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To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about What Makes Great Art , please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Feb 21, Maxine rated it it was ok. Nice look at some "great" art pieces of the world, with interesting explanations as to how they came about etc. One thing I noticed - out of all the artists featured, 1 was a woman, and maybe 2 were not white. Would've given one more star had there been representation, bc I did enjoy the book and it was very well organized. Jan 12, Raluca rated it liked it Shelves: This book presents a selection of great artworks, along with a brief explanation. I found most of these images captivating, some of the explanations were reasonable but they were all a bit brief and I felt that none of them really explained what made the artwork stand out. Overall rating 3. Aug 30, B. I felt as though the greats were not well represented, and if included, their main works were not selected, cast aside in favor of lesser, and poorer works. Ultimately there were maybe five to ten I thought fit the criteria set by the authors and only two that I truly enjoyed. I was hoping for more, and I was hoping for a collection of works that I might have enjoyed from the different periods, but unfortunately, that was not the case. Mar 02, VannTile rated it really liked it Shelves: design-read. A coffee table art gallery, this book turns over some famous paintings and some really good ones. However, the stylistic distance is rather short, and it's not a good cultural metric of art's history. Basically like a mini art gallery? Felt this was a good level of information for a person like me with 0. This book is a very brief survey of various types of art. The book is organized by different topics such as narrative art, etc. The book is very concise, and while I enjoyed the actual art pieces, the information was so brief that I didn't learn a lot. In addition, some of the paintings are vertical, which means I had to rotate the book while reading it! Book is divided into themes rather than eras. Without a doubt, the narrative theme was my favorite. I'm a writer; I like stories regardless of the way they're told. Sep 01, Lee rated it liked it. Interesting, but didn't blow my hair back. Good overview but quite brief. Aug 18, Charlotte Stevenson rated it it was ok. Found in the Van Gogh museum - wish it had included more lesser known painting opposed to merely the popular of the greats. Christina rated it liked it Oct 02, Mademoiselle rated it really liked it Jul 31, Karina Jacobus rated it really liked it Mar 21, Gere, Charlotte. Greenthal, Kathryn. Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master Sculptor. Gregory H. Centeno, Janet G. Douglas, Christina Hagelskamp, John T. Haynes, Robyn E. Hodgkins, Edward A. Kennedy, Sarah Kleiner, Michele D. Thomas, and Anna Vila. Hamilton, George Heard. Hendricks, Gordon. Herdrich, Stephanie L. Barbara Weinberg, with Marjorie Shelley. Hesselman, Dorothy. Ivins, W. How Prints Look: Photographs with a Commentary. Johnson, Dale T. American Portrait Miniatures in the Manney Collection. Johnson, Marilynn. Karpinski, Caroline, A. Hyatt Mayor, and John J. Kaufmann, Edgar, Jr. Kiehl, David W. Lauder Collection. Thomas Cole's Journey: Atlantic Crossings. LaRocca, Donald J. Luhrs, Kathleen, ed. Maddox, Kenneth W. Cropsey's Paintings of Sugar Loaf. Manuels, Marijn. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Philadelphia. McKendry, John J. Meschutt, David. Naef, Weston J. Newhall, Beaumont. Parry, Ellwood C. Peck, Amelia. Perry, Regenia A. Pressly, Nancy Dorfman. Reynolds, Graham, with the assistance of Katharine Baetjer. Rodriguez Roque, Oswaldo. Rubin, Stephen D. Shelley, Marjorie. Soper, Alexander C. Spassky, Natalie. Strouse, Jean. Pierpont Morgan: Financier and Collector. The curators of the American Wing, with an introduction by Morrison H. Heckscher and H. Gerdts, Melissa Dabakis, Joyce K. Schiller, Thomas P. Somma, Andrew J. Walker, Alexis L. Boylan, and Janis C. Perspectives on American Sculpture Before Tracy, Berry B. Schwartz, and Suzanne Boorsch. Voorsanger, Catherine Hoover, and John K. Howat, eds. Howat, Kevin J. Avery, Thayer Tolles, Morrison H. Art and the Empire City: New York, — Waddell, Roberta. Barbara, with contributions by Elizabeth E. Burnside, Stephanie L. Herdrich, Erica E. Hirshler, Megan Holloway, Susan G. Childe Hassam: American Impressionist. Weinhardt, Carl J. Bell, Adrienne Baxter. Department of Photographs. Dobney, Jayson Kerr and Wendy Powers. Dobney, Jayson Kerr. Dubanksy, Mindell. Glasscock, Jessica. Hecht, Johanna. Heckscher, Morrison. Ives, Colta. Jaffee, David. Kenny, Peter. Kornhauser, Betsy. Liebster, Amy. Myers, Nicole. Obniski, Monica. Veith, Barbara and Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen. Wees, Beth. Weinberg, Barbara. Barbara and Carrie Rebora Barratt. American Art, 20th Century. Agee, James. Many Are Called. Baker, Elizabeth C. Ellsworth Kelly: Recent Paintings and Sculptures. Bearden, Romare. Bolton, Andrew, with an essay by Michael Chabon. Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy. Wild: Fashion Untamed. Bolton, Andrew. Bowles, Hamish, with essays by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Clark, Robert Judson, Andrea P. Belloli, with David G. De Long, Martin Eidelberg, J. Taragin, and Christa C. Mayer Thurman. Design in America: The Cranbrook Vision, — Conroy, Frank. Eklund, Douglas. The Pictures Generation, — Gardner, Albert TenEyck, A. Hyatt Mayor, and James J. American Painting in the Twentieth Century. Goldberger, Paul. Frank Stella: Painting into Architecture. Hambourg, Maria Morris, Jeff L. Rosenheim, Douglas Eklund, and Mia Fineman. Walker Evans. Paul Strand circa Hunter-Stiebel, Penelope. Ivins, William Mills, Jr. Jackson-Dumont, Sandra, ed. Charles James: Beyond Fashion. Koda, Harold, and Kohle Yohannan. The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion. Extreme Beauty: The Body Transformed. Goddess: The Classical Mode. Lavin, Irving. Lieberman, William S. Painters in Paris, — Martin, Richard, and Harold Koda. Diana Vreeland: Immoderate Style. Martin, Richard. American Ingenuity: Sportswear, s—s. Our New Clothes: Acquisitions of the s. Messinger, Lisa Mintz. Abstract Expressionism: Works on Paper. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Miller, R. Moffett, Kenworth. O'Neill, John P. Clyfford Still. Porter, Eliot. Intimate Landscapes: Photographs. Rippner, Samantha. The Prints of Vija Celmins. Rosenblatt, Arthur. Rosenheim, Jeff. Unclassified: a Walker Evans Anthology. Walker Evans Polaroids. Rosenthal, Nan. Terry Winters: Printed Works. Ruiz Molina, Marina and Christine Olson. Schwarz, Jane. Sims, Lowery Stokes, with contributions by William C. Lane, Lisa J. Servon, and Karen Wilkin. Stuart Davis: American Painter. Sims, Lowery Stokes. Skull, Robert C. Stieglitz, Alfred. Georgia OKeeffe, A Portrait. Swenson, G. Thaw, Eugene Victor. The Block: Poems. Tice, George A. Tucker, Priscilla. Villein, Renata. Wyeth, Andrew. Alteveer, Ian. Charleston, Beth Duncuff. Dabrowski, Magdalena. Department of American Decorative Arts. Department of The Costume Institute. Eklund, Doug. Fineman, Mia. Frelinghuysen, Alice Cooney and Monica Obniski. Gontar, Cybele. Goss, Jared. Griffey, Randall. Griffith Winton, Alexandra. Hemingway, Colette. Hostetler, Lisa. Ickow, Sara. Koda, Harold and Richard Martin. Krick, Jessa. Messinger, Lisa. Murphy, Jessica. Mustalish, Rachel. Paul, Stella. Prather, Marla. Price, Shannon. Reeder, Jan Glier. Roehrig, Catharine H. Veith, Barbara. Voorhies, James. American Art, Colonial Art. Bordes, Marilynn Johnson. Hamilton-Phillips, Martha. American Rococo, — Elegance in Ornament. John Townsend: Newport Cabinetmaker. Husband, Timothy. Hyatt Mayor, and Edith A. Rather, Susan. Hirshler, Theodore E. Stebbins Jr. Heckscher, Aileen Ribeiro, and Marjorie Shelley. John Singleton Copley in America. Safford, Frances Gruber. Ackermann, Daniel Kurt. Ancient Near Eastern Art. Aanavi, Don, Phyllis D. Alexander, S. Anthony, Aleksei Bantikov, Thomas J. Barfield, Konstantin V. Pshenichniuk, Renate Rolle, Karen S. Rubinson, Zainullah Samashev, Peter S. Wells, Gernot Windfuhr, and Leonid T. Aslihan Yener, Jean M. Morris, Marian Feldman, Glenn M. Schwartz, and Eric H. Aruz, Joan, Sarah B. Graff, and Yelena Rakic, eds. Aruz, Joan, ed. Nissen, Donald P. Palmyra: Mirage in the Desert , Arabic edition. Palmyra: Mirage in the Desert. Benzel, Kim, Sarah B. Graff, Yelena Rakic, and Edith W. Bombardieri, Luca. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Brunner, Christopher J. Chow, Fong, Elizabeth K. Collins, Paul. Crawford, Vaughn E. Crawford, Vaughn Emerson. Curators of the Israel Museum. Curtis, John E. Dimand, Maurice Sven. Edited by Joan Aruz, Sarah B. Graff, and Yelena Rakic. Assyria to Iberia at the Dawn of the Classical Age. Fowlkes-Childs, Blair and Michael Seymour. Gough, Michael. Hansen, Donald P. Harper, Prudence O. Silver Vessels of the Sasanian Period. Harper, Prudence Oliver, Kate C. Lefferts, and Oscar White Muscarella. Harper, Prudence Oliver. Ira Spar and Michael Jursa. Kawami, Trudy S. Konstantopoulos, Gina. Lefferts, Kate C. Lilyquist, Christine. Lines, Joan. Markoe, Glenn. An Inscribed Urartian Plaque. Milleker, Elizabeth J. Muscarella, Oscar White. Nickel, Helmut, and Charles K. Nickel, Helmut. Piotrovsky, Boris. Pittman, Holly. Porada, Edith. Rakic, Yelena, ed. Rodney, Nanette B. Root, Margaret Cool. Rorimer, James J. Rubin, Ida Ely, ed. The Guennol Collection Vol. Russell, John Malcolm. Soldi, Sebastiano. Spar, Ira, and Eva von Dassow, with contributions by J. Postgate and Linda B. Spar, Ira, and W. Spar, Ira, ed. Stronach, David. Von Bothmer, Dietrich, ed. Whitcomb, Donald S. Wilkinson, Charles Kyrle. Winter, Irene J. Benzel, Kim. Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art. Department of Greek and Roman Art. Graff, Sarah B. Highcock, Nancy. Kidd, Fiona. Knott, Elizabeth. Rakic, Yelena. Seymour, Michael. Spar, Ira. Szostak, Daira. Tedesco, Laura Anne. Yates, Caitlin Chaves. Art of the Americas. Benson, Elizabeth P. Butterwick, Kristi. Pearson Family Collection. Candela, Iria, and Paola Santoscoy. Coe, Ralph T. King, and Judith Ostrowitz. The Responsive Eye: Ralph T. Coe and the Collecting of American Indian Art. Dockstader, Frederick J. Doyle, James A. Easby, Dudley T. Easby, Elizabeth Kennedy, and John F. Easby, Elizabeth Kennedy. Howe, Ellen G. Fall Spring Jones, Julie, ed. Jade in Ancient Costa Rica. Jones, Julie. Mathews, Zena Pearlstone. Color and Shape in American Indian Art. Symbol and Substance in American Indian Art. Moskowitz, Anita Fiderer. Paz, Octavio. Mexico: Splendors of Thirty Centuries. The Colonial Andes: Tapestries and Silverwork, — Schorsch, Deborah. Wardwell, Allen, ed. Brasser, N. Scott Momaday, Allen Wardwell, and W. Richard West. Cockrell, Bryan. Doyle, James. King, Heidi. McDonald, Mark. Pillsbury, Joanne. New York: The Metropolitan Museum, Slovak, Nicole. Suing, Michael. Watts, Edith. Asian Art General. Harper, Trudy S. Kawami, Boris I. Ancient Art from the Shumei Family Collection. What Makes Great Art: 80 Masterpieces Explained by Andy Pankhurst

Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about What Makes Great Art , please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Nice look at some "great" art pieces of the world, with interesting explanations as to how they came about etc. One thing I noticed - out of all the artists featured, 1 was a woman, and maybe 2 were not white. Would've given one more star had there been representation, bc I did enjoy the book and it was very well organized. Feb 03, Wilde Sky rated it really liked it. This book presents a selection of great artworks, along with a brief explanation. I found most of these images captivating, some of the explanations were reasonable but they were all a bit brief and I felt that none of them really explained what made the artwork stand out. Overall rating 3. Aug 30, B. I felt as though the greats were not well represented, and if included, their main works were not selected, cast aside in favor of lesser, and poorer works. Ultimately there were maybe five to ten I thought fit the criteria set by the authors and only two that I truly enjoyed. I was hoping for more, and I was hoping for a collection of works that I might have enjoyed from the different periods, but unfortunately, that was not the case. A coffee table art gallery, this book turns over some famous paintings and some really good ones. However, the stylistic distance is rather short, and it's not a good cultural metric of art's history. Nov 01, Hattie rated it it was amazing Shelves: art. Basically like a mini art gallery? Felt this was a good level of information for a person like me with 0. This book is a very brief survey of various types of art. The book is organized by different topics such as narrative art, etc. The book is very concise, and while I enjoyed the actual art pieces, the information was so brief that I didn't learn a lot. In addition, some of the paintings are vertical, which means I had to rotate the book while reading it! Book is divided into themes rather than eras. Without a doubt, the narrative theme was my favorite. I'm a writer; I like stories regardless of the way they're told. Interesting, but didn't blow my hair back. Good overview but quite brief. Found in the Van Gogh museum - wish it had included more lesser known painting opposed to merely the popular of the greats. Christina rated it liked it Oct 02, Mademoiselle rated it really liked it Jul 31, Karina Jacobus rated it really liked it Mar 21, Zireael rated it liked it Oct 17, Santiago Mendoza rated it it was amazing Oct 31, This book presents a selection of great artworks, along with a brief explanation. I found most of these images captivating, some of the explanations were reasonable but they were all a bit brief and I felt that none of them really explained what made the artwork stand out. Overall rating 3. Aug 30, B. I felt as though the greats were not well represented, and if included, their main works were not selected, cast aside in favor of lesser, and poorer works. Ultimately there were maybe five to ten I thought fit the criteria set by the authors and only two that I truly enjoyed. I was hoping for more, and I was hoping for a collection of works that I might have enjoyed from the different periods, but unfortunately, that was not the case. Mar 02, VannTile rated it really liked it Shelves: design-read. A coffee table art gallery, this book turns over some famous paintings and some really good ones. However, the stylistic distance is rather short, and it's not a good cultural metric of art's history. Basically like a mini art gallery? Felt this was a good level of information for a person like me with 0. This book is a very brief survey of various types of art. The book is organized by different topics such as narrative art, etc. The book is very concise, and while I enjoyed the actual art pieces, the information was so brief that I didn't learn a lot. In addition, some of the paintings are vertical, which means I had to rotate the book while reading it! Book is divided into themes rather than eras. Without a doubt, the narrative theme was my favorite. I'm a writer; I like stories regardless of the way they're told. Sep 01, Lee rated it liked it. Interesting, but didn't blow my hair back. Good overview but quite brief. Aug 18, Charlotte Stevenson rated it it was ok. Found in the Van Gogh museum - wish it had included more lesser known painting opposed to merely the popular of the greats. 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Phipps, Elena. Pongracz, Patricia C. Powel, Lydia Bond. Rewald, Sabine. Reynolds, Anna. Salinger, Margaretta, with a foreword by John K. Sellers, Charles Coleman. Stephen V. Grenville Gilbert Collection. Taylor, Francis Henry. Tolles, Thayer, ed. Hassler, Joan M. Marter, and Thayer Tolles. Hassler, and Thayer Tolles. Wees, Beth Carver. Weinberg, H. Barbara, and Carrie Rebora Barratt, eds. Conrads, Bruce Robertson, and H. Barbara Weinberg. American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, — Wilson, Joan S. Winifred E. Avery, Kevin J. Barratt, Carrie Rebora. Casey, Emily. Dobney, Jayson. Thurlow, Matthew. Vincent, Nicholas C. Whitlum-Cooper, Francesca. American Art, 19th Century. Abramitis, Dorothy H. Adlin, Jane. Vanities: Art of the Dressing Table. Conway, and catalogue entries by Kevin J. Herdrich, and Karl Kusserow. Howat, Weston J. Naef, Edwin M. T he Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin , v. Barratt, Carrie Rebora, and Ellen G. Gilbert Stuart. Barratt, Carrie Rebora, and Lori Zabar. Bean, Jacob, Dudley T. Easby, Jr. Howat, John J. McKendry, Robert C. Scull, and Gene Swenson. Biddle, James, Byron A. Born, and Yvonne Hackenbroch. Biddle, James. Bolger, Doreen. William M. Burke, Doreen Bolger, et al. Callahan, Colleen R. Cantor, Jay E. Carboni, Stefano. Carr, Dawson W. Schub, and Priscilla Tucker. Grancsay, Morrison H. Cikovsky, Nicolai. Clark, Carol. Clark, Robert J. Cook, Brian F. Daniel, Malcolm R. Dillon, C. Fenton, Edward. Ferber, Linda S. Garrett, Wendell D. Gere, Charlotte. Greenthal, Kathryn. Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Master Sculptor. Gregory H. Centeno, Janet G. Douglas, Christina Hagelskamp, John T. Haynes, Robyn E. Hodgkins, Edward A. Kennedy, Sarah Kleiner, Michele D. Thomas, and Anna Vila. Hamilton, George Heard. Hendricks, Gordon. Herdrich, Stephanie L. Barbara Weinberg, with Marjorie Shelley. Hesselman, Dorothy. Ivins, W. How Prints Look: Photographs with a Commentary. Johnson, Dale T. American Portrait Miniatures in the Manney Collection. Johnson, Marilynn. Karpinski, Caroline, A. Hyatt Mayor, and John J. Kaufmann, Edgar, Jr. Kiehl, David W. Lauder Collection. Thomas Cole's Journey: Atlantic Crossings. LaRocca, Donald J. Luhrs, Kathleen, ed. Maddox, Kenneth W. Cropsey's Paintings of Sugar Loaf. Manuels, Marijn. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Philadelphia. McKendry, John J. Meschutt, David. Naef, Weston J. Newhall, Beaumont. Parry, Ellwood C. Peck, Amelia. Perry, Regenia A. Pressly, Nancy Dorfman. Reynolds, Graham, with the assistance of Katharine Baetjer. Rodriguez Roque, Oswaldo. Rubin, Stephen D. Shelley, Marjorie. Soper, Alexander C. Spassky, Natalie. Strouse, Jean. Pierpont Morgan: Financier and Collector. The curators of the American Wing, with an introduction by Morrison H. Heckscher and H. Gerdts, Melissa Dabakis, Joyce K. Schiller, Thomas P. Somma, Andrew J. Walker, Alexis L. Boylan, and Janis C. Perspectives on American Sculpture Before Tracy, Berry B. Schwartz, and Suzanne Boorsch. Voorsanger, Catherine Hoover, and John K. Howat, eds. Howat, Kevin J. Avery, Thayer Tolles, Morrison H. Art and the Empire City: New York, — Waddell, Roberta. Barbara, with contributions by Elizabeth E. Burnside, Stephanie L. Herdrich, Erica E. Hirshler, Megan Holloway, Susan G. Childe Hassam: American Impressionist. Weinhardt, Carl J. Bell, Adrienne Baxter. Department of Photographs. Dobney, Jayson Kerr and Wendy Powers. Dobney, Jayson Kerr. Dubanksy, Mindell. Glasscock, Jessica. Hecht, Johanna. Heckscher, Morrison. Ives, Colta. Jaffee, David. Kenny, Peter. Kornhauser, Betsy. Liebster, Amy. Myers, Nicole. Obniski, Monica. Veith, Barbara and Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen. Wees, Beth. Weinberg, Barbara. Barbara and Carrie Rebora Barratt. American Art, 20th Century. Agee, James. Many Are Called. Baker, Elizabeth C. Ellsworth Kelly: Recent Paintings and Sculptures. Bearden, Romare. Bolton, Andrew, with an essay by Michael Chabon. Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy. Wild: Fashion Untamed. Bolton, Andrew. Bowles, Hamish, with essays by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Clark, Robert Judson, Andrea P. Belloli, with David G. De Long, Martin Eidelberg, J. Taragin, and Christa C. Mayer Thurman. Design in America: The Cranbrook Vision, — Conroy, Frank. Eklund, Douglas. The Pictures Generation, — Gardner, Albert TenEyck, A. Hyatt Mayor, and James J. American Painting in the Twentieth Century. Goldberger, Paul. Frank Stella: Painting into Architecture. Hambourg, Maria Morris, Jeff L. Rosenheim, Douglas Eklund, and Mia Fineman. Walker Evans. Paul Strand circa Hunter-Stiebel, Penelope. Ivins, William Mills, Jr. Jackson-Dumont, Sandra, ed. Charles James: Beyond Fashion. Koda, Harold, and Kohle Yohannan. The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion. Extreme Beauty: The Body Transformed. Goddess: The Classical Mode. Lavin, Irving. Lieberman, William S. Painters in Paris, — Martin, Richard, and Harold Koda. Diana Vreeland: Immoderate Style. Martin, Richard. American Ingenuity: Sportswear, s—s. Our New Clothes: Acquisitions of the s. Messinger, Lisa Mintz. Abstract Expressionism: Works on Paper. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Miller, R. Moffett, Kenworth. O'Neill, John P. Clyfford Still. Porter, Eliot. Intimate Landscapes: Photographs. Rippner, Samantha. The Prints of Vija Celmins. Rosenblatt, Arthur. Rosenheim, Jeff. Unclassified: a Walker Evans Anthology. Walker Evans Polaroids. Rosenthal, Nan. Terry Winters: Printed Works. Ruiz Molina, Marina and Christine Olson. Schwarz, Jane. Sims, Lowery Stokes, with contributions by William C. Lane, Lisa J. Servon, and Karen Wilkin. Stuart Davis: American Painter. Sims, Lowery Stokes. This is why we have compiled a list featuring interpretations of famous paintings. We have no desire to impose our subjective views on you - in fact, we expect you to form your own opinion of all the paintings listed below - but our analyses may provide you with some food for thought, and may help you to get started. Furthermore, it is not your conclusion about a painting that matters - it is your reasoning: in other words, WHY you like it, or hate it, or feel indifferent towards it. When analyzing a painting, don't forget - it is merely paint arranged in a certain way. No more, no less. So open your eyes and take a careful look at things like: 1 how the artist has used lines to draw shapes; 2 the different colours reds, yellows and so on used; 3 the different shades or tones of particular colours used light blue, mid-blue, dark blue and so on ; 4 what sort of surface texture the painter has created - is it very smooth, for instance, with few visible brush strokes, or is it pitted with clumps of thick paint and obvious signs of brushwork? If so, is he simply trying to replicate reality, or is he trying to say something about it? In the old days, for instance, if an artist included a dog in his portrait of a married woman, it implied that the woman was faithful to her husband. Many paintings contain symbols like this; 8 if the painting is completely abstract, look closely at the types of shapes it contains, and ask yourself if they remind you of anything. Now, using the information you have generated by analyzing the painting according to these 8 points, ask yourself what the painter's intention was, in each case. For example, if you noticed point 3 that the artist used a lot of bright red paint - ask yourself why? What was the artist trying to achieve? Or, if you notice that your attention is drawn to a particular object in the picture - ask yourself why the artist might wish to attract your eye to this particular spot. If you can form an opinion as to what the artist's intention was, in relation to the above points, you are bound to have a pretty good appreciation of the painting itself. Famous Paintings Analyzed. Unknown Artists c. The Annunciation c. The Ecstasy of St. Garden of Earthly Delights Oil on wood, Prado Museum, Madrid This devotional triptych is one of the most enigmatic and visionary works of art of the 16th century Netherlandish Renaissance. Haywain Triptych Oil on panel, Prado Museum, Madrid Another religious masterpiece which focuses on the consequences of sin. La Primavera Tempera on poplar panel, Uffizi, Florence Commissioned by the Medici family, this complex allegorical work combines the linear elegance of Gothic art and the humanistic narrative of the Italian Renaissance. One of the finest examples of mythological painting from the Italian Renaissance. Birth of Venus Tempera on canvas, Uffizi, Florence Commissioned by the humanist patron Lorenzo Medici, this painting was the first secular nude since classical antiquity. It belongs to a series of mythological pictures painted by Botticelli after his return from the Sistine Chapel in Rome. Dijon Altarpiece Museum of Fine Arts, Dijon Combines the decoration and symbolism of International Gothic art, with the naturalism of Italian 14th century pre-Renaissance painting. Bronzino, Agnolo Tower of Babel Oil on panel, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Commissioned by the Antwerp art collector Niclaes Jonghelinck, this is the second of three versions of the same subject. A stunning pictorial expression of the idea that, without divine rescue, Man's worldly labours are pointless and futile. Hunters in the Snow Oil on oak panel, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna One of the most famous landscape pictures in the history of painting, it contains - like all Bruegel's works - a significant narrative on the rural behaviour of 16th century Netherlanders. Massacre of the Innocents c. Peasant Wedding Feast Oil on oak panel, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna This well-known Flemish illustration of peasant life exemplifies Bruegel's late Italianate style of figure painting. It contains numerous symbolic references and an unmistakable moral undertone. Parable of the Blind Oil on oak panel, Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte One of the most famous examples of a diagonal spatial arrangement, this painting is the typical Bruegel mixture of genre painting, religious sermon and landscape painting. Merode Altarpiece Annunciation Triptych c. In another second, he will rise up, become Matthew the apostle and follow Christ out of the room. The Crucifixion of St. Peter Cerasi Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome The most shocking feature of this painting is the banal efforts of those tasked with Peter's execution. With all the pushing and pulling and lifting, one almost loses sight of the fact that a man is being put to death. Supper at Emmaus National Gallery, London One of the best examples of Caravaggio's realist religious painting, noted also for its foreshortening, chiaroscuro and trompe l'oeil effects at the edge of the picture plane. Death of the Virgin Morte della vergine Louvre, Paris Caravaggio avoids the overt emotion seen in Mannerist painting, choosing instead to highlight the grief of the mourners by hiding their faces, with careful use of dramatic tenebrism to pick out the weeping mourners, and illuminate Mary's body with heavenly light. So the painting is really a portrait of the boy Cecco rather than a depiction of a classical Cupid. Carracci, Annibale Assumption of the Virgin Parma Cathedral An awesome example of quadratura painting on the underside of the dome. Found in the Van Gogh museum - wish it had included more lesser known painting opposed to merely the popular of the greats. 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Best Art History Books of All Time - BookAuthority Dijon Altarpiece Museum of Fine Arts, Dijon Combines the decoration and symbolism of International Gothic art, with the naturalism of Italian 14th century pre-Renaissance painting. Bronzino, Agnolo Tower of Babel Oil on panel, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Commissioned by the Antwerp art collector Niclaes Jonghelinck, this is the second of three versions of the same subject. A stunning pictorial expression of the idea that, without divine rescue, Man's worldly labours are pointless and futile. Hunters in the Snow Oil on oak panel, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna One of the most famous landscape pictures in the history of painting, it contains - like all Bruegel's works - a significant narrative on the rural behaviour of 16th century Netherlanders. Massacre of the Innocents c. Peasant Wedding Feast Oil on oak panel, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna This well-known Flemish illustration of peasant life exemplifies Bruegel's late Italianate style of figure painting. It contains numerous symbolic references and an unmistakable moral undertone. Parable of the Blind Oil on oak panel, Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte One of the most famous examples of a diagonal spatial arrangement, this painting is the typical Bruegel mixture of genre painting, religious sermon and landscape painting. Merode Altarpiece Annunciation Triptych c. In another second, he will rise up, become Matthew the apostle and follow Christ out of the room. The Crucifixion of St. Peter Cerasi Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome The most shocking feature of this painting is the banal efforts of those tasked with Peter's execution. With all the pushing and pulling and lifting, one almost loses sight of the fact that a man is being put to death. Supper at Emmaus National Gallery, London One of the best examples of Caravaggio's realist religious painting, noted also for its foreshortening, chiaroscuro and trompe l'oeil effects at the edge of the picture plane. Death of the Virgin Morte della vergine Louvre, Paris Caravaggio avoids the overt emotion seen in Mannerist painting, choosing instead to highlight the grief of the mourners by hiding their faces, with careful use of dramatic tenebrism to pick out the weeping mourners, and illuminate Mary's body with heavenly light. So the painting is really a portrait of the boy Cecco rather than a depiction of a classical Cupid. Carracci, Annibale Assumption of the Virgin Parma Cathedral An awesome example of quadratura painting on the underside of the dome. The Death of Marat Oil on canvas, Musees Royaux des Beaux Arts, Brussels The ultimate propaganda painting which makes a secular martyr out of a ruthless revolutionary. A Young Hare Albertina, Vienna One of the first nature studies to constitute a painting in its own right. Dominated by the central figure of Jesus in a rich scarlet robe. Portrait of Felix Hortensio Paravicino c. Ghent Altarpiece Oil on wood, St Bavo Cathedral, Ghent One of the greatest religious paintings of the day, this massive polyptych by Hubert and Jan van Eyck is one of the cultural cornerstones of the Flemish School of painting, acclaimed for its vivid colour, stunning realism and wide-ranging subject matter. Man in a Red Turban Oil on wood, National Gallery, London One of several world-famous oil paintings by the leader of the Flemish School, it exemplifies the new realism which emanated from Flanders during the 15th century, and which influenced a wide range of Italian Renaissance painters. Arnolfini Portrait Oil on wood, National Gallery, London Painted in Bruges and crammed with complex symbolism, this work is one of the most famous panel paintings of the 15th century Flemish School of painting. Fragonard, Jean-Honore Fuseli, Henry A favourite Biblical subject of Artemisia's, which is usually modelled on herself as Judith , and her rapist Agostino Tassi as Holofernes. Old Man with a Young Boy Louvre Museum, Paris Ghirlandaio's work illustrates the humanistic strides made by Early Renaissance art and culture during the quattrocento. Scrovegni Chapel Frescoes c. Had a major influence on the art of the Florentine Renaissance. The Isenheim Altarpiece c. The greatest expressionist altarpiece in the history of art; combines Gothic art, Bosch-like imagery and the latest German Renaissance painting techniques. Art critics have never fully understood it. Exemplifies Hals' lively and spontaneous style of portraiture, although ironically the sitter is neither a Cavalier nor is he laughing. Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam National Gallery, London Holbein's first major portrait, it turned him into an international artist. Portrait of Thomas Cromwell National Portrait Gallery, London Cromwell was Holbein's main sponsor during his second visit to England, and the his career never fully recovered from Cromwell's downfall in This now hangs in the National Gallery in London. Lady with an Ermine Oil on panel, Czartoryski Museum, Krakow One of only a tiny handful of portraits completed by the Florentine genius Leonardo da Vinci, this painting was commissioned by Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, Leonardo's main employer between the years and It exemplifies Leonardo's matchless oil painting technique, including the device of sfumato. Lamentation over the Dead Christ c. Camera degli Sposi frescoes Fresco, Camera Picta, Ducal Palace, Mantua One of the most famous examples of Early Renaissance illusionistic painting, the ceiling and mural frescoes in this commonplace reception room at the Ducal Palace in Mantua, are characterized by trompe l'oeil painting techniques like quadratura. Annunciation Triptych with St. Margaret and St. Ansanus Uffizi Gallery, Florence Martini's greatest work, this exquisite Gothic altarpiece was created for a side chapel in the Siena Cathedral. The Tribute Money Fresco mural, Brancacci Chapel Another mural from the Brancacci Chapel fresco cycle, it is noted for its scientific linear perspective, humanistic aesthetics and three-dimensional figures. Holy Trinity Fresco mural, Santa Maria Novella, Florence An iconic work of Early Renaissance painting , it is noted for its outstanding application of single-point linear perspective. The Last Judgment Triptych c. Painted a few years before the Donne Triptych , National Gallery, London this is Memling's most important religious painting, linking Gothic art with that of the Florence Renaissance. Small-scale altarpiece with grisaille exterior, commissioned by the Welsh nobleman Sir John Donne of Kidwelly and executed in Bruges. Genesis Fresco Ceiling of Sistine Chapel, Rome Arguably the greatest exemplar of figurative painting in the history of art, this spectacular fresco decoration occupies about 1, square-metres of ceiling, illustrating events taken from the biblical Book of Genesis. Together with the Genesis work, it is regarded as the greatest ever masterpiece of religious art. Parmigianino Christ Handing the Keys to Saint Peter Sistine Chapel, The Vatican, Rome One of the greatest works of Biblical art from the Italian Renaissance, it reinforces the dogma surrounding Papal authority and demonstrates the concept of linear perspective. The Belleville Breviary Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris The most famous illuminated breviary known to 14th century French painting. Personal prayer-book created for the French Queen, Jeanne d'Evreux. A masterpiece of the Provencal school. It is believed to be a collaborative effort between Raphael and other assistants, such as Giulio Romano. Anatomy Lesson of Dr. The commission was awarded to Rembrandt after his bankruptcy, indicating the high respect which he still commanded. Suicide of Lucretia c. The Jewish Bride c. Return of the Prodigal Son Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg One of Rembrandt's last paintings, it represents his finest interpretation of a Biblical scene - in this case the famous parable of the lost son from St Luke's gospel. Some owe their greatness to composition of colour, others offer profound insights into their human subjects, and some convey their message particularly effectively. 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