The Night by Max Beckmann
What makes The Night by Max Beckmann a masterpiece?
– War gusto tempered by trauma
– Angularity, violence, and absurdity in The Night
– Futurist art leads into the New Objectivity
Migrant Mother, Nipomo Valley
Why’s the Migrant Mother photograph by Dorothea Lange so iconic?
– Defining the Great Depression
– Strength, vulnerability, and shame in Migrant Mother
– Assistance …and then regret
Two Children Are Threatened by a Nightingale
Why is the painting Two Children Are Threatened by a Nightingale a masterpiece?
– Framing an unreality
– Threat? That bird’s tiny
– Disruption and a dance