FAS 202 Milestone One
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FAS 202 List of Comparisons
The purpose of this document is to provide a starting point for your research. As you develop the final
project for this course, you will need to continue research beyond this list.
Italian Baroque/Abstract Expressionism Theme: dramatic expression
• Caravaggio, Entombment of Christ (Italian Baroque), ca. 1602 • Jackson Pollock, Autumn Rhythm (Number 30) (Abstract Expressionism), 1950
• For contemporary connection, try looking at professional performance art (theater, dance, music, etc.)
Possible Research Sources:
o https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/monarchy-enlightenment/baroque- art1/baroque-italy/a/caravaggio-deposition
o http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/57.92 o http://www.webexhibits.org/colorart/abstract-expressionism.html
Dutch Baroque/Postimpressionism Theme: portrayal of family meal
• Jan Steen, The Merry Family (Dutch Baroque), 1668
• Van Gogh, The Potato Eaters (Postimpressionism), 1885
• For contemporary connection, try looking at home improvement magazines/television shows, commercial advertising Possible Research Sources:
o http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/artists/181/jan-steen-dutch-1626-1679/ o http://www.artble.com/artists/vincent_van_gogh/more_information/style_and_techni
que o http://www.theartstory.org/artist-van-gogh-vincent-artworks.htm
Dutch Baroque/Surrealism Theme: the presentation of self/female self-portraiture
• Judith Leyster, Self Portrait (Dutch Baroque), 1630 • Frida Kahlo, The Two Fridas (Surrealism), 1939
• For contemporary connection, try looking at various forms of social media, the selfie phenomenon Possible Research Sources:
o https://www.nga.gov/Collection/art-object-page.37003.html o http://www.theartstory.org/artist-kahlo-frida.htm
o https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-1010/art-between-wars/latin-american- modernism1/a/kahlo-the-two-fridas-las-dos-fridas
Neoclassicism/Modernism Theme: honoring war veterans
• Jean Chalgrin et al., Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, Paris (Neoclassicism), 1806–1836
• Maya Lin, Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Modernism), 1982
• For contemporary connection, try looking at contemporary public memorials Possible Research Sources:
o http://www.arcdetriompheparis.com/history o https://web.archive.org/web/20160403035643/http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildin
gs/Vietnam_War_Memorial.html o https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-1010/minimalism-
earthworks/v/mayalin-vietnamvetmem Neoclassicism/Superrealism Theme: the depiction of the human form
• Jean-Antoine Houdon, George Washington (Neoclassicism), 1788–1792 • Duane Hanson, Supermarket Shopper (Superrealism), 1970
• For contemporary connection, try looking at contemporary portrait sculpture Possible Research Sources:
o https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-americas/british-colonies/early- republic/a/houdon-george-washington
o http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/sculpture/duane-hanson.htm Enlightenment/Postmodernism Theme: impact of technology
• Joseph Wright of Derby, Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump (Neoclassicism), 1768 • Nam June Paik, any of his digital works of art (Postmodernism), 1970
• For contemporary connection, try looking at modern art/science/technology Possible Research Sources:
o http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/joseph-wright-of-derby-an-experiment-on- a-bird-in-the-air-pump
o https://www.moma.org/artists/4469 Romanticism/Abstract Expressionism Theme: the sublime
• Caspar David Friedrich, Monk by the Sea (Romanticism), ca. 1809 • Barnett Newman, Vir Heroicus Sublimis (Abstract Expressionism), 1950-51
• For contemporary connection, try looking at religion
Possible Research Sources:
o http://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/the-sublime/what-is-the-sublime- r1109449
o http://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/the-sublime/the-romantic-sublime- r1109221
o https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/becoming- modern/romanticism/romanticism-in-germany/a/friedrich-monk-by-the-sea
o http://www.moma.org/collection/works/79250
Romanticism/Impressionism Theme: political landscape
• J. M. W. Turner, The Burning of the House of Lords and Commons (Romanticism), 1835 • Monet, The Houses of Parliament, Sunset (Impressionism), 1903
• For contemporary connection, try looking at contemporary impressionism
Possible Research Sources:
o https://www.nga.gov/Collection/art-object-page.46523.html o https://web.archive.org/web/20161221021951/https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2007
/turner/turner_brochure.pdf Romanticism/Post Impressionism Theme: the beauty of nature
• Thomas Cole, The Oxbow (Romanticism), 1836 • Van Gogh, Olive Trees With Yellow Sky and Sun (Postimpressionism), 1889
• For contemporary connection, try looking at contemporary landscape photography, earth art
Possible Research Sources:
o http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/cole/hd_cole.htm o http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/famous-artists/thomas-cole.htm o http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/roma/hd_roma.htm o http://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/landscape-and-the-sublime o http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/gogh/hd_gogh.htm o http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/poim/hd_poim.htm
Romanticism/Realism Theme: representation of war
• Francisco Goya, The Disasters of War (Romanticism), 1810–1820 (any print from the series)
• Timothy O’Sullivan, A Harvest of Death (Realism/Photography), 1863 • For contemporary connection, try looking at mass media, journalism
Possible Research Sources:
o https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/goya-disasters-of-war/
o http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1470451/ o http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/58082/timothy-h-o'sullivan-print-by-
alexander-gardner-a-harvest-of-death-american-negative-july-4-1863-print-1866/ Romanticism/Surrealism Theme: sleep/dreams
• Henry Fuseli, The Nightmare (Romanticism), 1782
• Salvador Dali, Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening (Surrealism), 1944
• For contemporary connection, try looking at modern psychology
Possible Research Sources:
o http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/gothic-nightmares-fuseli- blake-and-romantic-imagination/gothic
o http://www.bbk.ac.uk/english/19c/Workshop%203,%20item%203%20- %20press%20release.pdf
o https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-1010/dada-and- surrealism/xdc974a79:surrealism/a/surrealism-and-psychoanalysis http://www.museothyssen.org/en/thyssen/ficha_obra/352
o http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Freud/Dreams/dreams.pdf Impressionism/Contemporary Theme: motherhood/nursing mothers
• Mary Cassatt, Mother Rose Nursing Her Child (Impressionism), 1900 (or any “mother nursing her child” image by Cassatt)
• Catherine Opie, Self-Portrait/Nursing (Contemporary), 2004
• For contemporary connection, try looking at maternity/newborn photography Possible Research Sources:
o http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/cast/hd_cast.htm o http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/28826 o http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online/artwork/14666 o http://www.brooklynrail.org/2008/12/artseen/neo-maternalism-contemporary-artists-
approach-to-motherhood