A BRIEF HISTORY OF WESTERN ART

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF WESTERN ART

• CAVE MAN TO 21ST CENTURY

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PREHISTORIC ART CAVE PAINTING
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EGYPTIAN PAINTING AND SCULPTURE 5000 BC to 300
AD. Egyptian art in all forms obeyed one law
the mode of representing man, nature and the
environment remained almost the same for
thousands of years and the most admired artists
were those who replicated most admired styles of
the past.
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GREEK ART 250BC
ROMAN ART 100-500 AD
Greek art began around 2500b.c. until 250 b.c.
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BYZANTINE ART 5TH CENTURY
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EARLY RENAISSANCE
UCCELLO, PaoloThe Rout of San Romanoc.
1456National Gallery, London
MASACCIO The Holy Trinity 1425
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Leonardo da VinciThe Annunciationc.
1472-1475Oil and tempera on panel(98 x 217
cm)Galleria Uffizi, Florence
Fra AngelicoAnnunciation1439-1443Fresco(176 x
148 cm)Cell 3, Convent of San Marco, Florence
THE RENAISSANCE
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Botticelli, SandroThe birth of Venusc.
1485Tempera on canvas172.5 x 278.5 cm Uffizi,
Florence
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LATE RENAISSANCE
Leonardo da VinciMona Lisa1503-1506Oil on
wood77 x 53 cm Louvre, Paris
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MichelangeloThe Creation of AdamFresco1510
Detail from The Sistine Chapel ceiling
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Bruegel, PieterThe Peasant Dance1568Oil on oak
panel114 x 164 cmKunsthistorisches Museum Wien,
Vienna
DUTCH RENAISSANCE
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BAROQUE
REMBRANDT, THE ANATOMY LESSON, 1630
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MEINDERT HOBBEMA, 1689
JAN DAVIDSZ DE HEEM, 1640
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BAROQUE
VELAZQUEZ, DiegoLas Meninas1656Oil on
canvas312 x 250cmMuseo del Prado, Madrid What
is a life? A frenzy. What is life?? A shadow, an
illusion, and a sham.? The greatest good is
small all life, it seems? Is just a dream, and
even dreams are dreams Calderon de la Barca
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ROCOCO airy, frivolous and light
GAINSBOROUGH, 1750
FRAGONARD , 1730
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Turner, Joseph Mallord WilliamDido building
Carthage or the Rise of the Carthaginian
Empire1815Oil on canvas155.5 x 232 cmNational
Gallery, London
ROMANTICISM
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Turner, Joseph Mallord WilliamThe Burning of the
Houses of Lords and Commons, 16th October,
18341835Oil on canvas92 x 123 cmPhiladelphia
Museum of Art
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Monet, ClaudeImpression, Sunrise1872Oil on
canvas48 x 63 cm Musee Marmottan, Paris
IMPRESSIONISM The beginning of Modern Art
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Monet, ClaudeHouses of Parliament, London, Sun
Breaking Through the Fog1904Oil on canvas81 x
92 cm Musee d'Orsay, Paris
Monet, ClaudeWater Lilies (The Clouds)1903Oil
on canvas74.6 x 105.3 cm Private collection
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Cezanne, PaulMountains in Provence1886-90 Oil
on canvas(63.5 x 79.4 cm)National Gallery,
London
POST IMPRESSIONISM
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VAN GOGH, VincentRoad with Cypress and Star1890
Oil on canvas(92 x 73 cm)Rijksmuseum
Seurat, Georges POINTILISM The Eiffel Tower1889
Oil on panel 37 x 30 cmThe Fine Arts Museums of
San Francisco
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EXPRESSIONISM
Beckmann, MaxThe Night 1918-19Oil on
canvasDusseldorf
Edvard Munch The Scream 1893
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CUBISM PABLO PICASSO
The Glass Paris, Autumn 1911Oil on canvas 32 x
17 cmThe Art Institute of Chicago
Self portrait 1896 (painted age 15) Oil on canvas
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JUAN GRIS
GEORGES BRAQUE
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FUTURISM
Boccioni, UmbertoDynamism of a Cyclist1913Oil
on canvas27 1/2 x 35 3/8 in (70 x 90 cm)
Marcel Duchamp 1912 Nude Descending a Staircase
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ABSTRACT ART
Mondrian, PietComposition A Composition with
Black, Red, Gray, Yellow, and Blue 1920Oil on
canvas 91.5 x 92 cm Galleria Nazionale Rome
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KANDINSKY COMPOSITION VIII 1923
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SURREALISM
SALVADOR DALI Metamorphosis of Narcissus 1930
The Persistance of Memory 1931
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Frankenthaler, HelenSeeing the Moon on a Hot
Summer Day Acrylic on canvas8' 7 3/8" x 5' 4
1/4"Private collection
Jackson Pollock Full Fathom Five 1947
ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM
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POP ART
ROY LICHTENSTEIN
ANDY WARHOL
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OP ART
Victor Vasarely Untitled (purple and green)
Bridget RileyArrest 1, 1965 Emulsion on Canvas,
70x681/4 in.
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MINIMALISM
Mary Course
Whos afraid of red, yellow and blue? Barnett
Newman 1969
The end of Modern Art?
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POST MODERNISM mid - late 20th Century Conceptual
Installation Low Brow Performance Multi
Media Appropriation Art
Appropriation Marcel Duchamps' L.H.O.O.Q. (1919),
Installation/Multi Media Rennee Butler, Movement
in B FlatScreen, silk, mirror, wire triangles
circle, 2 video projections, sound and wooden
armature 2005-06
Damien Hirst - Conceptual
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Performance Art
Alexander Del Re From Otherness
Lowbrow Art, Mark Ryden
Alejandra Herrera Intolerante al género