Yellow-Red-Blue 1925 by Wassily Kandinsky
What makes Yellow-Red-Blue such a perfect exemplar of Wassily Kandinsky’s special color theory?
– Joy in a yellow bottle
– A heroic blue marble
– The transitional magic of messy red
The Magpie by Claude Oscar Monet
Why was Monet’s painting, The Magpie controversial when it was introduced?
– Shadows in color
– Shifting emotions traverse a – snowscape
– Observing the scene from a magpie’s perch
Cafe Terrace at Night, 1888 – Vincent Van Gogh
Why is Van Gogh’s Cafe Terrace at Night an important painting?
– Van Gogh’s favorite hot spot
– Yellow light at night
– Forecast calls for more starry nights
The Elephants (1948) by Salvador Dali
What inspired Salvador Dali to paint The Elephants in 1948?
– An Egyptian obelisk and Italian elephant
– The nature and limits of power
– Freudian dreams in oil paint
The Garden of Earthly Delights – Hieronymus Bosch
What’s the meaning behind Hieronymus Bosch’s triptych The Garden of Earthly Delights?
– Christianity, the Middle Ages, and terror
– Proud cherries
– God’s glorious shutter
Wanderer above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich
What is the meaning behind the painting Wanderer above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich?
– Rumination and romance
– Exultation in one man’s insignificance
– A mysterious mist sets a sublime scene