In this series of 29 short videos, the artist Michael Newberry discusses the meaning and importance of various works in the history of art and sculpture.
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
3. Aphrodite by Praxiteles, 4th century BCE
4. Doryphoros by Polykleitos, c. 450 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
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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