17th century)
Location: France, Versailles
Media: Mirrors made of glass painted with silver (extremely expensive)
Size: 240' long by 47' high
Context: reflected the inequality between the high class and the poor |
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Pilgrimage to the Island of Cythera
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Artist: Jean-Antonine Watteau
Period/Century: Rococo (18th century)
Location: Paris
Media: Oil on canvas
Size: 4' by 6'
Context: Being stuck in Versailles gave the aristocrats lots of free time, took up role playing and arts. The forest represents sexuality and the aristocrats are coming from a sort of orgy that happens on in the magical forest. Depicts the aristocrats leaving society to have fun and now returning. |
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Girl Reclining: Louise O'Murphy
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Artist: Francois Boucher
Period/Century: Rococo (18th century)
Location: France
Media: Oil on canvas
Size: 2 1/2' by 2'
Context: The woman is laying in not a very dignifing pose and the sheets are ruffled suggesting sexuality. The books show that she is not only beautiful but also smart. Depicts an ideal body. |
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Artist: Jean-Honore Fragonard
Period/Century: Rococo (18th century)
Location: France
Media: Oil on canvas
Size: 3' by 2'
Context: The lady's lover is hiding in the bushes. She is being pushed by an older man who could be her father or her husband. The slipper is thrown for the lover to have as a momentum of his lady. The lady is flashing her lover by lifting her leg. The garden is overgrown. The girl's body makes a curving line that is mimicked by a tree branch in the background. The pastel color of her dress makes her stand out. There are statues of cupid around the garden. |
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Salon de la Princesse
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Period/Century: Rococo (18th century)
Location: Paris
Context: Type of town house for the rich. The colors are gold and pastels. Depict love in the art on the walls and ceiling but are Roman and Greek gods. It is a more playful and fun than Baroque |
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The Doge's Palace and the Riva degli Schiavoni
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Artist: Canaletto
Period/Century: Tourist art (18th century)
Location: Venice
Media: Oil on canvas
Size: 2' by 3 1/2'
Context: Type of piece that a tourist would buy when visiting a famous place to display in their homes and show off where they've been and seen |
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Pauline Borghese as Venus
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Artist: Canova
Period/Century: Neoclassical (19th century)
Location: Rome
Media: sculpture (marble)
Size: 6' 7"
Context: gives insight to the furniture of the time, she is sitting in the type of chair used for dinning. The husband of Pauline did not like her being depicted as nude and sent the piece to be locked in a room. |
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"Am I Not a Man and a Brother"
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Artist: Josiah Wedgewood
Period/Century: Neoclassical (18th century)
Location: England
Media: jasperware |
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Cornelia Pointing at her Children as Treasures
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Artist: Angelica Koffman
Period/Century: Neoclassical (18th century)
Location: London
Media: Oil in canvas
Size: 40" by 50"
Context: Cornelia shows of her children as her greatest treasures. The simplicity of her and the childrens' clothes reflects that she rather spend on their education and upbringing than on luxury |
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An Experiment on the Bird in the Air Pump
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Artist: Joseph Wright of Derby
Period/Century: Neoclassical (18th century)
Location: England
Media: Oil on canvas
Size: 6' by 8'
Context: idea of enlightenment, emphasis on science |
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Oath of the Horatii
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Artist: Jacques-Louis David
Period/Century: Neoclassical (18th century)
Location: Paris
Media: Oil on canvas
Size:11' by 14'
Context: 3 sons of Horace vow to fight to the death against 3 Curiatti brothers for the protection of Rome. Women crying on the left hand side over the deaths that will come (relation to both sides). Sent a messages to the people to forget their personal feelings and fight during the French Revolution. Three group of figures are aligned with the arches in the background. Clean brush strokes. |
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Artist: Jacques-Louis David
Period/Century: Neoclassical (18th century)
Location: Paris
Media: Oil on canvas
Size: 5 1/2' by 4'
Context: Shows famous journalist, Marat stabbed to death in his bath tub (was in the bath tub most of the time due to a skin condition). Form of propaganda during the war in France. |
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Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Belley
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Artist: Anne-Louis Girodet
Period/Century: Neoclassical (18th century)
Location: France
Media: Oil on canvas
Size: 5' by 4'
Context: Shown is a former slave sent to Paris as a representative of Haiti. |
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Thomas Mifflin and Sarah Morris
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Artist: John Singleton Copley
Period/Century: Neoclassical (18th century)
Location: Boston
Media: Oil on canvas
Size: 61" by 48"
Context: woman is the main focus, straight lines |
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Period/Century: Neoclassical (18th century)
Location: London
Media: Oil on canvas
Context: completely symettrical both inside and out |
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U.S. Capitol Building
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Artist: Benjamin Latrobe
Period/Century: Neoclassical (19th century)
Location: Washington D.C.
Context: straight lines and columns, symmetry |
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Artist: Henry Fuseli
Period/Century: Romantic (18th century)
Location: London
Media: Oil on canvas
Size: 40" by 50"
Context: incubus is shown, idea of sexuality |
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Artist: William Blake
Period/Century: Romantic (18th and 19th century)
Location: London
Media: Colorprint with ink and watercolor
Size: 18" by 23"
Context: self thought artist. Doesn't have a realistic idea of anatomy. |
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The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
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Artist: Goya
Period/Century: Romantic (18th century)
Location: Spain
Media: Aquatint (caprichos)
Context: aquatint techniques |
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The Shootings of May 3rd
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Artist: Goya
Period/Century: Romantic (19th century)
Location: Spain
Media: Oil on canvas
Size: 9' by13'
Context: depicts horrors of war, opposite to Oath of Horatii, dramatic lighting, civilians being murdered |
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[image]Saturn Devouring his Son |
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Artist: Goya
Period/Century: Romantic (19th century)
Location: Spain
Media: fresco, on wall of dining room
Context: Shows Saturn as wild and crazed, one of his "Black Paintings", represent the slaughters going on in the country |
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[image]Rue Transnonian, April 15, 1834
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Artist: Honore Daumier
Period/Century: Romantic
Location: Paris
Media: lithograph
Context: unknown person shoots at troops and the troops go into the nearest building and kill everyone inside, the innocence of the victims is clear in the picture |
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[image]British Houses of Parliament
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Artist: Barry and Pugin
Period/Century: Romantic [Gothic Revival] (19th century)
Location: England
Media: Architecture
Context: the outside has a textured surface, not symmetrical, influenced by Gothic architecture |
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Artist: Richard Upjohn
Period/Century: Romantic [Gothic Revival] (19th century)
Location: New York City
Media: Architecture
Context: a revival of gothic art and techniques is seen |
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Artist: Began by Napoleon and finished by July Monarchy
Period/Century: Romantic (19th century)
Location: Paris
Media: Architecture
Size: 164' by 148'
Context: showed power |
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Departure of the Volunteers of 1792 (The Marsellaise)
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Artist: Francois Rude
Period/Century: Romantic (19th century)
Location: Paris (Arc de Triomphe)
Media: Architecture/ Sculpture
Context: to commemorate those who serve in the army |
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Napoleon Crossing the Saint-Bernard [Napoleon Crossing the Alps]
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Artist: Jacques-Louis David
Period/Century: Academic Romanticism (19th century)
Location: France
Media: Oil on canvas
Size: 9' by 8'
Context: Napoleon is painted as an enormous figure and is not proportionate to the size of the horse. It is a form of propaganda. |
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Raft of the Medusa
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Artist: Theodore Gericault
Period/Century: Academic Romanticism (19th century)
Location: France
Media: Oil on canvas
Size: 16' by 23'
Context: Ship was headed from France to Africa with passangers and crew made up of aristocrats, the ship struck a coral reef and sunk, the captain fleed on the life boats leaving the rest of the passangers to drown. The aristocrats built a raft from pieces of the ship and float at sea for weeks. In the painting, the survivers are shown waving at a ship in the distance to rescue them. A dark colored man is shown being lifted by others which represents the unity of people. The author is also critizicing the unfairness of the advantages to the upperclasses. The author used body parts to model to finish the huge painting in record time. |
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Liberty Leading the People
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Artist: Eugene Delacroix
Period/Century: Academic Romanticism (19th century)
Location: France
Media: Oil on canvas
Size: 8' by 11'
Context: all classes of France are united to end oppression. Painting is to commemorate the July Revolution. Liberty is half nude because she is portrayed as half human and half unreal/allegorical. The man with no pants on is the artist showing off his knowledge of human anatomy. |
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Artist: Jean-Augeste-Dominique Ingres
Period/Century: Academic Romanticism (19th century)
Location: Paris
Media: Oil on canvas
Context: an odalisque refers to a woman in a harem. A harem is a room where women live in the middle east culture. Men in the western world imagined it as a high-end brothel. The woman in the painting is surrounded by beautiful objects. She is high. The artist has elongated her back for dramatic emphasis. |
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Artist: John Constable
Period/Century: Romantic (19th century)
Location: England
Media: Oil on canvas
Size: 4' by 6'
Context: the country is quickly industrializing and the image offers a bit of comfort from this. The artist uses thick, rough paint and brushstrokes |
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Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying
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Artist: Joseph Turner
Period/Century: Romantic (19th century)
Location: England
Media: Oil on canvas
Context: Criticizing the idea of insuring human life to then end it in order to make a profit. Fish are eating people alive depicts terror. The typhoon represents the wrath of God. The idea of beautiful (regular, pleasing, soothing) vs. sublime (terryfing, violent) |
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Artist: Thomas Cole
Period/Century: Romantic (19th century)
Location: U.S.A.
Media: Oil on canvas
Context: artist shows the beauty of the landscape. There is a calm and beautiful side compared to a dark and stormy wilderness. |
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Artist: Frederick Church
Period/Century: Romantic (19th century)
Location: U.S.A.
Media: Oil on canvas
Context: Rainbow shows nationalism |
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Artist: Caspar David Friedrich
Period/Century: Romantic (19th century)
Location: Germany
Media: Oil on canvas
Context: shows human insignificance |
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