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Art Experience Final (Artists)
All the famous artists
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Art History
Undergraduate 2
04/25/2012

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Michelangelo
Definition
- Arch Angel Michael
- David and Sistine Chapel
- Considered himself a sculpture
- Dissected cadavers. Mastered the human form.
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Gentileschi
Definition
- Esteemed woman painter in Renaissance
- Raped
- Talented at drawing the human figure
- Little known
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Rembrandt
Definition
- Dutch
- Good early life. Commercial success.
- Sad later life. Wife and child die.
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Matisse
Definition
- Rival of Picasso
- Homely scenes and nude women
- Art brings relief
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Vigee-Lebrun
Definition
- French woman. Painted portraits. Queen Marie Antoinette.
- Fled during Revolution
- Painted Royalty across Europe.
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Picasso
Definition
- The Shit! Don't try to explain art
- Amazing artists in all art forms
- Liaisons with many women
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Pollock
Definition
- Wyoming alcoholic
- Greatest American artist
- Abstract
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Warhol
Definition
- Pop art (Cambels)
- Fashion Advertisements
- "Machine making art in the Factory"
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Neel
Definition
- Woman painter (Independent)
- "Greatest portrait painter of the 20th century.
- The Cuban. The Sailor. The Puerto Rican Singer
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Geurrilla Girls
Definition
Feminists fighting for women artists.
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Rauchenberg
Definition
- Breaking boundaries in art (ROCI)
- Peace through art and culture
- Broad array of works (Painting to Happenings to Costume design)
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Hokusai
Definition
- "Old Man Mad about Drawing"
- Japanese painter
- Very eccentric (Money packets. humor)
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