Spotlight Artist: Ai Weiwei
Art Code: Art take Courage Political Art Topic: Censorship Synopsis Ai Weiwei (Chinese: 艾未未; pinyin: Ài Wèiwèi, English pronunciation...
Spotlight Artist: #4 Caravaggio (1571-1610) Italian Baroque
Caravaggio David with the Head of Goliath 1607 (Italian Baroque) Oil on wood panel Summary Michelangelo Merisi (Michele Angelo Merigi or...
Spotlight Artist: #3 Paul Cezanne (1839 - 1906)
The Basket of Apples 1893 Oil on canvas, 2’ 2” x 2’ 7” The Art Institute of Chicago Readings 1. Read this introductory article about...
Spotlight Artist: #2 Rachel Ruysch (1664 - 1750)
Still-Life with Fruit and Insects 1711 Oil on wood, 44 x 60 cm (approx. 18” x 24”) Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence Synopsis READ:Adapted...
Spotlight Artist: #1 Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (1699 - 1779)
The Silver Tureen c. 1728 Oil on canvas 30 x 42 1/2 in. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Synopsis Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin (b...
Spotlight Artwork: Nike of Samothrace
Unknown sculptor Greece, ca. 190 BCE Marble, approx. 8’ 1” high Louvre, Paris. Art Code: "Say something." Synopsis The Winged Victory of...
Spotlight Artist: Polykleitos
Doryphoros (Spear Bearer) Roman copy of the bronze original by Polykleitos ca. 450 - 440 BCE (CLASSICAL) 6’ 11” high Marble Art Code:...
Spotlight Artist: 19th Century isms- Neoclassicism, Romanticism, and Realism.
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Spotlight Artist: Kritios Boy
from the Acropolis Athens, Greece c. 480 BCE (CLASSICAL) Marble, approx. 3’ 10” high. Acropolis Museum, Athens NOTE: While it's...
Spotlight Artist: Lorenzo Bernini
One of the most important early Baroque sculptors, Bernini is best known as the creator of the Ecstasy of St. Theresa sculpture. ...
