chapter 00--introduction. clyfford still, 1948-c, ph-15, 1948. oil on canvas, 68 7/8x510 ¾
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Chapter 00--Introduction
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Clyfford Still, 1948-C, PH-15, 1948. Oil on canvas, 6’8 7/8”x5’10 ¾”.
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Choir of Beauvais Cathedral, Beauvais, France, Rebuilt after 1284
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Interior of Santa Croce, Florence, Italy begun 1294
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Georgia O’Keefe, Jack-in-the-Pulpit No. 4, 1930. Oil on canvas 3’4”x2’6”
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Ben Shahn, The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti, 1931-1932. Tempera on canvas, 7’ ½”x4
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Gislebertus, The weighing of souls, detail of Last Judgement, west tympanum of Saint-Lazare, Autun, France, ca 1120-1135
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The Four Evangelists, folio 14 verso of the Aachen Gospels, ca. 810. Ink and tempera on vellum, 1’x9 ½”
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Albrecht Durer, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, ca. 1498. Woodcut, approx. 1’3¼ x11
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Augustus wearing the corona civica (civic crown), early first century CE. Marble, approx. 1’5” high.
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Josef Albers, Homage to the Square, “Ascending”, 1953. Oil on composition board, 3’7 ½”x3’7 ½”.
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Claus Lorrain, Embarkation of the Queen of Sheeba, 1648. Oil on canvas, approx. 4’10”x6’4”.
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Ogata Korin, White and Red Plum Blossoms, Edo period, ca 1710-1716. Pair of twofold screens, ink color and gold leaf on paper, each screen 5’1 5/8 x 5’ 7 7/8.
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Peter Paul Rubens, Lion Hunt, 1617-1618. Oil on Canvas, approx. 8’2”x12’5’
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Hesire, from his tomb at Saqqara, Egypt, Dynasty III, ca 2650 BCE. Wood, approx. 3’9” high.
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King on horseback with attendants, from Benin, Nigeria, ca.1550-1680. Bronze, 1’ 7 ½” high.
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Michaelangelo, unfinished captive, 1527-1528. Marble, 8’ 7 1/2 high.
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Head of a warrior, detail of a statue from the sea off Riace, Italy, ca. 460-450 BCE. Bronze statue approx. 6’6” high.
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Plan and lateral section of Beauvais Cahtedral, Beauvais, France, rebuilt after 1284.
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John Sylvester and Te Pehi Kupe, portraits of Maori chief Te Pehi Kupe, 1826. From The Childhood of Man by Leo Frobenius.