Migrant Mother, Nipomo Valley

Migrant-Mother, Nipomo Valley, Dorothea Lange

Why’s the Migrant Mother photograph by Dorothea Lange so iconic?

– Defining the Great Depression
– Strength, vulnerability, and shame in Migrant Mother
– Assistance …and then regret

Hartley on the Rocking Horse by Alice Neel

Hartley on the Rocking Horse by Alice Neel

Table of contents for Hartley on the Rocking Horse by Alice Neel.

– Home is where the work is
– Time portrayed in Hartley on the Rocking Horse
– Feminism and the many penises of Joe Gould

Self Portrait Holding a Portrait of Her Sister

Self Portrait With Portrait of Her Sister by Rosalba Carriera

Check out the mad skills of painter Rosalba Carriera in Self Portrait Holding a Portrait of Her Sister:

• Carriera’s fame and success in 18th century Italy.
• Sisters with intimate, interdependent lives.
• A pastel spotlight in the secret Medici Tunnel.
• Answers to Frequently Asked Questions like, “What’s the story behind the women in Self Portrait Holding a Portrait of Her Sister?”

Vaulting by Susan Rothenberg

Vaulting-by- Susan- Rothenberg

This evaluation of Susan Rothenberg’s Vaulting covers these points:

• How many vaulters?
• The story of Vaulting.
• Moving movement portrait.
• Includes Frequently Asked Questions like, “How much is a Susan Rothenberg painting worth?”

Brick House – Simone Leigh – Sculptor

brickhouse Simone Leigh Brick House The Plinth High Line

A powerful woman awaits on the 10th Avenue High Line bridge – Brick House. Simone Leigh’s glorious sculpture dominates at 30th Street. Walk up the avenue and you can’t miss her. She’s mighty mighty, looming in the distance.

Mother About to Wash Her Sleepy Child

Mother About to Wash Her Sleepy Child 1880 Mary Cassatt

Mary Cassatt’s painting Mother About to Wash Her Sleepy Child dwells in motherhood. Its careful composition combines with a smudgy Impressionist technique. This painting captures a moment of messy mothering.