Representation and abstraction: looking at Millais and Newman

by Sal Khan, Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker

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John Everett Millais, Ophelia, 1851-2 (Tate Britain) and Barnett Newman, Vir Heroicus Sublimus, 1950-51 (MoMA)

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Cite this page as: Sal Khan, Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker, "Representation and abstraction: looking at Millais and Newman," in Smarthistory, December 8, 2015, accessed August 21, 2017, https://smarthistory.org/representation-and-abstraction-looking-at-millais-and-newman/.