Kandinsky

Beyond representation. Non-propositional expression. 

Georges Braque

Braque: Co- founder with Picasso of Cubism. "Painting is a mode of representation." 

Emil Nolde

Rouault - Face of Christ

Peter Booth: Human Nature

Kathe Kollwitz: Vulnerability and Death

Kathe Kollwitz, 1903, Lithograph

Emil Nolde - the prophet

Emil Nolde The Prophet, woodcut, 1912

Albi Cathedral Frescoes. Scare Tactics.

The crucifixion before and after the Renaissance

Typical Medieval Crucifix, c. 1190. 


Giotto, Crucifixion, c. 1310


The Crucifixion by Matthias Grunewald, c. 1512. 

The Madonna by Cimabue and Giotto

Madonna by Cimabue 1285. 



Madonna Enthroned by Giotto (Cimabue's Student), 1310. 

Demonstrates the transition from the icon art of the middle ages to the art of the Renaissance. The latter is far more solid and earthly compared to the otherworldly and flat Italio-Byzantine iconic style that was copied by the guilds of artists in the Medieval period. 

Rothko Chapel

Rothko Chapel: The Chapel is the culmination of six years of Rothko's life and represents his gradually growing concern for the transcendent. The effect is to surround the viewer with massive, imposing visions of darkness.