An Overview: 1907-1960
January 17th, 2009
Here’s an overview we did of the period of 1907-1960. Again, very general, but hopefully helpful.
Works of art discussed:
Pablo Picasso, Three Women at the Spring, oil on canvas, 1921 (MoMA)
René Magritte, The Human Condition, oil on canvas, 1933 (private collection)
Piet Mondrian, Broadway Boogie-Woogie, 1943-44 (MoMA)
An overview of the period 1848-1907
January 17th, 2009
We made this video as an overview of Western Art between 1848-1907 — obviously woefully incomplete, but hopefully helpful about some of the “big” issues.
Works Discussed:
William Holman Hunt, Strayed Sheep (Our English Coasts), oil on canvas, 1852 (Tate Britain)
Claude Monet, Boulevard des Capucines, oil on canvas, 1873 (Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City)
Vincent Van Gogh, Potato Eaters, oil on canvas, 1885 (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam)
Rembrandt’s Three Crosses
January 17th, 2009
Rembrandt, The Three Crosses, etching and drypoint, 1653
(made with Dr. David Drogin)
Wow! Google Earth at the Prado
January 13th, 2009
Google earth and the Prado — read here.
Wow! What else is there to say?
Goya’s Third of May, 1808:
Look at this and this and this and this!
