Understand Art
Kris Sammy
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Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853 – 1890) was a major Post-Impressionistpainter. He was a Dutch artist whose work had a far-reaching influence on 20th-century art. His output includes portraits, self portraits, landscapes, and still lifes of cypresses, wheat fields and sunflowers. Van Gogh drew as a child but did not paint until his late twenties; he completed many of his best-known works during the last two years of his life. In just over a decade, he produced more than 2,100 artworks, including 860 oil paintings and more than 1,300 watercolors, drawings, sketches and prints.
 The Starry NightArtist: Vincent van Gogh Location: Museum of Modern Art Period: Post-Impressionism Created: June 1889 Dimensions: 2' 5" x 3' 0" (74 cm x 92 cm) Genre: Landscape painting |  Self Portrait- with Straw HatArtist: Vincent van Gogh Dimensions: 0' 7" x 0' 6" (19 cm x 14 cm) Created: 1887 Media: Oil paint Subject: Vincent van Gogh Period: Post-Impressionism |  Self portrait-dark felt hatArtist: Vincent van Gogh Dimensions: 1' 4" x 1' 1" (42 cm x 32 cm) Created: 1886 Media: Oil paint Subject: Vincent van Gogh Genre: Portrait |
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 Starry Night Over the RhoneArtist: Vincent van Gogh Location: Musée d'Orsay Genre: Landscape painting Created: September 1888 Dimensions: 2' 5" x 3' 0" (72 cm x 92 cm) Subject: Arles, Rhône |  IrisesArtist: Vincent van Gogh Location: J. Paul Getty Museum Dimensions: 2' 4" x 3' 1" (71 cm x 93 cm) Created: 1889 Media: Oil paint Subject: Iris |  Wheatfield with CrowsArtist: Vincent van Gogh Location: Van Gogh Museum Created: July 1890 Media: Oil paint Period: Impressionism Subject: Auvers-sur-Oise, Wheat |
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci or Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519) was an Italianpolymath, painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, artist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived. His innovations in the field of painting influenced the course of Italian art for more than a century after his death.
 Mona LisaArtist: Leonardo da Vinci Location: The Louvre (since 1797) Created: 1503–1517 Dimensions: 2' 6" x 1' 9" (77 cm x 53 cm) Subject: Lisa del Giocondo Period: The Renaissance |  vitruvian manArtist: Leonardo da Vinci Dimensions: 1' 2" x 0' 10" (34 cm x 26 cm) Created: 1490 Media: Ink |  Lucan portrait of Leonardo da VinciArtist: Leonardo da Vinci Created: 1505 |
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 The Last SupperArtist: Leonardo da Vinci Location: Santa Maria delle Grazie Created: 1495–1498 Dimensions: 15' 1" x 29' (4.6 m x 8.8 m) Periods: Italian Renaissance, High Renaissance, The Renaissance Genres: Christian art, History painting |  Leonardo's horseArtist: Leonardo da Vinci Province: Province of Milan |
 san giorgio maggiore at duskArtist: Claude Monet Location: National Museum Cardiff Created: 1908–1912 |  Rouen Cathedral sWest Facade SunligtArtist: Claude Monet Location: National Gallery of Art Created: 1894 Media: Oil paint Subject: Rouen Cathedral Period: Impressionism |  Impression SunriseArtist: Claude Monet Location: Musée Marmottan Monet Period: Impressionism Created: 1872–1872 Dimensions: 1' 7" x 2' 1" (48 cm x 63 cm) Genres: Landscape painting, Marine art |
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 The Water Lily PondArtist: Claude Monet Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art (since 1929) Created: 1899 Dimensions: 3' 0" x 2' 5" (93 cm x 74 cm) Media: Oil paint Period: Impressionism |
 AnxietyArtist: Edvard Munch Created: 1894 |  The ScreamArtist: Edvard Munch Period: Expressionism Created: 1893–1893 Genre: Abstract art Dimensions: 3' 0" x 2' 5" (91 cm x 74 cm) Locations: National Gallery, Munch Museum |  Sera nel corso carl johan |
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 MadonnaArtist: Edvard Munch Created: 1894–1895 Media: Oil paint Subject: Madonna Genre: Visionary art Periods: Expressionism, Symbolism |
 Tutankhamun's Golden Death Mask14th Century BC |  Thutmose III Statue15th Century BC |  Nefertiti Bust14th Century BC |
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 Egyptian Book of the Dead16th Century BC |  Amarna Period Art14th Century BC |  Cave painting of a dun horse |
 Relief from the Ara Pacis AugustaeAltar of Augustan Peace, 9 B.C. |  Augustus of Primaporta1st century C.E. |  Pair of Centaurs Fighting Cats130 B.C.E. |
 Bronze horse8th Century BC |  Bell idol7th Century BC |
 Moses |  PietaArtist: Michelangelo Location: St. Peter's Basilica Dimensions: 5' 9" x 6' 5" (1.74 m x 1.95 m) Media: Marble Created: 1498–1499 Subject: Mary, Pietà , Lamentation of Christ |  DavidArtist: Michelangelo Location: Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze Created: 1501–1504 Media: Carrara marble Subject: David Periods: Italian Renaissance, The Renaissance |
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 BacchusArtist: Michelangelo Location: Bargello Created: 1496–1497 Media: Marble Subject: Dionysus |
 Draped Reclining FigureArtist: Henry Moore Created: 1956 |  Oval with Points (Princeton)Artist: Henry Moore Location: Princeton University (since 1971) Created: 1969–1970 Media: Bronze Genre: Abstract art |  Reclining Figure: FestivalArtist: Henry Moore |
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 Large Interior FormArtist: Henry Moore Location: Art Institute of Chicago Building Created: 1982 Media: Bronze |  Man Enters the CosmosArtist: Henry Moore Location: Adler Planetarium Created: 1980 Media: Bronze |
 by Marcel Duchamp |  conceptual5.jpg |  by Sol LeWitt |
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 by Felix Partz |  |  by jeff koons |
 by Jeff Koons |  Marilyn"Marilyn" (1981) by Andy Warhol |  convergenceConvergence, 1952 by Jackson Pollock |