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09/18/2017

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Gustave Courbet

The Stonebreakers

1849

Realism

165x257cm

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Eduard Manet

Le Dejenuner sur l'herbe

1863

Realism

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Eduard Manet

A Bar at the Folies-Bergere

1882

Realism

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Claude Monet

Impressionism: Sunrise

1872

Impressionism

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Claude Monet

Grainstacks (End of Summer)

1891

Impressionism

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Pierre Auguste Renoir

Le Moulin de la Galette

1876

Impressionism

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Auguste Rodin

The Thinker

1879-89

Impressionism

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Auguste Rodin

The Walking Man

1905

Impressionism

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Edgar Degas

Little Dancer, 14 Years Old

1881

Impressionism

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Georges Seurat

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte

1884-86

Post-Imp

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Paul Cezanne

Pool at the Jas de Bouffan

1878

Post Imp

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Paul Cezanne

Still Life with a Basket of Apples

1890-94

Post-Impressionism

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Paul Cezanne

Mt. Ste-Victoire

1904

Post-Imp

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Edward Much

The Cry

1893

(Norwegian Expressionism)

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Edward Munch

The Kiss

1902

Post-Imp

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Paul Gauguin

The Vision After the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling an Angel)

1888

Post Impression

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Paul Gauguin

Eh quoi, es-tu jalousie (What, are you Jealous?)

1892

Post Imp

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Vincent van Gogh

Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear

1889

Post Imp

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Vincent van Gogh

Night Cafe

1888

Post Imp

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Vincent Van Gogh

The Starry Night

1889

Post Imp

 

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Louis-Jacques-Mande Dagurre

The Artist's Studio

1837

Early Photo

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Julia Margaret Cameron

Portrait Head of a Woman

1867

Early Photo

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Timothy O'Sullivan

Ancient Ruins in the Canyon de Chelly

1873

Early Photo

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Alfred Stieglitz

The Steerage

1907

Early Photo

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Constatin Brancusi

Newborn

1920

Modern Sculpture

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Constantin Brancusi

Adam and Eve

1916-21

Modern Sculpture

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Constantin Brancusi

Bird in Space

1927

Modern Sculpture

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Self-Portrait with Model

1910-26

GEx- DIE BRUCKE

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Emil Nolde

The Last Supper

1909

GEx - DIE BRUCKE

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Paula Modersohn-Becker

Self Portrait with an Amber Necklace

1906

GEx- DIE BRUCKE

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Franz Marc

The Blue Horses

1911

GEx- DER BLAUE REITER

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illusionistic
Definition
the representation of imagery in a manner to create the illusion of physical reality, such as sollid forms in deep space depicted on a flat surface. The techniques for creating illusionistic effects include modeling, foreshortening, and perspective.
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one point perspective
Definition
The illusion of all lines of a composition dispappearing into space to give the illusion of realistic depth.
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abstract
Definition
a mode of representing identifiable objects that, to a greater or lesser degree, stresses the essential rather than the particular. Also, a set of aesthetically significant forms in which lines, colors, etc., do not correspond to those in the visible world.
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non-objective
Definition
not representing anything natural or from life, recognizable or otherwise.
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plein-air
Definition
to create outside, in the presence of nature, limelighted by the impressionists.
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impasto
Definition
the heavy application of paint to a canvas
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avant-garde
Definition
from a french term referring to the first scouting guard, avant-garde artists break the mold of traditions or trends in paintings to find the next breakthrough.
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ecole des beaux arts
Definition
the french school of fine arts which promoted academic ideals such as religious painting or still lifes.
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academic
Definition
an idealized form of art, specializing a few limited subjects to be "successful"
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Salon de Refuses
Definition
1863 Salon organized by Napoleon III for painters "refused" by the academies. The most famous was Luncheon on the Grass by Manet, which was seen as an affront to taste.
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pointillism
Definition
a technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of color are applied in patterns to form an image
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symbollism
Definition
emphasized the meaning behind the forms, lines, shapes, and colors
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expressionistic
Definition
an approach to art that emphasized th emotions and feelings of the artist and called for emotional response from the viewer. Associated with modart beginning with van Gogh, expressionism surfaced in movements such as German, French, and Vietnamese Expressionism before 1945
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development of photography
Definition
this tool allowed artists to no longer have to rely on the creation of hyperrealistic paintings without "soul"; artists were free to abstract whateer elements they saw fit, and art began to remove itself from academia.
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japanese color woodblock prints
Definition
japanism?
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"primitive art"
Definition
divided into two classes- interest in the spirituality and the mysticism of oceania (german expressionism) or the expression of form as an element (french - gauguin)
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industrial revolution
Definition
like photography, inclined painters to rely on the sensual rather than the factual work of academia. Die Brucke was one of the responses, fearing the removal of the senses from humanity.
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WWI
Definition
As WWI became active, artists started to quickly reject the idealism and floweriness of romanticism and push more towards surrealism, especially examples of sensuality and feeling in the face of trauma.
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Andre Derain

London Bridge

1906

French Expressionism

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Henri Matisse

Woman with a Hat

1905

French Ex

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Henri Matisse

Open Window, Colliourre

1905

French Ex

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Henri Matisse

Joy of Life

1905-06

French Ex

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