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

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Paul Cezanne, Basket of Apples, 1895

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Burghers of Calais - Auguste Rodin, 1884-1889. Bronze.

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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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In the Loge: Woman in Black at the Opera - Mary Cassatt, 1877-78

Things to think about when studying:

• How is this woman breaking the normal conventions of what women should be doing?
• Where is her gaze directed?
• How does Cassatt play with the male gaze vs. female gaze?

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Dr. Pozzi at Home - John Singer Sargent, 1881

This painting is an example of the somewhat decadent and super refined world of Aestheticism in Paris. Its followers believed in art for art’s sake, with no obligation to promote morality or tell a story. Aesthetes believed that art shouldn’t imitate life; instead, art is about the search for abstract beauty.

Dr. Pozzi is an example of the artfulness that permeated this movement. His appearance is carefully cultivated, with a flamboyant flair tied into the sensuality of his hands. His fingers are playing with the neck of his robe, while his other hand is dragging down the tasseled cord. Many people of the time thought that Sargent was pushing the boundaries of good taste with this portrait, partly because of how he portrayed Dr. Pozzi, but also because this portrait was not commissioned; Sargent approached Dr. Pozzi about painting his likeness, and this was the result.

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Moulin de la Galette - Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1876

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Edgar Degas, The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage, 1874

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Thomas Eakins, The Gross Clinic, 1875

Things to think about when studying:

• What elements of Dr. Gross is Eakins emphasizing through his use of light?
• How does this image reflect advances in medicine since the Civil War?

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Storm in the Mountains - Albert Bierstadt, c. 1870

Things to think about when studying:

• Is this an example of the sublime, or the pastoral landscape?
• What group was Bierstadt a part of?

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Veronica Veronese - Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1872

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Winslow Homer, Prisoners from the Front, 1866

Things to think about when studying:

• How does this work depict Union vs. Confederate soliders?
• Does it favor one side over the other?
• How does this image fit into Homer’s career?

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Charles Garnier, Opera House, 1861-74. Located in Paris.

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Manet, Dejeuner Sur L’Herbe, 1863

Things to think about when studying:

• Why was this work so scandalous?
• What sources did Manet draw inspiration from for this work?
• What did Manet do when this work was ultimately rejected from the Salon of 1863 by the Academy?

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