Head of a Woman by Amedeo Modigliani https://www.nga.gov/artworks/46716-head-woman
Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist. 1981 Gauguin to Moore
Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist. 1981 Gauguin to Moore
Students will be introduced to one of the basic elements of art—form—by analyzing the types of forms and materials used in various sculptures. Students will then experiment with line in both two and three dimensions to see how shapes become forms.
National Gallery of Art, Gift of The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Henry Moore
Crawford Notch, a deep valley in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, gained notoriety in 1826 when nine lives were lost in a catastrophic avalanche nearby. Cole’s painting depicts the site of an earlier landslide whose destruction prompted the victims—Mr.
Syracuse University, 1970: 2:384, 385, as The Notch of the White Mountains. 1973 Moore
design, a newly founded Collectors Committee commissioned artists such as Henry Moore
Dalziel, Lamia Doumato, Lorene Emerson, Bob Grove, Thomas McGill, Jr., Christina Moore
This monumental view of the Hudson River Valley was painted from memory in the artist’s London studio. Cropsey adopted a high vantage point, looking southeast toward the distant Hudson River and the flank of Storm King Mountain.
New York, 1972: 144, color repro. no. 25. 1974 Moore, James C.
In this Arcadian portrait, Anthony van Dyck pictures Philip, 4th Baron Wharton, standing before a shimmering green drapery against a rocky backdrop, while holding a shepherd’s houlette in the crook of his arm. His regal pose and his sumptuous attire with its rich golden-yellow, purple, and emerald tones convey both grace and elegance, while his gaze exudes self-confidence.
See Andrew Moore, ed., Houghton Hall: The Prime Minister, the Empress and the Heritage
Gauguin purposefully displayed his Père Paillard and its female companion piece, Thérèse, in front of his Polynesian home (which he named the House of Pleasure), so that islanders passing by could appreciate the two carved works. Their meaning was evident to everyone.
Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist. 1981 Gauguin to Moore
What do our clothing choices say about us? This young aristocrat wears three of the biggest fashion trends of late-18th-century France.
1854; Charles Boigne, Ces demoiselles de l’opéra, Paris, 1887: 110-118; Lillian Moore
A deeper look at how photography became a tool for the Civil Rights leader.
silver print with applied color, Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon, 2018.177.440 Charles Moore