The Two Fridas (Las Dos Fridas) by Frida Kahlo
What makes The Two Fridas by Frida Kahlo an important painting?
– Aztec hearts bleed for Mexico
– Clothes don’t make the woman
– Feminist protest and divorce
From Slavery Through Reconstruction – Aaron Douglas
What makes the Aaron Douglas painting From Slavery Through Reconstruction significant?
– Harlem Renaissance revival murals
– The watermarks of yesteryear teach us today
– Racism and Outcry in From Slavery Through Reconstruction
Floating Angel or Güstrower Memorial
What’s the story behind Ernst Barlach’s Floating Angel sculpture?
– Twofold path to serenity
– A complex gate encircles death
– Floating Angel makes a martyr of a man
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