This painting of the Crucifixion by Andrea di Vanni (Sienese, c. 1330 – 1413) reflects a growing concern among 14th-century artists to historicize the Biblical narrative.
robust, naturalistic forms are carefully organized to express compelling human emotion
This early 20th century art movement sought to convey the intensity of modern life.
In works like Sorrow, anonymous figures embody a state of mind or an emotion.
Great art shifts your way of seeing the world. When her sister was dying, composer Kamala Sankaram was drawn to the intensity of Mark Rothko’s painting.
CELESTE HEADLEE: Interesting to me how strong emotion of almost any kind can do that
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Students will examine Vincent van Gogh’s self-portraits and letters to better understand the artist’s life story and personality. Then, they will paint two Van Gogh-style self-portraits to show two parts of their own personality and write a letter describing the one that reveals their “true characterâ€� best. This lesson also contains opportunities for French language integration.
should draw a wheel and label each section or triangle of the wheel with a different emotion
This three-part altarpiece by the painter Andrea di Vanni reflects a growing concern among 14th-century artists to historicize the Biblical narrative. To accomplish this, Andrea endeavored to recreate, with the greatest possible accuracy, the events surrounding Christ’s Passion.
robust, naturalistic forms are carefully organized to express compelling human emotion
The exhibition of Home, Sweet Home in the spring of 1863 auspiciously marked Winslow Homer’s debut as a painter. The painting was enthusiastically admired.
worthy art future.“ [2] They saw those qualities in the „delicacy and strength of emotion
Ter Borch’s effectiveness in depicting human emotion and a sense of inner life
photographs of O’Keeffe that, unlike his earlier analytic work, resonated with emotion
This painting is based on a true account of a shark attack in Havana Harbor in 1749. John Singleton Copley depicts a critical moment in the attempted rescue of 14-year-old Brook Watson.
NARRATOR: Much of the tension and emotion in Copley’s painting comes from the
