Marc had a tumultuous impact on the Expressionist movement that evolved after World War 1. He favoured the symbolic potential of abstraction rather than Naturalism and Realism...
The Tower of Horses by Franz Marc
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Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror by Parmigianino
Parmigianino was one of the leading painters of Palma, he also worked in Rome and Bologna. Ranking as one of the most compelling artists with a daring and readiness to confront the orthodoxies of the day Parmigianino was a leading figure of the Mannerist style...
Venus Anadyomene by Titian
Titian was a painter and regarded as one of the greatest painters of the Renaissance...
A Line Made by Walking by Richard Long
Title: Line Made by Walking Date: 1967 Movement: Earth Art Media: Photograph Location: Tate Museum, London, UK
Ici, C’est Stieglitz by Francis Picabia
Title: Ici, C'est Stieglitz Date: 1915 Movement: Dada Media: Ink, graphite, and cut-and-pasted painted and printed papers on paperboard Location: Alfred Stieglitz Collection
Les Demoiselles d’Avignon by Pablo Picasso
Title: Les Demoiselles d'Avignon Date: 1907 Movement: Cubism Media: Oil on canvas Location: Currently located in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
The Calling of St Matthew by Caravaggio
Title: The Calling of St Matthew Date: 1599-1600 Movement: Baroque Media: Oil on canvas Location: San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome
Le dejeuner sur l’herbe by Édouard Manet
Title: Le dejeuner sur l’herbe Date: 1862-63 Movement: Impressionism Media: Oil on canvas Location: Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France
Cover Design of Wren’s City Churches by Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo
Title: Cover Design of Wren’s City Churches Date: 1883 Media: Woodcut print on handmade paper Movement: Art Nouveau
Victoire by Rene Lalique
Lalique’s Victoire sculpture is exemplary of Art Deco style. Victoire stands on its own as a sculpture but is also an elegant touch to the automobile for which it was designed to grace.
The Girlhood of Mary Virgin by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Title: The Childhood of Mary Virgin Date: 1849 Movement: Pre-Raphaelite
Harlequin’s Carnival by Joan Mirό
Harlequin’s Carnival by Joan Mirό, 1924/5 oil on canvas. Currently housed by the Albright-Knox Collection, New York, USA
