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Mrs. Knowlton's Art Elective

Artists, art periods, and works covered include:

Mona Lisa or La Gioconda (1503–05/07)‍—‌Louvre, Paris, France- permission non commercial use

Da Vinci (Renaissance) - Vitruvian Man (1485), The Last Supper (1498), Mona Lisa (1503-1519) - sfumato

Michaelangelo (Renaissance) - Pieta (1498-99), David (1504), Sistine Chapel Ceiling (1508-12) - fresco, The Last Judgement (1510)

Vermeer (Baroque) - The Milk Maid (1658), The Girl with the Pearl Earring (1665), The Art of Painting (1666)

Rembrandt (Baroque) - The Storm on the Sea of Galilee (1633), The Night Watch (1642), Self Portraits (to 1659)

Age of Enlightenment (Rococo, Neo-classicism, and Romanticism)

Fragonard - The Swing - Rococo

David - The Oath of the Horatii - Neo-classicism

Gainsborough - Romanticism - The Harvest Wagon (1767), The Blue Boy (1770), and Mr. and Mrs. Andrew's (1750)

Delacroix - Romanticism - Liberty Leading the People (1830) and Orphan Girl at Cemetery (1823)

Impressionism

Painting Claude Monet - permission non commercial use

Monet - Impression, Sunrise (1872), Water Lily series (1920), Haystacks (1890)

Degas - The Dance Class (1873), The Bellini Family (1858)

Renoir - Dance at Le Moulin del la Galette (1876), Luncheon of the Boating Party (1880), Girls at the Piano (1892)

Post-Impressionism

Artist

Vincent van Gogh 1889 Oil on Canvas permission- non commercial use

Cezanne - Still Life with Apples (1882)

Seurat - A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (1886)

Van Gogh - The Starry Night (1869), Sunflowers (1888)

Gauguin - Jacob Wrestling with the Angel (1888)

Toulouse Lautrec - At the Moulin Rouge (1889), Poster of Jane Avril

Munch - The Scream (1893)

Klimt - The Kiss (1907)

Fauvism

Matisse - The Goldfish (1911), The Open Window (1905)

Expressionism

Kandinsky - Reiter (1911)

Cubism

Braque - Violin and Candlestick (1910)

Picasso - Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907), Three Musicians (1921), Girl Before a Mirror (1932)

Futurism

Boccioni - Dynamism of a Cyclist (1913)

De Stijl/Neoplasticism

Mondrian - Composition of Red, Blue, and Yellow (1930), Broadway Boogie Woogie or Trafalgar Square (1943)

Dada

Duchamp - L.H.O.O.Q. (1919), The Fountain (1917)

Surrealism

Dali - The Persistence of Memory (1931)

Realism

O'Keeffe - Black Iris III (1926)

Wood - American Gothic (1930)

Abstract Expressionism: Action Painting

Pollock - Enchanted Forest (1947)

Pop Art

Worhol - Campbell Soup Cans (1962)

Lichtenstein - Girl at the Piano (1963)

Concepts and Techniques covered:

Contour Drawing

Blind and modified contour drawing

Shading

Stippling/Crosshatching

Composition (including open and closed)

Color Wheel/Warm and Cool Colors

Painting

Scuplting

Watercoloring

Oil Pastels

Action Painting