Intended as a resource for those who teach adults, this interactive publication invites you to examine visual aspects of painting that have engaged artists for centuries. Its thematic approach encourages you to step away from a chronological study and look at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection of European Paintings (ca. 1250–1900) from new perspectives.
Introduction
Developments in European Painting, ca. 1250–1900
Visual Themes
Illusion
Introduction
Hans Memling, Tommaso di Folco Portinari and Maria Portinari
Willem Claesz Heda, Still Life with Oysters, a Silver Tazza, and Glassware
Eduard Gaertner, Parochialstrasse in Berlin
Jacques Louis David, Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier and His Wife
Rembrandt, Man in Oriental Costume
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Allegory of the Planets and Continents
Borders
Introduction
Giovanni di Paolo, Madonna and Child with Saints
Artemisia Gentileschi, Esther before Ahasuerus
Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, Self-Portrait with Two Pupils
Georges Seurat, Gray Weather, Grande Jatte
Édouard Manet, Boating
Movement
Introduction
Nicolas Poussin, The Abduction of the Sabine Women
Pieter Bruegel, The Harvesters
Biagio d'Antonio, The Story of Joseph
El Greco, The Vision of Saint John
Joseph Mallord William Turner, Whalers
Illumination
Introduction
Jacopo Bassano, The Baptism of Christ
Georges de la Tour, The Penitent Magdalen
Johannes Vermeer, The Young Woman with a Water Pitcher
Claude Monet, Camille Monet on a Garden Bench
Caspar David Friedrich, Two Men Contemplating the Moon
