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
Les Demoiselles d’Avignon 1907 – Pablo Picasso
What makes Picasso’s painting Les Demoiselles d’Avignon one of the most influential Western paintings of all time?
– Powerful, nude women
– Racism
– Geometrical figures can seduce too
The Elephants (1948) by Salvador Dali
What inspired Salvador Dali to paint The Elephants in 1948?
– An Egyptian obelisk and Italian elephant
– The nature and limits of power
– Freudian dreams in oil paint