Tools
Feminism(s)
70s Artists
Art Herstory
French Theory
100
Reclaim
What is the process by which a group re-appropropriates terms that were previously used in a disparaging way?
100
Socialist
What is it that argues that women's liberation can be achieved by working to end both the economic and cultural sources of women's oppression?
100
Howerdina Pindell
Who is an American abstract artist whose work is often political, exploring issues of racism, feminism, violence, slavery, and exploitation?
100
Artimesia Gentileschi
Who is an Italian Baroque painter in the generation after Caravaggio, was the first woman to become a member of the art academy in Florence?
100
Semiotics
What is the study of the role of signs and symbols in meaning-making?
200
Subvert
What is to undermine the authority of an established system or institution?
200
Eco-femininst
What is it that argues against patriarchial tendencies to destroy the environment, animals, and natural resources, often drawing parallels between exploitation of women and exploitation of the Earth?
200
Judy Chicago
Who is an American feminist artist whose career spans five decades and whose works often examine the role of women in history and culture?
200
Edmonia Lewis
Who is an American sculptor associated with Neoclassicism?
200
Sign
What is something interpreted as having meaning and able to communicate meaning?
300
Resistence
What is an effort to resist a legally or socially established organization or norm?
300
Materialist
What is it that derives from socialist feminism and examines capitalism and patriarchy as systems of women's oppression?
300
Carolee Schneeman
Who is an American artist whose works often involve visual traditions, taboos, and the body of the individual in relationship to social bodies.
300
Judith Leyster
Who is a Dutch Golden Age painter who painted genre scenes, portratis, and still-lifes?
300
Intertextual
What is the interrelationship between texts, especially the way that sinilar or related texts influence, reflect, or differ from each other.
400
Agency
What is the capacity of a person or entity to act autonomously in the world?
400
Radical
What is it that aims to challenge and overthrow patriarchy by opposing standard gender roles and oppression of women and calls for a re-ordering of society?
400
Miriam Schapiro
Who is a Canadian-born artist who is considered a pioneer of feminist art?
400
Marietta Robusti
Who was a Venetian painter of the Renaissance period who primarily painted portraits?
400
Signified
What is the concept that a signifier refers to?
500
The Gaze
What is a term introduced by Laura Mulvey to descirbe the way visual media tends to assume a straight male point-of-view while portraying women as objects?
500
Cyber-feminist
What is it that refers to a contemporary feminist community whose interests are cyberspace, the Internet, and technology?
500
Faith Ringgold
Who is an African-Amerian artist best known for her story quilts?
500
Marie-Denis Villers
Who was a French painter associated with Neoclassiscism and who specialized in portraits?
500
Signifier
What is any material thing that signifies (e.g., words on a page, facial expression, or an image)?
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