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 periods
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
Touch an artwork? Sandro Botticelli’s Portrait of a Man with a Medal helped viewers to think about touch and physical experience.
A-level: Botticelli, Portrait of a Man with ...
Patrons mattered during the renaissance. Find out why.
A-level: Types of renaissance patronage
Throughout Europe women’s relegation to the domestic sphere was rooted in Christian tradition that placed blame for humanity’s fall from grace upon Eve, the first woman.
A-level: Introduction to gender in renaissance Italy
By observing nature more closely, absorbing new scientific theories and spiritual investigations, many modern artists sought higher truths.
A-level: Modern art and reality
Anything goes—from portraits to performance, what we call ‘art’ has changed considerably in the last 50 years.
A-Level: Sample set of works for British ...
Created in Europe between 1900-39, this set of works includes paintings of urban life and modern factory buildings.
A-Level: Sample set of works for Modernism ...
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 ...
Discover paintings by Rubens, sculpture by Bernini, landscapes by Rosa, and architecture by Borromini.
A-Level: Sample set of works for the ...
You don’t have to brave the crowds in Florence or Rome to see Renaissance art—the best view is often online.
A-Level: Sample set of works for the ...
Why did the mayor of New York City threaten to close the museum exhibiting Ofili’s painting of the Virgin Mary?
A-Level: Chris Ofili, The Holy Virgin Mary
Since 1960, artists have come up with countless ways to engage audiences on a huge spectrum of topics.
A-Level: Contemporary Art, an introduction
Purity and geometry, knotted and explosive: two approaches to feminist art from the early 1970s.
A-Level: Lynda Benglis, Omega, and Judy Chicago, ...
Motherhood is explored and documented—but not sugarcoated—in Kelly’s five-year-long project.
A-Level: Mary Kelly, Post-Partum Document
Marilyn’s floating head, garishly colored, functions as the Virgin Mary in a Byzantine icon.
A-Level: Andy Warhol, Gold Marilyn Monroe
Warhol used a quasi-mechanical process of silkscreen to reproduce Marilyn Monroe’s familiar face again and again.
A-Level: Andy Warhol, Marilyn Diptych
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A-Level: Pop Art
By putting this in the museum, we see this as art. But what if it weren’t there?
A-Level: Why is this art? Andy Warhol, ...
The architectural forms of a dream are constructed as a stage set, ready to be taken apart and reconfigured.
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