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16 Cards in this Set
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"Lion Panel"
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-Cave Art
-Made in 30,000 B.C.E. in France -Found in Deep caves where people would not have lived -Has contour lines that give a real sense of the 3-D aspect -Uses different values to show light and dark -Has volume by using lines and shading, which give the appearance of depth and space |
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial
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-Maya Lin
-Aligned on axis with Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial to show importance of soldiers and war to America -Has an incline and fall to show timeline of war -Height is to show how overwhelming war is -Cut into ground "like a wound" and scars the landscape -The mirror like reflection shows past connection and that you were a part of the sacrifice |
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Starry Night
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-Van Gogh
-Shows how swiftly perspective can change -The city is all balanced and calm while the sky is in chaos and in constant motion -City is either sleeping peacefully, or sleeping on the verge of fire and storm -either tree or fire; beautiful bright sky or heavens in tormoil; mountains or wave crashing down. |
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Emotor
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-Hawkinson
-Means that you can never explain all emotions; there are never the same emotions on the face at one time -shows a statement by being his modern self-portrait -Always underlying emotions |
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Pieta
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-Bellini
-Has geometric qualities and also uses different hues to show aesthetic beauty -Uses triangular shapes throughout Mary's body to b/c triangle is thought to be the most perfect shape -Vegetation has symbolic power of crucifiction -Blue robe is used because blue is the most expensive color of paint -roads are directional lines to wounds |
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Kiss
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-Rodin
-Made of marble -Has different characteristics in the the bodies are smooth and the pedestal is rough and worked. -In some places the bodies almost melt into the pedestal |
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Arnolfini Double Portrait
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-Jan van Eyck
-a premarriage portrait made for the bankers of the Medici family -Many symbol: dog- fidelity, candle-prescence of God, no shoes-holy ground, pregnant & red bed-fertility, fruit-fruitfullness -woman not pregnant, wearing dress appropriate to time -woman is wearing garment of a virgin- blue gown w/ green overdress |
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Liberty Leading the People
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-Delacroix
-Largly about socialism -Exhibits 3 values of French Revolution: Liberty, equality, fraternity -Liberty= allegorical/divine figure leading french to victory w/ flag in one hand and gun in the other "have to fight for freedom" -Child beside her represents innocence and shows how important she is being bigger -Greek goddess made liberty |
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Altar to Chases High School
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-Boltanski
-Monument to Holocost -Graduating class (hope of future) -Blurred faces to give ghostly look -Boxes symbolize graves or Nazi files -Light symbolized halos or interrogation lights |
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Raft of Medusa
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-Gericault
-Gericault made out of own money -Deep red hue against dull background -Man in red is the stoic and looks roman- his expression is one of noncaring, thoughtfulness, accepted fate, holding onto past -Diagonal lines make "pyramid of hope" -Light directs eyes and gives hope on brink of doom -small narratives involved in each character |
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A Sunday on La Grande Jatte
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-Seurat
-Uses pointalism=optical visualization -Mixes other colors so that our eyes do not interpret the different colors at a distance -Plays with how our eyes blend colors |
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Nocturne in Blue
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-Whistler
-Uses only complimentary colors (Blue and Orange) -Uses white to make different values of these hues -Very calm work because of the blue |
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The Scream
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-Munch
-Artist conveys fear out of the simple image -Red/orange=hot colors that give scary apocalyptic-like sky -Main dude misses out on human characteristics and looks ghostly -No horizontals, so no stability -Other people go on as if nothing is wrong -Only diagonal lines are the bridge and make image into our faces -Death made munch feel like he lived in a world of the dead & was already dead |
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Executions of the Third of May
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-Goya
-Uses colors White, yellow, and red -Man in white=Christlike figure -Theatrical spotlight used. Should only have limited light from lantern but much more is lit by unseen light |
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Death and Life
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-Klimt
-has Assymetrical balance showing opposition between life and death -Life= light-hued sleeping humans on right -Death= dark, heavy, skeleton, and grave markers -Death is calling out to woman with eyes open |
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The Burning of the Houses of Parliament
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-Turner
-Watched it happen from a boat on Thames River -Gives perspective from opposing side of river -Red large heavy fire balances with white bridge- assymetrical balance |