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20 Great Paintings
Miss. Vaccaro
Fine Arts
Van Eyck: Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife (1434)
Flemish Style
• Marriage certificate in a painting.
• The mirror in the background has the artist in it.
• The artwork was a gift to his wife.
• Painted in complementary colors.
• It suggests but the women’s body language that she might be
pregnant.
DA Vinci: Mona Lisa
High Renaissance
• The painting has other names like "La Gioconda”
• Held in a bulletproof case in 68 degrees.
• King France !(King of France) purchased the painting from Leonardo
after he became the court painter in 1517.
• Could be a self Portrait.
• Another version of the painting was just found.
• The background is a known place in Italy.
• She might be pregnant.
• Is she smiling or not?
Velasquez: Las Meninas (1656)
Baroque Style
• The painter is in the artwork and no other artist had done this
before.
• The little girl is a princess.
• The King and Queen are in the background watching the painter.
• The painting shows the ladies in waiting.
• The princess was painted in white to make her pop out of the
paintings dull background.
Vermeer: Young Woman with a Water Pitcher (1662)
Delft School
• Painted his servants.
• Used a light box to create a realistic look.
• Mixed his own paint.
• 1887 it was bought for $800. Now it is worth millions.
• Was an example of everyday Flemish life.
Seurat: La Grande Jatte (1886)
Post Impressionist
• The painter used a technique that uses miniature dots of colors that
merge into one color.
• He liked to paint outside.
• The painting is 8X12 size.
• When inspected he only used 6 colors.
• More than one copy exists.
Rousseau: Carnival Evening (1886)
Naïve Art (Primitivism)
• The figures are contrasting the background.
• The perspective is layered wrong.
• (Notice the people are on the same plane as the trees.
• The artist was known for his simple brushstrokes and lines.
• The colors are limited to the grey scale.
Van Gogh: Starry Night (1889)
Impressionist Style
• The painting shows movement in the brush strokes.
• The painting was done
• The artwork was painted outside at night.
• The painting has thick strokes that pop off the canvas.
• He liked bright colors and did not use black only shades of dark blue.
Renoir: Bal du Moulin de la Galette (1876)
Impressionist Style
• Renoir uses brightly colored brushstrokes to add movement to the
figures.
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The models were friends of the artist.
Dancing became a theme Renoir used in his paintings.
The use of black made other colors pop.
The painting as done in a real dance hall.
Renoir liked to show movement.
Munch: The Scream (1893)
Surrealist Style
• There are 4 versions of this painting.
• Was stolen from one of museums and recently found and sold for
$120,000,000
• The artist painted his fear and dreams.
• The artist was a showed fear and emotion in the face and the
background.
Klimt: The Kiss (1908)
Art Nouveau Style
• The artist used other works as inspiration.
• Painted with real gold.
• The artist used a quilt as inspiration.
• The artist loved how the work glowed in the light. The
complementary colors show movement and feeling.
• The face has been used in so many other works.
Chagall: I and the Village (1911)
Naïve Art (Primitivism)
• Was based on a dream the artist had.
• He was known for his simple strokes and bright colors.
• The artist used color to create focus on the face. The artist said this
was about his childhood and recurring dreams.
• The circle is repeated in the work over and over.
• The painting was suppose to be a love letter to his girlfriend.
• The artist was known for his mixing of mediums.
Picasso: Three Musicians (1921)
Cubist Style
• The artist used basic shapes to create the figures.
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The use of complementary colors help identify the three musicians.
The basic shapes and colors create unity.
The artist was the founder of this movement.
The colors and textures help show detail.
Monet: Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies (1926)
Impressionist Style
• This was a bridge in his personal garden.
• The bridge was painted many times by the artist during different
parts of his life.
• He was known for his large brushstrokes.
• He loved the Lilies for all the colors they reflect.
O’Keeffe: Poppy (1927)
Precisionist Style
• She loved to paint flowers up close.
• She was married to a famous photographer.
• She moved to the South for inspiration.
• She focused on the beauty of one flower not a whole bunch.
Woods: American Gothic (1930)
Realist Style
• A realist painting of a farmer and his daughter.
• Gothic refers to the style of the house behind the figures.
• The painting refers to the middle class of middle America.
Dali: Persistence of Memory (1931)
Surrealist Style
• The artist would paint his dreams.
• The melting clock represents the passing of time.
• The artist made a series of this dream.
• The ants represent the minutes.
• The sleeping figure in the middle is the artist.
Kahlo: The Two Fridas (1939)
Surrealist Style
• Was a very sick person who had back problems.
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Painted herself in many of her works.
She was married to a famous painter.
Her eyebrow made her famous.
Mexican painter who was never artistically trained.
Dressed in traditional Mexican costumes all the time.
Warhol: Turquoise Marilyn (1964)
Pop Art Style
• Was part of a group of paintings.
• Was produced from a photograph.
• Done in Silk Screen.
• He also did a series on cars, Coke bottles and Campbell soup cans.
• He was known for using iconic artist or pop culture items in his work.
• He created them in mass quantities.
Van Gogh: Bedroom in Arles (1898)
Impressionist
• He “flattened” the interior and left out the shadows so that his
picture would more closely resemble a Japanese print.
• He used colors that are know to calm and relax people.
• Three versions of this room is known of.
• This was painted when he was in a mental hospital.
• He loves bright colors in this period of his life.
• He tried to create texture on the floor that resembled real wood.
Lichtenstein: Bedroom at Arles (1992)
Pop Art Style
• He changed a painting into a cartoon style.
• Bigger than the original.
• He updated the room with modern chairs and towels. He was known
to take cartoons and blow them up to see the dots.
• In this painting he altered the floor to make it look like wood.
• He cleaned the lines and the modernized it.
Miss. Vaccaro
Fine Arts Fact Sheet
Fill in Two Facts about each of the paintings.
Van Eyck: Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife (1434)
• • Flemish Style
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Da Vinci: Mona Lisa (1503)
• • High Renaissance
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Velasquez: Las Meninas (1656) -
• • Baroque Style
• •_________________________________________________
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Vermeer: Young Woman with a Water Pitcher
(1662)
• • Delft School
• • __________________________________________________
• •___________________________________________________
Seurat: La Grande Jatte (1886)
• • Post Impressionist
• •_________________________________________________
• •_________________________________________________
Rousseau:Carnival Evening (1886)
• Naïve Art (Primitivism)
• •__________________________________________________
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Van Gogh: Starry Night (1889)
• Impressionist Style
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Renoir: Bal du Moulin de la Galette (1876) –
• Impressionist Style
• _________________________________________________
• _________________________________________________
Munch: The Scream (1893)
• Surrealist Style
• • __________________________________________________
• • __________________________________________________
Klimt: The Kiss (1908) –
• Art Nouveau Style
• •_________________________________________________
• • __________________________________________________
Chagall: I and the Village (1911)
• • Surrealist Style
• •_________________________________________________
• •_________________________________________________
Picasso: Three Musicians (1921)
• • Cubist
• •_________________________________________________
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Monet: Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies (1926)
• • Impressionist Style
• •_________________________________________________
• • __________________________________________________
O’Keeffe: Poppy (1927)
• • Precisionism
• • __________________________________________________
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Woods: American Gothic (1930)
• • Realist Style
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Dali: Persistence of Memory (1931)
• • Surrealist Style
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Kahlo: The Two Frida’s (1939)
• • Surrealist Style
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Warhol: Turquoise Marilyn (1964)
• • Pop Art Style
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Van Gogh: Bedroom in Arles (1898)
• • Impressionist
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Lichtenstein: Bedroom at Arles (1992)
• • Pop Art Style
• •_________________________________________________
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Reference:
1. Chagall, M. (1911). I and the village. Retrieved from
http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=78984
2. Dali , S. (1931). The persistence of memory. Retrieved from
http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/salvador-dali
3. Da Vinci, L. (1503). Mona lisa. In Retrieved from
http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/mona-lisa-–-portrait-lisagherardini-wife-francesco-del-giocondo
4. Kahol, F. (1939). The two fidas. Retrieved from
http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/frida-kahlo/the-two-fridas-1939
5. Klimt, G. (1908). The kiss. Retrieved from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kiss_(Klimt)
6. Lichtenstein, R. (1992). Bedroom at arles. In Retrieved from
http://www.nga.gov/press/exh/2985/index.shtm
7. Monet, C. (1926). Monet: Bridge over a pond of water lilies .
Retrieved from http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-thecollections/110001575
8. Munch. (1893). The scream. Retrieved from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scream
9. O'Keeffe, G. (1927). Poppy. Retrieved from
http://www.essentialart.com/acatalog/Georgia_O_Keeffe_prints_Po
ppy_1927.html
10.Picasso, P. (1921). Three musicians [Paintings]. Retrieved from
http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=78630
11.Renoir , A. (1876). Dance at le moulin de la galette. Retrieved from
http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/collections/works-infocus/search.html?no_cache=1&zoom=1&tx_damzoom_pi1[showUi
d]=4038
12.Rousseau, H. (1910). Carnival evening. Retrieved from
http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/59593.html
13.Seurat , G. (1884). A sunday on la grande jatte. Retrieved from
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/exhibitions/Impressionism/Seu
rat
14.van Eyck, J. (1434). The arnolfini portrait. In Retrieved from
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/jan-van-eyck-thearnolfini-portrait
15.van Gogh, V. (1898). Bedroom at arles. In Retrieved from
http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsp?page=2796&lang=en
16.Van Gogh, V. (1889). The starry night [Painting]. Retrieved from
http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=79802
17.Velázquez, D. (n.d.). Las meninas. Retrieved from
http://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/online-gallery/online-gallery/obra/the-family-of-felipe-iv-or-las-meninas/
18.Vemeer, J. (1662). Young woman with a water pitcher. Retrieved
from http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-thecollections/110002334
19.Warhol, A. (1964). Turquoise marilyn. In Retrieved from
http://superflygallery.com/turquoise-marilyn-1964-by-andy-warhol/
20.Woods, G. (1930). American gothic. Retrieved from
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/6565
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Great Paintings
Miss. Vaccaro
Fine Arts Fact Sheet
Fill in Two Facts about each of the paintings.
Van Eyck: Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife (1434)
• Flemish Style
• _________________________________________________
• _________________________________________________
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Vinci: Mona Lisa (1503)
High Renaissance
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Velasquez: Las Meninas (1656) • Baroque Style
• __________________________________________________
• __________________________________________________
Vermeer: Young Woman with a Water Pitcher (1662)
• Delft School
• ___________________________________________________
• ___________________________________________________
Seurat: La Grande Jatte (1886)
• Post Impressionist
• ___________________________________________________
• ___________________________________________________
Rousseau:Carnival Evening (1886)
• ___________________________________________________
• ___________________________________________________
Van Gogh: Starry Night (1889)
• ___________________________________________________
• ___________________________________________________
Renoir: Bal du Moulin de la Galette (1876) –
• ___________________________________________________
• ___________________________________________________
Munch: The Scream (1893)
• ___________________________________________________
• ___________________________________________________
Klimt: The Kiss (1908) –
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Art Nouveau Style
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
Chagall: I and the Village (1911)
• Naïve Art (Primitivism)
• ___________________________________________________
• ___________________________________________________
Picasso: Three Musicians (1921)
• Cubist
• ___________________________________________________
• ___________________________________________________
Monet: Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies (1926)
• Impressionist Style
• ___________________________________________________
• ___________________________________________________
O’Keeffe: Poppy (1927)
• Precisionism
• ___________________________________________________
• ___________________________________________________
Woods: American Gothic (1930)
• Realist Style
• ___________________________________________________
• ___________________________________________________
Dali: Persistence of Memory (1931)
• Surrealist Style
• ___________________________________________________
• ___________________________________________________
Kahlo: The Two Frida’s (1939)
• Surrealist Style
• ___________________________________________________
• ___________________________________________________
Warhol: Turquoise Marilyn
(1964)
• Pop Art Style
• ___________________________________________________
• ___________________________________________________
Van Gogh: Bedroom in Arles (1898)
• Impressionist
• ___________________________________________________
• ___________________________________________________
Lichtenstein: Bedroom at Arles (1992)
• Pop Art
• ___________________________________________________
• ___________________________________________________
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