Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

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Works of Art (7) Architectural Study: Search for Volumes in an Isolated Building, ca. 1919, Virgilio Marchi (Italian), Pencil and watercolor on paper (1984.91) The Bay of Naples with Vesuvius in the Background, 1843, Christen Købke (Danish), Pen and black ink over pencil (2003.179) Bengal River Fish, ca. 1804, India; Calcutta School, Pencil, gouache, watercolor, and gilding on paper (2004.176) Machinery, 1920, Charles Demuth (American), Tempera and pencil on cardboard (49.59.2) Photo: This Is the Color of My Dreams, 1925, Joan Miró (Spanish), Oil on canvas (2002.456.5) Sketch for Jesus the Son of Man, ca. 1923, Gibran Khalil Gibran (American, born Lebanon), Pencil and watercolor on paper (32.45.5) St. Eustace, 1974, Anselm Kiefer (German), Watercolor, gouache, and colored pencil on paper (2000.96.4)

Thematic Essays (5) Anselm Kiefer (born 1945) Precisionism Renaissance Drawings: Material and Function School of Paris Surrealism