Art 4, Essay 04, Compare & Contrast Two Artists

Choose a pair of artists from the slides, or come up with two other artists, but run it

by me first. It should be two similar artists, same time frame and similar subject matter.

Jean Leon Gerome and Eugene Delacroix

Suzanne Valadon and Mary Cassatt

Vincent Van Gogh to Paul Gauguin

Mary Cassatt to Edward Degas

Berthe Morisot to Mary Cassatt

Edouard Manet and Claude Monet

Henri Matisse & Henri Vuillard

Thomas Cole to Albert Bierstadt

Frederic Remington to Charles M. Russell

Frida Kahlo to Georgia O'Keefe

Emily Carr and Georgia O'keefe

Salvador Dali & Rene Magritte

Diego Rivera to Jose Clemente Orozco

Thomas Hart Benton to Reginald Marsh

Thomas Hart Benton to Maynard Dixon

Edward Hopper to Reginald Marsh

Jackson Pollock and Franz Kline

Alice Neel to Lucian Freud

Richard Diebenkorn and Mark Rothko

Elmer Bischoff and David Park

Jasper Johns & Robert Rauschenberg

Sylvia Sleigh to Alice Neel

Andy Warhol and Keith Haring

Enrique Chagoya and Paula Rego

Maria Izquierdo and Paula Rego

Jim Nutt to Gladys Nilsson

Raymond Saunders to Squeak Carnwath

Squeak Carnwath to Inez Storer

Wayne Thiebaud to Janet Fish

Joseph Cornell to Marcel Duchamp

Hannah Hoch to John Heartfield

Patty Warashina to Robert Arneson

Judy Chicago to Georgia O’Keefe

George Segal to Duane Hanson

Jenny Holzer to Barbara Krueger

romantic love was invented to manipulate women

sin is a means of social control

the unattainable is invariably attractive

religion causes as many problems as it solves

private property created crime

planning for the future is escapism

morals are for little people

dying and coming back gives you considerable perspective

drama often obscures the real issues

description is more valuable than metaphor

deviants are sacrificed to increase group solidarity

believing in rebirth is the same as admitting defeat

being alone with yourself is increasingly unpopular

artificial desires are despoiling the earth

abuse of power should come as no surprise

a single event can have infinitely many interpretations

Laslo Moholy Nagy to Raoul Hausmann

Walker Evans to Robert Frank

Margaret Bourke-White to Helen Levitt

Tina Modotti and Edward Weston

Imogene Cunningham to Edward Weston

Ansel Adams to Robert Adams

Diane Arbus to Robert Mapplethorpe

Olivia Parker to Linda Connor

Emmett Gowin to Ralph Eugene Meatyard

Sally Mann to Emmett Gowin

Holly Roberts to Maggie Taylor

Maggie Taylor to Jerry Uelsman

Danny Lyons to Larry Clark

Kelli Connell to Julie Blackmon

If you choose Kelli and Julie, you’ll need to read to understand Kelli’s imagery, do not assume.