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Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the National Gallery

Girl with the Red Hat is one of Johannes Vermeer’s smallest works, and it is painted on panel rather than on his customary canvas. The girl has turned in her chair and interacts with the viewer through her direct gaze.
America’s National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation.

During the Trojan War, the priest Laocoön angered the Greek gods, who sent snakes to kill him and his two sons. The legend became popular after a monumental, ancient marble sculpture of Laocoön and his sons was unearthed in Rome in 1506.
America’s National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation.

Titian’s goddess of love and beauty conjures the sense of touch. Observing her flushed cheek, one can almost feel its warmth.
America’s National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation.

Hip-hop artist Jasiri X looks at Kerry James Marshall’s woodcut almost like he’s looking into a mirror. It captures the experience of a Black man: resilient but restrained from being his authentic self. Jasiri responds to the work through two songs that reflect on his internal struggle.
He has performed and discussed hip-hop, race, and politics at venues across the nation

After the Reformation had brought social and political upheaval to Germany, creating an unfavorable climate for artists, Holbein moved to England in 1526. He first painted for Sir Thomas More’s circle of high servants of the crown and then became painter to the King himself, Henry VIII.
America’s National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation.

Giotto ’s explorations and innovations in art during the early 14th century developed, a full century later, into the Italian Renaissance. Besides making panel paintings, he executed many fresco cycles—the most famous at the Arena Chapel, Padua—and he also worked as an architect and sculptor.
America’s National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation.

Dancers were, according to period theorists, telling ethno-graphic evidence of a nation

Orphée depicts many tragedies, but songwriter Dom Flemons finds the joy in it: it resolves in the beautiful scene of two lovers embracing. Flemons pairs it with the tranquil Blue Butterfly. The instrumental song helps the emotional weight sink in. 
and felt that many of their most beloved works of art should be pieces that the nation

University of Rochester Wyeth Fellow, 2011–2013 Places to Stand: Native Art beyond the Nation