The Deposition

Pontormo

1530

Mannerism

graceful, figure positioning makes no sense, movement paused for viewer, composition focusses on Jesus' limp body, no cross, Virgin bigger, figures interlocked, put self portrait in painting?

The Madonna with the Long Neck

Parmigiano

1530

Mannerism

s-shaped neck, VERY tall,  other figures= angels, Jesus very large, said to be unfinished, miniature St. Jerome (lacking propotion) necessary to painting due to connections with the worship of the Virgin,

Allegory Called Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time

Bronzino

1540

Mannerism

foreshortening and colors precise, Venus and Cupid, Cupud grasping Venus' breasts and kissing her on the cheek= erotic, golden apple of discourt, masks= duplicity, Father Time pulling back the curtain of truth, serpentile female with lions paw at her feet= pleasure, androgynous 'pain' figure, 'jealousy' figure, meant to be figured out by the viewer

The Last Supper

Tintoretto

1590

Mannerism

Vinetian colors (dark), strange lighting

The Burial of the Count of Orgaz

El Greco

1590

Mannerism

people-scape, earth orderly and stiff, heaven swirly and dreamlike, giving man, said that St. Augustine and St. Stephen descended from the heavens and buried him themselves

David

Bernini

1620

Baroque

about to throw stone, implied motion, meant to be looked at from all angles, contorted and angry facial expression

The Ecstasy of St. Theresa

Bernini

1650

Baroque

theatruical, divinity consumes earthly body, sheer joy, possibly sexual

Boy with the Basket of Fruit

Caravaggio

1600

Baroque

androgynous, homoerotic, textures of fruit= very real

The Entombment

Caravaggio

1600

Baroque

mourning, Christ depicted as very muscular and not bloody, incredibly controversial, moment of burial

Judith Slays Holofernes

Gentileschi

1620

Baroque

Assyrian general coming in to seize town, Judith seduces and slays him, maid on left, power of a woman, Judith as Judaism over paganism

Las Meninas (The Family)

Velazquez

1650

Baroque

first 'modern' painting, breaks away from classical representation, subject questionable, possibly commissioned by royal family, most beloved royal painter, artist behind easel, Arnolfini Wedding Portrait, makes the viewer the subject- mirror, two vanishing pts, over 10' tall, impressionistic qualities, dwarfs kept around for amusement, playmates and dog, modern arrticles still reference the greatness of this painting

Raising of the Cross

Rubens

1610

Baroque

very strong and muscular men having difficulty raising Jesus to the cross, stong diagonal (Christ), foreshortening, teneberism

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp

Rembrandt

1630

Baroque

gazes linking characters to each other and viewer with characters, art as a study of anatomy, mostly accurate anatomical representation of muscles and tendons, face in shadow/ body illuminated

Self Portrait

Rembrandt

Baroque

sincerity, very autobiographical, painted many

Self-Portrait

Rembrandt

Baroque

sincerity, very autobiographical, painted many

The Swing

Fragonard

1770

Rococo

guy peeking up dress, woman kicking off show, sexual tension

Marat Assassinated

David

1790

Neoclassical

"to Marat", farewell to his good friend, woman murdered Marat (journalist) who she blamed for September massacres

The Oath of the Horatii

David

1790

Neoclassical

truly Neoclassical, scene from early Republican period of Rome, love and patriotism, honor and sacrifice, gender segregated, women= spineless, men= sacrifice themselves

The Large Odalisque

Ingres

1810

Neoclassical

odalisque= female slave/ sexual slave/ prostitute, critics and public hated at first, decade later seen as a triumph, Manneristic body proportions= grace

Self-Portrait with Her Daughter

Le Brun

1780

Neoclassical

early work (34), daughter was 9, love for her daughter, other works like this

Benjamin Franklin

Houdon

1780

Neoclassical

displayed in Salon, enlightenment thinker (popular subject for Houdon), captured personality and facial features

Raft of the Medusa

Gericault

1820

Romanticism

ship sank, captain and officers took lifeboat while leaving crew with makeshift raft, captain cut raft loose because he felt it was tying them down, rescue happened almost two weeks later, only 13 men alive out of 130 and had resorted to cannibalism, heroism of lower class, 23' long, "let them eat cake" mentality

Death of Sardanapalus

Delacroix

1820

Romanticism

apathetic, ordered all of his possesions be destroyed and sex slaves killed before he sacrifuced himself beacuse he faced military defeat

Liberty Leading the People

Delacroix

1820

Romanticism

woman representing liberty holding French tricolor flag and leading people over dead bodies

Family of Charles IV

Goya

1800

Romanticism

Goya working on canvas in shadows in the background, Charles IV and family nicely dressed and 'on stage' facing viewer

Third of May

Goya

1800

Romanticism

French hold Spaniards at Gunpoint, lantern in middle= heightened drama, Spaniards crouching cowardly, strong diagonals of guns

Snowstorm: Hannibal and His Army Crossing the Alps

Turner

1810

Romanticism

power and beauty of nature, power to obliterate the sun, dismal, figures indiscernible, true event 218 BC, compare to Napoleon and St. Bernard by David background

The Oxbow

Cole

1830

Romanticism

exaggerated features of landscape, view from Holyoke, uncontrolled power of nature

The Third Class Carriage

Daumier

1860

Realism

horse-drawn bus common in big cities, browns and dirt tones associated with peasantry, working men behind, view from very back of bus, viewer 'in' painting

The Gleaners

Millet

1860

Realism

cleaning up after harvest, soothing atmosphere, peasantry, criticized by middle and upper classes

Barghaulers on the Volga

Repin

1870

Realism

mostly old men, young man in reddish color, men seem tired and falling foreward, hot weather suggested, hardships of working men

The Agnew (Gross) Clinic

Eakins

1870

Realism

beautiful teneberism, use of light inspired by Rembrandt, expressed interest in science and medicine

The Luncheon on the Grass

Manet

1870

Impressionism

hostile reaction: seen as morally and aesthetically unacceptable, surrounded by scandal= Manet, schock value intentional: bright and unnatural colors, similar to Pastoral Concert by Titian and Giorgionne, but more controversy

Olympia

Manet

1870

Impressionism

almost a parody, very heavily criticized, compare to Venus of Urbino by Titian: jewelry, servant black vs. white, cat vs. dog

Impression Sunrise

Monet

1870

Impressionism

gave rise to name of Impressionist movement, displayed at first Impressionist art show, play of light and color very important

La Japonaise

Monet

1870

Impressionism

Monet's wife in Kimono and his collection of Japanese fans, shown at second Impressionist exhibit, Japanese had heavy influence on European art

Pancake Mill

Renoir

1870

Impressionism

recognizable characters, attractive people, blushed cheeks, mood and light focussed on, unposed

L'absinthe

Degas

1870

Impressionism

downcast woman, isolated, highly alcoholic and hallucinogenic addictive drink, "green fairy", bohemian drug culture among artists, banned in 1915 in US

Maternal Caress

Cassatt

1890

Impressionism

flattened, bold prints, awkwardness and chubbiness of real child