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The Highlights:

Why study art history?

1. To gain a deeper understanding of cultures
2. To help us understand the art work better
3. To understand the frequent casual references to certain famous works of art
4. To help us learn other subjects via subject integreation
5. To enjoy art more

Why start you art history study with a big picture framework?

1. Art History is a very big subject and it's easy to get lost
2. The Classical Model of Education shows us the brain remembers more when you learn a framework first

Things we mention:

• University of Arizona's Museum of Art 2013 exhibition including works by Fernando Gallego
• The Art Institute of Chicago's exhibition including the Haystack series by Claude Monet
• Pablo Picasso
• Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci (1490)
• The Raft of Medusa by Théodore Géricault (1819)
• Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet (1872)
• The Starry Night by Van Gogh (1889)
• Master Bedroom by Andrew Wyeth (1965)
• Christina’s World by Andrew Wyeth (1948)