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Art
visual art oh yeah yeah yeah
| Description | Work of Art | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| Based on an excerpt from the book of Revelations, this painting depicts the four horsemen of the apocalypse | Death on a Pale Horse | Benjamin West |
| Based on an attack in the Havana harbor in 1749, several people in a small boat save an English boy from the title animal | Watson and the Shark | John Copley |
| Depicts George Washington in a variety of styles | Portraits of George Washington | Gilbert Stuart |
| A profile view of the artists mother, also known by the name "The Artists Mother" | Arrangement in Grey and Black | James Whistler |
| This book is a series of over 400 paintings of the title animal | Birds of America | John James Audubon |
| Depicts the surgery of an anesthetized patient as a crowd of (presumably) medical students watches | The Gross Clinic | Thomas Eakins |
| Shows a small fishing boat with no rudder or sail fighting against the waves while surrounded by sharks | Gulf Stream | Winslow Homer |
| An old man sits in a wooden chair, teaching a small child to play the title instrument while he sits on his lap | The Banjo Lesson | Henry Tanner |
| Depicts the title figure crossing a river while an American flag flies near him | Washington Crossing the Delaware | Emmanuel Leutze |
| Shows a variety of artworks being hung in the title art museum while people dance in the foreground | The Gallery of the Louvre | Samuel Morse |
| Depicts a young French socialite standing in a black dress, while she looks to the side | Madame X | John Sargent |
| A series of murals depicting everyday life in the 1920s, such as trains, planes, and people laboring in factories | America Today | Thomas Benton |
| Two old white people in front of a farmhouse, one of which holds a pitchfork | American Gothic | Grant Wood |
| Three old white ladies in front of an old painting | Daughters of the Revolution | Grant Wood |
| A series of three increasingly smaller canvases stacked on top of each other, each with identical painting of the American flag | Three Flags | Jasper Johns |
| A sculpture consisting of a taxidermy goat with a tire around its midsection | Monogram | Robert Rauschenberg |
| A series of colorful portraits of the title model | Shot Marilyns | Andy Warhol |
| Cartoonishly depicts a plane shooting down another plane with the title onomatopoeia above them | Whaam! | Roy Lichtenstein |
| Depicts Donald Duck goes fishing with the title mouse | Look Mickey I've Hooked a Big One!! | Roy Lichtenstein |
| A deep blueish-black flower, which is supposed to represent the female genitalia | Black Iris | Georgia O'Keefe |
| Depicts large desert hills with bones in the foreground | Red Hills and Bones | Georgia O'Keefe |
| A black and white painting with angular strokes and shapes depicting the title room | Attic | Willem de Kooning |
| Colorful and angular yet indistinct brushstrokes form a more abstract portrait of the title model | Marilyn Monroe | Willem de Kooning |
| A large painting of a green rectangle with a slightly larger orange rectangle just below it, both on a beige background | Green and Tangerine on Red | Mark Rothko |
| Two men in suits, a woman in a red dress, and a waiter in a white uniform sit in a mostly empty diner. There are no visible exits, but this is not symbolic or intentional | Nighthawks | Edward Hopper |
| A girl in a white dress lies in a field, looking at a farm house in the distance | Christina's World | Andrew Wyeth |
| Shows a man and a woman completing the title action while kneeling and wrapped in some sort of yellow cloth. Uses gold, silver, and platinum leaf extensively in its composition. | The Kiss | Gustav Klimt |
| Watercolor painting of a train moving through a field | Rain, Steam, and Speed | JMW Turner |
| Depicts a young Christ and his family in the title workshop | The Carpenter Shop | John Millais |
| A series of five images of the title object, showing how its design has changed over time | Five Tyres Remoulded | Richard Hamilton |
| A simple, cartoonish painting of three people with a pink X across their chest, with the title text above them and text below them reading "Silence = Death. Fight AIDS. Act Up." | Ignorance = Fear | Keith Haring |
| A simplistic, neo-expressionist painting of a yellow figure playing the title instrument | Trumpet | Jean-Michel Basquiat |
| A cluttered, fairly abstract depiction of the title body part, which contrasts large brushstrokes, geometric lines, and bright colors | Head | Jean-Michel Basquiat |
| This early 16th century painting depicts the title saint sitting in the stump of a dead tree being tormented by demons, which have become peaceful goblin-like creatures | The Temptation of St. Anthony | Hieronymus Bosch (or maybe a follower of his idk, it's kinda contested) |
| This 16th century painting portrays Jesus surrounded by heads with grotesque faces while completing the title action | Christ Carrying the Cross | Hieronymus Bosch (or maybe a follower of his idk, it's kinda contested) |
| Known for its colossal size (11.9' x 14.3') and use of shading, this baroque painting depicts the title militia party led by Captain Frans Banninck Cocq | The Night Watch | Rembrandt van Rijn |
| The title doctor explains the musculature of the human arm to a group of doctors | The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp | Rembrandt van Rijn |
| Depicts a crowded room full of 17th century Dutch and Spanish politicians signing the title document | The Swearing of the Oath of Ratification of the Treaty of Munster | Gerard Ter Borch |
| Depicts 3 men and a woman surrounding a table completing the title action, while an open door shows the courtyard outside | Cardplayers in a Sunlit Room | Pieter de Hooch |
| A portrait of a woman with a blue cloth wrapped around her head, as she looks over her shoulder while wearing the title piece of jewelry | Girl with a Pearl Earring | Johannes Vermeer |
| Dutch baroque painting of a woman looking out a stained glass window while holding the title object | Woman with a Water Jug | Johannes Vermeer |
| Shows the view of the sky and a small village from the window of the artists asylum cell | The Starry Night | Vincent van Gogh |
| Gives the viewer a distorted view from the corner of the title eatery with a pool table and a man dressed in all white in the center of the room | The Night Cafe | Vincent van Gogh |
| Depicts (intentionally very ugly) peasants in a dimly lit room eating the title food | The Potato Eaters | Vincent van Gogh |
| Often regarded as the artists last work, this painting depicts a windy field, with the title birds flying over the title crop | Wheatfield with Crows | Vincent van Gogh |
| Depicts the title Italian merchant and his wife, with a small dog at their feet. This also features a mirror in the background that reflects the same painting from a different perspective. | Arnolfini Wedding | Jan Van Eyck |
| A triptych depicting donors kneeling in prayer, the Annunciation to Mary (in a domestic setting), and the carpenter Saint Joseph with his tools | Merode Altarpiece | Robert Campin |
| A painting on oak featuring 23 different scenes from Jesus' life, with no central scene | Scenes from the Passion of Christ | Hans Memling |
| A triptych depicting the title figures meeting Christ shortly after his birth | The Adoration of the Magi | Hans Memling |
| Commemorates the death of the title general at the Battle of Quebec in 1759 | The Death of General Wolfe | Benjamin West |
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