Image Packet for Midterm: Art History Review

Midterm review artists, title of painting, and year

Abstraction in Five Tones and Complementaries

A 1943 abstract artwork created by Joaquín Torres-García in Montevideo, inscribed with 'ARTE ABSTRACTO SIGLO XX'.

Young Woman Reading

An 1880 painting created by Osman Hamdi Bey.

Movement of the Hand, Hand Changing Pencil

A photographic motion-sequence study created c. 1884-86 by Muybridge.

Frederick Douglass daguerreotype

A photographic portrait of Frederick Douglass made c. 1847-1852 by Samuel J Miller.

The Gare Saint-Lazare

An 1877 painting by Monet capturing the interior train sheds and steam of the Parisian station.

One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

An 1857 woodblock print series produced by Hiroshige.

In the Loge

A painting created c. 1878 by Cassatt depicting an audience member observing through opera glasses.

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte

An 1884-86 painting executed by Seurat using Pointillist optical color mixing.

Starry Night

An 1889 painting created by Van Gogh depicting a swirling night sky over a town and a towering cypress tree.

The Scream

An 1893 Expressionist painting created by Munch depicting an agonized figure under a vivid orange sky.

The Woman with a Hat

A 1905 Fauvist portrait executed by Matisse using non-naturalistic, expressive colors.

Setting Sun

A 1929 Modernist painting created by Brazilian artist Amaral.

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon

A 1907 proto-Cubist painting by Picasso featuring fragmented, planar depictions of five figures.

Matala mask (frontal view)

An undated carved wooden mask created by a Pende maker, viewed directly from the front.

Matala mask (three-quarter view)

An undated carved wooden mask created by a Pende maker, viewed from an angled three-quarter perspective.

Agbogho Mmuo

A 1949 painting created by Enwonwu, associated with his 'Africa Dances' series.

The Dynamism of a Cyclist

A 1913 Futurist painting by Boccioni visualizing speed, energy, and mechanical motion.

City in the Night

An artwork painted c.1925 by Gaganendranath Tagore using geometric and Cubist-influenced structures.

Street, Dresden

A 1908 German Expressionist painting created by Kirchner depicting pedestrians in an alienated urban streetscape.

Such is Paris

A 1931 composition by Pang Xunqin from the dual work 'Such is Paris and Such is Shanghai', depicting modern European nightlife motifs and cafe signage.

Such is Shanghai

A 1931 composition by Pang Xunqin from the dual work 'Such is Paris and Such is Shanghai', incorporating modern figures, a traditional theatrical mask, and playing cards.

Proto-Cubist

The transitional art classification identified with Picasso's 1907 work Les Demoiselles d'Avignon that preceded Cubism.

Daguerreotype

An early photographic process illustrated by Samuel J Miller's c. 1847-1852 portrait of Frederick Douglass.