1837
Louis Daguerre, The Artist's Studio,
daguerreotype
the first practical relevant photography method - daguerrotypy
Daguerre walked around the streets of Paris with a heavy camera and large uncomfortable equipment and made his daguerreotypes in boulevards, drawing interest in people, but did not explain the essence of his method.
Louis Daguerre, The Artist's Studio,
daguerreotype
the first practical relevant photography method - daguerrotypy
Daguerre walked around the streets of Paris with a heavy camera and large uncomfortable equipment and made his daguerreotypes in boulevards, drawing interest in people, but did not explain the essence of his method.
The Saint-Lazare Station, Claude Monet
Claude Monet (1840-1926)
The Saint-Lazare Station
1877
Oil on canvas
H. 75; W. 104 cm
When The Saint-Lazare Station was painted Monet had just left Argenteuil to settle in Paris.
After this painting, followed a series of paintings with different viewpoints including views of the vast hall with lots of intricate patterns and geometric shapes.
Artist: Paul Cézanne
Year: 1904-06
Medium: Oil on canvas
Location: Princeton University Art Museum
The Montagne Sainte-Victoire is a mountain in southern France, overlooking Aix-en-Provence. It became the subject of a number of Cézanne's paintings.
Cézanne evokes a deep, panoramic scene and the atmosphere that fills and unifies this space
The Kiss, Gustav Klimt
Artist: Gustav Klimt
Dimensions: 5′ 11″ x 5′ 11″
Location: Österreichische Galerie Belvedere
Created: 1907–1908
Periods: Vienna Secession, Art Nouveau
Genres: Genre art, History painting
highpoint of his "Golden Period"
depicts a couple embracing, their bodies entwined in elaborate robes decorated in a style influenced by both linear constructs of the contemporary art and organic forms.
The Kiss, Constantin Brancusi
Artist: Constantin Brâncuși
Period: Expressionism
Created: 1910
Genre: Kinetic art
proto-cubist style
Plaster sculpture
Dimensions: 27.9 x 26 x 21.6 cm (11 x 10.25 x 8.5 in)
Location: Possibly the Rockefeller-Latner cast
The Stonebreakers, Gustave Courbet
Artist: Gustave Courbet
Dimensions: 5′ 5″ x 8′ 5″
Period: Realism
Created: 1849
Media: Oil paint
Genres: Genre art, History painting
It was a work of social realism, depicting two peasants, a young man and an old man, breaking rocks.