Art Of Humanity – Art of Humanity 1

Art & Social Conscience

JR, Video still from Women are Heroes: Favela Morro da Providência, 2010. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Kehinde Wiley, Bust of Cardinal Richelieu, 2009. Oil on canvas, 48 inches by 36 inches
Emile Nolde, The Crucifixion, 1912, from a polyptych, The Life of Christ. Oil on canvas, 7 feet 2.625 inches by 6 feet 3.25 inches. Stiftung Seebüll A. & E. Nolde, Neukirchen, Germany

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The Body in Art

Willem de Kooning, Woman I, 1950-52. Oil on canvas, 6 feet 3.875 inches by 4 feet 10 inches. MomA, New York
Sandro Botticelli, The Birth of Venus, c. 1482-86. Tempera on canvas, 5 feet 8 inches by 9 feet 1.625 inches. Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy
Yasumasa Morimura, Portrait (Futago), 1988-90. Color photograph, printed in 2 editions at varying sizes
Yves, Klein, Anthropométrie sans titre, 1960. Pure pigment and synthetic resin on paper mounted on canvas, 50.875 inches by 14.625 inches. Private collection
Alberto Giacometti, Man-Pointing, 1947. Bronze, 70.5 inches by 40.75 inches by 16.375 inches. MoMA, New York
Henri Matisse, Blue Nude II, 1952. Gouache on paper, cut and pasted on white paper, 45.75 inches by 32.25 inches. Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

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