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1.6: Art and Context

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Sal Khan, Steven Zucker, and Beth Harris discuss art and its context using Monet’s Cliff Walk at Pourville and Malevich’s Suprematist Composition: White on White to illustrate their points.

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Works Discussed

Claude Monet, Cliff Walk at Pourville, 1882, oil on canvas, 66.5 cm × 82.3 cm (26 1⁄8 in × 32 7⁄16 in), (Art Institute of Chicago).

Kazmir Malevich, Suprematist Composition: White on White, 1918, oil on canvas, 79.4 cm × 79.4 cm (31 1/4 in × 31 1/4 in), (Museum of Modern Art, New York City).

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  • Art and context: Monet's Cliff Walk at Pourville and Malevich's White on White. Authored by: Sal Khan, Steven Zucker, and Beth Harris. Provided by: Khan Academy. Located at: www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-1010/beginners-guide-20-21/v/art-context. License: CC BY-NC-SA: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

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