• Paintings by Andy Warhol • Leader of “Pop Art” • Most expensive painting ever sold was a Warhol
• Sunflowers by Vincent Van Gogh • Impressionist style of art • Was a very poor painter and never made any money from his paintings while living • Now, his paintings sell for millions of dollars • Cut off his ear and then later killed himself
• Falling Water by Frank Lloyd Wright • Pennslyvania • The Sagrada Familia by Antoni Gaudi • Barcelona, Spain • Church was never completed because Gaudi died before it was finished and did not leave behind drawings
• An example of a Roman Mosaic – made from tiny pieces of tiles and ceramics • Greek statue called Venus de Milo • One of the most famous statues in the world • Can be seen at the Louvre Museum in Paris
• Augustus of Prima Porta • Statue of Emperor Augustus and the Roman god Cupid at his feet • From 20 BC • How does this statue make the Emperor look?
• Drawings and sculpture by Edward Degas • Famous for drawing dancers and his sculpture called “The Little Dancer” • French
• Paintings by Wassily Kandinsky, a Russian painter who spent much of his youth in Odesa • Abstract artist during the 1920’s • Left Russia because his art was considered too individualistic by the government • His paintings now sell for over $20 Million
• Pablo Picasso – a Spanish painter • Genre of art –Cubism and surrealism
• Salvador Dali – Spanish Painter • Surrealist style of art
• MC Escher – known for his drawings that were very mathematical and explored the idea of infinity
