Creator Title Emotional Sum (Sense of Life or emotional World View) Theme
Designer: Fortuny, Mariano Green fabric Still produced by the Fortuny fabric company.
Designer: Tiffany, Louis Comfort Spider Web Narcissi Table Lamp Richness of form, sumptuous shapes.
Painter: Leyendecker, J.C. Day at the Beach Fun and cuteness.
Sculptor: Buonarotti, Michelangelo David Man is a strong, indomitable creature who has the intelligence to overcome terrible odds.

[requires assumption of some context of this work -- not a "cold" introduction to it]: A man able to face a daunting task, with tremulous calm and determination. This is the depiction of the David/Goliath story of the Bible in which David takes on the much more formidable Goliath and wins.

Playwright: Shakespeare, William Much Ado About Nothing Sweetness and light and beauty are what the world is made of.
Singing Group: Soviet Army Chorus and Band Sports March Happiness triumphs.

The power of joy to motivate action.

Author: Lazarus, Emma The New Colossus Benevolent celebration of liberty as a beacon to a troubled world.

A marvelous land of liberty offers welcome to the oppressed of the world.

Ohara, Shoson Crane Under the Rain Life is difficult.
Architect: Unknown Burgos Cathedral Crossing God is order and reason and light.

The spirit of god is rational, uplifting and rich in detail

Painter: Dewing, Thomas Wilmer Comedia Life is sumptuous and beautiful and alive.

Feminine vivacity and gaiety

Director: Reiner, Rob American President Romance is fun, funny and important.
Director: De Felitta, Raymond Two Family House Feelings of benevolence and optimism about life. Happiness comes from making choices for your own good.

Going after what you want in life; Don't be stopped by conventional standards of the people around you. It takes courage to be selfish.

Writer: Coward, Noel Design for Living Life can be giddy and bright. Facing up to one's anti-conventional values is important. Conventional morality must be questioned if it causes suffering and conflict.

You should follow your deepest values and accept them no matter how unconventional the outcome.

A rare combination of the wittiest, lightest of Noel Coward's style, along with deeper themes of romantic love, proper morality and how should one live.

Rodin, Auguste Shade, The Life is a gruesome trial. There is no hope.

The world destroys man. (Some unknown evil force is destroying this young strong man.) Given that the sculpture is titled as a "Shade" and is related to the Group sculpture "Gates of Hell", one can presume the evil is some unnamed condition that can overpower life and cause destruction of the good.

Miron - Parish Tzena Tzena Tzena Joyous celebration

Joyous celebration

Creator: Nix, Matt Burn Notice Anything can be done if you are smart and motivated enough.
Villeroy & Boch Chocolate Pitcher and Butter Dish Friendly warmth (arising from the simple graceful lines, and the unadorned simplicity of the colors without ornament)
Painter: Peale, Charles Wilson Staircase Group (aka Portrait of Raphaelle Peale and Titian Ramsay Peale) Perceiving accurately is important and playing with the artistic medium is fun.
Painter: Alexander, John White Repose Life is extravagant and lush and sensual.

Feminine Sensuality is a main theme, though one can argue that a related (equal theme or sub-theme) is: The Lushness of the Material World. The dramatic draped womanly figure pressing against a divan, whose figure is clearly oulined, shares the visual dominance of the painting along with the magnificent sweeps of her dress and the giant pillows, the massive backrest, and even the strong elements of the floor material and the golden back wall. All together a remarkable composition.

Sculptor: Canova, Antonio Three Graces The female human form is beautiful, graceful, ideal.

Quiet repose and sisterly love. The piece exudes a quiet elegance and peacefulness amidst the complex three-dimensional composition. The inclusion of "sisterly love" is less certain, except that taking into account the mythological background of the piece. It can be argued that one should not take that into account, so perhaps that should not formally be included in the theme.

Myron? Riace Bronze A Man is strong and indomitable

Intelligence, Pride, Strength = Man

Designer: Rouff, Maggy Helene Arpels Dress Elegance and richness of detail
Draftsman: Boscoli, Andrea Horse Seen from Behind Not much except perhaps stylistic -- confident, strong drafting style, and a vibrant, alive, horse.
Director: Stone, Oliver Wall Street

There are bad people in power who use ordinary people as pawns in their endless pursuit of money.  Those who are not ruthless are sheep to be slaughtered by the rich and powerful.  Greed is bad.

Author: Rand, Ayn Atlas Shrugged Life can be good; Men are competent to live happily; The world can be a shining, happy place to exist, if one is free. But novel also presents a dark, dystopian world to help make real that positive view.

The crucial value of the human mind.