Stonehenge

• Wiltshire, England
C. 2000 B.C.E.
Built in several phases,
most likely for ritual
and/or scientific
function.
 Wheel of Time
• Tibetan sand
Mandala, 1997
• Followed ancient
traditional practices,
while creating
contemporary symbol
• After celebration,
image destroyed to
symbolize
impermanence of life.
 Wassily Kandinsky
• Composition IV, 1911,
Oil on canvas. 62 X 98
• What do you see in image?
 Romare Bearden
• Rocket to the Moon,
1971 Collage on board.
• 13” X 9 1/4”
• Created images of humanity by
observing, distilling, then
reconstructed the life he saw
around him.
• Placed America's
accomplishments next to inner
cities’ stalled social and
economic progress.
 Francis Goya
• Vivid documents of
atrocities committed
by Napoleon's troops
when they invaded
Spain in 1808.
 Edward Weston
• Photo not only
represents object,
but creates deep
sense of wonder
about nature and
processes.
• Making ugly
beautiful…..
 Leonardo DaVinci
• Study of people.
• Found ugliness to
be worthy of
attention as much
as “beauty”.
• How does one
define beauty?
 Compare the two images
similarities and differences

Vincent Van Gogh Jean-Michel Basquiat

 James Hampton
• Hand built from
discarded items by
a janitor.
• It now is housed at
Smithsonian Inst.
• Does it deserve to
be in a museum?
 Rene’ Magritte
• “This is not a pipe”

• If not, what is it?

• Why would
Magritte title the
image this way?
 Compare these two sculptures.
What does each represent?

Auguste Rodin Constantin Brancusi

 Georgia O’Keefe
• The viewer has
many associations
with a flower.
• How does O’keefe
view her subject
matter? Is it
unique?
 Betye saar
• Objects and images
based on historical
references to
African-American
stereotypes in
various formats.
• What is Betye
saying?