“Expulsion from the Garden of Eden” by Masaccio, 1425 [Newberry on Great Art series]

Michael Newberry discusses the importance of light and its source to the composition of this painting.
An Artist’s View: Michael Newberry on Key Works of Art in History

Michael Newberry is a California-based artist who has exhibited across Europe and North America. He is the author of books on color theory, philosophy of art, modernism and postmodernism in art, and art history. We invited him into our studio for this series of short — one or two minutes each — commentaries on important paintings and sculptures. The full 29-work list is below.

Michael Newberry, Commentaries on 29 Great Art Works

1. Geometric Warrior, 8th century BCE

2. Kroisos, 540-515 BCE

3. Aphrodite by Praxiteles, 4th century BCE

4. Doryphoros by Polykleitos, c. 450 BCE

5. Hera of Samos, 560 BCE

6. Battle of Alexander, 250 BCE

7. Three Goddesses, c. 438-32 BCE

8. Ulysses in the Land of the Laestrygonians

9. Expulsion from the Garden of Eden by Masaccio, 1425

10. Battle of San Romano by Paolo Uccello, 1435-1460

11. Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli, 1482

12. Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, 1503-1504

13. School of Athens by Raphael Sanzio, 1509

14. David by Michelangelo, 1501

15. Danae by Rembrandt, 1636

16. Milkmaid by Vermeer, 1658

17. Girl with a Pearl Earring by Vermeer, 1665

18. Girl with a Red Hat by Vermeer, 1667

19. Anatomy Lesson by Rembrandt, 1632

20. Self-Portrait by Rembrandt, 1629

21. Grand Odalisque by Ingres, 1814

22. Odalisque by Delacroix, 1825

23. Liberty Leading the People by Delacroix, 1830

24. Not Too Much to Carry by Bouguereau, 1895

25. The Sower by Van Gogh, 1888

26. Irises by Van Gogh, 1890

27. Las Meninas by Velazquez, 1656

28. Shoes by Van Gogh, 1886

29. Water Lilies (Clouds) by Monet, 1902

Related: Stephen R. C. Hicks and Michael Newberry, Art: Modern, Postmodern, and Beyond (2021).

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