Thursday, February 3, 2011

Themes in Art

Religious subject matter from a secular perspective:
- Calling of Saint Matthew, Caravaggio (1597-1601)
Fantasy
- Garden of Earthly Delights, Bosch (1505-1510)
War
- Battle of Issus, Albrect Altdorfer (1529)
Mythology
- Aurora, Guido Reni (1613-1614)
Love
-Burial of Atala, Anne-Louis Girodet-Trison (1808)
Revolutions in Art
- Luncheon on the Grass, Manet (1863)
Urbanization
- Paris: A Rainy Day, Gustave Caillebrotte (1877)
Gender Roles
- Saying Grace, Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin (1740)
Powerful Women in History
- Judith Slaying Holofernes, Artemesia Gentileschi (1614-1620)
Transportation
- Rain, Steam and Speed, J. M. W. Turner (1844)
Dreams
- The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters, Francisco Goya (1798)
Art Inspired by Music
- The Musicians, Caravaggio (1595)
Food and Mealtime
- Supper Party, Gerrit van Honthorst (1620)
Media Propoganda
- Death of Marat, Jacques-Louis David (1793)
Fashion in Art
- Louis XIV, Hyacinthe Rigaud (1701)
Controversial Works of Art
- Nude Descending a Staircase, Marcel Duchamp (1912)

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