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Famous Artists...
Pinconning High School Final Exam Review
2010
Leonardo da Vinci
1452- 1519 Italian High
Renaissance Country: Italy Mona Lisa Last Supper
Mona Lisa The Last Supper
Michelangelo
Italian High Renaissance
Country: Italy 1475-1564 Greatest artist that ever
lived? Sistine Chapel
Sistine Chapel
Rembrant (1606- 1669)
Chiaroscuro: light & shadow
*over 40 self-portraits in his lifetime
Return of the Prodigal Son, 1662
This piece is the most monumental of Rembrandt’s paintings and stands above the achievements of all other Baroque artists of the time in its evocation of mood and human tenderness. Rembrandt painted this masterpiece towards the end of his career, but it is obvious that his skill in realism had not faded. Critics of this piece remark that age had only brought Rembrandt a heightened sense of psychological and spiritual insight. The artist’s use of expressive lighting and coloring in this painting along with the most simple of settings help the audience to feel the full impact of the event. Wanting to depict a tired and defeated son returning home to his father, Rembrandt compassionately painted the outstretched arms of a man happy to see his son return to him. The painting is symbolic of homecoming and illuminates the human willingness to offer shelter to those who have experienced darkness.
Claude Monet
Impressionism inventor
Paris, France 1840- 1926 Sunrise: Impressionism Interested in how
sunlight affected scenes
Sunrise: Impressionism 1872
Edgar Degas
Impressionism Paris, France 1834- 1917 Subjects: ballet &
horses
Edgar Degas
Vincent van Gogh
Post-impressionism 1853- 1890 From: Holland Mentally unstable- cut
off part of his ear, etc. Starry Night
Starry Night, 1889
Georgia O'keefe
American female watercolorist
1887- 1985 Abstract FLOWERS &
skulls Red Canna
Red Canna
Frida Kahlo
Mexican Artist 1907- 1954 Married to famous
muralist, Diego Rivera Symbolic work to
express her pain
Jacob Lawrence
African-American artist
1917-2000 *focused on African-
American civil rights freedom movement(s)
spent time in foster care...
Educated by Harlem artistic workshops
Jacob Lawrence...The Library
Pablo Picasso
Spanish artist Inventor of Cubism 1881- 1973 Child prodigy
Grant Wood
1891- 1942 American Regionalist Painted during the
Great Despression pride in American farms
American Gothic, artist: Grant Wood
Andy Warhol
1928- 1987 American Pop Artist International celebrity
& pop culture icon ...took mass produced
products & turned them into art
Artist & film maker
Louise Nevelson (1899- 1988)***American Jewish Sculptor/ Independent mind
Alexander CalderCalder 1898- 1976***Most influential SCULPTOR of our time!