Stationary Figure (1973) by Philip Guston
What makes Philip Guston’s painting Stationary Figure a masterpiece?
– Passage of time and imminent death
– A child’s drawing… of pooling blood
– Preposterous solidity in a puff of smoke
Bleu II 1961 – Joan Miro
What makes Joan Miro’s painting Bleu II so groundbreaking in the art history canon?
– Miro breaks the Bourgeoisie’s guitar
– A red slash stops abstract traffic
– The vast, cobalt sky highlights our insignificance on Earth
Luncheon on the Grass – Édouard Manet
Why is Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass or Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe a masterpiece?
– A conformist rebellion
– Flâneur – a French Impressionist version of a dandy
– The insignificance of eating at lunch