Piet Mondrian, Composition II in Red, Blue, and Yellow, 1930

Things to think about when studying:

• This is an example of what movement? Where did it originate?
• Mondrian only used what three colors in his painting? Why?
• Be able to name three key formal qualities that Mondrian used when creating the composition

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Georgia O’Keeffe, Light of Iris, 1924

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Walter Gropius, The Bauhaus, 1925-26

Things to think about when studying:

• Where is this building located?
• What other movements influenced Bauhaus?
• What two things did Bauhaus artists aim to unite? What architectural elements did they use to do this?

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Joan Miró, Dutch Interior I, 1928

Things to think about when studying:

• This is an example of what type of Surrealism?
• Who were Surrealists inspired by, and what were they trying to represent?

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Kazimir Malevich, Suprematist Painting: Eight Red Rectangles, 1915

Things to think about when studying:

• In what country did Suprematism originate?
• Why did Suprematists reject normal representation?
• What does the composition of this painting make the viewer consider instead of a narrative or figural representation? 

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Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, 1917

Fountain - Marcel Duchamp, 1917

Things to think about when studying:

• What did Duchamp call this type of object? What movement did he belong to (and help found)?
• Why is the title of this work a pun?
• Is this art? Why would Duchamp say that this is art?

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Ernst Kirchner, Berlin Street Scene, 1913

Things to keep in mind when studying:

• This is an example of what movement?
• What profession do these women engage in? How do they interact with the men in the scene?
• Be able to discuss Kirchner’s style + nationality as it relates to the movement

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Wassily Kandinsky, Improvisation 28, 1912

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Gustav Klimt, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, 1907

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Umberto Boccioni, Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, 1913

Things to think about when studying:

• What movement was Boccioni associated with?
• This is a sculpture, but name a painting of Boccioni’s and explain how he achieves the same effects of movement but on a 2D plane

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Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, 1907

Things to think about when studying:

• What movement / objects influenced this painting?
• How does it act as a bridge between Primitivism and Cubism?

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Paul Gauguin, Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?, 1897

Things to think about when studying:

• This is an example of what (inappropriately titled and controversial) movement?
• Where did Gauguin travel / draw inspiration from for this work?
• Why is this movement problematic? What was Gauguin trying to evoke through this representation?

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Alfred Stieglitz, The Steerage, 1907

Things to think about when studying:

• Why was Stieglitz important in the field of photography?
• How does the composition of the photograph help make it a work of art rather than a snapshot?

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Henri Matisse, Woman with the Hat, 1905

Things to think about when studying:

• Who is the sitter in this painting?
• What movement does this style fit into?
• Why was this painting so controversial? What stylistic elements were radical and new for the time period?

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Claude Monet, Rouen Cathedral, 1893

Things to think about when studying:

• Was this the only image Monet painted of Rouen Cathedral?
• Where did he paint it?
• What did Monet consider the most important aspect of his paintings?

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