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10/18/2009

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Echo of a Scream by David Alfara Siqueiros
Definition
evoke emotions
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The Eternal City by Peter Blume
Definition
verge of World War
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Guernica - Pablo Picasso
Definition
Bombing of town
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Composition in White, Black, and Red - Piet Mondrian
Definition
pure form
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l(a" by e.e. cummings
Definition
person is alone, loneliness
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Subject matter
Definition
some value external to the work of art
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Artistic form
Definition
the organization of a medium that calrifies some subject matter
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Content
Definition
clarified subject matter
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Participation
Definition
thinking from versus thinking at
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Execution in Saigon - Eddie Adams
Definition
execution of a prisoner in Vietnam
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May 3, 1808 - Francisco Goya
Definition
firing squad on a prisoner
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Mont Sainte-Victoire - Paul Cezanne
Definition
different view of background
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Vulture and Child in Sudan
Definition
starvation of child
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Sleeping Venus - Girogione
Definition
goddess, idealized nude, ideal woman
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Renior - Bather Arranging Hair
Definition
earth mother
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Modigliani - reclining nude
Definition
sensual nude
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Tom Wesselmann - Great American Nude
Definition
exploited
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Edouard Manet - Olympia
Definition
prostitute
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Suzanne Valadon - Reclining Nude
Definition
woman is not alluring
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Alice Neel - Margaret Evans, Pregnant
Definition
woman is not alluring, pregnant
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Descriptive criticism
Definition
Form
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Interpretive criticism
Definition
Content
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Evaluative criticism
Definition
relative merits of work
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Leonardo da Vinci - Last Supper
Definition
Jesus and his disciples at the last supper made with wet fresco and does not last very long
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Autumn Rhythm - Jackson Pollack
Definition
chaos on the canvas but they were controlled mistakes
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Damien Hirst - This Little Piggy Went to market, This Little Piggy Stayed Home
Definition
pig cut in half vs. whole pig. can cause shock and anxiety
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Holy Virgin Mary - Chris Ofili
Definition
portrait spotted with dung
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Madonna and Child Enthroned with Angels - Cimabue
Definition
tempera, human emotions seen in Madonna's face
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Giotto - Madonna Enthroned
Definition
tempera, powerful body is seen in both the child and Madonna
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Jacob Lawrence - Another patrol
Definition
line shows the direction of sailers
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Parmigianino - The Madonna with the Long Neck
Definition
oil painting, abstract, different types of perspective, no liveliness
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Winslow Homer - Hound and Hunter
Definition
water color and oil
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Helen Frankenthaler - Flood
Definition
open line is blurry and soft
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Fan K'uan - Travelers amid Mountains and Streams
Definition
ink many different brushstrokes for different types of landscapes.
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Alessandro Botticelli - Adoration of the Magi
Definition
outlining and has axis lines
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Piet Mondrian - Broadway boogie woogie
Definition
the lines suggest movement and stability and strength
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Mark Rothko - Earth Greens
Definition
green and brown rectangles. boundary lines of blue
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Georgia O'Keefe - Ghost Ranch Cliffs
Definition
warm colors such as red, yellow, and orange
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Coppo di Marcovaldo - Madonna & Child
Definition
conventional Christian symbols; sacred
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Rembrandt van Rijn - Self Portrait
Definition
deep meditation, looks a little sad
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Frido Kahlo - Self potrait with thorn necklace and hummingbird
Definition
shows vulnerability, distraction, suffering of Christ, Mexican
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Romaine Brooks - Self Potrait
Definition
masculine, uprightness, independence
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