In the modern period artists recognized that the well-being of society and all its members were supported and enhanced by well-designed objects, buildings, and spaces.
A-level british french avant garde
The distinctive qualities of Japanese art offered striking new approaches to modern artists developing alternatives to the Western tradition of naturalistic representation.
A-level: Japonisme
In the latter half of the 19th century, Gauguin painted, Rodin sculpted, and Garnier designed the Paris Opera.
A-Level: Sample set of works for the ...
When Rodin received the commission for this monument in Calais, he was expected to produce one figure—not six.
A-Level: Auguste Rodin, The Burghers of Calais
This aborted commission was meant for a museum that was to be on the site of the Musée d’Orsay—where it now stands.
A-Level: Auguste Rodin, The Gates of Hell
Does a statue need to include arms or a head to be considered complete? Rodin clearly doesn’t think so.
A-Level: Auguste Rodin, The Walking Man
Degas is off to the races, where class issues are in the foreground.
A-Level: Edgar Degas, At the Races in the ...
Mary Cassatt, an artist and close friend Degas, is the subject of this painting about the act of seeing.
A-Level: Edgar Degas, Visit to a Museum
The elegance of the performance has been stripped away for an intimate look at off-duty ballerinas.
A-Level: Edgar Degas, The Dance Class
This domestic scene portrays Degas’ family with all the warmth and intimacy of a walk-in freezer.
A-Level: Edgar Degas, The Bellelli Family
These self-portraits were swapped like friendship bracelets among Gauguin, Bernard, and their buddy Van Gogh.
A-Level: Gauguin, Self-Portrait with Portrait of Émile ...
Gauguin’s nude is suspended between dreams and reality— just like his imperialistic vision of Tahiti.
A-Level: Paul Gauguin, Nevermore
Gauguin’s ceramic Goddess of Death survives to this day thanks to the negligence of his flaky friend.
A-Level: Paul Gauguin, Oviri
Featuring a frightened, nude fourteen-year-old, this painting shows the dark side of Gauguin’s Tahitian fixation.
A-Level: Paul Gauguin, Spirit of the Dead ...
Cropped figures, vivid hues, and unnatural light turn a humdrum pastoral scene into an act of aesthetic rebellion.
A-Level: Paul Gauguin, The Red Cow
Gauguin contemplates modern culture’s distance from spirituality in this vivid, evocative canvas.
A-Level: Paul Gauguin, Vision after the Sermon (or ...
Gauguin took every opportunity to describe this enigmatic painting with melodramatic flourish.
A-Level: Paul Gauguin, Where do we come ...
The greenery surrounding this couple is lush and exotic, but it’s clear that there’s trouble in paradise.
A-Level: Édouard Manet, In the Conservatory
The subject of this painting is breaking almost as many taboos as the artist who painted it.
A-Level: Édouard Manet, Plum Brandy
Manet decided to replace the idealized female nude with the image of a known prostitute. It didn’t go so well.
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