AH II - Exam 1 Artwork

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Gutenberg Bible

Johann Gutenberg

1455

Color was added to pages via rubrication + text is justified in 2 columns

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Nuremberg Chronicle

Anton Koberger (printer)

1493

Told entire history of Nuremberg people up until 1493

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Abraham Lincoln

Matthew Brady

1860

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Maurin Quina

Leonetto Cappiello

1906

Influenced by japonisme +

used a green devil to subvert people's expectations for sex appeal in Maurin Quina

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Cabaret Du Chat Noir

Theophile Steinlen

1896

Steinlen believed that the design arts could have more of an impact on society than simple beautification.

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Absinthe Robette

Privat Livemont

1896

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La Goulue

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

1891

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I Kissed Your Mouth, Iokanaan

Aubrey Beardsley

1893

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Lyceum Don Quixote

The Beggarstaff Brothers

1895

pseudonym for fine artists William Nicholson and James Pryde because they didn't want their reputations to be sullied by commerical design (weren't super successful anyways)

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Secession I

Gustav Klimt

1898