Art History Midterm Image and Artwork Review

Flashcards covering key works of art, artists, dates, locations, and figure illustrations from 'The Story of Art' midterm image list.

Simone Martini, Annunciation with St. Margaret and St. Ansanus

1333 Gothic tempera and gold panel painting depicting the Annunciation with St. Margaret and St. Ansanus.

Giotto, The Lamentation of Christ

c. 1304 fresco painting located in the Arena Chapel in Padua, Italy.

Masaccio, The Holy Trinity, with the Virgin, Saint John and Donors

c. 1425 fresco created for the Church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence, Italy.

Michelangelo, David

1504 Renaissance marble sculpture of the biblical figure David.

Domenico Ghirlandaio, Birth of the Virgin

1491 fresco located in the Church of Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy.

Raphael, School of Athens

1509-11 High Renaissance fresco in the Apostolic Palace, Vatican.

Raphael, Marriage of the Virgin

c. 1504 High Renaissance oil painting depicting the marriage ceremony of Mary and Joseph.

Piero della Francesca, The Flagellation of Christ

c. 1470 Renaissance perspective masterpiece showing the scourging of Christ.

Leonardo Da Vinci, The Last Supper

1495 mural painting located in the Refectory of the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan, Italy.

Sandro Botticelli, The Birth of Venus

c. 1485 painting from Le Gallerie Degli Uffizi depicting the goddess Venus emerging from the sea.

Andrea Mantegna, Lamentation of Christ

c. 1480 Renaissance painting famous for its dramatic foreshortening of the dead body of Christ.

Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel Ceiling

1508 High Renaissance fresco ceiling masterpiece commissioned by Pope Julius II.

Limbourg brothers, The Very Rich Hours of the Duke of Berry

c. 1412 Gothic illuminated manuscript commissioned by John, Duke of Berry.

Jan van Eyck, The Arnolfini Portrait

1434 Northern Renaissance double portrait preserved in the National Gallery.

Jan & Hubert van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece or Lamb of God Altarpiece

1432 monumental Northern Renaissance polyptych altarpiece.

Rogier van der Weyden, The Descent from the Cross

c. 1435 Northern Renaissance panel painting portraying the deposition of Christ.

Hans Holbein, The Ambassadors

1533 double portrait featuring anamorphic perspective and detailed scientific objects.

Albrecht Dürer, Saint Michael's Fight against the Dragon

1498 Northern Renaissance woodcut print illustrating the Apocalypse of St. John.

Chartres Cathedral

1190 High Gothic cathedral located in Chartres, France.

Pantheon, Rome

114 AD ancient Roman temple featuring a portico and rotunda with a dome.

Filippo Brunelleschi, Dome of the Cathedral of Florence

c. 1420 architectural breakthrough dome in Florence, Italy.

Leon Battista Alberti, Palazzo Rucellai

c. 1460 Renaissance palace facade in Florence, Italy.

Leon Battista Alberti, façade of the Santa Maria Novella Church

Renaissance church façade in Florence, Italy, dating to 1456-1470.

Donato Bramante, The Tempietto

1502 High Renaissance circular martyrium in Rome, Italy.

Andrea Palladio, Villa Rotonda

1550 Renaissance villa designed near Vicenza, Italy, featuring symmetrical porticos.

Parmigianino, Madonna with a Long Neck

1534-40 Mannerist oil painting featuring stylized proportions and elongated figures.

Pontormo, Lamentation of Christ

1525-1528 Mannerist altarpiece painting with vibrant non-naturalistic colors and swirling composition.

Titian, Diana and Actaeon

1556 Venetian Renaissance mythological painting depicting the surprise discovery of Diana bathing.

Tintoretto, Discovery of the Body of Saint Mark

c. 1562 Venetian Mannerist/Proto-Baroque painting displaying dramatic perspective and theatrical light.

Annibale Carracci, The Virgin Mourning Christ

1599 Classical Baroque painting held at the National Gallery.

Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith Slaying Holofernes

1614 Italian Baroque painting showcasing intense tenebrism and dramatic action.

Caravaggio, The Calling of St. Matthew

1599-1600 Baroque canvas painting noted for its dramatic light beam and realistic figures.

Caravaggio, Saint Matthew

1602 painting depicting Saint Matthew writing his Gospel under divine inspiration.

Caravaggio, Doubting Thomas

c. 1602 Baroque painting depicting Thomas inserting his finger into the wound of Christ.

Gian Lorenzo Bernini, The Vision of Saint Theresa

1645 Baroque marble sculptural group set in the Cornaro Chapel.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Peasant Dance

c. 1567 Netherlandish Renaissance genre painting capturing village festivities.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Netherlandish Proverbs

1559 painting (also called Flemish Proverbs) illustrating dozens of contemporary proverbs.

Johannes Vermeer, Mistress and Maid

1666-67 Dutch Golden Age genre painting portraying domestic interaction over a letter.

Johannes Vermeer, The Milkmaid

c. 1660 Dutch Golden Age painting illustrating a housemaid pouring milk.

Jan Steen, Feast of St. Nicholas

1665 - 1668 Dutch Golden Age narrative genre painting depicting family holiday chaos.

Willem Claesz Heda, Still Life with Gilt Goblet

1635 Dutch Golden Age still life painting (pronkstilleven).

Peter Paul Rubens, Raising of the Cross

1610 Flemish Baroque triptych painting showing dynamic muscular energy.

Rembrandt van Rijn, Self-portrait with Two Circles

1665-1669 late Dutch Golden Age self-portrait showing the artist holding his tools.

Rembrandt van Rijn, The Reconciliation of David and Absalom

1642 painting by Rembrandt van Rijn.

Frans Hals, The Officers of the St Adrian Militia Company

1633 Dutch Golden Age group portrait of a civil guard unit.

Jacques-Louis David, The Intervention of the Sabine Women

1799 Neoclassical historical painting depicting Hersilia stopping the battle between Romans and Sabines.

Jacques-Louis David, Oath of the Horatii

1784 Neoclassical masterpiece promoting civic virtue and patriotism.

Jacques-Louis David, The Death of Marat

1793 French Revolution Neoclassical painting depicting the murdered Jean-Paul Marat.

Sir Joshua Reynolds, Sarah Campbell

1771 portrait painted by British artist Sir Joshua Reynolds.

Sir Joshua Reynolds, Miss Bowles With her Dog

1775 portrait painting of a young girl embracing her pet dog.

Jean Baptiste Siméon Chardin, Saying Grace (Le Bénédicité)

1740 French genre painting capturing a quiet domestic moment before a meal.

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, The Grand Odalisque

1814 Orientalist Neoclassical/Romantic painting of a reclined odalisque.

John Constable, The Haywain

1821 Romantic landscape painting housed in the National Gallery.

Caspar David Friedrich, Wanderer above the Sea Fog

1818 German Romantic landscape painting centered on a Rückenfigur gazing into fog.

Caspar David Friedrich, Landscape in the Silesian Mountains

c. 1815 German Romantic mountain landscape painting.

J. M. William Turner, Steamer in Snowstorm

1842 Romantic landscape painting depicting a vessel trapped in atmospheric turbulence.

Nicolas Poussin, Et in Arcadia Ego

1638 French Classicist painting depicting shepherds studying a tomb inscription.

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Bather

1808 Neoclassical oil painting depicting a seated female nude seen from behind.

Eugène Delacroix, Arabian Fantasy

1832 Romantic Orientalist painting showing charging Arab horsemen.

Gustave Courbet, Bonjour, Monsieur Courbet

1854 French Realist painting depicting the artist meeting his patron on a road.

Gustave Courbet, The Stonebreakers

1849 French Realist painting depicting two rural laborers breaking rocks.

Édouard Manet, Olympia

1863 groundbreaking Realist/Modern painting depicting a nude woman lying on a bed receiving flowers.

Claude Monet, Impression: Sunrise

1872 Impressionist landscape painting depicting the port of Le Havre that gave Impressionism its name.

Claude Monet, The Gare St-Lazare in Paris

1877 Impressionist oil painting capturing light, steam, and modern train infrastructure.

Camille Pissarro, The Boulevard Montmartre (Spring)

1897 Impressionist urban landscape depicting Paris street life.

Auguste Renoir, Bal du moulin de la Galette

1876 Impressionist painting capturing an outdoor dance event in Montmartre.

Berthe Morisot, Woman at Her Toilette

c. 1875 Impressionist painting depicting an intimate feminine dressing room scene.

Mary Cassatt, In the Loge

1878 Impressionist painting portraying a woman using opera glasses in a theater box.

Edgar Degas, Waiting

1880 Impressionist pastel depicting a dancer and chaperone waiting backstage.

Édouard Manet, A Bar at Folies Bergère

1882 masterwork painting of a barmaid facing the viewer in a Paris cabaret.

Paul Cézanne, Mont Sainte-Victoire Seen from Les Lauves

1902-06 Post-Impressionist landscape painting exploring structure, form, and color planes.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Poster

1892 Post-Impressionist advertising print featuring Aristide Bruant at his cabaret Ambassadeurs.

Paul Gauguin, Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?

1897–98 Post-Impressionist/Symbolist philosophical mural painted in Tahiti.

Paul Gauguin, Vision after the Sermon

1888 Post-Impressionist painting showing Jacob wrestling the angel on a bold red field.

Paul Signac, Opus 217. Against the Enamel of a Background Rhythmic with Beats and Angles, Tones and Tints, Portrait of M. Félix Fénéon in 1890

1890 Neo-Impressionist Pointillist portrait of art critic Félix Fénéon.

Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night

1889 Post-Impressionist night sky landscape painted at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence.

Vincent Van Gogh, The Potato Eaters

1885 early Post-Impressionist work depicting peasants eating a humble meal under lamp light.

Georges Braque, La guitare

1909-10 Analytic Cubist painting fragmenting a guitar and musical forms.

Pablo Picasso, Woman with a Violin

1911 Analytic Cubist painting dissecting a figure and instrument into faceted planes.

Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles D'Avignon

1907 proto-Cubist landmark painting preserved at MoMA.

Umberto Boccioni, Unique Forms of Continuity in Space

1913 Futurist sculpture capturing a figure in fluid, aerodynamic motion.

René Magritte, The Pilgrim

1966 Surrealist painting featuring a bowler-hatted man with a floating head.

René Magritte, The Treachery of Images

1928–29 Surrealist painting showing a pipe with the caption 'Ceci n'est pas une pipe.'

Salvador Dalí, Apparition of Face and Fruitdish on a Beach

1938 Surrealist painting featuring double images and optical illusions.

Salvador Dalí, Persistence of Memory

1931 iconic Surrealist painting featuring melting pocket watches in a landscape.

Carlo Carrà, Patriotic Celebration (Free-Word Painting)

1914 Futurist collage using typography and words-in-freedom.

Umberto Boccioni, The City Rises

1910 Futurist painting capturing urban expansion and industrial energy.

Giacomo Balla, Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash (Leash in Motion)

1912 Futurist painting depicting the rapid movement of a dachshund's legs and leash.

Marcel Duchamp, Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2

1912 Modernist painting combining Cubist geometry and Futurist motion.

Unique Forms of Continuity in Space (Bronze Cast)

Bronze cast made in 1931 of Umberto Boccioni's 1913 Futurist sculpture.

Piet Mondrian, Tableau I

1921 De Stijl abstract grid painting with primary colors.

Gerrit Rietveld, The Red and Blue Chair

1917 De Stijl movement furniture design.

Andy Warhol, Marilyn Diptych

1962 Pop Art silkscreen print series featuring Marilyn Monroe.

Jackson Pollock, One (Number 31, 1950)

1950 Abstract Expressionist drip painting.

Barbara Kruger, I shop therefore I am

1987 Conceptual/Feminist Postmodern artwork using text overlaid on photography.

Tracey Emin, My Bed

1998 Young British Artists installation artwork.

Arena Chapel, Padua, Italy

The location of Giotto's fresco 'The Lamentation of Christ' (c. 1304).

Church of Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy

Home to Masaccio's 'The Holy Trinity' (c. 1425) and Domenico Ghirlandaio's 'Birth of the Virgin' (1491).

Apostolic Palace, Vatican

The venue containing Raphael's High Renaissance fresco 'School of Athens' (1509-11).

Refectory of the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan, Italy

The dining hall location of Leonardo Da Vinci's mural painting 'The Last Supper' (1495).