Henri Matisse

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Collioure, 1905, oil on canvas, private collection, New York

Fereastra deschisa

Claude Monet

Gare St.-Lazare,

St. Lazare Train Station

1877, oil on canvas, Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University

Gara St. Lazare

HARMENSZOON VAN RIJN (b. July 15, 1606, Leiden, Neth.–d. Oct. 4, 1669, Amsterdam). The return of the prodigal son
c. 1662 (210 Kb); Oil on canvas, 262 x 206 cm; The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Scena de pe bolta Capelei Sixtine din Vatican, opera a lui Michelangelo Buonarroti. Infra: detaliu.

La Conversion de saint Paul sur le chemin de Damas (1601) – Huile sur toile, 230 x 175 cm – Chapelle Cerasi, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome

Pictura lui Merisi Caravaggio este o a doua varianta a acestei teme, dupa ce prima varianta (reprodusa mai jos), ulei pe lemn, fusese respinsa de comanditar (administratorii capelei Cerasi), fiind considerata vulgara.

The Great Wave Of Kanagawa
From “Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji”; 1823-29 (140 Kb); Color woodcut, 10 x 15 in; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Hokusai este un artist japonez din perioada Edo, mai apreciat in Europa decat in Japonia. Operele sale au fost colectate de mari artisti impresionisti ca Edgar Degas, Claude Monet si Toulouse-Lautrec. Opera acestora a fost influentata de arta orientala si stampele japoneze.

Nighthawks
1942 (120 Kb); Oil on canvas, 30 x 60 in; The Art Institute of Chicago

Pictura lui Hopper este una dintre cele mai importante ale artei americane, fiind un model iconic, de cotitura, in evolutia scolilor artistice de peste ocean catre modernism si o arta cu adevarat valoroasa si importanta in secolul XX.