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  • Big Business

    The Chrysler Building, 1930, architect William Van Alen, New York. An homage to all things modern, the tallest building (until the Empire State eclipsed it one year later), decorated with hubcaps, hood ornaments and…

  • …and carry a big stick.

    Ballet Rehearsal 1874 by Edgar Degas. The Metropolitan Museum. The teacher in these paintings was actually a dancer and friend of Degas and not the class teacher. His name was Jules Perrot.

  • Speak softly…

    La classe de danse (The Dancing class), c.1873-75 by Edgar Degas, Museé d’Orsay, Paris. Degas had access to all areas of the dancer’s world and took advantage of this capturing them at rest, rehearsing,…

  • Consumed

    The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters from Los Caprichos,1799 by Francisco Goya. Los Caprichos was a series of prints Goya produced after he had become quite ill and eventually lost his hearing. It seems…

  • Back to School

    River Trout , c.1830 by Ando Hiroshige. Hiroshige is best known for his woodblock prints, but was also a skilled painter and wrote a book on fish.

  • Game Playing

    Knucklebones, c. 1830 -1896 by Frederic, Lord Leighton, Private Collection. Playing an ancient Greek game called Astragoli, the model looks like she is sleeping rather than playing a game. Leighton’s models were often seen…

  • Iconic

    American Gothic, 1930 by Grant Wood, Art Institute of Chicago. The “Gothic” in American Gothic refers to the window in the background of the painting. It is a style seen in Gothic churches with…

  • Red House

    Red Hous, 1859 owned by William Morris, architect Philip Webb. Decorated by Morris & Co., National Trust, Bexleyheath, England. A departure from the traditional Victorian style because it was open and full of light.…

  • Inspiration

    Gamble House, 1908 by Greene & Greene, Pasadena, CA. A masterful combination of arts & crafts and Japanese aesthetics, the Gamble House is one of the crowning glories of the movement that preached a…