Smiles in art

These links allow you to compare and contrast the smiles of Yue Minjun to the smiles of other artworks and cultural objects.

Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus
http://artchive.com/artchive/B/botticelli/venus.jpg.html

Caravaggio, Amor Victorious
http://www.artofeurope.com/caravaggio/car6.htm

Caravaggio, Bacchus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bacchusbycaravaggio.jpeg

Marc Chagall, I and the Village
http://www.moma.org/collection/provenance/items/146.45.html

Chuck Close, Claudia
http://www.newman.ac.uk/Students_Websites/~v.hewitt/inspire.html

Chuck Close, Rauschenberg
http://www.newman.ac.uk/Students_Websites/~v.hewitt/inspire.html

Leonardo DaVinci, Mona Lisa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mona_Lisa.jpg

Willem de Kooning, Woman V
http://www.nga.gov.au/international/Catalogue/Detail.cfm?IRN=47761&ViewID=2&GalID=1

Marcel Duchamp, Mona Lisa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Marcel_Duchamp_Mona_Lisa_LHOOQ.jpg

James Ensor, Masks Confronting Death
http://www.moma.org/collection/provenance/items/505.51.html

Kouros
http://www.britannica.com/eb/art-4266/Archaic-smile-detail-of-a-kouros-from-Tenea-Greece-575?articleTypeId=1

Kouros
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kouroi

Leshan Buddha
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/sichuan/leshan/buddha_statue.htm

Judith Leyster, The Happy Couple
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Leyster

Judith Leyster, Self Portrait
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Judith_Leyster_Self_Portrait.jpg

Edouard Manet, Olympia
http://p.giroud.free.fr/manet/olympia.jpg

Mask, Bali Smile
http://www.jabalbatik.com/smile_mask_nobox_smg.htm

Mask, Inconnue de la Seine Death
http://www.williamgaddis.org/recognitions/inconnue/index.shtml

Mask, Noh Theater - man
http://www.nohmask.com/masklist/mask/waraijo.html

Mask, Noh Theater - woman
http://www.nohmask.com/masklist/mask/zoonna.html

Masks, Mexico
http://www.mexicanmasks.us/

Joan Miro, The Beautiful Bird Revealing the Unknown to a Pair of Lovers
http://www.moma.org/collection/provenance/items/7.45.html

Frances Picabia, Portrait of a Couple
http://www.moma.org/collection/provenance/items/1329.00.html

Pierre Renoir, La Liseuse
http://www.guardian.co.uk/pictures/image/0,8543,-12004295072,00.html

Sculpture, Korea
http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/korea/p-art/DSC00765.JPG

Cindy Sherman, Clowns
http://www.luminous-lint.com/__sw.php?action=ACT_PSTORE&p1=PSSB&p2=3829601689

John Tenniel, Cheshire Cat 
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Cheshire_Cat_Tenniel.jpg

Johannes Vermeer, Officer and a Laughing Girl
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Vermeer

Johannes Vermeer, Portrait of a Young Woman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Vermeer-Portrait_of_a_Young_Woman_.jpg

 
 

- What’s Behind Your Smile? Send us your answer in pictures.
- Bibliography on Happiness.
- Activities for Classroom and Home Use.
- Questions.
- Smiles in art.
- An interview with Yue Minjun by Karen Smith.


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