Intro to Modern Art History
Courbet, Gustave - Study of a Nude Man (1840)
In 1840, a twenty-one-year-old Gustave Courbet was busy grooming his beard and ignoring his law degree. Study of a Nude...
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Cabanel, Alexandre - The Birth of Venus (1875)
Alexandre Cabanel gave the global elite exactly what they wanted. While Impressionists painted truth, Cabanel sold a polished lie. This...
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Cabanel, Alexandre - Napoleon III (1865)
In 1865, Alexandre Cabanel traded myths for marketing. By painting Napoleon III in a simple evening suit rather than military...
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Cabanel, Alexandre - The Fallen Angel (1847)
The Beautiful Heresy: Alexandre Cabanel’s Fallen Angel In 1847, Alexandre Cabanel defied the sterile expectations of the French Academy by...
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Morisot, Berthe - Eugene Manet in the Isle of W...
Morisot painted this while she was on her honeymoon, and it isn't a romantic cliché at all. Her husband Eugene...
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Morisot, Berthe - Woman in Her Toilette (1875)
This painting captures a private moment of self-care and you aren't really supposed to be there. A woman stands before...
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Morisot, Berthe - The Harbor at Lorient (1869)
Morisot went to visit her sister Edma in Lorient and she brought her paints along for the ride. She wasn't...
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Morisot, Berthe - The Cradle (1872)
The Cradle is Morisot’s most famous work and it’s a masterpiece of intimate observation. It shows her sister Edma watching...
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Monet, Claude - The Gare Saint-Lazare (1877)
Monet went to the train station to find the future. He didn't want to paint a mountain -- he wanted...
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Monet, Claude - Impression, Sunrise (1872)
In 1874, Claude Monet turned a critic’s slur into a revolution. Impression, Sunrise wasn't a view of nature, but a...
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